The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20

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The service flag with eight stars was
dedicated Sunday ard the following
program was ell carried out.
Song, America, choir and congre-
CATION.
Scripture reading, Rev. A. B. Bell.
! Song, Come Thou Almighty King,
choir and congregation
Prayer, Rev. Bell.
Offering taken
Song, Onward Christian Soldiers,
choir and congregation.
Sermon, Rev. Bell.
| Solo, Well BE Waiting When You
Come Back Home, Rev. Bell.
| A bunch of flowers was taken from
the flag over each and given to the
nearest. Little Myrtle Nordgren car
ried the flowers in honor of the eight
boys in service.
The boys whom the stars represent
are: Carrot Budde Camp Forrest, Ca,
Wallace Culp, Somewhere in France,
Harry Evenson, Somewhere in
France; Willie Rash. Somewhere in
France; Edward Nordgren, Some
where in France; David Brown, Lee
Hall, Va; Claude Buick, Fort Riley,
Kansas; Earl Burnett, Somewhere in
| France.
Song, Keep the Home Fires Burn
| ing, choir ard congregation.
Benediction.
he Aid society will meet with Mrs.
F.. F. Jefferson Friday afternoon. A
report of the work done by the Red
Cross will be given at this meeting.
Everybody invited.
Members of the Quinn family are
sick with Influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sharp have
moved to North Mankato.
Aaron Michels spent Sunday with
his brother Eli and family.
Mrs. H. A. Hanson spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. John A. Johnson.
Erwin Culp had ore of his fingers
taken off last week and was at the
hospital for several days.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Harry Allery have
been entertaining the latters father,
James Greenfield from Wintersett,
Iowa, for several weeks.
Dennis Haney Of Wintcrsett, Iowa,
purchased two car loads of corn of
H. Allery ard is here shipping the
corn to his place.
w. G. Clark, Willis Randall, Clyde
w. Johnson and daughter Cora at
| tended Holstein auction near Good
Thunder Thursday and the men
bought several head of fine stock.
Mrs. o. P. Anderson of Nicollet
visited her mother, Mrs. Charlie Lind
last week.
NJ" Waterbury recovered from in
| fluenza ard Mrs. Waterbury went
| bark to Iowa last week
H. A. Hanson and Mr.. Nourie have
been repairing windmill for Eli
Michels.
Evelyn Budde was out of school for
couple of days on account of bad
| cold.
| The Allery auction last week Wed
nesday was well attended. The stock
and machinery was in fine condition
| and everything placed in order for
Tuick sale. A great amount of praise
has been given H. Allery for the way
I re has takoE care of the farm which
he had rented.
David Steel of Decoria was at the
Hanson farm last week and pur-
chased a Poland China hog.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arsenau and child on
their way from Illinois to their home
| in Dakato visited at the Nourie home
| last week.
q w. Johnson has purchased the
| Culn farm ard Charlie Fish is living
~ tho place.
A~'~0w R"rrar of Wabasso, Mimi.
was here and purchased two Poland
China hogs of H. A. Hanson week
! ago Saturday.
The Busby sale Tuesday was at
tended by large crowd and every
thing sold well. The Busby family
will move to Winnebago very soon
and G. Yetter ard family are already
here on the farm they bought of C. C.
Busby.
| F. E. Jefferson has sold five loads
of hogs to the CudGy company in
Mankato this week
David Purrier, brother of Chester
Purrier, passed away at his home in
ST. Peter Monday evening. David
| has been sick for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Johnson and
twins spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Johnson.
| Gwendolin Rist is sick with bron-
| chitis.
Ralph ard Burton Burnett are sick
with influenza.