The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-14
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
IN THE VILLAGE
Personal Gossip and News
Notes Collected BY Free
Press Reporter
Especial to Free Press. ]

and other friends at Rapidan.
The Mozart Music club will hold its
next meeting Friday evening, Febru-
airy IA, at the home of Miss Lulu
Darge.. The club will study the life
and works of Chopin.
Paul Eperra, mailcarrier on route :,
has been on the sick list. Arno Darge
is substituting for him.
John Dalluge was county seat
caller Friday.
A program and box social will be
given at school district No. 149 Sat
urday evening, February Is. Lucy
Weir is teacher of this SCHOOL, Part
of the proceeds will go to the local
Red Cross.
Miss Hertha Herzbers, who is at
tending school in Mankato. came
home Thursday to spend the remain
ing week at nome.
Louis Graham of Mortified spent
a few days visiting his mother Mrs.
Alex Graham at this place.
Eberhart Bros. are advertising Z
large sale of bred big type Poland
China sows for Thursday, March g.
They certainly have an excellent herd
Of good big hogs.
The dental office has been closed
for few days as DR.. Schuldt was on
the sick list. We hope he will soon
be able to tend those awful tooth
aches.
The ladies of the Maple River club
are busy preparing for their banquet
Friday evening.
Miss Frieda Rosin is visiting with
relatives in Willow Creek.
Miss Elna Meyer will give pro-
gram and box social Thursday even
ing in the Malzahn district. Walter
Sohre the state champion calf raiser.
will give an interesting talk on how
he raised the prize calf.
Mrs. c. II. Maeurer and children of
GAINESVILLE are visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gottlieb
Heitner and other relatives.
About twenty young folks went to
the Eskill Fried home Friday night
and surprised Miss Josephine Wag-
ner Well filed baskets were brought
and a delicious lunch was served at
midnight Cards and games were
the amusements of the evening.
Myles FitZsimmons of East Lyra
has been very i'll with pneumonia, but
at the time of writing is on the road
to recovery.
Mrs. Robert Pautsch and Miss Lin
da Billet were Mankato shoppers Sat
urday.
Frank Sohre came home Saturday
form Mankato where he is serving on
the petit jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bruske went to
Rochester last week where Mrs.
Bruske is receiving treatment at the
Mayo clinic.
Joseph Kreuer was a county seat
caller Saturday.
Mrs. Arthur Harner and Pearl. and
Mrs. Joseph Denmick were business
callers at .Mankato Saturday.
February II Il community auction
sale viii be held at the Feed barn
starting at one o'clock in the after
noon. A year ago one of these sales
was held and proved success.
Charles Fischer. Jr.. and Otto Ro-
sin went to Madison Lake Friday.
They returned Saturday afternoon
WITH SOOu punch OF HSn.
Wednesday morning Ellsworth Will
lard and Jake Ulrich unloaded four
head of Young bred Shorthorn cattle
which they purchased of Herbert
Hodson of Judson. Mr.. Willard is
fast disposing of his high grade
Guernsey stock.
Albert Benzel left for the twin cities
Friday where he intends to remain
for some time.
Mrs. Will WrucEe, Jr., spent Satur-
day at Mankato.
Louis Wrucke and Gustave Lem
phul were Mankato callers Friday be-
tween trains.
Ralph Lovall, who has been in serv-
ice overseas arrived here last week,
having been mustered out of the
| service.
Mrs. Ida Malzahn spent Saturday
at Mankato.
Miss Martha Born of Eagle Lake is
visiting with her cousins. Mrs. Ernest
Wester and Mrs. Gustav Erdner at
this place.
Wendall Smith, who enlisted in the
navy some time in June, arrived here
| Friday, having received an honorable
| discharge. Wendell looks fine and
saws he made several trips across the
| Atlantic and enjoved them immensely,
but thinks the u. S. A. is the only
| Mace. He is staying with his sisters,
Mrs. Albert Possin and Mrs. Oscar
| Wendtland
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Rieye and little
| daughter drove TO Vernon Sunday
| where they visited the latter's parents
| Mr. and Mrs. Marlowe.
Services in the English language
| were held at the st Johns. Lutheran
church Sunday evening at 7:30. Rev.
A. C. Bode delivered the sermon.
Slowly one by one our soldiers are
| returning Tuesday John Miller ar
| rived home after having been in serv-
| ice for about year. He was at the
French front for some time and can
: tell many interesting facts about the
1 alertness of our boys and fhe condi-
tions abroad. John has seen much in
his military life. He was also with
the state militia guarding on the Mex
| lean border three years ago.
Mrs Edward Eberhart returned to
her farm home Friday after spending
three weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Carl Sohre.
Thursday evening the ladies of the
Catholic church gave card party at
the opera house. The attendance was
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