The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-02
STORIES FROM VERNON
A. Z. SPENCE HAD NARROW
DEATH ESCAPE >
Tractor He Was Riding Struck
BY Locomotive; Notes In
The Village

ihh euas IuoIuIuS, "A u. SpShSS, i
prominent farmer Of North Vernon,
was delivering three wagon loads OF
fat hogs by his farm tractor. In eros
sing the railroad near the stock yard
he did not notice the freight com
Ing until II was almost upon him.
The train struck the tractor and
badly damaged it. Mr.. Spence
jumped and escaped without serious
injury. He was taken 20 Amboy 20
Dr. Merrill, who found nothing, worse
than bad shake-up. Not any OF
the hogs were injured.
Mr., and Mrs. J. Thorne OF Jeffers
are spending part Of their summer
vacation at the home Of Mrs. F. Fl.
Barnes. who Is O sister of Mrs.
Thorne's.
Miss Selma Petrtch, one of the
faculty in the Junior high school in
Duluth, has finished the years work
and arrived home last SATURDAY, TO
spend the summer months with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Petrich
Mrs. Franc Stoner enjoyed visit
hst week from her sister, Mrs. Ma
rio Brown and her friend. Mrs. Sam
Sioux City, Iowa, At the conclusion
ofNtheir visit here they went Il Wei
come, Mrs. Stoner and daughters
Genevieve and Dorothy accompanying
them. and spent several days with
her mother, Mrs. Kramer and other
relatives.
F. =. Cooper was transacting bust
ness IN st, Paul a couple of days this
That Evergreen Far1r'" IL
Of the pure bred big type Poland
China hogs Is helping to put Mime
sofa In class one, was evidenced last
week when the owner Lucius Ash
ley received three wire bids on one
Of his hogs from three states widely
apart The first bid came from Clar
linda, Ia; second, Kansas City, Mo-;
third from Hsrley. Texas. Evergreen
farm is twosaud q half miles west OF
the village. ana is the mecca of stock
mon from all over the state and else
where,
Roas and, William Paden Of Man
kato are spending their summer va
cation most pleasantly and profitab-
ly assisting their uncles VIII and Rob
Sewers In. the various duties con-
neoted with farming on large scale.
Doris Slater. enjoyed O visit last
week from her cousin Gael Lovelett
Of MadeliR
Mrs. Edith French has enjoyed a
visit during the past week from her
son. Lee W. French and wife and
daughter-in-law Mrs. Lynn French
Of Anoka. They made the trip over
land by auto, which was very en-
joyable. From here they motored to
Wfnnetago where they made q short
visit with another son and brother
Mrs. French accompanied them.
children and George Brown motored
down from Albert Lea Sunday morn
ing for a short visit with the home
folks. They returned Monday. Mrs
Brown and two children who had
been visiting her parents here for Q
week returned with them.
Mrs. Mary Cornish. who has spent
the past three months In Montane
and Yakima, Wash. returned Satur-
T. MoEImeel and her son Eugene re
turned with her, and will spend the
summer with her mother and sisters
IN the village.
Mrs. Joe Turner of Albert Lea 1.
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. M
3. Randall In the village and with
her husbands sister, Mrs. Bert Gate.
aud family ct Garden City.
Mr.. and MRS. Sanford Cornish are
handsome little baby daughter into
thedr homo last Saturday morning
Qrandpaf and Grandma Mobiles ant
Grandpa and Grandma Cornish ar.
EmQge than delighted over their frs
htNb granddaughter.
. Mr. and Mrs, Sam Cornish lef
Wednesday for their home In Fargo
coming down for the Cornish Rus
sell weddtng and TO enjoy few day.
arHved from Washington and Pan.
anna.
| Mrs Godfrey Wendlandt and he,
niece, Mrs. A. G. Gray and little
daughter are home from a two weeks
VISIT with relatives in Wisconsin.
Mrs. Davis left the latter part o.
| esweek ;on her return trip to Seat
7 tleFafter visiting among her ole
friends in the village. Mesdames e
companied her to Lake Crystal ant
! saw her on her train. Mrs. Davis
VIII stop off in Lincoln, Neb. to visi
her daughter.
The ice cream social at the Metho
dist church Tuesday evening. Giver
under the auspices OF the Ladies' Ait
society, was we'll patronized and ev'
erybody seemed to be having a gooc
time; The proceeds amounted to
Mrs. Earl Doolett of Webster City
Ia, visited her sister, Mrs. w. e
Merritt and family. The Merritts are
among the splendid people who have
come to this locality from Iowa an(
this was Mrs. Doolett's first visit t.
her sister in her new home.
Mrs. Z. T. Champlin is in Man.
kato this week a guest of her sol
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Champlfn.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G.. Champlin an(
two little boys who have been living
with the formers parents since he
sold his residence in early spring
have rented the George Brown house
and will take possession next week
Through an oversight on the par
of the writer the report Of the nine
tecnth annual convention of the w
C. T. u. of District No. n which me,
here last week, was not mailed anc
at this late day would he almost an
Client history. Needless to say thai
II was a good convention as all are
sure TO BIO when a band of intelligen,
women, headed by State Presiden,
Miss Rozette Hendrix, and our OWL
capable district president, Mrs. May
te John of Garden City. The program
was carried out as printed in The
Free Press. The papers and address.
ses of prominent women Of the dis
trict were varied and covered a wide
range Of subject, all were excellent
several of which will b printed in
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