The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-08
GARDEN Town EVENTS
WEDDING OF MISS MAE TERRY
AND WE'RE FLEMING
Roughnecks Steal Ice Cream
And Bring the Public Disdain
Upon Them
Especial to Free Prsss.I


Garden City, October S1.-Mr and
Mrs. Story are occupying ]. X. Os-
goods house and are becoming q
part of the community Mr.. Story is
the new station agent.
A telegram was received by Mr.
and Mrs. Lee A. Cox, stating that
their son Harold of the Medical Corps
of the 136 Infantry, has arrived safe
ly overseas. Cards have also come
to several of our people telling OF
the safe arrival on the other side OF
Sergeants Alfred Mccormack, Joseph
Bixby and others.
Sunday, November 3, should have
been Worlds Temperance Sunday
and would have been so observed by
the Christian Sunday school had ii
not been deemed wise by the board
of health to close all public functions
during the epidemic. AS yet there
are no reported cases of influenza
here but prevention is advisable. The
case recently reported that of K. C.
Crane has proved to be an attack of
jauntice. Everyone should take the
best of care of their health these
days.
Fred Piper was in town a few
hours on Tuesday calling on rela-
tives and friends. He had been east
with stock from his ranch in Mon
tana.
Herbert Schulz and wife, who spent
the summer on his claim in the
west, are back at the home of Nor
ton Hart. They will spend the winter
here.
The wedding of Miss Mae Terry,
eldest daughter of Mrs. Ida Boynton,
and We're Fleming, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Fleming, on Tuesday, October
20, at p. m, was a very well ap-
pointed event. The opening part of
the program was the song 81 Love
You Truly" by G. w. John with Mrs.
John at the piano. The bridal party
consisting of the bride and groom
and Miss Everetta Terry and Wilbur
Award as attendants and ]. G.. Ohm :
sted, officiating minister, entered the
room while Miss Award at the piano
played the wedding march. This
room was beautifully decorated in
pink and white and the ceremony
took place beneath very fine arch
The bride was handsomely gowned
in white and wore a lovely bridal
veil and carried dainty shower
bouquet By request no one enjoyed
the pleasure of kissing the bride on
account of the danger now prevalent
of injecting each other with influenza.
The dining room was a delight to
the eye in green and yellow decora
ton. Many fine useful gifts were
presented by the relatives and friends
A splendid lap supper was served by
Mrs. ]. G. Bixby, Mrs. l.. Sheldon
Misses Eva and Leone Blackburn
Miss Jessie Thurston, Miss Hazel
Frye and Miss Nina Duffield, Mr. and
Mrs. Fleming will occupy house on
the Fred Fleming farm
Miss Kate Sinotte has gone to Man
kato TO visit her parents while the
school is closed.
The w. c. T. u, meeting set fol
November 5, will not be held in
compliance with the recent ruling
The ladies will content themselves
with talking, phoEing and writing
urging voters to do their duty on No.
vemDer 5. Vote yes on the pink
ballot.
The serenading part of the out
side program at the Boynton home
Tuesday night was all right and was
enjoyed, but the roughneck stunt o.
stealing freezer of brick ice cream
was the trick of rubes with rooms tt
rent in their upper story. 1t doesn'
take much of an animal to steal. WHY
even pigs can do that. Here's hop
ing the tricksters had good health!
old Fashioned case of stomachach,
for their trouble. Such events ar,
relics Of the barbarous age ant
merit collective public disdain.