The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-24
OPENING Of TUE COURSE SPEECH By mrs. ROBINS
LECTURES AND ENIERTAIN-
MENT, GARDEN CITY


Will Be In the Village
October 10
Gard& City September 21.-The
Garden City Lecture and Entsrtain-
ment Course commences Wednesday
evening. October g, with Josephine
H. Dominick reader and Interpreter
OF dialect The course OF four mum
bers is under the auspices of the
Christiaa Eudeavor society again this
year. You will be canvassed to buy
season tickets. Plan to attend.
A verx Instructive and profitable
w. C. T. u. meeting, was held at the
home OF Mrs. Frank Nickerson Tues
day afternoon. The citizenship study
was conducted by Mrs. Ida Mills.
gave q splendid report Of the state
convention just held in Mortified.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Crane returned
home Thursday evening from Detroit,
Mimi, where they had been visiting
] At the home Of their daughter, Mrs.
Paul Derby. They report fine time.
Mr.. Derby is the agricultural teacher
In the Detroit school.
Mr.. and Mrs Ora Swan visited at
the home OF their daughter Mrs. VIII
Lis Hamay In Amboy last week.
In the recent election held for the
purpose OF voting for consolidated
ton. Votes cast 43 against and 144
There will be q baby clinic for all
children under five years Of age who
will be examined, Also there VIII be
lung specialist who win examine
the chest. The clinic will be held IN
the Methodist church. The>date viii
be announced later.
THE Riverside Study Club viii meet
At the home of Mrs. Greennough
Wednesday afternoon, September u,
urged to attend, Topic, The Eve of
Roll call. Some current events.
There will be q citizenship school
held some. time in October. Miss
Rosette Hendrix, state w. G. q. U.
president will be instructor. II 10
hoped the ladies from the different
unions will plan to attend this school.
Watch items for the time and place
Miss Hazel Hazel of Minneapolis
Is spending week very pleasantly
visiting her father and mother and
MI. and Mrs. Ed, Annis Of Mapleton
were guests Sunday at the I, H. Haze
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Stratton of Man
kato were guests at the John Bixby
home Saturday.
Miss Rhoda Chapman, who under
went an operation In one OF the MINI =
eapolis hospitals recently. has recov<
cred sufficiently to be able to come
MI. and Mrs. George John, willis
and Miss Anderson drove to Mir
mont 10 spend the day there Sunday:
E. M. Call, Mrs, Charles ACall and
little daughter Ruth and Mrs. Arthur
ME- Mrs. W. 4. Roberts returned home
Monday evening from Minneapolis
were she had been visiting M'rss C..
Richardson and her son Allan.
Elmer Updegraft and SON Frank
drove In his new Hupmobile to visit
his sister In Huron 9. D. He will al
SO attend the state fair at Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mr.. ]. K. Osgood and Mr.:
and Mrs. Milbank of Fairmont called
on friends Tuesday evening. They
were on PLEASURE trip to Mankatp
Mrs. Charles John is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Minneapolis for
a week.
George Richardson was busy last
week moving his Guernsey herd to
the Mankato fair Mr. Richardson
won the silver cup at the county fair.
This cup was given By the state for
the sweepstake prize. Mr.. Richard
son attended the Guernsey, breeders
banquet IN Minneapolis last week.
M. c. Cummins and his two sons,
Lewis and Ohio, are students in the
same classes at Defiance College, IN
OhioI They are preparing themsel-
yes to be instructors in high schools.
,At the University OF Wisconsin
twenty four girls have been engaged
10 smoke and chew tobacco in order
to test results of the habit. They
Will be paid at the rate of 40 cents
The term alma Mater is Of Ro-.
man Catholic origin It originated
in medieval times In the University
of Bonn, Germany. Over the portal
of that seat of learning still stands
a statue of the mother Of Christ,
known as Alma Mater. or beloved
mother.
when vassar College opens its
doors September "a, young women OF
JIG different nationaHties will consti-
tute part OF the roseer of the fresh
man class. Students are represented
from Chile, China, Czecho- Sloyakia,
England, France, italy. Russia, Ser
via and Sweden
The New York State Department of
Education IL inaugurating a great
campaign to draw the 3S2,039 ilh-
terates between twenty one and fifty
years old into night schools ex-,
tension and vocational classes, that
the uniformed may learn to read,
write and speak English and At them.
selves to become citizens Of this
country.
MUST PAY $500 FINE