The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-14
PICKED IN BLUE EARTH.
MEETING OF NORTHERN
MUTUAL COMPANY
Election of Officers; Number of
Accidents; Short Staries
Related
Especial to The Free Pressl


Blue Earth, January 12.-At the
annual meeting of the Northern Mu-
tual Insurance association Of Blue
Earth held on January s. the follow
Ing officers were elected: President
y. e. Putnam; vice presluent w.
Drake; secretary, F. NJ. Kern; treas
urer.. W. E. c. Ross.
Henry Peterson, who lives near I'll
tonka, had both bones in his right leg
badly broken and splintered when he
was caught in a moving shelter belt
last Friday. He was taken to the
Algona hospital where it is thought
that he will recover.
Charles Foster of Huntley suffered
o stroke Of paralysis on Sunday and
died Monday morning.
Joe Stencil Of Minnesota Lake had
o bad runaway recently. He with
his two sons were in the sleigh and
the three together holding the lines
finally succeeded in stopping the team.
Almost Immediately one OF the horses
fell dead from heart failure.
Vaughn Manor one of two brothers
who live with their uncle, buttermaH
r or OF Burt, Iowa. was seriously in
tursd when he was accidently shot
while out hunting with several other
young men. He waited to take a
D.. shot at a rabbit which had run into
into a hole. He took the butt of his
gun TO poke the rabbit out when the
gun was discharged the bullet enter.
Ing the young mans side, going
Though the liver and lodging just be 10
meath the skin on his back His
physicians say he has an even
chance for recovery,
The body OF Walter II, Loot arriv.
cd here from France on Saturday and
was buried on Sunday, The Ameri-
can legion had charge OF the funeral,
Walter 10 one OF the six boys OF Led.
yard, Iowa, and vicinity who made
tho supreme sacrifice In the late war.
He was killed In August 1918. beths
hit by q shrapnel as he was going
over the top,
Three robbers attacked Charl Is
Phillips, express messenger at Spen.
Ger, Iowa, at eleven o'clock on Satur.
night and demanded $500 when
they thought he had in his posses.
sion. He had however put $1,000 OF
that amount in the bank and deter.
mined TO save the rest One OF the
bandits shot him In the abdomen and
then ell made their getaway, grab.
about S37. The train crew heard the
shot and ran into the express room
where they found Phillips uncon-
scious. There is a bare chance for
his recovery. He has a wife and four
children and is thirty. eight years Of
age.
Z Is likely that Neal Conner holds
the record for long term renter. He
moved onto farm near Swea City
owned by George z. Roberts twenty
five years ago the first OF next March
pnd has resided on the place contin-
ualiy since. He has during that time,
besides supporting his family, made
money enough so that he has bought
and paid for q fine farm in that
neighborhood onto which he will
move the first Of March.
j. Gus Thaves who recetly dispos-
ed OF the newspaper in Lakota,
TO Delavan last week where he
bought a ten pin bowling alley and
had 1t shipped and installed at Lake.
ia.
Lakota is becoming quite a ship
ping point for hay John Altwegg
alone hos shipped twenty car loads
out from here, realizing an average
price OF SIS per ton.
A three days school of instruction
is being held by the Masonic lodge
in Algona and masons from five
counties are in attendance Such
schools are held at FIVE different
points in the state of Iowa this win
ter.
John Lang. county game warden,
had three farmers near Whittemore,
arrested and fined for violating the
game law. They were hunting with
out a license and two were also fined
Tor hunting on posted land