The Mankato free press., 1921-12-16
SAINT PETER WILL
TAKE ON TAUQUA
Big Program To Be Put On
Next Year
LICENSE DRINK PARL0RS
City Council Has Placed Soft
Beverage Bars Under
Restrictions

st. Peter, Mimi. December 10
The funeral of Mrs. John NoreiI, for
mer resident of Mankato, took place
yesterday afternoon at the home OF
her son, Charles Norell of Norseland
where her death. occurred Wednes
day. Interment took place in the
LIE Sueur cemetery, and DR.. ]. H
Ford of the Scandinavian Grove
church officiated. Mrs. Norell was
born in Smaland, Sweden, and came
to Mankato in 1882 with her hu,s
band and five children. The family
lived there several years, later pu1 :
CHASING farm east Of that city. In
the Late SOS they came to Nicolle,
county to live, and fifteen years agu
settled in Wisconsin. Since the death
of her husband in 1913, Mrs. Norell
made her home with a daughter a,
Minneapolis. She came to Norselano
three months ago to visit her son
She leaves three children, Mrs. Au-
gust Nelson, Minneapolis; Ed Norell
OF Kellogg, Mont, and Chas. Norell
The funeral of Walter r. Water
man, ex-servicemanI of Kasota who
died at Whipple Barracks, Arizona
Monday, will take place at the town
hall at Kasota Sunday afternoon al
O'Clock. The arrangements are
being made by William R Witty
Post Of the American Legion of thfa
city, and Kasota Post Of that village
of which the deceased was a member
Rev. F. C. Bailey will officiate, and
interment will be in Kasota ceme-
terry.
Annrox;r,.,a1u LAD
DR.. c E. Cotton, secretary of the
Minnesota Livestock Sanitary board
and DR.. A. G. Archibald, secretary OF
the State Board of Health, prominent
authorities on bovine tuberculosis al
the mass meeting called by the Min.
nesota Public Health association last
2ight. Prominent club women and
mothers Of the city were present to
lend their moral support toward an
ordinance demanding the testing OF
all cattle supplying milk to the city
It is understood that the majority OF
the councilmen are in favor of the
ordinance which will be considered
Monday night.
st. Peter will have a chautauqua
again this year, according to a vote
Of the business men at their monthly
supper at Cooks Cafe last night
William Jennings Bryan will be the
headliner, and the six day program
will be the heaviest ever attempted
here. The following directors Of the
chautauqua were reelected; G.. H.
Towley, NJ. l.. Klein, H. N. Benson,
George T. Olsen, C. H. Jackson, H i.
]. Essler, A. NJ. Jensen and r. c.
Kneip. The board was given the
power to appoint additional boaro
members at their discretion.
S'ft drink parlors in st. Peter will
operate under a license the coming
year, according to an ordinance just
passed by the city council Curtains
and screens must be removed from
the windows and doors to allow the
sunshine" to enter. The license fee
has been fixed at IS, and anyone
who has not been convicted of fell
ony within a year is eligible to re
ceive a license. Agitation for a
movement of this nature, was started
several months ago by Mayor A. X.
Gault, st. Peters woman mayor. bat
the ordinance was tabled. Public
sentiment finally crystallized after a
raid on four soft drink parlors a
month ago, when illicit liquor was
found, and the council reconsidered