The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-01

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miles west of town Mr. Rambo says
this morning he heard the merry
notes of some bird that resembled a
robin and on investigating it was
found that the bird was robin, and
this afternoon he is still here and at
his job 1t must be a good omen when
robins will sing and MARBLE their
merry notes during this bowling
blizzard. He is surely doing his bit by
assuring the people that the storms
shall sob themselves to sleep, winter
shall soon break forth into spring,
spring shall put on her glorious APP
parel and be called summer. And it's
| in the good old summer time that
Lucifer III. Satan will abdicate the
| throne of hades and has named, as his
successor Kaiser Bill, whose infamy
and. evil deeds make his satanic
majesty novice and back number,
and it is for the best interest of
hades that the kaiser should be a
high mucky muck in that internal
region All the flour substitute we
happen to have ON hand at this time
will be forwarded to Kaiser Bill by
the Hindenburg route.
! L. E. Stilkey of Minneapolis was a
business visitor in our village the
| latter part of the. week and also
guest of Editor and Mrs. Harold Bur-
| dick ~. ese 81.
| Nearly all the sick are reported a:
making a good recovery Mrs. Albert
Halverson is able to sit up for short
/ time every day Miss Ericsson who
! has the erysipelas is doing nicely She
can now see a little since the swell.
ing has gone down. Her face was Sc
badly swollen as to close her eyes.
| She will be able it is hoped by the
/ latter part of the week to resume heI
duties as principal of the school. She
is still under the care of DR.. ]. E
Merrill and trained nurse.
Grandma Halverson is not in the
| best of health these last few weeks
having had the grip and as. the result
of the same does not resume her
health very fast. ~
Airline Klingerman is very sick. She
has not been feeling well for several
days and yesterday pneumonia de-
veicped - II
Mr.. and Mrs F. H. Barnes were at
Lake Crystal Friday afternoon be-
tween trains and took supper with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j.
Dredge who were quietly celebrating
their fifty-seyenth wedding ;nniver-
sary at their home in the village. Mr..
and Mrs. Dredge are among the few
rugged pioneers who are still living,
enjoying and taking an active in
terest in the events of the day. Old
age with it's lull for rest. its beauti-
full and tender memories, its realiza-
ton of the fullness and satisfaction
of life, it's sunset glory seems the best
age to them. Mr.. and Mrs. Dredge
were residents of Vernon Center
township for many years and every
body will be interested in hearing
that they are enjoying unusual good
health for people of their ages and
hoping they will live to enjoy many
more anniversaries.
A big community street auction is
booked for March IL, sale to begin
promptly at one o'clock. Messrs.
Fred Wingen and Will Dennison will
auction off all articles that the farm
ers or others wish to dispose Of. Red
Cross ladies will serve luncheon from
) 11:30 until 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rich left the
first of the week for Staples where
, they will visit an aunt of the former
, before they return to their home il
Willow City, N. d.
Others on the sick list here are
Mesdames Grannis, Wendlandt
, Champlin Lowell, all of whom have
! the grip which seems to have differ
ent symptoms than formerly and mucl
more severe. Many children in the
5 lower rooms are absent from schoo
: suffering with bad colds.
? Miss Louise Award greatly en-
: joyed this week visit from Mrs
Will Richmond of Lake Crystal. Mrs
} Richmond was former resident here
, She also called on many of her ole
5 neighbors.
4 A meeting of the Vernon Cente
3 Red Cross will be held at the opers
! house Friday evening, March 1, a
r eight o'clock Every member j.
: urged to be present as there is i'm
: portant business to be transacted
t Mrs H. G.. Kraus, chairman of thu
r Vernon Center Red Cross, has ap
!. pointed the Misses Ida Bowen, Cecil;
. Russell and Mr.. Fred Wingen mem
: bers of the Junior Red Cross com
t mittee. These are all live wires ant
we expect every child in our territor.
D will be enrolled