The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-17
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with their sister, Mrs. Mabel Faley at
AS South Fourth street, Mankato, and
enjoyed their fragrance and beauty
of box of orange blossoms, which
Mrs. Faley received from her sister,
! Mrs. William Hall of Saint Cloud,
ming on starting the first of May for
Minnesota, where they will spend the
tsummer months.
Mrs. Nettie Carpenter who has been
a shutin for the past several months
lowing to illness, has so far recovered
as 10 be able to walk to the river
bank and with many others watch the
breaking up of the ice, which has
formed big jam between the Kraus
ranch and the railroad bridge.
Mrs. Jack Remfrey and little daugh-
ter are spending few days with
relatives and friends in Mankato.
Alma and Leona Larson, Myrtle
and Verne Keinholtz. Alvin Good are
among the school children who are
out of school owing to sickness.
Lyman Robinson, who with his
family have just recently moved onto
the G. c. Cornish farm in Rapidan,
which he will work this season. was
!. transacting business in the village
Friday. While here he called on his
daughter Elsie, who is very ill at the
.
Postmaster A. W. Petrich and his
son Hobert are busy building an
outside stairway leading to the hall
lover the drug store. The work will
be completed N time for the use Of
the hall for next Tuesdays elections.
The building is one of the old timers OF
the village. Before the village was
incorporated this hall was the place
for the holding CT township elections.
Since then it has been the village poll
ing place.
Willard McCracken of Albert Lea,
who with his parents formerly lived
at this place, has hired out to Mr..
Berger, who lives on the Mountain
farm Willard enjoyed Sunday Wis
il with his great grandmother, Mrs.
Marie Boughton, who resides in the
east part of the village.
Veda and NedTa Patterson left this
week for Melbourne. Iowa, where
tey will visit relatives until the ar
rival OF the rest of the family, who
hope to leave next week for that
place, were Mr.. Patterson has rented
a farm.
Several whole families and in many
other instances several in a family
are confined to their rooms with the
flu. Among them are the E. T.
ChampIin, A. G.. HalverSon, Fred Ros-
in, Lewis Brown and II. G. Kraus
families. Elsie Robinson, who works
for her board at the E. T. Champlin
home and attends school, is sick in
bed. II is impossible to get any help
Of any kind and no resident doctor.
Our village Is surely up against hard
luck MesdameS Russell and Newell,
two trained nurses are doing every
thing possible to relieve the situation
Mrs. George Gray Of North Vernon
was an all day business visitor in
Mankato Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Bailey is home from
Rochester, where she went to be with
her husband, when he was operated
on for appendicitis and gall stones.
The operation was successful and
every indication now points to a
Friends of Mr.. Bailey are rejoicing
with the family over the outcome OF
the operation, which very serious
one.
T. R. Newell, who has been in
Minneapolis since Monday morning,
where he is attending the undertakers
convention will return on the late
train this evening.
T. D. Hays, who has been sorely af-
If1icted with large boils on both hands,
is now having serious time with one
ing the medical attendance OF DR.. }.
E. Merrill Of Amboy.
Mrs Jennie Cock is recovering from
a recent attack of the prevailing cpl
demic of flu.
L. L. ChampIin OF Mankato and his
brother w. Champlin of Lake Crystal
Spent Friday afternoon with their
/ parents, who are having siege OF
, flu, also then sister, Mrs. Lewis
Brown, who is very sick witt comph-
cations following an attack of the
prevailing epidemic.
i Mrs James McMonagle and her son
, Harry took the early train for Man
! kato Friday morning to attend the
. funeral services of their granddangh-
: ter and niece Dorothy Jensen, who
was about fifteen years old, and was
attending the school for blind at Far
!, Iibault. The remains were accom- :
panied to Mankato by the deceased
mother and oldest brother of ST. Paul
Dorothy was laid to rest beside her
father, who died of the flu during the
the terrible epidemic three years ago
A telegram received from Roches-
ter brings the sad message that Mar
tin Halverson was falling rapidly and
| that his two daughters Mrs. Gust Mel
SON and Miss Lille HalverSon were
with him constantly. Mr.. Halverson on
wednesday submitted to an operation
at Mayos, when it was found that he
had a cancer of the most serious kind
! and nothing could be done for him
Mr.. Halverson is past seventy five
years and has long been prominent
resident in the village, and until
quite recently has been in good
, health.
Miss Valaria Petrich was an all
dav visitor in Mankato Thursday. The
forenoon was spent at the dental
parlors. The afternoon was spent in
shopping and calling on girl friends
who were high school classmates.
Mrs. Wilfred Gregory (nee Mary
Belle Alward) and little daughter are
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
David Fleming in North Vernon.