The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-08-15
MRS. ROBERT Sewers HAS
BAD HEART ATTACK
Closing Of Hotel In Village
Regretted BY People;
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News Notes
Especial to The Free Press.l


MI. Gates was near neighbor and an
intimate friend of the Lovells when
both families lived in Wisconsin. 1t
is needless to say that the visit was
"a happy event for all.
Mrs. Robert Sewers and little
daughter Helen, who went to North :
field two weeks ago to attend the
wedding of her friend, Miss Zadie
Morgan, was taken with bad heart
attock before she reached Miss Nor
gan's home. Medical attendance was
called and she was able to be down
stairs the next afternoon during the
hour of the wedding ceremony. That
evening she had another attack and
her husband was phoned for, and on
arriving Mrs. Sewers was taken to
the sanatorium at Hudson where it is
hoped she will soon be restored to
health. Mr.. Sewers and his little
daughter returned home the first of
the week. A phone message from the
sanatorium this morning is encourag-
ing. She had rested well during the
night. She is getting along as well
as could be expected.
Mesdames A. C. Gray, S. ]. Minis
and Edith French motored to Mankato
the first of the week.
The Wyman House will be closed
Saturday so Landlord Wyman informs
the public. Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman for
nearly ten years have been conduct
ing the hotel which is considered one
of the best along the Omaha branch.
Scarcity of help and high cost of food
To ha
proprietors. The Wymans Will next
week move into the cottage in the
western part, of the village.
Mrs. Arvella Jamison whose home
is in California, arrived Thursday
evening and is spending few days
with Mrs. F. R. Lowell and other cd
friends in the village
Miss Karn- Carlson retu ~ last
week from Wisconsin where sic Wis
tied her sister for a month.
Mrs. Bert Barnes and Miss Selma
Petrich returned Saturday noon from
Minneapolis where they had spent the
week with the formers brothers, Will
and George Dredge and Mrs. Lum-
bard.
Tom and Ella Hays and Thomas
and Charlotte and Mr.. and Mrs. F..
l.. Cooper enjoyed a motor trip to
Northfield Sunday where they spent
the day very happily visiting many
places of beauty and interest.
Mrs. F. G.. WILDER is enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Jesse Cor
nish of Minneapolis, Mrs. Cornish ex-
poets to visit relatives in Fairmont
before she returns to her home. She
will remain in this vicinity for a
month and perhaps longer. Her many
friends in this, her old town, are in
deed glad to see her and to know she
is feeling so well.
The Wyman sale Saturday evening
brought out a big crowd and every
C.. Gray was auctioneer. | !.
The canning demonstration held at
the opera house Friday afternoon was
a success and brought out a large
number of ladies and girls, who
seemed much interested in the cold
pack method of canning. NJ. H. Coe,
county club leader and Miss Gustaf-
son of the university farm assisted by
the girls of the Riverside club, can
ned corn, peas, tomatoes, carrots, etc.
The success of the demonstration is
due largely to the efforts of Mrs. v.
C. Armstrong, principal of the
schools, who had everything in read
mess for Mr.. Coe and Miss Gustafson
to begin the demonstration on their
arrival at the, hall.
Lucius Ashley tried to attend the
big sale of Poland China hogs at Col
rinda, Iowa, last Friday. He got as
far as Eagle Grove, where the rail-
road strike held him up so that he
could not reach the place in time
for the sale. He expects to attend
the Algona, Iowa, hog sale the latter
part of the week. Monday Mr.. Ash
ley, who has a fine lot of registered
Poland China pigs, had them vaccin-
ated, giving them the double treat
ment. DR.. l.! E. Dodds of Lake Crys-
tai done the work. The law requires
that registered hogs must be vaccin-
ated before they can be sold out OF
the state.
Mrs Sarah Mobiles is out from CAL
ifornia on a visit with her nephews,
Hugh Frances and Jess Mobiles of
Ceresco, and many other relatives and
friends in this locality.
Mrs. E. T. Champlin spent the past
week visiting at the home of her son
Lee in Mankato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Cox of North
Vernon entertained the Ashley family
at a twelve o'clock dinner Sunday.
The two families motored to Lake
Crystal where they spent the after
noon with friends.
Clifford Mead bought a new motor
truck which he will use for delivering
oil for the Standard Oil company. Old
Dobbin and Gray are altogether too
slow for the business which is in
creasing rapidly. Mr.. Mead has been
the Standard Oil agent for Vernon
Center for several years.
Mrs. Walter Richter and little son OF
Forbes, N. D., are calling on friends in
the village the latter part of the week.
The Richters motored down from
Forbes last week and will spend a
month with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. julie Richter in Napoleon.
Miss Florence Whipple nurse for
Blue Earth county, was in town last
Wednesday, comforting with Miss May
Cornish, who was engaged in this
work before she went as Red Cross
nurse to France. While in the VII
lage Miss Whippie attended a meet
ing of the Methodist Aid at the L. Y.
Rev home where she met many OF
the ladies and gave talk about the
work she is engaged in. She also met