The Mankato free press., 1918-10-18
STORIES OF VERNON
LISTED FOR READER
MUCH WORK BEING DONE BY
RED CROSS UNIT
How One Noble Woman Raised
Money To Pay For Her
Liberty Bond
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Vernon Center. October 12.-Mrs.
Emma Meyers Of st. Peter is here on
a visit to her niece and nephew, Ella
and Tom Hays.
The local Red Cross has filled its
quota for the linen shower" that has
been in progress this week to supply
Red Cross hospitals overseas. Our
quota footed up to $60.25. The ar
ticles were donated by about forty
members who are doing about all the
Red Cross work. 1t does seem as ii
things ought to be divided up little
more evenly. There are less than
hundred members who are doing all
the work and these same are doing
all the donating also while hundreds
of others are conspicuous not only by
their absence at the work meetings
but by the absence of giving their
share to carry on this great job OF
providing for the comfort and life OF
the boys in hospitals. Ask yourself
this question: What have l done for
the Red Cross?" The answer for a
great many would be: Il gave dol
lar year ago last July when l join
ed" only this and nothing more.
Wake up, come across and do your
share.
Miss Martha Tom who is awaiting
the call for overseas work as Red
Cross army nurse, is on duty at the
Herman PAIL home caring for the lit
tie month old baby that is very sick.
DIR. Holbrook c< Mankato was called
in. consultation with the local physl-
clan. Miss Tom is a sister of Mrs.
Herman REEVES of North Vernon and
was graduated from the lmmanuel
hospital with the class in May OF this
year.
Mr.. Lillyquist of Sioux Falls is
here on a visit with his son in law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Sven
son.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Cooper and Mes
danes Minis and Schwartz made up
an auto party Thursday afternoon and
motored to Amboy where they spent
an hour on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardie Mead and Mrs.
Schwartz motored to Mankato Mon
day. The ladies spent the afternoon
shopping.
Mrs. Sarah Butler, the day tele-
phone operator who had invested in
Second and Third Liberty bonds to
the utmost limit, was at a loss as TO
how she could raise the money to
buy a Fourth Liberty bond, but where
there's a will there's a way and she
determined to buy, feeling there would
something turn up so that she could
make her first payment. SO she
bought the bond and the day after the
purchase she sold SIS worth of fancy
work. Mrs. Butler is cripple and
hasn't taken step for over twenty :
four years but gets around in wheel
chair, and although her fingers and
hands are crippled by rheumatism,
she does beautiful embroidery and
crocheting. Many brides daintiest
lingerie has been fashioned and made
by her busy fingers. Others are COM
ing in faster than they can be fllled
and before many moons the bond VIII
be paid for o Yea Slackers, rolling
in wealth who think themselves mar
tyrs because to loan money to the
United States at Az per cent Who"
they could get couple of Go o.
some where else, tl-r' j ; not patriot
ism. The true patriot is he who bor-
rows the money to pay for the bond
and daily sacrifices until the debt is
paid
One of the largest, if not the larg-
est sales ever pulled off, in this To-
cality, will be held Thursday, October
II, at he F. H. Barnes farm one mile
south of town. Three hundred thirty
six head of high grade stock will be
sold at auction. This sale is largely
advertised all over Southern Mime
sofa. See Mondays Free Press where
the sale is advertised and plan to at
tend
"A. C. Larson who has been renting
the F. H. Barnes farm for the past
two years has bought the Steve Doty
farm in Lyra and will take possession
in the near future.
The last echo of the CerescO auc-
tion of last June was heard last Sat
urday when H. C. Kraus, w. w. Grit :
fifth and F. l.. Cooper met at the F. H.
Barnes home and the one hundred
names of those having numbers on
the Red Cross hog were put in hat
and F. H. Barnes made the draw.
Some little time was taken up in de-
Gliding whether the first or tenth mum
Der would be the lucky one, it was
finally settled on the first one drawn
to be it, so Mr.. Barnes thoroughly
mixed the numbers and reached far
down in the bottom and brought out
a slip of paper having the name of
Mrs. Sarah Butler and everybody
was happy.
The annual meeting of the Vernon
Center Red Cross and election of Of
ficers will be held next Wednesday
evening at the opera house. A full
attendance is desired. Delegates to
the chapter meeting in Mankato the
26th of October will be appointed one
for every hundred members. Those
who know themselves to'be in ar
rears in membership, please renew
as no one but members can vote. Ar
rangements are being made to have
speakers from Mankato present.
c. D. Cook Of Owatonna Paid 500
Into the City Treasury
CD. Cook of Owatonna paid a fine
of 500 and costs, amounting to $105.-