The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-03-21
STORIES FROM VERNON
BA0 ROADS ARE CAUSING NO
END OF WOE
FLU Has Many Victims In Bed;
Tom Hays Recovering Surg
icaI Operation
ESPECIAL to Free Press.l

Vernon Center, March 15.-Lawr-
ence Warren il out CT school today
confined TO MS room with bad cold
and sore throat. DrIJ. L. Merrill is
in attendance.
The roads arc certainly fierce, even
the state road is almost impossible.
Thursday DT. Merrill made the
rounds TO his numerous patients in
this vicinity on horseback.
A. c. Gray within couple Of hours
after he had bought the Lcvall forty
acres for $3.50 per acre, sold it to
W. w Griffith for $l75 per acre, l..
G. Rev carrying both deals.
Mrs Anil keitzer is very seriously
III with complications following the
flu. Dr. j. f. Merrill called DR..
Holtrook Of Mankafo for consultation
Wednesday. Her mother, Mrs.
Charles Bates also has pneumonia and
this morning Mrs. Keitzer's little
daughter was taken down making
three at the Bates home, who are
very sick. Two nurses and Mr.. Bates
and Mr.. KeitZer are constantly in
attendance and everything possible
is being done for them. We ere hop
Ing that the crisis will soon be pas
sed and that in a short time all will
be On the gain.
Mrs. VI. b. Randall is spending a
couple of weeks with her two daugh
tiers. Mrs. May McCracken and Mrs.
Claude Meixcll at Albert Lea. She
Will visit another daughter, Mrs. Al
bert FiaiI e~son in Sherburn before
she rctutns.
Miss Kittie Caven has been quite
sici; he PAS week with the flu, being
CtIigCd 10 give up her school teach
ing in tic Fitzsimmans district. She
VIII probably be able to resume her
. teaching next week.
Earl Griffith of Swea City, Ia, has
accepted the position of bookkeeper
in the Vernon Center State bank.
WCrd reaches here from Eftel hos
pital, Minneapolis, bringing the good
news tina; Ten Hays is makig a good
recovery and is way passed the danger
mark, but it will be at least six
mcnths bafore he can do any work.
His brother Rob of New York City
is with him.
: Miss Lizzie Weber is enjoying a
two weeks vacation with friends in
+. Albert Lea. Miss NARROW is substi :
tuting at the Wynan House during
| her. absence.
| Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weir are in re-
ceirt of telegram which they re-
ceived Thursday from their sen, Tom
informing them Of bis safes arrival
| from overseas. With HIN 41ae hts
cousin, Joe Weir of Coed Hhrnde1.
The boys were sent to Camp uodge
there they are anxiously awaiting
their discharge from war duties.
1 Friends in the village received word
Monday that Owen Lewis had arrived
from overseas.
Miss Ida Bowen received letters
yesterday from her two brothers
Harold and Standish who are in
France, saying that they did not ex-
pct to get hcme for six months, but
could never tell. Harold told of get
ting seventeen letters the day before.
the first he had received for a long
time. He would much prefer to not
k,ya thCIn ccrne in a bunch he said.
Mrs. Licfie Warren was a shopper
in Mankato Wednesday between
trains.
MIS- Gorge Gray who was in Man
kato last week for consultation in
regard TO her health which has been
rather poorly for some time, is con-
fined to her bed suffering with high
blood pressure. Her daughter, Mrs.
Bert Stratton is up from Mankato
caring for her.
George R. Gray Of North Vernon
cd hi for ho1
miles from the village to Nilsson,
Giles. Mr.. and Mrs. Gray are un-
decided as 10 whether they will
move to Mankato or into the home
town. We all hope they will decide in
favor of The latter move.
Miss Donnersbach of Garden City
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Nary Cornish.
Mrs. Vesta Cornish Armstrong,
principal CT the village schools, left
Wednesday evening for Minneapolis
% attend the annual short course
fo1 superintendentS and principals
This is under the auspices of the State
Department of Education and College
)f Education at tho university. The
session lasts from Wednesday even
NJ until Saturday.
An extract from letter dated
February Is. Commercy, Farnce
rom Miss Mary Cornish, r NJ, to
lor mother in the village might he
Il interests to some. Il wrote YOU
last week of a Mapleton boy being in
)ne of my nlumps wards by the nar1e
iof Elmer Osmundson. He's getting
IN fine. Today / took him all the
news clippings you had sent me il
letters. Some were months old bu
he WAS so glad to get them for they
we're news 10 him. He hasn't heard
rom home for vcets and weeks. H,
news but n few in Vernon Center
one is Frank Hartwick with whom hi
IS well acquainted"