The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-01
THE ROADBEg
NORTHWESTERN WILL IN
STALL BIG ENGINES
Child Was Badly Burned BY
Boiling Coffee; the Blue
Earth News
Especial to The Free Press.1

Especial to The Free Press.1
Blue Earth. Mimi, September 27.-The
roadbed of the Northwestern track be-
tween Blue Earth and Mason City Iowa.
is being put into excellent shape SO that
the largest engines with loaded trains will
be able to pass over this road in going
from South Dakota to Chicago.
During the county fair while Mr.. and
Mrs. Erickson were eating at the Nor
wesian Lutheran booth, cup of boil
ing coffee was spilled on their little child.
The upper part of the body and lower
limbs were badly burned. The Red Cross
nurse. who was on the ground attended
to dressing the burns and the child. al
though a great sufferer, will recover.
Three double weddings took place DUR
Ing the last two days. One at the homo
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schaffer. two
miles north Of Blue Earth, when Miss
Fila Schaffer was united In marriage to
Reuben Fl. Weyraucf and Miss Minnie
A. Schaffer was married to Ernest i.
Bauchman. Another at the First Evan
Relical parsonage at Mankato when Giss
Emma e. Manske and Elmer E. Wilme-t
were united in marriage and Miss Martha
Fl. Manske became the wife of Ella w.
Radohl. Yet another when parties from
Winnebago. Miss Ida Warweg and Bern
ard Alvey were married and Miss Olive
Hesselgrave and Ernest J.. Maxon. Both
the latter two young men are members
of the American legion. Mr. Maxon is
employed i'm the Alvey store Ut Winnie
bago.
Miss Eva Jones' county Superintendent
of schools of Faribault county. Is arrang-
ing to hold an institute In Blue Earth
October rs to 20 inclusive. ifor the teach
ers Of the rural schools. and Is securing
the best Of instructors for the week
Three young men and three Young lad
les, who live northwest or Winnebago.
near the Basey church: had the misfor.
I fam cob int
miles west Of Winnebago when enroutc
to Fairmont Fortunately no one was
seriously injured. although one wheel Of
the auto was broken of, the top smash
cd and the windshield broken.
Being that the advertising signs along
the roads of the county have become
sucn a nuisance and In several instances
have been the cause of nisguiding trav-
: elers or the cause Of an accident the
county commissioners Rave ordered that
no more signs be erected along the high
ways of this county unless done so with
the consent OF that body of officers.
The state president of the w. c. r. T..
Miss Rosetta Hendrix. visited in districr
No 81 last week. She spoke in the in
terest of the New Women Voters" at
Bricelyn on September 26 and at Blue
Earth September 2. She will speak at
i Elmore on September 2S. Winnebago
September 90.
! Mrs. H. c. Durkee who lives several
miles northwest of Blue Earth, was bad
ly poisoned while gathering grapes in
the woods. She mas been brought to Blue
! Earth for treatment.
Miss Ida Lenners. telephone operator
Mt Burt. Iowa, who had formerly gotten
into trouble for writing checks on banks
I where she had no funds deposited. has
come into the limelght again this last
week. Sho went to Omaha and before
going sent telephone message to the
!, Nash company authorizing them to turn
over to her Nash coupe and to ac-s
cept her check in payment It was sign
| ed by company in Algona. She was
refused. She tried the same scheme on
a Buick company. She was arrested and
| a fake telegram was found in her hat.
She confessed that she had been offered
| $500 IL she would so procure car.
! An insurance company has come out
with a new proposition. that Of insuring
a town or company putting on fair car
nival against rain. They insure for So
the proceeds, but pay back to the COM
pany insuring $4,000. Several places in
Southern Minnesota are taking advant-
age of this insurance.
| Ralph Gillette of Algona, Iowa, rec
emily received a check for IS for work
done at Pixler and Hudson's cafe. He
is alleged to have raised it to $50 before
cashing it. He wa7 discovered and a
part Of the money which he had deposit
ed has been returned. His hard working
4 mother has made the rest good. His
case will be referred to Judge Lee at the
term Of the district court, which is being
held this week.
! What might have easily been a fatal
accident occurred on the streets OF 'Kies-
ter, Mimi, Saturday when the little son
Of Harvey Kinder followed his father
from a stone into the middle Of the street
! where their car was parked. The street
being in darkness the father did not see
his three year old son. Just then Rus
sell Simonson came around the corner in
his oar and 4 he hadn't been able to
stop his car instG/tly no doubt the lit
tie fellow would have been killed. The
boy was struck with the front wheels
and knocked down. His head and one leg
were considerably bruised. Had the car
gone two feet further the boy would un
doubtedIy been killed
A former resident Of Blue Earth, who
moved to South Dakota last year. and
who wished to ship some of his fattened
cattle to Sioux city. was repeatedly told
not get cars for him. He finally became
desperate. boarded train for Sioux CITY
and found there plenty of empty cars. He
was told then that the empty cars could
not be moxed He then thought of a
way to get his cattle to Sioux City. He
| not be moved He then thought of a
!, bought a COW at Sioux Falls, had
it shipped! to his home town. phoned
, ahead to have his cattle at the depot SC
when the car got there the cattle was
loaded into 1t and soon they were or
their way to Sioux City. a.
: e. +. Leander of Bancroft, Iowa. owner
} of the big Buffalo herd so well known
, throughout this state. while returning in
, their car with his wife from RAINY Lake.
Mimi. where they had been spending the
past several weeks at their summer home.
q car ran into them just as they were
turning corner near Madelia, where
, the road was hidden by brush and trees.
Mr. Lenders head hit the Windshield.
breaking the glass into splipters. He got
a bad bump on his nose, a skinned shin
and bruised knee. He feels that he es
icaped pretty lucky. The driver of the other
car was on the wrong side of the road
and willingly took all the blame of the
accident.