The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-31
QUEEN ESTHER PARTY ONE
OF SOCIAL EVENTS
Drive For Armenian Relief Real.
lied Over Four Hundred
Dollars
Especial To Free PreSs.l

the nome OF his father, Louis Tee
tum in South Vernon. was happily
su: prised Monday by having his
| young friends take possession OF
| his home and proceed 10 make merry.
4 picnic supper which the company
/ had brought was the closing event of
the evening. Ashburn Will return TO
Camp Grant Saturday evening.
| The many Vernon friends OF Re-.
and Mrs. r. Ross Paden of Mankato
are very sorry to hear hat their son
William is confined 10 his bed with
! pneumonia, and all hope that he may
be speedily restored 10 health.
| The placardS which have been on
the jim NELL and the Rob Sewers
| homes for over n month on account
of scarlet fever have been removed
and the Neill children are back to
school this week. 1t is expected
that the Sewers children will resume
| their school work next Monday.
Ralph MCMonaElo has the scarlet
| fever but in so light a form that ii
is harly Pcrceptible.
Mesdames r. G. Champln, w. w.
! Brown, a. c. GRAY. Harry Baatcs, John
! HalversOn and Miss Blanch Randall
were hoStesseS Tuesday afternoon at
! a very pleasant Queen Esther party
! at the formers home in the village.
/ The afternoon was spent in playing
guessing games and with other So
cial diversions. ct sing with dainty
| refreshments being served. If all
work and no play made Jack duh
! boy, il also makes Gill a dull girl.
so this was pla" day meeting which
all thoroughly enjoyed. At the next
! regular meeting they will resume their
! sewing for the fire sufferers.
! Rev. w. w. Brown. chairman Of
The Armenian Syrian relief fund for
the village. appointed as :ha solicit
/ I'M: committee Mesdamos G. Wend-
landt. +. W. Washburn. c.. Nelson.
H. c. Kraus and the Misses Lilly
| Nelson and Valaria Petrich. who
made tho drive Saturday. collecting
over $500. The quota for The village
was s115. With very few exceptions
! everybody gladly gave literally.
| Vernon Center Red Cross does not
intend to abandon its work of mercy
now because there is no more calls
for war work. 1t is busy collecting
and making clothing for the millions
of needy people. This week large
box weighing over 500 pounds was
shipped TO Cloquet. Nearly every
thing in the box was new and in
Guided six new comforters, one pair
of pillows, sheets. blankets and pill
low slips. Red Cross yarn on hand
is BEING knitted by the ladies and
| thirty three pairs of socks and eight
,4s,,., ~ 4
shipped. Children's mittcns are be-
ing knitted out Of odds and ends of
yarn and while they resemble JOS
eph's coat Of many colors. they will
be just rs warm. and will be just as
acceptable as if made of one color.
Radcliffe and Grothe, couple Of
big farmers from West Sterling. dis
| posed of n large amount Of stock last
week to II. G. kraus. r. ID. Hays
also sold several car loads of steers
TO the same buyer and accompanied
the shipment to the St. Paul mar
ket
! II is evident that The Free Press
| has wide circulation. About ten
Gays ago in the items was mentioned
the fact that Merle Mack had just
| graduated from the SchOC,' of Auc-
pioneering at Chicago and that he had
! returned hon" and was ready to
cry sales Toda" he booked a Duroc
sale at Mora. Mimi, which will be
! held next month. February and
| March arc the hi" nOnths for auc-
tons and sale" and we predict that
Merle Will hook big percentage Of
all held in Blro Earth county and
the counties ADJOINING.
| NJ. and Mrs. T.. r. LOvcn return
Cd Tuesday evening from y very
happy visit with relatives in Wiscon-
sin ami Minneapolis.
| G. NJ. Warren has added to his
real estate holdings by buying aa por-
ton Of the original F. n. Barnes
farm which laws on the side of the
| liver adjoining his farm. County Sur
veyor Allison is surviving the trac;
| which is thought to contain in the
neis hbCrh0od Of thirty acres.
| Rex, Briggs is among the soldier
! boys who have returned from over
Scas and is in Camp Grant where ne
| will receive his discharge from fur
! thor dUties in about ten days.
I Harry Bailey is recovering in
good shape from IN attack of the flu.
Mr.. Bailey has been confined to his
room and under Tho care of Dr..
lO'COnnOr since last Friday.
[ Miss Iren" Kitchenapp. trained
nurse from Mankato. spent the week
end and over Sunday visiting Miss
! Gianch Randall ard Mrs. Laafie
| Warren and other Vernon friends.
| Dwight Cornish left Saturday on
rhe four o'clock train on pleasure
trim through The west terminating in
! California where he will spend
month or six weeks visiting his
| father. Wells Cornish also two sis
| ters. Ed Stolter. a brother of Mrs
| Cornish, will look after the farm
chores and keep her and the children
company during Mr.. Cornish's alb
Sence.
Mrs. +. l.. CooDor spent the week
| end and over Monday with her
! brothers and sisters in tho Gene and
| Bile Roberts homes in Sterling.
| Rev. BOstrom Of AmbOy spent
| Monday in the village on business
| connected with the Methodist Epis-
| copal church.
Soldiers Arrived in New York.
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