The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-03-16
PARTY FOR LITTLE
MAIDL;GFTS ALSO
Kerns Society; News and
Happenings In That
Neighborhood

Kerns, March 1A-Mrs Pzul
Sharp entertained Thursday alter
noon in honor Of the third birthday
anniversary Of her little daughter,
Juanita. There were three little
girls and their mothers, three
grandmothers and several other
ladies' present. The afternoon was
spent socially and In helping the
little girls have 2 good time Mrs.
Sharp served a dandy supper. Jua
nita had q birthday cake with three
candles on n, an she received .
number Of nice presents.
Those who went to MankAto
Monday evening to attend the tele-
phone company banquet we're Mr.
and Mrs. r. e. Jefferson. Mrs. VIII
Carter, C. J. Johnson, Charlie
Smith and Otto Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Shouts have
a baby girl, born last Saturday.
Tuesday was election day at the
Fred johnson and father C. J.
Johnson were business callers In
st. Peter Monday.
Mrs. VIII Carter celebrated her
birthday Sunday by entertaining
Mr. and Mrs.~Tom waterbury and
children for 4 dinner. A beautiful
three pyramid cake with candles on
it was presented Mrs. Carter by Mrs.
Waterbury.
G. W. johnson, n. A. Hanson and
Otto Anderson went TO ST. Peter
last Thursday evening and attend
ed the banquet given farmers.
breeders, buttermakers creamery
men, bankers and merchants, who
were discussing the dairy situation
and planned to increase the proper
ty of the county. They hope to soon
have purebred sire campaign
such as has been held IN ManAAfo.
There were about one hundred men
at the banquet
Lorenzo Rist visited his son Ned
in Mankato couple of days last
week.
c. III! Loueks and Oscar Door
we're in the neighborhood last week
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Miller of. St.
Peter called on relatives IN North
Mankato Sunday, then took their
little nephew Douglas Sharp home
with them for few hours visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goodridge
Grice Sunday.
Ray Rist bought new corn shell
er last week.
Louis johnson went to Mankato
one day last week and visited his
little niece Viola johnson at the
Emmanuel hospital.
G.. w. Johnson bought some red
Duroc jersey hogs at sale in
Mankato last week.
Miss Ida Abbey has been very
Lorenzo Rist and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Rist and children visited at the
Gleason home at Swan Lake Sun
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Trssk and Mr..
and Mrs. Carrot Budde spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. r. =. Budde
Mrs. Charlie Severance took din.
ner with. Mrs. Ned Rist Monday
She then took the afternoon train to
Owatonna to visit her father for a
couple Of days.
Mrs. Cora BurrilI johnson spent
Sunday night with Mrs. W. Sharp.
She took her little daughter Viola.
who has been sick at the Emmanuel
hospital home to Minneapolis
Karl Landgren Is getting ready to
build barn A number of his
neighbors helped him draw out ma
terial from Mankate last Wedner
day.
part of his vacation with his vents
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Jeffel son and
Miss Amy Lindsay called at the
Eldred home in Mankato Sunday
afternoon.
e. &. Mendenhall is here from II.
linois to look after his farm.
H. A. Hanson and Tom Water-
bury attended the Odd Fellows lodge
In Mankato Monday evening.
A. Nourie has accomplished the
latest stunt in regard TO hauling
and and hurries them into the Jefferson
Mr.. and Mrs. Dreyer have moved
from the Peterson house to farm
near Traverse. Mrs. Dreyer was
formerly Fern Parsons
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B1Sick returned
from Iowa and went out beyond
Mankato to stay with their daugh-
teT and SON. in law Mr.. and Mrs.
Blk Baker and help take cake OF the
little boy, who is seriously sick
Baker boys are staying with their
aunt Mrs. Tom Hanson.
Archie Cole had his hand badly
cut with a saw. He has also BEEN
confined 20 the house with the flu.
He is some better.
The Ladies' Aid society plans
having the church re- shinzled.
r. e. Jefferson has installed
radio and Saturday all listened t.
the, foot ball game between St Olaf
and Carlton.
o. K. Door, brother Of Oscar Door.
has been very sick with paieumonia
and I'M. and Is still at the hnmanuol
hospital In Mmkato.
Mrs. August Prnnge Of Decuria il
staying with her daughter Mrs-
Shouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Fuller II
North Mankato spent Sunday With
M. and Mrs. Charlie Sevsranea.
Ed Lans has been very sick with
Aaron Micibels and Charlie and
John Harrison and thoir father are
picking corn for Mr.. Packard
TIE farmers are very busy these
days getting up wood piles, hauling
logs to the MIN. butchering and
getting their work caught mp beforc
the harder work Of spring comes
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