The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-23
FARM BARN BURNED
FIRE DESTROYED PROPER
TY NEAR WELLS, MINI.
Young Farmer Sustained Serious
Accident In. Corn Shredder;
Bootieaeer Sentenced
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Wells, November 20.-The large
and well equipped barn Of the Tom
Marley place, five miles southwest
Of town, was burned to the ground
Saturday in an Incredibly short
time, together with a quantity of
hay and millet seed. Mr.. Marley
and a crew of men were shredding
corn and running it into the barn.
One of the men looked up and dis
covered smoke pouring out of the
top, an instant later the building
burst into flames. From the first it
was seen that the barn was doomed.
SO all hands assisted in carrying
portable things out. A bucket bril-
gade helped In protecting the other
buildings until the Wells chemical
fire truck arrived. Valuable ma
grainery were saved. Cause Of the
FIRE is not known.
The family Of William Piper, liv-
ing nine miles north of Wells is
having a serious time with scarlet
fever. There are eight children and
several are stricken with the dread
disease. An eight year old son died
in commissions after having been
sick one day. -
Wells on Monday afternoon, in a
Armistice day was celebrated at
Wells on Monday afternoon in a
most impressive manner, the citizens
generally uniting with Troska Post
of the American Legion. in a SPLEEN
did patriotic service. The affair was
in charge of the Legion and was one
OF the best services ever given here.
The ceremony began with a parade
at one-thirty and the program was
held in the. Princess theatre-both
schools participated. Joseph W.
Finley Of ST. Paul was the principal
and Vernon L. Hubbard, command
er of the local post, also addressed
the assembly ~
Mrs. L. II. Lord, editor Of The
Forum Advocate, was the first wo-
man to serve on the grand jury in
Faribault county since equal
rights" went into effect.
John Pankoninis is in receipt of
letter from Germany that bore 3d.
100000 marks worth of stamps. The
writer told of the high cost of all
kinds of food and Of the difficulty
OF earning enough to buy even COM
mon necessities. He mentioned some
OF the many changes that had been
made for the worse over there and
that Mr.. Pankonin would never rec
ogniZe what was once the prosper
GUS fatherland.
A very serious accident in which
young farmer living north of town
was MANNED for life, occurred on
Friday afternoon when Ernest
Badtke and his brother VIII, were
shredding corn on their father. G.
Badtke's farm. Just as the young
men were about to finish the last
load, the leather glove Ernest wore
was caught which pulled his hand
into the machine. Before the broth
er could jump from the we~en he
was standing in, and stop the en-
CINE the fingers and thumb were
CHASTITY leather glove that finally
part of the boys fingers. Only a
stump Of the hand is left.
E. d. washburn of Spring Valley,
a member of the board of custod-
ians for the grand jurisdiction of
Minnesota. conducted school of in
struction for the officers and mem
bers Of Doric lodge, No. 81. A. NJ.
and A. F. of Wells on Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons and even
ings. The meetings were well at
tended.
George McColley. a Wells boot
Logger, was sentenced to sixty days
in the county bastile and pay fine
of $3.50. In default of the payment
he is to be confined in the jail for
further period-of ninety DAYS.