The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
Number Of Girls Born In the
Village This Week
SALE TODAY FOR CERESCO
Benefit For Red Cross; Concert
There On tuesday
Evening
Especial to Free Press


baby girls. This week in the homes
of Marion Selby in Ceresco and
George Blown in the village, both
frightened by the events and the
proud parents, each with little son
and daughter feel that their cup of
happiness has "gone way over the
top"
The rain of Sunday and Monday
was indeed blessing of untold mag
nitude to the farmers, coming just in
the nick of time, small grains and
pastures showed the beneficial eff
fects at once. Farmers are working
early and late fitting up their ground,
getting it in No. / condition so as to
put in the seed just as soon as the
weather will permit as the seed is
not of the highest test and very high,
so farmers will not wish the loss that
might occur if planted before the
ground is thoroughly warm.
Editor Burdick is still on the job
OF editing two papers. He went to
Amboy today to do some needed job
work and expects to spend every aft
ernoon the rest of the week between
trains there in the interest of The
Herald. The Vernon Center News
has in the past two issues of the pa
per, published the names of people
buying bonds. Many people believe
he should have practiced conserva
ton of paper by printing the names
of the very few who had to be made
to come across and show by deed not
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unloyalty of the few has made much
unnecessary work and unpleasant
ness for the executive committee
and Stacker" the insignia of their
disloyalty will ever remain.
All the farmers of North Vernon this
week have contracted for electricity
with the power company and work of
wiring will begin at once. The farmer
is beginning to realize that he is
entitled to all the conveniences of city
and then some and he is fast coming
into his own.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardie Mead, Mr.. and
Mrs Clifford Mead and Mrs. Mary
Meixell made up an auto party and
motored to Mankato to see the form
er's cousin, Warner Scott, who is in
very poor health and confined to his
room and bed Mr. Scott formerly
lived in this locality and has many
friends and acquaintance who will
hear of his illness with deepest re-
greet but trust that he may be re-
stored to health.
Hugh and Eugene Francis motored
to Minneapolis Sunday. Their broth
er Chef who has been in Minneapolis
taking treatment for his health for
some time returned with them. He
stood the trip from the city to his
home in Mankato in good shape and
is feeling fine. This is certainly good
news and his many friends here in
the old home town are rejoicing over
his restoration to health.
Mrs. Clara Guppy went to Mime
apolis last week to meet her little
niece who came all the way from
Canada to spend the summer with
her aunt.
The auction at the Ceresco town
hall which was to have been held
last Monday afternoon, on account
of the inclement weather was post
poned until Friday afternoon of this
week. If the weather man is good
it is anticipated this auction will be
the biggest ever pulled off yet. A.
C. Gray and B. E. VanLane will cry
the sales. Everybody come. Box
social and dance to be held in the
evening, the entire proceeds of auction
box social and dance will go to the
Vernon Center Red Cross.
Ed and John Mertersdorf are both
driving new six cylinder Overland
cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brown are
the happy parents of seven pound
baby girl who arrived at their home
May 1.
T. D. Hays has about completed
his house that was started last year
Mr.. Rcdfield finished plastering to-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Partridge of
Comfrey motored to Vernon Saturday
for an over Sunday visit with their
parents.
Mrs. Minnie Hubbard, Professor
Jenny and the Misses Roger and
Meyers of Mankato will give a pro-
gram of instrumental music, readings
and songs at the Vernon Center
opera house Tuesday evening, May
z. Everybody is looking forward to
this event which will no doubt be
one of the very best entertainments
ever given here. Admission Is and
35 cents. For the benefit of the
Vernon Center Red Cross.
The people of Strawberry Point
are beginning to enjoy their new si1
cylinder Nash chummy roadster
which they purchased week age
from John Bowen garage. Others
who are driving Nash cars are more
than pleased with the cars. There
have been several of these cars
sold in this vicinity recently and
more to be delivered this month.
"The Partners, three act play
presented last Friday evening at the
Vernon Center opera house by the
Senior class of the Amboy High
school, was certainly fine, also the
musical numbers, and they. were
most heartily enjoyed by full
capacity house. Door receipts were
nearly s65 of which the Junior Rel
Cross received half and the Ambo!
High school the other half.
Mrs. Ware Of Amboy spent Satur.