The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-29
GRABS HEAT Of Ozone
POWER ALSOIS TAKEN FROM
THE FREE AIR
Iowa Man Recently Made Trip
To the Mill City At Cost of
Nine Cents
Especial to The Free Pressl


Blue Earth. Mimi. October 2S.-Typhoid
fever has broken out in Bricelyn and
also in swea City. and it is reported
there are several bad cases. All efforts
possible are being made to keep the
disease from spreading
Leroy ostwinkle. who has for some
time been an able assistant in the Far
mers State Bank of Bancroft, has gone
to Mankato where he will enter Com
mercial college. III. Ostwinkle and John
Foth drove up to Mankato with him and
took time to look over that institution
of learning.
Mr.. Bundy Of Webster City. Iowa, has
made what he claims to be quite an in
vention or discovery. He has discovered
a system where with q small amount OF
very cheap chemicals he can take oxy-
gen from the air for heat and power.
He claims he can heat an ordinar- home
through the winter for from $40 to $40.
He recently made trip from his home
to Minneapolis In his auto for the small
sum OF nine cents. The United States
government sent an expert here to look
over his system and claims 1t is simply
wonderful. and will revolutionize power
and heat. The expert sent here left
this Monday for New York In an auto
and expects to make the entire trip at
an expense OF rs cents. The government
Is interested in seeing THAI the man is
not victimized by spectators who are
anxious to get in on his invention Many
of the government exports pronounce it
the greatest invention ever perfected.
Memebers of the Golf clubs In Blue
Earth and Winnebago will unite and buy
ninety acres Of the old Halliday farm
midway between these two towns for a
golf course. A club house will be erect
ed and beautiful course will be laid
out. Memberships in the club will be
sold at $50 each and the annual dues
will be about $25. There will be no
pay for the tract of land which lies along
the Daniel Boone trail. 1t reaches back
to the woods and river. making it an
ideal beauty spot
After Mrs Grant Jordon OF Algona,
Iowa. made an unsuccessful attempt on
the grounds of non support and cruelty
to obtain a divorce from her husband.
tain from Charles Blake $4,000 damages
for alienation OF his wifes affections.
Twenty seven stockholders OF Algona
have begun action to have their notes,
each for $3.50 and dated December 13.
1919. returned to them by the Community
Service Station company Of Davenport
or Rock Island as the company has not
d
and oil station in Algona. The company
while soliciting stock even bought lots
on which they claimed a station would
be built. but have done nothing further
after obtaining the notes.
Robbers succeeded in taking a quantity
of clothing from two stores in Forest
City on Saturday night and also tried
failed to jar the doors loose. They ap-
pear to be amateurs. but still there is
no clue as to whom 1t may be.
Z What appears to be one of the most
blood thirsty murders ever committed in
this state, occurred at the home of Z. r..
Giffen on his farm near Ringstead, Iowa
when his skull was smashed in, mis- head
wrapped in a robe and his body piled in
among some cord wood in his cellar and
the house set OH fire. The motive was
robbery as he had considerable quanti-
ty Of money in the house at the time.
Since his wifes death about three years
ago he had lived alone except during the
vacation period when daughter, who is
a teacher in Chicago, would spend the
summer with him. He also has a son
living on a farm near him and another
son who Is sort of good-for-nothing
his wife. When she went to Der. folks
In Illinois he tride to kidnap her and
the child and caused several sensational
articles to appear in the Chicago papers
some few months ago. At the time of
the murder the daughter he'd returned
to her school. the SON who lives on the
farm was in hospital at Rochester for
an operation. but the other son had been
seen about the farm of his father for
the past two weeks on and off by neigh
bors and the night of the tragedy the son
hired a driver to take him from Ban
croft to Ringstead after dark. The young
fellow, Grant Giffen. has been arrested.
charged with the murder of his father
and has been placed in jail at Esther
vile awaiting trial Feeling runs high
among the people Of that vicinity against
the boy and he will now have to prove
his innocence or take the results Neigh
bors saw the fire at two o. clock at
and fell into the cellar, but water was
poured on. When 1t was found Mr.. Gif-
fen was not at home of his son they be-
gan searching for the body and were
surprised to find 1t in the condition it
was. He was not burned excepting
about the legs. His watch had chopped
at 1885 and his safe door was open.
Fire destroyed fifty two acres Of corn
near Ringstead for Albert Rasmussen
Monday and hay from thirteen acres was
also burned. The estimated cost is S4.-
600. No insurance was carried.
Charles p. Troska of Wells, who when
death seemed likely to follow. went
through fire with messages of the ut
most Importance to his comrades, has
been awarded the distinguished service
cross by a grateful government and he
has also been awarded the cross with
the oak leaf cluster and received two
citations from the war department.
for his gallantry. In honor of Mr.. Tro-
ska the local post of the American le-
gion plans to officially decorate him
here November IL. and on that day a
will be given in his honor.
Jack Robertson, the auctioneer who
formerly lived at Kiester, had his Buick
six stolen from his garage at Mason City
Iowa, early Friday morning and SO far
no trace ofs&t has been found. Mr..
Robertson had the car fully insured