The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-24
NEWS FROM EVANSVILLE
w. e. Baker WI Look After Al
fairs On late Fathers Farm
TSpecial To The Free Press1

JduSSNlilC, Au6ool 81 w. AS'
Baker of Aneroid, Sask., arrived in
GAINESVILLE Wednesday morning too
late to attend the funeral Of his
father and two sisters. He came to
look after affairs on the Baker farm
southwest OF this place and TO ar
range in getting the two boys,
George and Keith, who are on the
farm and who will remain there
during the fall at least started with
their work. Everett Baker as he Is
Familiarity known here is also
graduate of Hamline university and
is the owner OF section OF land,
nine miles from Aneroid. He is al
tive Buying and Selling company
which sells the products OF the
farmers and purchases their sup
plies. Mrs. Baker teaches school
up there besides the farm work and
as their school year lasts ten
months with only TWO months va
cation around Christmas time she
could not accompany her husband
here at this time. Mr.. Baker reports
a good crop in Saskatchewan but
prices are only moderate. He says
that England in buying what she
needs shows no preference for her
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the lowest possible price wherever
That may be OBTAINED.
C. A. Henry came down from
Minneapolis Saturday and spent
sunday with his brother }. A.
Henry. Mr.. Henry was Tor years
city mail carrier but has been
laid up considerable portion
OF the time during the past TWO or
three years and expects 10 be retlr-
ed in the near future on a pension.
A staIe highway department latge
caterpillar tractor and machine
we've WORKING on trunk highway NO.
I south OF town yesterday afternoon
loosening up The dirt SO that gravel
may be placed there.
MIR. and Mrs. William Parker or
Minneapolis drove up from Spirit
Lake, Iowa, Saturday and returned
the same day. lney came So4eIy TO
call on Everett, George and Keith
bakeS ana 10 conso4e them IN the
loss OF Lneir Iatner ana Two slStei.
occasioned by the terrible accident
week ago Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Iarker were both students with
Everett and Mabel at HamIine Uni
| NefsIIy and Graduated. Mr. Parner
is in charge of an old fashioned
MeLnodiSt Camp meeting being held
, Spirit Lake, Iowa.
w. *. AlchIesOn, editor OF The
Waseca Journal was in town Satur-
day afternoon and while here called
on the Baker boys. Mr.. 4uIcklesoA
and family spent several days
camping at Lake Francis, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Ayars have
moved in from their cottage at Lake
Francis.
]. B. Hubbard, baggageman at the
depot returned home from Roches-
| ter Friday night where he spent
| several days with his wife who I'M
| uerwent an operation Tor her lame
loot. She is reported considerable
improved at thls writing.
| Ed Willis of Mankato has been in
GAINESVILLE a portion OF the time and
Mrs. Willis has been here most OF
the time caring Tor the two children
OF MIR. and Mrs. J. B. Hubbard while
Mrs. Hubbard is in the hospital at
Rochester.
Services were held in the Episco-
pal church Sunday with Rev. Bald
win occupying the pulpit.
Many from here are expecting to
attend the Mankato Fair next
week.
The state highway department il
commencing work on Monday OF
this week tearing up Main street
with their tractor and machine III
preparing it for gravelling as a par
Of trunk highway No. Z.
Rev. w. c. Sage and wife and son
Howard Of Peaves, N. D.. on their
return trip from Clear Lake. Iowa
where they had visited their daugh
ter Mrs. Ruth McCoon driving
through with their car, stopped il
GAINESVILLE a day, making brief
trtc hi hni
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sage drove tc
| clear Lake. Iowa and returned Sun
day night after making short Wis
II with Mr.. Sage's sister, Mrs. Ruth
McCoon.
In reference to the dance which
was recently given at the GAINESVILLE
pavilion we are authorized to ST.
that it was a group OF women who
put on this social affair instead oil
Mrs. c. H. Rickerman.
Workmen are now engaged in
putting on the roof of the new Trim
ity German Lutheran church under
work that requires skill and can on
ly be done by employees of the firr'
furnishing the material.
| A gang Of workmen are laying
steel on the sidetrack at Ross sid
ing east of this place this week. The
old seventy pound steel as it is re
moved from the main track and re
placed with ninety pound steel. is
being used on side tracks and
branch lines.
Mrs. J. A. Henry went to Roches-
ter Thursday afternoon to be the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. R.
Miner. for few days.
The W. R. C. met at the Odd Eel
lows Hall on Saturday afternoon of
this week. AS the weather is now
getting cooler it is felt that the out
door lawn meetings which have
been held during the hot spell
around at the various residences of
the members may be dispensed
with and the sessions resumed In
the regular hall
Mrs. J. D. Garrow Of Aberdeen. s.
| D., was the guest of her mother,
Mrs. William Barbknecht in this
city over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Willis Of Man
kato, Mr.. and Mrs. Coffin Of Green
land, and J. B. Hubbard and two
children Minor and Betty of this city
drove to Rochester Sunday to see
Mrs. Hubbard who is recovering
from her recent operation in st
Mary's Hospital in that city. Mr..
and Mrs. Willis of Mankato are the
parents of Mrs. Hubbard.
In one of the best games of the
season the GAINESVILLE Tigers went
down to defeat before the Iosco az
gregation Sunday afternoon on the
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