The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-08-01
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Kerns, July 30.-The Lundeen Bros
are repairing the bridge near II. A
Hanson's place
Humphrey Parry went to Mapkatt
a few days ago with a load OF wheat
which was threshed on the F. +.
Jefferson farm. That is the first
threshing reported around here.
Rev. Johnson and wife of Hamline
took supper with Mrs. w. Sharp
Tuesday evening.
w. w. Davis of the Mankato Saw
ings bank was out Saturday afternoon
and helped G.. H. Loucks set ul
grain.
Mrs. G. w. Johnson and daughter
Cora took supper with Mrs. L. B.
Steel in North Mankato Friday even
ing. (.
Mrs. G.. Loucks and sons were en-
tertained at the Batcheller home for
supper Sunday evening and later in
the evening they all took a ride to
apidan.
Mrs. w. Sharp received another in
|teresting letter from her dauphter
Hazel. saying that she and her sister
Edna had been to Ocean Side, had
a picnic lunch on the beach and had
been to see San Luis Rey Mission.
Hazel also sent home a box contain
ing a Japanese picture and a vase, a
jar of preserved olives, a jar of wal
nut meats from the H. Purrier ranch.
Also branch of the pepper tree, COW
cred with red berries and branch
of lemon verbena, a flower resembling
mignonette
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Busby an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter Beulah Belle to Clark Logan Reed
on Tuesday, July %, at Winnebago.
Ole Larson and wife and a party of
relatives of Tivoli spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Enz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Rist and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson Of Mound avenue spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs. F..
E. Jefferson.
Mrs. Waterbury, ST., died Monday
and funeral services were held Tues
day D. m. 49,
Thirty six young people from
around Kerns drove to Gibbon Sun
day and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Sigfred Kent.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Parsons and
daughter Fern of Madison Lake, Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Parsons and
family of Traverse and Pearl Parsons
of Kerns spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Johnson. The gathering
was in honor IF the birthday of Mrs
Walter Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. p. Michels enter
tanned part of relatives from Nor
gan for dinner Sunday They were
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Picker, Nick
Picker and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Whit
comb.
Rev. George E. Field Of Clearwater,
Mimi, will preach at the church Sun
day morning at 1880. This man is
coming as a candidate for this place
and it is expected there will be large
congregation present to hear him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilikson and son Carl
of Springfield and Charlie Frantz and
sister Eva of Minneapolis visited at
the ]. P. Michels home Saturday. Eva
will visit there for some time These
peope are all relatives of Mrs. Mich
els.
Ardie Johnson and SONS Walter and
Harry and Hattie Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Tape and Alma Dahms of Mic
ollet visited Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. John
SON Sunday. Walter Johnson has
just recently retr-7' from France
and will soon lc"s err Green Bay,
Wis, where he teaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howay' 0ole and chill
dren and Mr.. Hob 'e of rapidan Wis
tied at the Cole home Saturday.
Penelope Hanson and 70 Johnson
left Wednesday evening Of this week
for Chicago where they will visit rel
atives.
Aaron Michels was on the sick list
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Burnett have
moved to the farm near Oshawa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sharp AMI
sons. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sharp and
son Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. R. f. GTice,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Grice and chill
dren went TO Lake WASHINGTON Sun
day where they enjoyed a picnic din
ner -
HI. A. Hanson, Fred Johnson and
Chester Steel went to st. Peter last
week Tuesday and attended a direc
tors meeting of the Breeders asso-
citation. The association plans on
having a picnic some time in the near
future.