The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
Operated On, Sick
Man Coming Home
Martin Halvorson Will Return
To Vernon Center; News
Notes Collected

be able to be brought home the
FIRST OF this week from Rochester
where he has been for the past few
weeks. Miss Lille Halverson is
the only one of the children with
him now. The other daughter,
Mrs. Gust Nelson, returned home
the middle OF the week.
Esther Schwartz OF the Farmers
State Bank is an over Sunday visi
tor in st. Paul.
Mrs. Lulu Austin. who has been
in the real estate business for the
past ten years and has large held.
fngs and options in Mexico, Pan
anna and Columbia. has been enjoy.
ing the past eight months with her
Under general present conditions
in these countries as well as in the
states there Is nothing doin' in real
estate line. Mrs. Austin is taking
up the poultry venture with her
usual success and already is watch
ing her first hatch of downy
chickens with much concern, while
| figuring on futures in early broilers.
Miss Edna Hohenstein entertain
ed a number of friends at her home
Sunday evening in honor, of her
| kuCclS mlSSSc LAyulc anu <A6uCo
Boueal. who are the classmates OF
Miss Edna at Bethany college
| John Bowen and Ole Stoner are
confined 10 their homes with intes-
final flu, which is going the rounds
through the village.
]. J. Flachsenhar was up from
Mankato Tuesday attending 20
banking business.
! Carl Sulf1ow of Lewisville spent
Sunday with his parents in Ceresco.
| Mrs. Franc Stoner returned from
Fairmont Tuesday evening, where
she has been helping to care foi
her sister, Mrs. 7. B. Siebert, who
| has Eeen very sick.
Mrs. r. G. Champlin and two lit
tie boys Robert and Eugene are
visiting relatives in Minneapolis.
Miss Edna Hohenstein and two
girls friends of Bethany college.
Mankato. spent the week end with
Miss HohensteiR's parents in West
Vernon
Herbert and Erich Kietzer mot
ored TO Mankato Friday. where
they spent the day attending to
business.
| Mrs. Fred Rosin. who is a very
sick woman, is reported as being a
very little better this afternoon.
Miss Selma Rosin was a county
seat visitor Saturday. Miss Rosin
is one of the county's successful
rural, teachers, having taught for
the past two years in the Porter
district in West Vernon.
Mrs. Ellen Robinson, who has
Just recently returned TO her home
in the village from spending the
winter months with her daughter
at Mankato, passed another mile
stone last week and on Saturday
she was pleasantly reminded OF the
fact by a visit from the Sunshine
club, who came TO her home laden
| with baskets of eats and served a
bounteous one O'Clock dinner. The
afternoon was spent in. visiting.
There were ten members TO enjoy
this happy occasion.
William Fleming of Mankato
spent the first OF the week with his
brother Fred and family in North
Vernon. while looking after bust
! ness relating to his farm.
Walter Brown, who will graduate
from the Lake Crystal high school
in June, is out of school this week
TO care for the rest of the family.
who are all down with fiu! His
father. Rev. W. w. Brown has been
i'll for over a week. While being
up he is still confined to the house.
Mrs. Brown and three children are
reported better, and in all probab
ility will be o. X. next Monday so
that Walter can resume his school
work
| Miss Marie Fleming, one of the
popular girl clerks at the Wool
worth. store in Mankato, is enjoying
week vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Fleming in
North Vernon
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Zumwalt and
children Alice and Walter were
called back to Fernald. Iowa, the
first of the week by the death and
burial of Mrs. Zubwalt's father,
who died suddenly of heart failure
early Sunday morning.
Mrs. Alice Cooper, who has been
spending several days at the Rob
erts brothers home in Mankato, re-
turned last evening. She left her
sister Mabel feeling much better
than she had for several weeks.
Mesdames NJ. l.. Patterson, Ed
win Lee of this place were among
the Mankato visitors Thursday.
c. Stelter of Mankato spent part
of the past week with his sons
Carl and William in West Vernon.
) c. G.. Cornish has been down to
his Rapidan farm supervising some
interior improvements to the resi-
dence. On his return to his home
Thursday evening he exempli1ed
the 'watchful waiting" stunt over
three hours at Garden City depot
for passenger train No. Z.
G. c. Mead took the noon train
Thursday for Albert Lea, where he
will visit his daughter. Mrs. George
Brown and family for a week.
Henry Iker of Backus. Cass coun
ty. paid a short visit to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Iker, Sr.
and brothers. He returned to his
home on Tuesday.
Ed Meixell and son of Ceresco
and Mrs. Arthur Steinke and son
Max were dinner guests Thursday
at the Charles Bates home. Just
shortly before serving the dinner
Mrs. Bates was much surprised by
the arrival of her daughter, Mrs
Anil Kietzer of West Vernon, who
brought a big freezer OF ice cream
and a delicious angel food cake
decorated in birthday parapherna-
liza, which was a pleasant reminder
in honor of her mothers natal day
Anil Arndt returned from a two
weeks visit with friends and rela
tives in Southern Wisconsin.
Il Mrs. A. w. Petrich, who has been
very sick about a week, is reported
this morning as being much i'm
proved. ~.
Fred Randall, who has spent the
past week with his mother here
while recuperating from the efforts
Of two operations he submitted To
In Mankato, has returned to his