The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-01-14
STORIES FROM VERNON
MRS. WILLARD BUSBY GAVE
PRETTY PARTY
One of the Most Pleasant A.
fairs Held For Some
Time Past

Vernon Center. January 12.-Mrs.
Willard Busby entertained a party OF
| intimate friends last Sunday, January
1t one o'clock dinner at her beau
tiful country home in West Vernon
in honor OF her husbands birthday.
Mrs: Busby's culinary abilities are
Iar- famed and this dinner served id
courses was a veritable banquet.
Plates were laid for twenty. Among
| the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G..
| cornish, Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.. Kraus,
Mrs. ": c: Armstrong and Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Cooper from the village, and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Mobiles and Mr..
lso Peter Frohling OF Webster City,
Iowa. After dinner the guests viewed
with interest and delight the splendid
buildings which have been erected
during the past year, which include a
hogs house, 40x100; garage, machine
shed, silo all built of blocks pur-
chased from the Dickey Tile com
en Ghfe P badnss TRe f Busb w.
farm is one of the very best in Blue
Earth county, contains 800 acres,
thoroughly tiled. highly cultivated and
very productive. The b , US expects
to take life easy from AJw on and
have rented their farm to Noyes Bros.
for term Of years and have pur-
SnasSu Tue LiisWoItH TSsiu Oh
Broad street, Mankato, and q yect to
move in there In March to make their
home.
The children in the Clate Kelley
home are out of school this week en-
PERTAINING the chicken pox. Elsie
Robinson, who works for her board at
the +. r. Champlin home, is also out
OF school for the same reason. I'm.
doubtedly, they all were exposed In
Frank Grannis and Clate Kelley
were business visitors in Amboy Sat.
urday. Mr.. Grannis went down to
consult DR.. O'Connor in regard to his
foot which has been giving him con.
siderable pain and Inconvenience for
the past several weeks.
Farmers are hauling their surplus
corn and oats to market. Very little
is being sold however. AS to whether
II will pay to store in the hopes OF
higher prices Is a problem that will
have to be solved In the near future.
large amount OF wheat Is in stor.
age here which could have been sold
from the machine for 80. 40, today 1t
Is worth less than 81 so.
Swanson brothers were Smelling
corn in Amboy the latter part Of the
week.
F. r. Lowell was a passenger Sat
urday afternoon for Minneapolis
where he will spend few days with
his daughter, Mrs. Porter and chill
dren while attending to business
matters.
Mrs. v. c. Armstrong, who spent
the last few days of the holiday va
cation with Mankato friends, return
ed to Amboy to resume the principal
shin .'f the high school on Monday
mornins.
Peter Frohlins a retired farmer
no is one of the big land owners in
the vicinity Of Webster. City. Iowa
Monday after visit OF several weeks
with his old friends and former
neiehbors Willard Busby and family
in West Vernon
Mrs. J. r. MOBILES of Ceresco spent
part of the past week in Madelia with
her mother, Mrs. Clark, who is in very
poor health, caused by a general
break down due to old age.
G. F. Grannis took the early train
I Tuesday for Mankato where later in
the day he had an x-ray taken of his
foot 1t is hoped the picture will re-
veal nothing to cause alarm.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. JAWS and son
Jack autoed up from MINNEAPOLIS
Sunday morning where they, visited
former friends and neighbors, Mr..
and Mrs. T. R. Newell and family
The Jarvis found the roads ideal for
motoring drivin G the distance easily
in five hours.
Miss Carrie Busby, who spent the
mast week at the home of her uncle
Ed Busby and family in South Vernon
has returned to her home in Winnie
bago.
H. G. Kraus had the misfortune to
lose one of his valuable blood mares
last Sunday. DR.. Getty was called and
everything possible was done in the
hopes of saving her. DR.. Getty
thought that death may have been
caused by poison from eating ensil-