The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04

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Charles Baltic of Minneapolis was a
business caller in the city today.
Mrs. T. F. Leavitt went to Window
yesterday, where she will visit friends
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Metzinger of New
Ulm were guests over night of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Szamet, while enroute to the
twin cities.
d. M. Johnson and sister, Mrs. r.
Snyder of st. Paul are guests of rel
atives and friends in Mankato during
the holidays.
Mrs. W. Roush of Walnut Grove was
in the city today to take home her
son, Winfield, who has made a good
recovery from a recent operation for
the removal of tonsils and adenoids.
F. T. Wilcox, telegraph operator in
Chicago, and Professor D. M. Wilcox
of Duluth, who have been spending
the past week at the home of their
brother and cousin, L. : V1'"nx of
Wheeler street, departed for ST. Paul
this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Salet are now
in the east, and will spend some time
at Washington, d. C. and in that vi
cinity. They will visit their son, Har-
ry Salet, who is in the marine corps
at Quantico, Virginia, and will also
stop in Boston and New York They
will be absent about six weeks
S. O. Lucas has arrived home from
Pennington, and has been suffering
with a growth on his neck for some
time past An examination proved
that the growth was cancer and Mr..
Lucas will undergo an operation for
the removal of the growth at one of
the local hospitals next Monday.
Architect H. C. Gerlach was at Belle
PLANE this week completing business
arrangements for the builing of an
addition, and the remodeling of the
Home for the Aged of the German
Lutheran Synod, for which he recently
prepared plans. Bids will be advertised
for, and will be received January Is.
Comfrey Times: G.. r. Estes of
Mankato has accepted the position of
electrician at the electric light plant
He is familiar with work Of this kind
and for a number of years was in the
employ of the International Harvester
company as an expert. He expects to
move to Comfrey as soon as living
accommodations can be found.
w. o. White, who has resigned his
position in the office of the j. B.
Nielsen Construction company to &C
cept position with the Armour COM
pany at ST. Paul, has been notified that
he will be placed in the office of the
Armour company in this city, which
will be pleasing news to the friends
of the White family, as they will now
remain residents of Mankato.
DR.. Edmund Mackay of Mandan, N
D., made his annual visit to Mankato
this week and is the guest of his
mother, Mrs Mary Mackay, who re-
sides at SIS Walnut street. DR.. Mac
kay is an assistant state veterinary
and has been in Mandan since leav-
ing Mankato several years ago. The
doctor is president of the Red Trail
Ferry company which runs a ferry
across the Missouri river between Man
dan and Bismarck. The distance be-
tween the towns is five miles, but
their ferry spans the Missouri at a
distance of about 1000 feet. The ferry
is on the direct auto trail from New
York to Portland, and the boat is
capable of carrying eight automobiles
at one time, and is the only ferry or
the trail between New York and Ore
gon. DR.. Mackay's many friends here
will be glad to know he is doing well
in North Dakota.