The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-27
STORIES FROM VERNON
WINTER WHEAT RAISERS ARE
VERY MUCH ELATED
Crop Yield Of Twenty-Five An
Acre On the T. D. Hays
Farm

Vernon Center, August 25-Mr.
and Mrs. ]. r. MOBILES and son Wal
ter and the Misses Ethel Mobiles and
Nina Rosenbefger motored to Hen
derson Sunday where they spent the
day at the home of Miss Rosenberg
er's parents.
Mrs. Faith Bowen Green has re.
turned to her home in Brooklyn.
Mich. after several weeks visit with
her parents. MI. and Mrs. Dan Bow
en- and family In South Vernon and
other relatives in the village.
Mrs. Fred Hicks and her mother
Mrs. G. P. Lamp Of South Sterling
spent Sunday in this little village as
guests of Mrs. L. Carpenter. Mrs.
Hicks in company with Mrs. Sarah
Bowen were pleasant callers at the
Cooper nome.
r. B. Hays. who has been in New
Ulm for the past two weeks, where
he submitted to an operation for the
removal Of his tonsils, the work be-
ing done by friend of his, a noted
doctor who Is specialist along those
lines, departed for New York City
last Friday.
Ora Swan and. daughter. Miss Efie
Swan Of Garden City, and Mr.. and
Mrs. James e. Swan and Jimmie, Jr.,
OF Cleveland, Ohio, were Sunday
guests of the formers SON In law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Han
ney in South Vernon. In the home
ward trip they stopped OF in the
village for q short call on relatives
at the Lewis Brown and e. T. Champ
lin homen.
Hon. and Mrs. 3. T. Champlin
and r. G.. Champlin and family spent
Sunday at the G.. w. Champlin home
at the Lakes.
MT. and Mrs. Frank Nickerson,
Mrs. L. s. Terry; Mrs. Lola Ketahum
Of Duluth. Mrs. Lee Fleming of Gar
den City, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fem-
ing, Mr.. and MIS- Fred Fleming and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Long of South
Sterling made up a happy auto party
where they enjoyed a picnic dinner
and spent several hours at this pop
ular summer resort The party re-
turned via Truman where they
made q short call.
Miss Roxa ChampIn has returned
from a very pleasant weeks visit at
the Ora Swan home in Garden City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. King of Omri,
Wis, who have been guests at the
Sanford Cornish home in Ceresco
since last week, spent part of Tues
day with their aunt, Mrs. Mary
Cornish. leaving that evening via
the auto trail for Minneapolis where
they will visit relatives after which
their vacation With relatives in Da-
kota.
Mrs. Polly Remington, after spend
ing the past year with her sister,
Mrs. L. Carpenter. left Wednesday
for Oregon where her two sons live
and where she will make her home in
the future.
Mrs. Carrabel Louer Darlington of
Minneapolis spent Friday with her
aunt, Mrs. M. Louer and was a pleas
ant caller at the home OF Mrs. Arm
strong. =.
Mrs. Mary Cornish received a ca.
blegram Saturday from her son in
law announcing their safe arrival at
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trip. Che Bellands sailed from New
York harbor, Friday, August Is, ar
irving at Panama August 21. This
Is the fastest time ever made during
the numerous trips to and from the
Isthmus.
A large delegation from Vernon
attended the lecture on Irish indie
pendence given In Mankato by Prof.
Holloway of Philadelphia. They re-
port a splendid meeting and wonder
full oratory.
his churches finishing the drive for
st. Mary's college. A young priest
whose name your correspondent was
mass here Sunday morning.
Station agent G. w. Lassack with
his wife and daughter Ruth lift Tues
day night on their two weeks vaca-
ton for visit with Mr.. Lassack's
parents in Eau Claire, Wis.
Miss Bessie Ware of Winnebago,
who has been visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Anne Nattingly, left
for her home Tuesday.
Those who were fortunate enough
to SOW winter wheat are greatly
elated over the outcome of the ven
ture as the wheat IL turning out we'll,
ana the quality ID NO. i. A u0lQ or
thirty eight acres threshed on the
r. D. Hays farm, averaged almost
twenty five bushels per acre. The
berries we're pump and large and we
are informed that nearly all Of the
grain has been sold for seed.
T. d. Hays on Monday took the
three Austrian men who are working
for him to Mankato where they took
out their first naturalization papers
and in due time they hope to be full
hedged, true blue Americans.
Henry Dittman, who has sold his
fifty acre farm In Old Town at $3.50
per acre to the Tonnasek Brothers,
Loft Co3y1rdav for Norado 1ools~~