The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-03-21
STORIES FROM VERNON
NUMBER OF PEOPLE QUITE
ILL WITH THE FLU
Anil Roloff Gees To Heron Lake
To Take Old lob As
Buttermaker
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just completed q course in dress max
ing at Adrian. Mimi, and has returned
TO her parents home in West Vernon.
Miss Tom completed the entire course
in seven weeks.
Eugene and William Roberts OF
Mapleton were Sunday callers at
Strawberry Point.
The r. G. Champlin home is Yer
itatle hospital these days where five
are confined to their beds with the
prevailing epidemic. They are Mrs.
Carl Halverson and little son Philip
Of Minneapolis and Mrs. Rob Champ
lin and two little boys, Robert and
Eugene. Mrs. Newell, one of our
efficient trained nurses, and DR.. ]. E.
Merrill are ir attendance and all are
getting along nicely, and if no COM
plications develop all will soon be out
of the woods and up and around again.
Mrs. Frank Cooper and daughter
Miss Gladys. are ill with the flu but
are reported on the gain this morninp.
Mr. and Mrs. Anil Keitzer of West
Vernon returned from Rochester where
the former had submitted to an oper
alton for chronic tumor. The Oper-
alton was quite successful but he will
have to return again in two weeks ~
have some of the glands in his neck
removed Mrs. KeitZer was not
feeling well the last two days she was
there and when she got TO the village
Thursday she was very i'll. She Went
10 the home of her rarents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bates. DIR. Merrill was
called and found bad case of flu had
developed, made worse no doubt by
the lorg rice homc, II is hoped that
the crisis has passed and her recovery
be rapid.
Mr.. and Mrs Anil Roloff are pack
ing up their household goods pre-
raratory to moving TO Heron Lake
where Mr.. Roloff has accepted his
old position as buttermaker in the
creamery there. All hate - lose such
good citizens. Mrs. Roioff has been
untiripg ir her capacity as trained
nurse during the time they have been
in VerEor.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Halverson well
cemed a nine ard a half pound baby
boy irto their home Saturday morn
ing Mrs. Roloff is locking after the
new arrival and the mother. both Of
whom are setting along nicely.
f. r. Lowell sod forty acre tract Of
land adjcir'ng the village on the north
to A. c. Cray's. Mr.. Gray's residence
= WirK-is ~ recently purchased is in one
corner Of the forty and makes nice
little farm. on which his two aons car,
expend their superfuous boyish energy
on wher out of school.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Busby moved
in from their farm in West Vernon
last week and now are nicely located
in the Brewer house.
The five patients at the r. G.. Champ
lin homo are all improving as also arc
Mrs. Frank Cooper and Gladys, but
we are sorry that we have rot sim
liar report 10 make CT Mrs. Ami
Keitzer, who is very sick Al her par
ert's home in the village. Her little
daughter came down with the disease
this morning. A traired nurse whr
has been caring for Will Dennisor
for the past two weeks, has been reliev-
ed from that ZONE so as TO care fol
Mrs Keitzer and daughter Mrs. Bate:
has been taking care of both of then
alone and TO nurses could be gGttel
from Mankato or any other place
Frank Hartwick, cashier of the Yer
non State Bank. is the latest to &c
the flu and is confined TO his room
and under the care of Dr. J. Z. Mcrrii
of Ambov.
Mrs. Liefie Warren spent Friday a
the Gates home in Garden City. He
sister, Mrs. Gates left Monday 70
Canada 10 visit her daughter.
Word reached us this morning fror
Mapleton telling of the serious Hines
of Mrs Charles Proehl. We all hop
that the next report will be more fav
orahle. Mrs. Proehl was formerly Per
sis Barnes and is well known to ever
body in The village, being 9 niece {
Mrs. T. w. Wasburn.
Today is town election. We thin
as far as Vernon Center is concerne
it will be rather quiet affair.
Letter From Abroad.
Meudl Germany. February y, 1911
Dear Folks.-Well here it is III
middle of the week again and tim
to write another letter. We are hay
ing sunny weather now, but does NJ
get very warm. The snow has lie
the roads where continuous travel zoe
on, but is still on the fields. We Ia
all of Monday eff as usual and ] rea
about all day. have read four pool
lately to help pass the time. Yestel
UGy we Ildu tilt
and had nothing to do the remairdt
Of the day. The show troupe ar
orchestra was to have conc To Il tow
not far off in the evening, but as II
truck did not come to take Us VI
were relieved of that task We WEI
glad OF it too as we had To pet !
this morning at o'clock, eat breal
fast and be ready to start in trucks
CcblerZ and Their get on an excu
sion boat furnished by the "Y' az
play for the entertainment of q
others on the trip. Well we we
ready on time but waited until aft
z for the trucks. When we arrive
at Coblenz we were rather cold aE
t,ecided we would like TO get out
the job, hut had no. idea Of havii
such luck The trip was to be on Il
Rhine river. Ice was floating abo
In the water ard was frozen along Il
banks We waited ard stamped abo
TO warm up for an hour or SO. The
was quite number of boats
the landing, DO rot mean row boa
hut river steamers, they locked rath
small in comparison ~ the oca;
steamers After shiyerjng about