The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-11
Watonwan road. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Childs will move onto the farm which

Watonwan road. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Childs will move onto the farm which
the Uptografts are vacating.
Another indication of peace. All
Vernon babies are baby girls. The
latest arrival is fine eight-pound
daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Annis Sunday afternoon
A rumOr reached here yesterday
that possibly sometime in the near
future Vernon Center could again
boast of resident physician. in the
meantime DrS. Merrill and O'Connor
are attending to those requiring med
ical services.
Mrs. Thomas bridge of Lake Crys-
stall and her daughter. Mrs. Charles
Lombard of Minneapolis, spent New
Years day between trains with the
formers son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Barnes. Mrs. Lombard
will spend few days with her sister
and friends in the village.
Mrs. Jesse e. Barnes, treasurer of
the Vernon Center Red Cross, in last
weeks local paper gave very COM
plete report of the receipts and dis
bursements of the auxiliary from it's
organization, July to December %.
Membership, 1872; receipts, $1,57S.85;
disbursements, $9894S; cash on hand,
$589.37. Have completed and sent to
headquarters at Mankato.
Twenty-four suits pajamas, 48 ar
ticles; 4S pairs mules, SO; % hospital
shirts, %; Is shoulder wraps, IS:
IL napkins, II; Is tray cloths, 10; Is
handkerchiefs, 10; 80 abdominal
bands, 80; 81 pairs of wristlets, 62; II
mufflers, IL: 43 pairs of socks, SO;
33 wash cloths, SO; helmets, 4; IL
sweaters, II; total 4SO.
There is an urgent call for more ar
ticles and so far only small percon-
tage of our membership are helping
in this greatly needed work. All that
their bit.
The Vernon Center Red Cross was
greatly surprised on finding on late
checking up of Red Cross auction
bills that they were over 500 better
off than anticipated; $733.19 instead
of s625 is the story all told.
Word reached here Thursday of the
accidental death of Ernest, son Of
Mrs. Fred Hamill of Lavina, Mont,
former residents of Vernon Center.
Sunday morning the young man who
was about twenty-nine years of age,
in starting the fire in the kitchen stove
by mistake used gasoline instead of
kerosene, with the result of an explo-
sion. Although badly burned he as
sisted his mother in putting out the
| fire which burned the inside rooms.
After the fire was extinguished it was
| found that his burns were more seri-
| Gus than they first thought and a ply
stefan was summoned. 1t was thought
| that they would not prove fatal. On
Wednesday he was taken to town
where he could receive better medical
care but he continued to grow worse,
suffering intensely until Friday when
he passed away. Much sympathy is
| felt for the mother, now left entirely
alone.
Mrs. Sadie Brooks of Minneapolis
will return to her home this evening
after spending several days with her
nephew and niece, F. H. Barnes and
Mrs. E. w. Washburn.
| Charles Kraus had the misfortune
of badly spraining his ankle in at
tempting to learn the locomotion of
roller skates and will be obliged to
spend the most if not all of the holt
day vacation indoors. Although los
ing the sports incidental of being
out of school" Charles sees the silver
lining to this cloud these cold winter
| days as he watches his junior partner
| making the rounds on the Kraus
| brothers milk route.