The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
STORIES FROM VERNON
MISS GRACE CORNISH VISIT
ING OLD FRIENDS
Tom Hays Engaged In Shipping
Onions To the Twin City
Denizens

Vernon Center, November 13.-Miss
Grace Cornish, former Mennonite.
came up from Minneapolis last Sata-
urday evening for a farewell visit at
the home of her sister, Mrs. F. C..
Wilbur In North Vernon and many
other relatives and friends In the
village. Miss Cornish expects to
leave soon for San Francisco, Cal,
to make her future home. Her moth
er, Mrs. Lille - Cornish has already
left Minneapolis and Is visiting rel
atives in Oregon and Washington and
will later join her daughter in Cali
fornia Miss Bessie Cornish will not
leave Minnesota before next spring.
Mrs. Mary Wagon Of Mankato and
Miss Ida Kratz, who just recently
returned from Serbia where she had
been doing Red Cross work since the
close of the World war, were guests
the first Of the week at the homes Of
Henry and Lou Kraus.
Miss Lily Halverson was a shopper
In Mankato Thursday forenoon be-
tween trains.
Mrs. Larsen spent all day Thurs
tai and where she attended the Ar
mistice day program.
The Queen Esthers meet Thursday
evening with Miss Dora Furnald In
Old Town.
Tom Hays shipped Tuesday three
carloads OF onions. He expects to
ship the remainder of his crop flour
carloads) the latter part Of the week.
Fortunate the onions he still has on
hand are sacked and well covered
so there is little danger OF any dam
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Randolph
were passengers on the early train
Thursday for Mankato. Mr.. Ran
dolph, who is an ex- service man,
was among those from here who en-
Joyed the observation Of Armistice
day in that city.
Mrs. Lorenzo Carpenter has closed
her house for the inter and de-
parted Tuesday, on the HAS train
for st. Louis, Mo-, where she ex-
poets to spend the winter with her
prominent business woman In that
L. l. champlin spent Thursday be-
tween trains with his parents In
the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. w. washburn and
sister, Mrs Jessie q. Barnes left on
their western trip Tuesday afternoon,
enroute to California. They will
stop of in various cities 20 visit
places of interest. Their frat stop
will be at Denver whore they, will
on to Salt Lake City whore they will
make an indefinite stay. They ex-
pect to arrive at their destination in
about two weeks.
Emmett Purvis. one of the sub
stantial farmers in West Vernon, has
completed a fine machine shed, 20x60
on his farm, eleven and I half miles
southwest Of the village.
Mrs. Kate Johnston after spending
week at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. Charles Bates, has returned to
her home in st. James.
Mrs. NJ. B. Randall Is expected
home this evening from Albert Lea
where she has been for the past sew
eral weeks with her daughter. Mrs.
Claude Meixell.
Mrs. Anne Mattingly has been TAX
en- out to the farm home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Bates in South Vernon
where she will. spend the winter.
Mrs. Mattingly. who Is quite poorly,
has had two bad heart attacks since
she left town.
Arm1stice day was very quietly
observed in the village. A few guns
were fired and a few flags were in
evidence, but most of the people kept
at their usual vocations. Tho SOL
der boys seemed no more interested
than the rest Of us. A few declared
q holiday and hiked to the woods
where they spent few hours shoot
ing clay pigeons. s.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman Swanson
spent few hours in the village at
| tending to business matter. Mr..
Swanson has accepted a position in
the mill at Sioux Falls. s. D., where
they expect to remain for the winter
at least.
Duncan Slater has returned from a
pleasant visit with relatives in the
Frank Sassee home at Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steinke are now full
fedged Vernonites, having during
the past week got nicely settled in
the Ed Muske residence In the east
ern part Of the village. The Muske
family moved into the Fred Rosin