The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-29
GARDEN CITY AUCTION
HEAPED Up THE MONEY
Red Cross Was Beneficiary Of
This Great Sale
WAS SPLENDID AFFAIR
Total of Eighteen Hundred Dol.
lars Was Realized; VIII
lage News
RED cRoss-TAE ALLIES HOPE.
]. G.. OLMSTED,


The devil sat muslng a:one in his room,
Where murder, dishonesty, rapine and
gloom
And all other evils which curse human
Find BIRTH in his fendish and devilish
mind
He rang for his bell-boy and told him
And bring to him quickly his demons of
woe,
And when they had come he proceeded
If any were ready to tackle a task.
Each yelled Il will do what you choose
And am ready this minute to go on my
quest ,
Then the devil said 'Imps, to the ends
There is peace and contentment, pleas
ure and mirth.
The skies are all sunshine the valleys
And everywhere deep satisfaction is
seen. l.,
There's an ambitious ruler I'm bound to
To change the sweet scene with his great
iron fist.
Co visit the kaiser and whisper to him.
THAT his co-partner am full to the
brim
With desires to see a quick change come
And IFS time he should turn all his
fierce war dogs out.
Fill his men with red liquor, with nat
red and lust, :.
LET women and children be dragged in
the dust.
And show men no mercy when wounded
And when there's a chance, slay the
sick in his bed.
The kaiser was willing to tackle 'he
And sent forth a bowling. ravishing mon.
But men stood their ground till the ma
lions Of earth
Sprang forth to defend things Oh ifiiiiii'e
worth
In the wake of the carnage devastation
supreme 49,
Appears with dark visage. Then quickly
OF radient brightness illumines the sky,
The Red Cross steps for--c with banner
G held high.
All over the best land. the United States
Its interest enthuses and never abates.
The women all labor with fond, loving
The men haste to meet all financial de-
mandS.
Though small and unheralded our iittie
Is helping to give the Red Cross great
renown.
And when the wars ended the sammies
How the Red Cross has rescued full
many from hell.
The weather man did himself proud
in the kind of weather he delivered
Saturday, for it was ideal for the
great auction that took place for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Colonel
Fitch of Lake Crystal and Colonel
Dolliver of Blue Earth were early on
the ground donating free OF charge
their services as auctioneers. This
was greatly appreciated. The auc-
ton was gotten up on short notice
and it was impossible to get com
plete list of the articles sold. The
ladies served % cent dinner in the
Christian church basement and re-
ceived from this source $50.
guessing contest on a jar of beans
swelled this fund to about 500. The
auction started at 1:3O and some
vigorous bidding resulted. There
were some outstanding features such
as quilt pieced by lady eighty
eight years of age and a yoke made
by another elderly lady. These
brought neat sums One rooster was
sold and resold until many dollars
were piled up An original poem by
local party was sold bringing in al
S57. A cake on which was a perfec
design of the Red Cross in Red sugar
brought S3050 The only regretablt
feature of the day was that one OF
two of the men one might expect tt
be on hand and take big part hat
business elsewhere that day. Every
body gave time, labor and money tt
make it big day for the village
The total amount taken in is abou
$1,000 ard no one is sorry. There
were three or four extra good bidder
in the happy crowd Long live thu
Red Cross.
Mrs. G. w. John, Mrs. Lizzie Hughe
and L. G. Olmstead and famil.
motored to Mankato Tuesday talkin,
a good quantity of finished article
to headquarters.
The first meeting of the men
class being formed in the Christian
Sunday school was held last Sunda
and nine were present. This elias
will be organized and will soon groy
in number Come to the Easter serv
ices next Sunday, enjoy two hours O
pleasure. look upon this mems elias
and go home feeling fine.
H. ]. Schultz and part of his fam
lily motored to Mankato last Thurs
day and Frank Thurston and famil
were among those who made the tri
by rail that day.
The Red Cross meet regularl
on Thursday East of the river tn
place is. Mrs. Ida Boynton's home
Last Thursday there were twenty
nine present On the west side tn
place is Mrs. J. C. Bixby's home.
Claude Granger and family move
back from Mankato to Garden Cit
last week.
Everett Whitney and E. H. Monro
returned from Minneapolis about tn
middle of the week
u. G. Ward went to st. Paul Thurs
day to try to hurry up the sendin
of the two cars needed to ship stool
machinery and household goods I
Canada. Car shortage is serious
J. F. Osgood is suffering consider
ably from lame knee. He was j