The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-25
LARGE new BARN
LAID Low BY FIRE
! WAS PROPERTY. OF ED
WARD MOUNTAIN
CROWD FIGHT FLAME
But At That Structure Is In
Ruins; News of Good
Thunder


hisge new barn of Edward Mountain
residing southwest of the village
was found in flames shortly after
dinner Saturday. AS the alarm
spread rapidly over the farm tele-
phone lines a large crowd OF people
hurried 70. the scene and assisted IN
fighting the fire. In spite of the
hard and long fighting the barn and
q large stack of freshly threshed
! straw could not be saved. The
/ cause OF the fire is unknown although
my opinion is that the cause was
oNerheated hay and grain with
which the barn was filled to Its ca
pacity. The Pleasant Mound Fire
insurance company with whom MIR.
Mountain has his property insured
made adjustments at once. Mr..
Mountain intends to have a new
barn built for his stock before cold
and stormy weather sets in.
Miss Gertrude Wrucke spent Fri
day and Saturday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand Wrucke.
Miss Myrtle Nylander came Sat
urday afternoon from Minneapolis
/ to spend a week with girl friends.
, Miss Nylander attended high school
n
! home with her brother Hiding Ny
/ lander and wife, who last week left
for the west via auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Raasch OF
Lahoma, Okla. Mrs. Otto Rosin and
daughter Selma visited with the la
dies uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Graf, North Sixth street,
Mankato, on Thursday
Miss Eva Monich spent Sunday
with her friend Miss Ida MatZke.
Miss Monich's home is at Mankato.
Joseph Kreuer, Sr., and daughter
| Esther of Mapleton were callers in
! town Saturday afternoon.
SMrs. George Schneeberger and
little son Gordon returned 10 their
home in Willow Creek after spend
ing several months here recuperat-
ing at the home of the formers
mother, Mrs G.. Mueller. Miss Ed
ma Fischer accompanied them home
and will assist with the household
duties.
MIS-. HobeTt Petrich and daugh-
tiers Madeline and Aleta OF Vernon
Center spent the past week with
her mother, Mrs. Matt Weir in West
Lyra. Mrs., Weir has been very
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhoit Runge.
daughter Martha and little son Her
old of West Mankato attended
church services here Sunday morn
ing and spent the remainder OF the
day with relatives.
Mrs. G. Cray and daughter of
Minneaolis came Friday TO spend a
week with her mother. Mrs Carl
Wall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tietz re-
turned home Monday from a trip TO
Caledonia, Mimi, where they Wis
tied with relatives.
Mr.. and Ms. Theodore PauSsch
entertained a. family reunion at
their large country home on Sun
day. A sumptous dinner and sup
per was served to about thirty.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Raasch, Henry Pautsch and
family, all Of Lahoma, Okla, Mr..
and Mrs. william FRANKIE and chill
Mrs. Fred Pautsch, MI. and Mrs.
Frank Rosin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Pautseh and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Rosin and daughter Selma.
Mrs. George Todd of Minnewau-
kan. N. D., Is visiting with her
brother John and family and SIS
tiers Misses Mary and Katherine Nc
Carthy
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Schultz of
Milwaukee, Wis, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
nest wrucke and little son Leroy
motored to Springfield Friday
morning for a visit with the for
mer's sister, Mrs. H. Hoppe and
family. They returned home Sat
urtiay evening. -
August Ikier and Arnold Kopisch
ke of Vernon Center we're business
callers here Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. L. ]. Packer and
daughters Gladys and Fleda of
lHowiaDberg. Kansas, drove to this
place Saturday in their car to visit
With their SON Station Agent Har-
Mr.. and MIS- Henry Kuehn and
z John of LewisviIle were Sunday
callers At the William Ziemke
home
Misses Hattie Manthei and Lille
Kaul were Mankato callers on Tues
George Schram. mail carrier on
route one, attended the state con-
yention of rural carriers, held at
Lake City, the latter part Of the
week. Wayne McGrew substitutes
Early on Sunday morning seven
cars from here with about forty
people formed a picnic party and
motored to Faribault. where they
had their picnic dinner in one OF
the picturesque spots of the city.
The afternoon was spent in visit
ing and motoring in the city. The
affair was arranged that the rela-
tives of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust, Schultz
: of Milwaukee could all be together
in a reunion. Those present were
the Albert Gutenschwager family,
Arndt family, Ernest and Louis
Wrucke families, Mrs. Hatwig Fis-
cher and children, Mrs. Emma
wrucke and SON Walter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gust Schultz Of Milwaukee,
Wis, Miss Emma Runke, Ed
Schwantes, Mr.. and Mrs. Reinholt
Schultz Of Faribault.
Mrs G.. Bartsch passed away
Tuesday morning. Obituary. will be
Mr.. and Mrs. John Herzberg and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kadow and son of Milwaukee drove
to THIS place the first Of the week
with the formers sister, Mrs. Wal
ter Herzberg and other relatives.
They returned home Saturday
morning.
Miss Clara Ziemke spent Tues
day with her friend Miss Dora ST.
mon at Mapleton.
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