The Mankato free press., 1921-12-23
Mrs. Anne Hansen Died
At Vernon On Monday
Aged Lady Was Victim of Pneu-
nonia; School Boy Is
Injured
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Especial to The Free Press.I
| Vernon Center, December l5.-Mrs.
Anne Hansen passed away Monday
forenoon at the home of her niece,
Mrs. John Belgard in North Vernon.
Mrs. Hansen had been i'll with asthma
which developed into pneumonia, the
cause of her death. She had attain
ed the ripe age of nearly seventy six
years. The remains were taken back
to the old home cemetery at Nevada,
Iowa, for burial Tuesday, accompan-
led by Mr.. Belgard and her two
nephews, 0. c. and ]. w. Petersen.
| Gene Meade of Lake Crystal, who
spent the week end with his brother
Gardie at this place, has gone to Am.
/ boy to visit his brother Fred and
| family.
The chimes of wedding bells viii
be intermingled with Christmas bells
in this village. II you listen care
fully you may catch few faint
notes in day or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Champlin, Mrs.
E. T. Champlin. Mrs. Lewis Brown,
and Mrs. Arthur Beland and Mrs. H.
c. Kraus motored to Mankato early
expedition.
! During recess Wednesday morn
Ing, Harold, the eldest son Of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Axel Halyerson, while wrestling
with another school boy, sustained a
+! bad fall, whereby his left arm was
broken twice between his elbow and
wrist Dr. Merrill was called and set
the bones, making Harold as com
Portable as possible under the cir
out of school for several weeks with
a similar accident to his right arm
while wrestling on the school
Mrs. Nettie Carpenter, who has
been feeling quite poorly for some
little time, Is reported not so well,
having had quite "a setback this
her room for. a few days. All hope
her comeback to her usual good
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Griffith of
East Vernon have returned from
Forest City, Iowa. where they went
for the purpose of bringing home the
latter's mother, Mrs. L. r. Larson,
who had sustained bad fall and
fractured her hip. She was brought
home on stretcher. While she
stood the trip well she is not recov
ering as fast as her friends would
wish, and her condition remains
about the same.
This beautiful weather must surely
make the Mankato merchants smile
and likewise the dealers in small vii
lagos frown, as it enables Christmas
shoppers to motor to Kato to buy
their gifts, forgetting tho customary
| slogan, "buy your Christmas present
! in your home town" and while the ar
rotment is not as large as in the
city, prices are correspondinglyy ,low-
er. Buy at home. you VIII save your
gas bill at least.
l. L. Champlin was up from Man
visit to the home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Grannis and
sons Charles and Russell and the
Messrs. Charles Redfeld, l.. c. Rev
and Charles Starbuck were business
visitors in Mankato Monday.
! After spending the week end and
over Monday with his family, II. c.
Kraus returned to the county seat
Tuesday to resume his duties as petit
juror.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chet Frances and
son, who have been quarantined for
| the past six weeks for scarlet fever,
| on their farm two miles west Of Yer
non, were up town Saturday, the
quarantine having been lifted and
they expect soon TO return to their
home in Mankato.
man, Any Andersen and E. r. Ran
dali of Horizon, Wis, motored to
the A. F. and K. III. lodge meeting
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Thurston
and family of Ceresco motored
through the village early Tuesday
morning enroute to Msnkato, where
they spent the day shopping .
North Vernon were Sunday guests at
| the home Of their son in law and
! daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Soder-
Postmaster A. w. Petrich and his
assistant Miss Valaria Petrich are
very conveniently and pleasantly set
! tied in their new quarters. The
work OF moving from the cid into
the new quarters was completed Sun
day and patrons have already become
accustomed to the new regime.
| o. ]. N'Reilly Is now In possession
of the whole ground floor of the old
post office for his drug business and
| in connection he has nice display
of worth while articles suitable for a
Christmas present.
J Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fleming and
little son Morris also Miss Marie
Fleming motored up Sunday and
were guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fleming in North Yer
non. u
cluded Mr.. and Mrs Fred Fleming,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Cooper, Mesdames
Jessie Barnes. Lulu Austin.
/ Mrs. Charles Fleming returned
! Tuesday evening from Mankato,
where she had been visiting with her
son and family and with her sister,
Miss Will Fleming since Sunday.
Rev. B. G. Sodergren OF Minneap
oils spent the week end with his
! brother H. M. Sodergren and family.
Mr. Sodergren has just recently re-
turned from Siberia, where he was
sent by the Lutheran church to study
the condition of the people in that
far off country. He is a very cap
able man, a fine speaker and will de-
vote several months on n lecture tour.
He went to st. Peter Sunday evening,
] where he delivered his lecture to the
Gustavus Adolphus students and Mon
day visited other schools. He has
given fifteen lectures in the past six
davs
Saturday evening in compliment to
her husband whose birthday it was,
Mrs. r. r. Lowell entertained Rev.
and Mrs. w w Brown at delicious
course dinner. The age of the honor
guest was not learned. but judging
by aDDearanceS and 1OcOmOtiOn we