The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-09
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kato are spending month in the
neighborhod. They are living in the
Jefferson cottage Mrs Bell preached
an interesting sermon at the church
Sunday morning.
The Aid society will meet the last
Of the month instead of this week.
The Red Cross society will meet at
the church Thursday afternoons of
this month Mrs. Jefferson has shipped
out the articles made at the Kerns
meetings and by the northeast unit
for July Those made by the northeast
unit were eight pairs of socks, ten
pajama suits and three pajama pants.
Those sent from Kerns were two hos
pital shirts, three sweaters, twenty
nine pairs of socks and eighteen pa
jana suits a total of twenty six pa
jana suits and thirty seven pairs of
socks. The allotment for July was
thirty socks so that two societies have
made up for the five pair needed for
June and have two pair sent in on
the August allotment.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Johnson and
daughter Cora and Mr.. and Mrs. l..
b. Steel returned last Wednesday
afternoon from an eight hundred mile
trip. They went to Hubbard county
and to Duluth and visited the mines.
They enjoyed seeing Minnesota but
thought the country around Mankato
looked pretty good and they were glad
to get home. Cora Johnson drove the
car and experienced all kinds of roads
and weather.
Rev. w. H. Irwin of North Mankato
called at the Busby home last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Severance at
tended the funeral of Chris Meurer at
the Belgrade Catholic church Thurs
day.
Irene Hanson spent last week with
her sister, Mrs. Eli Michels.
| Mrs Bert Keene and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kenneth Keene of North Mankato
spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Goodridge
! Mr.. and Mrs. Evenson and family
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Hubner Sun
day afternoon.
David Goodridge and son Parry are
spending the summer at Brookings, S.
d., where they are working for J. B.
Nielsen.
Rev. A. B. Bell, Mrs. f. E. Jeffer-
son, Viola Michels and Cora Johnson
took supper Thursday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Louks
Glade Randolph left with the men
for South Carolina last Thursday. Mr..
Randolph was working for Oscar Door
and this left Mr.. Door without any
help. Mrs. Randolph has gone to
Lake Crystal
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rash and chill
dren and Missese Edna and Hazel
Sharp motored down from ST. Paul
Monday The former will visit rela-
tives for two weeks.
Mrs. A. Stats and mother, Mrs.
Bronson are guests of Rev. Bell and
wife,,
f. e. Jefferson and his helper, Hen
fy Pirkel threshed for Mr.. Cragen
last week. The barley went forty
bushels to the acre. This week they
are threshing for F. Paswalk.
Frank Whiteman of Nevada, Iowa,
visited at the Busby home from Sat-
urday until Monday.
. Mrs. Joe Grice has recently been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Paul Sharp.
Aaron and Harvey Michels, George
Louks and F. E. Budde and sons Ben,
Garrett and Evard spent Sunday aft
ernoon at Lake Madison. They went
in the Michels car
A number of Mankato men are kind
in helping the farmers this week.
Norman and Oryin Door are helping
their brother Oscar John Nyquist was
helping John A. Peterson Monday. w.
w. Davis from the Savings bank helped
c. H. Loucks Tuesday. Rev. Bell is
helping F. E. Jefferson.
Viola Michels left for st. Peter
Tuesday after having spent two weeks
at her home.
| George Cole received a card from
his son Archie Saturday. The card
was written at Milwaukee and Archie
:, said he was we'll and enjoyed seeing
Lake Michigan. He was on his way
, to South Carolina.
Alfred Evenson received good news
, from his son Harry Tuesday Harry
is well and is still at Rockford, Ill
He recently met some friends of the
Evcnson family and was entertained
.. at their home