The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-26
owns CHAMP BABY BEEF
EEARTH CITYBOY WINS
THAT BIG HONOR
Delavan High School Girls Serve
Dinner To School
Faculties
Especial to The Free Press1

Blue Earth, Mimi, November e.
Eleven year old Carl Oelke. who lives
on farm adjoining Blue Earth. is ths
owner Of Gold Dust" black Aberdeen
Angus calf. which was judged to be the
grand champion baby beef Of the
state OF Minnesota at the Junior Stock
snow held in st. Paul last week. The
tlue ribbon carries with 1t a silver
trophy offered by the Union Stock yards
company Of South st. Paul Carrs sis
ter Mildred. owner of the grand cham
pion caif last year, took third place this
year with her calf, Black Diamond.
OF the Delavan high school, served
ainner Saturday to the heads of the
nigh schools Of Faribau1t county. The
IoHowing schools were represented: Blue
iyn, Minnesota Lake. Huntley and Della
Rev. w. ]. Moore of the Alden Meth
odist church. died at his home there
illness. He had served as pastor Of
Methodist churches in several towns in
Southern minnesota
Hog cholera has broken out in the
herds are afflicted. some farmers have
lost az high as a hundred hogs in the
past two weeks. Nelson Bros, who
keep full blooded Duroc Jersey hogs.
herd.
Saturday evening An election was held
at East Chain to decide the question Of
issuing bonds to the amount Of $4,000
to finish s.,, paying for the consolidated
Farmers near swea City. Iowa. have
raised and marketed $4,000. worth Of
sersn e srd I'll. c.at. m.' Souss that h.s
win bring sss.ooo when made up into
sugar.
The four Newell brothers. all bank
Farmers savings bank. while on their
wav TO. attend Banker-Farrrer meeting
TT Fort Dodge. met with a serious acci-
dent when one Of the front wheels Of
Frank Newell both have skulls fractured
and are In q verv serious condition.
Fanry Newell suffered several broken
r'h- while Lewis Newell received a
bruised. Fred Bailey escaped without
injury.
Mrs. August Gerolt. a prominent lady
Of Blue Earth. died within thirty min
utes after being taken with an attack
Of heart failure at the home OF a neigh
Dor where she had gone to attend a
quilting bee for the German Evangelical
church.
Fire destroyed the large harm on the
Matt Olson residence lot in Wells and
1t was only by strenuous efforts of the
frenen that several buildings were
saved from the names. Inc nr9 started
from ashes dumped too near the barn.
A good buggy, screens for the house.
tools and considerable coal in the barn
were burned.
Charles r. Clark who died at Monte
yuma Iowa, last week at the age Of
severity eight years, held the record for
service as Sunday school superintendent.
For fiftyrtwo years he was superintend-
ent OF the Methodist Sunday school in
his home town.
The Fsribauit County BOYS Duroc
Jersey club sale viii be held In the
stock pavilion at Bite Earth on No
veniber 20. when nearly one hundred of
the fnest Young Duroc hogs. viii be Of
fered for sale. There VIII be six auc-
tioneers. Robertson. Murphy. Wall. Seq
elra. Oldenburg and Carey.
DR.. Helen Hughes Hielscher Of Man
kato for many years resident OF Blue
Earth, was chairman Of the convention
Of the American Legion Women's aux
iliarv of MINI esota which was held IN
Minneapolis at the Curtis Hctel last week.
Mrs Inc Maine OF wtnnebaRo was
aoong the Cold Star mothers attending
the convention.