The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-29
STORIES OF VERNON
Mrs. L. C.. Rev Had An
Operation On Eye
.PAHLS BUY THRESHER
They Will Engage Work For
This Fall; Late News
Notes

Vernon Center, July 27.-At the
Mankato Clinic Tuesday morning
Mrs. L. c. Rev submitted to a sue
cessul operation for the removed Of
growth from one of her eyes. Mrs.
Rev will spend several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs James Pepper,
while receiving the necessary treat
ment or her eye.
The four PAIL brothers have bought
small thresing outfit with which
they will do their own threshing on
their large farms. The outfit was
taken off from the tracks today, as
was also one bought by Messrs ].
Kaul and Fritz Glaubitz
w. G.. Merritt has rented his fine
farm adjoining the village on the ives.
of the Busbys. AS soon as Mr.. Mer-
rift can thresh his grain he will leave
for Webster City, Iowa, where he will
there. The Merritt family will re-
main here until next March, SO we are
informed.
Mrs. Frank Clague and her mother,
Mrs. Ellen Porter, accompanied by
Joyce, Barbara and Patty Porter of
Minneapolis, motored down from Red
wood Falls Friday afternoon for
weeks visit among their many friends,
in this, the old home town. The Por-.
ter girls are visiting Grandpa and
Grandma Lowell.
Rex Briggs left Tuesday via the
auto route for his home in Northern
Wisconsin. Enroute he will stop of
in Minneapolis and at Cedar Mimi At
the latter place he will visit the Frank
Robinson family, former Vernonitest'
Rex was accompanied by Mesdames
Johanna and Ellen Robinson as far as
Cedar. After visit with their rela-
tives at this place they will return
home by train. They also will visit
in the cities.
Rev. w. W. Brown left on the
early train Monday morning for
Souris, N. D., where he will spend a
| two weeks vacation with his sister
and look after some real estate he
| holds in that locality.
Mesdames Verne and Clarence Nor
| rell and children of Garden City were
guests Tuesday afternoon of Mrs. w.
w. Brown at the Methodist parson
| age.
The Baptist parsonage is being re-
| shingled and other improvements are
| being made on the interior. When
completed Mr.. Free, the new merchant
| and his amily will take possession.
Miss Dorthy Barnes, who taught
the past year in East Helena. Mont,
came home last Saturday to spend
her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs e. A. Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Halverson and
two sons, Mrs. A. G. Gray and daugh
ter Mary and their father Charles
Force returned last Saturday from a
two weeks vacation spent with rela
tives in Wisconsin. On their way
home when nearing Winona their car
broke down and Mr.. Halverson de-
cided it was better to trade in the old
| car toward a new one. So they made
the home run in a fine new Brisco
car.
Ed Pamby of North Vernon has
threshed out his oats crop. The yield
was thirty bushels to the acre.
Miss Marie r. Lange, head of the
science department in the Mankato
Mankato spent the week end and over
Sunday as guests of Mrs. v. C. Arm
strong.
Franklin Wilson of Grove Lake is
visiting his sister, Mrs L. M. Warren
and family at this place and Mrs.
Lulu Gates and Liza Wilson in Gar
den City.
Frank Grannis is building a fine
large corn crib on his farm in old
lOWu WHICH uS SApSClS Will uOlQ HIS
bumper corn crop. His youngest son
Russell works his fathers farm and
is another of the young men from the
agricultural college, who Is making
success of farming
The Coopers, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. e. w. Washburn, were shop
pers in Mankato Tuesday forenoon
and also made short calls at the Rob-
erts brothers home and on their old
friends Mr.. Case and sister, who for
merly lived in Vernon Center. Friends
of Mr. Case will be sorry to hear that
he has been very sick, but will be
glad to know that he is now improv-
ing. He was able that day for the
first time to sit on the porch for
short time, and greatly enjoyed a call
from his old acquaintances.
Mrs. Morrison from Truman is the
new nurse at the A. j. Partridge
home. The correspondent is glad to
report an Improvement in Mrs. Pat
fridge condition.
Mrs. ]. E. Barnes spent Tuesday
with her parents at the lake
Clifford Shepherd and father Of Lex
ington, Neb., are the guests of their
cousins, J. E. Winters and family. j.
q. Winters and guests motored to Ro-
chester Tuesday to visit relatives In
the hospital there
Miss Marjorie Smith Of Amtoy has
been engaged to teach the Pleasant
Grove school in district 123 for the
coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Blowers and
brother of Winnebago were guests
Sunday of Mrs. o. G.. Mack and fam