The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-30
ISTOR|ES FROM VERNON
MISS MARGARET Kendall
BACK FROM HONOLULU
This Young Lady Has Been
Teaching In An Orphan
School There

Kendall Is SalVatlOn army
and has just returned from honolulu
where she has been teaching III an
orphan school, her step sister, MISS
Faith Fletcher teaching there for
several years. Miss F1etcher's return
to the states is for the purpose OF
completing her education afer whlch
she will take up her chosen lie WORK
In the army.
Mrs. F. Il. Cooper of Saint Paul is
spending several weeks with her nus
bands parents, Mr. and Mrs. FRANK
Cooper and daughter Miss Gladys. :,
Messrs Frank Grannis and Leslie
Cooper are making daily trips 10
Mankato where they are taking ad-
justment of Dr.. j. H. James, the
chiropractor. Monday Mrs. Cooper
and Miss May Robinson accompanied
them and spent the afternoon shop
ping.
kato were transacting business IN the
village Monday afternoon. Hon.
, William Hall of st. Cloud, Florida
accompanied them.
Mrs. Joseph Robinson was pas
senger on the noon train Monday for
Winnebago where she will spend a
few days with her sister, and VIII
; meet a cousin from Michigan who is
visiting there.
Miss Lou Burrows Of Lake Crys-
tai was a guest Sunday Of Miss May
| Robinson and called on few old
friends here who formally lived in
lake Crystal.
Mr.. and Nil. Jesse Mobiles and
| Waltz and Miss Ethel Mobiles of
Ceresco were shoppers in Mankato
Saturday afternoon. Miss Nina Ris-
| enberger, assistant cashier at the
! State bank accompanied them.
Miss Alice Zumwalt OF North YER
; non entertained a large number of
! boy and girl friends Of this place and
3 Garden City last Friday evening at
! her parents home. Ice cream and
i cake was served at 1870 but we pre-
sumo the party did not close with
her serving Of refreshments as 1t was
after two before the youngsters ar
rived in the village.
Harvest is in full blast in this sec
ton and will be practically COM
pleted Saturday night If this beautl.
full harvest weather continues. Oats
and barley is a good crop, but wheat
Is is generally concluded to be badly in
.jured by rust. Early sown wheat Is
fairly good, and will yield around fif-
teen bushels to the acre: Marquis
wheat is excellent.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Russell and
daughter left overland for their home
in St. James after visiting for sew
eraI days with Vernon friends. Mr..
Russell was formerly pastor Of the
, Methodist Episcopal church at this
place.
The Lewis Brown home Sunday was
the scene of a gathering of the clans
of the Champlains to the number Of
sixteen to commemorate the birth
! DAYS of Mrs. Brown and her sister,
Mrs. George Champlain which occur
) on the same day. A bountiful din
ner at noon was served. Later in
the afternoon before the guests took
thier departure, delicious home made
ice cream and berries was served to-
gether with two big birthday cakes.
Mrs. Dollie Halverson and son Phil
happy occasion.
Several farm homes in West Yer
non viii, by the end of the week, be
enjoying the conveniences and pleas
lures of electricity, among who are S.
IMerritt, Will and Walter Rambo.
Fred Annis is assisting in placing
the system.
Hon. Frank Clague, republican can
6idate for representative in congress
In the second district, accompanied
by Mrs. Clasue and mother Miss Ellen
uOlOTeU QO"u ItSO"OOu
Falls Monday and are spending sew
eral days in the village. Stella, Joyce,
and Patricia Porter, who have been
at the Clague home for several weeks,
came with them for a visit with
Grandma Novel;.
Maud Koch of Albert Lea is in the
village for several weeks as the
guest Of her many young lady friends
Gladys Pew of Garden City is Wis
iting her cousin at the home of her
uncle, Clate Kelley in East Vernon.
Master Donnie left by auto route for
Nevoda, Iowa Mr.. Starbuck will at
tend to real estate business, anu, Mrs.
.Starbuck will visit her mother, Mrs.
Dayton.
Mrs. Fred Lowell entertained in
honor OF her daughter Mrs. Miles
Porter of Minneapolis who is spend
ing a months with her parents at six
O'Clock dinner Saturday evening.
enjoyed this happy occasion were
Mesdames Carl Halverson of Mime
apolis, and G.. w. Champlin of Lake
Crystal.
r. C. Mott left Monday afternoon
for hts home in Mott, N. D., after a
week end visit with his sister, Mrs.
Mary Cornish and daughters in the
village. Mr.. Mott was returning from
Oshkosh, Wis, where he had been to
see his sister Mrs. Riley, who is
critically i'll, all hopes for her recov-
cry having been abandoned 1t is
only a question of a few weeks at
the most before she will pass to the
great beyond. Mrs. Riley with Chris
tian fortitude is awaiting the call
! serenely, strong in faith Of a beau
, tiful life beyond. Mrs. Riley is well
} known to many in this locality where
? she has frequently visited.
/ Mrs. Lille Washburn LANCER and
Francis and Alice are spending a
few days very pleasantly. at the
Franchere home at the lakes, the old
home of Mrs. LANCER.
Mrs. Savage and daughter Miss
Margaret returned to their home in
Window after a short visit at the
home Of the formers sister, Mrs. w.
W. Brown and the Methodist Epis-
copal parsonage.
Mesdames Alice Scott and C. D.
Ihmen and two children, after spend
ing q three weeks vacation in our
village the guests of Mrs. T. R. New
ell, have returned to their home in
C1oquet. These ladies are neighbors
and personal friends Of Mrs Peter
Oleson, women member for Mime
sofa on the democratic national con-
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