The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-12
BAPTIST PASTOR CALLED.
REV. G. W. NICHOLS AT.
BRICELYN is DEAD
Palace Theatre At Blue Earth Is
Taken Over BY New
Owners

Blue Earth, November 9.-Mr. and
Mrs. NJ. M. Hanson have arrived here
from North Dakota and have taken
possession of the New Palace the
atre. which they purchased some few
weeks ago. Mr.. Nelson of Albert
Lea, who has been running the the
atre for the past year, has accepted
q position with the Northwestern
Exchange bank Of Minneapoli.
Blue Earth has q new restaurant
called the Hunger Cure, >yhich ia
being run by Edward Dakken Of Es-
therville.
Two deaths at Gilmore have caused
cloud OF sorrow to rest over the
village and community. One is the
death OF Mrs. C. F. Henkel, wife of
the manager of the Elmore Cement
and Tile company. and the other is
the death OF John Kroscn, who Leaves
a large family and numerous other
relatives In this community.
e. 8. Ennis, owner of The Kiester
to run The Courier which has been
run by F. c. Meeker the past year.
Rev. c. w. Nichols. pastor Of the
Baptist church in Bricelyn for over
year and a half, died at his home
here after but three weeks illness
with typhoid fever. at the age OF
forty eight years. He leaves wife
and six children to mourn his loss
His oldest son is with the United
States army at Oceanport, n. J. The
other children are all at home. Rev.
Pope OF Minneapolis preached the
funeral sermon and the remains were
taken to Williamstown, Mo, for bur
ial
Miss Ruth Moore of Burt, Iowa,
who has been teaching in the Philip
pines, and who intended to come
home this year for vacation, now
writes her parents that she will not
come until next. year as she has been
appointed Educational inspector at
Manila. Miss Moore formerly taught
in the Owatonna high school for sew
eral years before going 70 the Phil
ippines.
c. W. Norton, implement man and
dealer in seeds in Swea City, had a
peculiar experience this week. A
stranger in an auto drove up to his
place Of business and offered 10 sell
several sacks OF clover seed which
Mr. Norton bought, giving him a
check for 5000. Something about the
auto made Mr.. Norton suspicious aft
erward and he went to the bank and
notified them not to forward the
money. When the fellow could not
get the money he promptly left town.
Within few days a farmer who had
lost six sacks of clover seed came
and identified the sacks, and he got
his seed back Many now think the
stranger also had stolen "ar.
The schools in Ledyard and the
consolidated school OF Grant. Iowa,
have closed for a two weeks vaca-
tion in order that the boys may help
with the corn husking because OF the
scarcity Of farm hands. a
The public school building of
Whittemore, Iowa, and practically all
of it's contents burned to the ground.
The fire was discovered at nine
o'clock on Sunday morning and it is
thought it was caused by spontaneous
combustion in the coal room. The
building cost S25, 1000, and there was
an insurance OF only $4,000. 1t will
cost much more to build now than
when the building was pa up.
School will be held this winter in
the Methodist church and there is
considerable talk OF forming con-
solidated school before they build
again.