The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-26
fR0M VERNON
LUcYUS ASHLEY BOUGHT
VALUABLE BOAR
Annual Thanksgiving Service
viii Be Held In Baptist
Church

where he attended q circuit of the big
type Poland hog sales at Eagle Grove
Goldfield and DesMoines. At the lat
ter sale he purchased a fine male hog.
sire OF Major Gumbo, senior cham
pion boar Of the National Swine show
Of 1920
Mrs. Frank Hannay of South Vernon
spent Thursday In Mankato with her
husband, who is in the Emmanuel hos
pital recovering very satisfactorily
from the operation for the removal OF
all his fingers and part Of his hand
which was caught in q corn picker
which he was operating on his farm
last Saturday afternoon.
services will be held Thursday evening
at eight o'clock in the Baptist church.
A chorus Of twenty. five will sing.
Rev. w. W. Brown of the Methodist
church will deliver the Thanksgiving
sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thul and baby,
who have been visiting at the home
of the formers parents in Shakopee,
and other relatives in the cities, have
returned home.
D. G. Moe of Worthington was
business visitor IN town this week and
also had the pleasure of a short visit
Win LIS SAotci' Au-s' ASSA onu
family.
Miss Nina Rosenberger. assistant
cashier of the State bank, enjoyed a
visit this week from her mother and
sister. Mrs. Oscar Rosenberger and.
Mrs. Fred Lieska of Henderson. Mrs.
Rosenberger called on Mrs. Laura
Mead and other old time friends in
the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cox are down
form Albert Lea for quite an extended
stay. Walter is assisting his father
of excellent corn.
Abe stoner of Henderson was a
guest Tuesday of his nephew Franc
Stoner and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Johnson have
returned to their home in Amery,
Wis, after pleasant visit ct the T.
R. Newell home.
Mrs. Ole Stoner has enjoyed visit
this week with her sister, Mrs. Theo
dore, B. Siebert and little daughter
Jean of Fairmont. F
Mrs George O'Connor of st. Paul is
guest this week at the A. j. Patt-
daughter in law Of Mrs. Partridge.
Mrs. Dayton of Nevada, iowa, ar
rived yesterday to visit for a couple Of
weeks with her SON. in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Starbuck.
Mrs, Dayton has frequently visited In
this locality where she had made
many warm friends, all of whom are
glad to know that she had about re-
gained her usual good health, after
being quite Ill for the past several
months.
Rev. Edith French French, pastor
of the Baptist church, lis in Mmnea-
polls this week, attending session
of the Missionary board.
Mrs. Fred Wilson and son Harold
are guests today at the Gust Nelson
home They will leave on the late
afternoon train for their home in Sis
seton, S. ID.
Most interesting and instructive are
the letters and post cards that are
being received from Mr. and Mrs. e.
W. Washburn and Mrs. J. E. Barnes,
who are stopping off in various places
sightseeing while enroute over the
Northwestern to California. Leav-
ing Mankato at $3.50 November 9 they
arrived in Omaha a little late, just in
time to catch their train west arriv-
ing in Denver about ten % clock We'd
nesday evening. The next morning
they found it very cold and showing so
thought there would be no sightsee-
ing, but the tourist autos were still
on the job SO party of eight was
made up and made a seventy five
over and down Bear Creek canyon.
It was a wonderful, trip. Mr.. Wash
burn admits that he has not the gift of
word painting to describe, but said
that his joy would have bS<n doubled
IL we could have had the warm wea-
Their. Late IN the evening they board
ed their train for ColCSado' Springs
and the next day took another fine
trip of forty miles and also another
freeze. This trir took them through
the Garden of the Gods. Mountain
Winds and Seven Falls. They left there
on Thursday for Salt Lake City where
they expected to attend the Norman
church on Sunday.
Mrs S. ]. Minis has enjoyed visit
during the past week with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Morsching and daughter of
Harvard, Iowa.
The Henry Dietman family will
move next week to Mnkato where
they expect to make their. future
home on farm near the city which
Mr., Dietman purchased after he dis
posed of his farm in Old Town.
Charles Force lett on the afternoon
train Wednesday for California where
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journ in that congenial cline. We
are wondering If he will find any bet
ter weather than old Minnesota Is
handing out at the present time.
Mrs. Marie Boughton and daughter,
Mrs. Lon Wyman returned Thursday
from a weeks visit at the home of
Hugh Frances and family in Pine
City.
Among the Vernon people who took
advantage of the beautiful weather
and good roads Wednesday and mo-
tored to Mankato were the Ashleys.
Busbys, Rambos. Starbucks, Kraus
and Coopers.
Mrs. Helen Brown has been con-
fined to her room the most of the
week with severe attack of tonsi-
litis.
A good many of the primary child
rem have been out Of school this week
owing to Illness.
Joseph Russell, one of the up to-
date and prosperous young farmers
OF Ceresco, Is attending as delegate
a meeting Of the State Farm Bureau
In st. Paul this week
M. B. Russell received Wednesday
the sad news of the death of his eld-
est brother who lives in Manistee.
Mich. Mr. Russell left at once for
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