The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
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a remedy to the sick. 1t brought out
all the boiler and screams that was
in the old and young boys and fol-
an hour in drizzling rain cow bells
tin pans and lard cans were beaten
into on semblance shape.
Quite number of our people have
been down with the flu and the most
OF them had it light.
The sadest day to Eagle Lake fol
many day was when the telegram
that brought the sad news of thu
death of our neighbor George West
phal's son, Lester Westphal, who had
only been in training in the army
camp a few weeks when he was
stricken down with influenza. His
parents reached his bedside in his
last hours only to see him pass
away. They have the entire sympathy
of Eagle Lake and vicinity. Lester
was a good boy and one of the Sun
day school scholars FOR years of the
late P. H. Kelly of Mankato.
The sorghum mill closed down
some ten days ago after success
full run of some 5000 gallons and what
the farmers had to spare sold at
$3.50 per gallon pail.
The sugar beets are about all
hauled to the yard where Guy Comp
ton is loading them into cars by an
elevator propelled by a gass engine
The local elevator operated by
Gus Herrin took in twenty mine
thousand bushels in October, 25,OOO
,,,I,a Hnl.f.in Is
well liked by the farmers as well as
his employees who have raised his
wages to 800 per month and a
bonus of $1O0 extra for the year de-
pending upon the gross receipts for
the year.
Misses Alma and Genevieve Cum
Minis of Mankato are stopping at
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. H
Cummins while their mother, Mrs. L.
Cummins is nursing in the family OF
Roy Hinton whose wife has been
very sick with pneumonia.
The creamery is enjoying a good
patronage under the new operator
Mr.. Jensen, who seems to be well lik-
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ditman of Good
Thunder are paying their daughter
Mrs. Tanner quite visit. AS soon
as it is safe to travel they want to
go to the western coast.
O. Stark has purchased the George
Harrington twelve acre lot just north
Of Simons add to Eagle Lake, very
desirable tract of land.
The boys are landing good many
fish of the pickeral variety.
The local mill secured nice lot
of dry sweet corn from seed house
which they grind into meal for their
self raising pan cake flour.
The weather has been so stormy
for three weeks and the sky over
cast that we had lost track of the
moon until she peaked through the
opening of the clouds in the south :
west quarters last Saturday evening
about the same place we saw her last
about three week ago. We are not
sure she made her solar trip or not
as the man in the moon must of
found the nights too dark to travel
We suggest the Northern States pow
er company send him search light
Mrs. George Macbeth left her
home in care of her daughter AL
lean while she is assisting in the care
of the sick at the detention hospital
in Mankato.
1t is reported that William Ewing
will spend the winter at Los Angeles
Cal.
Alma Cummins has been helping
her grandpa packing flour.
Merrill Braden, during his vacation
while the flu lasted turned corn
husker at ten cents bushel. He is
making good money at it.
Mrs. Tanner bought a hundred
dollar bond and fifty dollar bono
last week after selling her COW.
Miss Lureen Braden spent weel
or more with her aunt, Mrs. Johr
Bradish at Wabasso, MINI.
The school has been closed fol-
several weeks and will be until the
flu is abated, showing the good dis
erection of the school board.
Mrs. John Bradish and children o.
Wabasso are here visiting friends.
Maple wood is quoted at eight dol
lars a cord at Fredic, Wis
About ten days ago the breaks OF
a couple of Gondola cars being load
ed with sugar beets became loose ant
the cars rolled down the side tracks
till they came to the safety switch
where both were deraiied Abou
eight o'clock .. M, they took thu
wrecking car and quite crew o
men who worked nearly all the fore
noon to get them back on the tracks
again.
/ Lynn Axtell was home on a fur
Tough last week and left for dut,
again several days ago.
Roy Brooks of Mankato was in tn
village last week interesting severa
of our business men in the puchas
ing of the Northern States Powe
comapnys preferred stock at tn
present market value of the stool
which is at eighty three and which
would make the annual interest
little better than eight per cent
the assets of the company prove,
to be at least on half of the libiiities
1t would De very good investment t.
leave towards minor children as al
endowment fund as a permanent in
veStment.
Former Mankato Young Lady Pas
4 sed Away at Spokane Recently.