The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-24
VERNON CENTER NoTATioNs
Getting Ready For Fair at Garden
City; Personal Gossip.

vernon C0utoT. Au6aob
sixty second annual Blue Earth
held Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day of this week, II the weather
permits. 1t is one OF the bes: Of all
fairs which will be held in Southern
Minnesota this fall. The Blue Earth
:ounty fair association have spared
neither time or expense in working
out every little detail pertaining to
its interests. Everybody wants to
see and hear Magnus Johnson,
whose sobriQuet, dirt farmer SEN
ator," reaches from CALIFORNIA; far
off streams to the Eastern home OF
Boston beans" Show your interest
in the fair by attending 1t every day
hat it Is on.
The Ladies aid of the Methodist
Episcopal church have plans about
completed for their annual chicken
pie dinner, which will be held
about the middle Of September.
Mrs. James Wier, who has been
spending q week or ten days with
relatives In Mankato and Madelia.
returned to her home Sunday. Mrs.
Charles Russell and three sons
Charles, Henry and Francis OF
Madelia who brought Mrs. Weir
home, spent the day with relatives.
MES. JOhu La LUZ WA
pleasant callers Sunday afternoon at
the IT. C. Kraus home. They were
on their way home to Mankato, after
njoying motor vacation trip
through South Dakota and Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. v. Cotherman and
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Austin motored
down from Winnebago Sunday AFT
ernoon and spent several hours at
the A. r. Cotherman home.
Mrs. H. o. Thompson and her
two grandchildren returned Monday
afternoon from West Amboy where
they spent the week end and over
Sunday with the formers son. Ray
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown motor
ed to Mankato Sunday afternoon
where with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Champhn and several other relat-
ives, enjoyed a picnic supper at Sib-
ley Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Force &C.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. q. w.
Washburn Sunday afternoon, enjoy :
ed a motor trip through Sibley and
Minneopa State Park. At both
places they found large crowds of
people enjoying themselves as
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Johnson of
| tmery, Wis, arrived Monday after
noon to spend a week or ten days
with Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs. T.
R. Newell and family. Mr.. John
son who is a prominent dairy farm
er, reports that the drought Of the
asst summer has caused a calamity
in that section, the oat crop being
almost a failure, headed but so
hort that it was moved and put up
Cor hay. There is a possibility that
the corn crop can be used for silo
filing. The hay crop Is an almost
complete failure. Many farmers are
already having hay shipped in to
creep sep 1 Wss @ aa Injured by f tSs
drought, also the two large cannerys
at Amery report only about one
half of the usual amount canned
The cucumber crop was also far be :
low the average. Mr.. Johnson was
among the few lucky dairy men who
had considerable silage on hand, SO
he will not have to buy feed.
Messrs Ed Barnes, Lawrence But
tier, Alfred Peterson, Russell Gran
mis- and T. r. Newell and his son
Ralph motored to Hans park. south
Of Fairmont Sunday, to witness the
| and All Nations teams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schwan mot
ored to Mankato Monday morning
returning with a new Nash Sedan
turning In their old car as part pay
ment on the new one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bales, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Babe
Spence and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bailey motored to Minnesota Lake
Sunday afternoon, to see the ball
game between Vernon and Mime
sofa Lake. Others who went VI
with the home team were: H. c.
John Bellgard, Leslie Cooper. Jim
Neill, Dick Glanbbits and julie and
Billie PAIL.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bates and
their son Burton, Of Mankato and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ulman and little
daughter OF GAINESVILLE motored to
West Vernon Sunday where they
spent the day at the Emil Kietzer
home. Mrs. Kietzer is a niece OF
Mr.. Bates.
Rev. and Mrs. T. R. Paden and
their daughter, Margaret, who have
spent q short vacation at the Sow
Monday to their home at Mankato.
Rev. J. E. Greerlinger and Luke
\. Lucie of Omaha, Neb., who are
motoring through Minnesota, were
over night guests Monday at the C.
M. Warren home. Luke Is we'll
known in Cleveland. He came over
from Jugo -Slavia several years ago
to use scholarship which he re-
ceived in missionary school in
Jugo- Slavia. He spent one year at
Parkers College and was a class
mate of Lawrence Warren. He
spent his vacation at the Warren
ONE. He Is now a second year
student at the State Medical col
1ge at Omaha.
Mrs. G. M. Warren left Monday
on the afternoon train for Virginia
to attend the state convention of
the w. G. T. y. Mrs. Warren be-
fore returning home will visit a
)usin at Cloquet and her son
Lawrence in st. Paul. She will be
gone a week or ten days.
Mrs. John Kienholz has about re :
covered from severe attack of
asthma which confined her to her
room for several days last week.
Mrs. J. E. Arnold and three little
daughters and Miss Valaria Petrich,
parents at Virginia for the past
three weeks, returned to their homes
in the village Monday noon.
Standish Bowen is In Mapleton
this week hauling tile. Francis
Stoner Is not able to take up this
work, owing to his accident two
weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Stoner and Gen
evieve drove to Lake Crystal Tues
day afternoon to meet their young