River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-10-18


Tones the card OF the mayor OF the city,
and numerous circulars OF tradesmen,
comprised the pile Mr. Jones was seen
to shrug his shoulder at the circulars
The men who do not advertise IN
newspapers are. as usual, behind the
times, my dear" he remarked to Mrs
Tones The circulars were removed
with the soup plates.
GAVE r. s. FREEMAN & SONS
DRUG STORE A CALL.
AS she came to R. S. Freeman &
Sons drug store, Mrs. Jones remem-
bered that she wanted a bottle OF
French's Jap Rose perfume and found It
in Freeman & Sons fine line OF per-
fumes The girl purchased box OF
Freeman's face powder and a package
OF Carbo- Witch Hazel salve. Tom, Jr.,
selected a handsome brush and comb
and promised his mother TO make a
trial of getting his unruly locks into
order The Hon. Tom took bottle OF
rare old California wine strictly for me-
dicinal purposes.
MRS. JONES ORDERS INVITA-
TIONS.
Mrs. Jones ordered invitations for the
reception from The Journal job rooms.
She thought 200 would be sufficient.
She was pleased with the artistic sam
Piles shown her, and placed her order
with the date of the reception to be de-
termined later
SHE BOUGHT BOOKS.
Mrs. Thomas Jones is an inveterate,
although discriminating reader OF nc
ton. She found all the latest novels
at f. +. & II. l.. Levings Her selec-
tions included TO Have and To Hold, !"
Prisoners OF Hope Janice Mere
dth' and When Knighthood Was in
Flower and also took several OF the
October magazines and box OF fine
stationery. f. E & H. L. Levings car
ry a large stock Of school and miscella-
neous books, school supplies, wall pa
per, pictures, art goods and fancy
goods
TOM. JR.'S SHOES.
Tom, Jr., had spent the forenoon with
much satisfaction TO himself and not
without credit to his family He first
made sure of the new shoes suggested
by his father Young Toms tastes were
for the substantial as well as the or
namental He selected pair OF the
Crossett shoes, such as he had hereto
fore worn on Sundays only. He bought
them OF ]. S. Wadsworth. His atten-
ton was attracted to a fine lot OF sam
pie shoes, which Mr.. Wadsworth has
Just placed on sale, and which for va
riety, style and wearing qualities are
unexcelled. and below the retail price
Tom, Jr., recommended the rest of the
family TO supply themselves with shoes
from these sample lines.
INSPECTS A MARKET.
Tom, Jr., critically inspected A. w
Kaler's Central Market from the out
side Everything to be seen indicated
cleanliness. Then he went inside. His
inspection here was satisfactory, too.
The plump yellow legged chickens, ten
der looking steaks, well Drowned hams,
etc, and the white-aproned, cleanly-ap-
pearing men in charge convinced Tom,
Jr., that the family could not go wrong
in buying their meats of A. w Kaler.
The Central Market is always supplied
with the choicest fish for Fridays and
the best oysters during the season.
CHOOSES A GROCER.
Tom. Jr., adopted novel plan by
which to choose a grocer. He went to
Martin Olson's and waited to see if he
would be served in his turn. The show
of goods outside and inside the store
was large and attractive, and included
all kinds of staple and fancy groceries,
foreign and domestic fruits, etc. A
Number OF people were ahead OF him.
Much to Tom, Jrs, surprise and graft
fcation. when his turn came he was
courteously asked how he could be
served He found that Mr. Olson sold
the celebrated Ramona Mocha and Java
blend coffee, such as his father liked,
and the Primrose uncolored Japan tea
which his mother always drank. He
bought some bananas and went away
convinced that firm which recognized
the rights OF a boy would be equally
conscientious in selling goods. Martin
Olson will furnish the Joneses with
groceries. Mr.. Olson sells the Home
brand canned goods-the housewife S
iavorite. and receives fresh daily the
best OF fruits and vegetables.
VISITS A BAKERY.
Although brought UP on farm,
Tom, Jr., has a well developed sweet
tooth, and next to visiting a can
dy shop he enjoys the privilege of a
bakery He went into n. c. Mel
sons White Front bakery, and while
slowing away nickels worth OF
iell roll. inspected the stock. The bread
looked deliciously Drowned and appe-
tizing, the cakes were the acme Of a
housewives dream, and as Toms last
mouthful OF jell roll was put where it
would do him the most good he de
cided that ~ c. Nelson's bread and
cakes were just what the Jones family
was looking for.
ON HIS NATIVE HEATH.
Tom, Jr.'s last but not least commits
sion was to arrange for family supply
OF milk and cream This he was fully
competent to do A farmer boys taste
may successfully be pitted against pat
ented milk tester when it comes to de-
termining the quality OF milk He
stopped H. r. Taylor's dairy wagon OPP
posite the postoffice, and asked for sam
pies and glass of pure, rich milk was
given him. The jell roll he had just
eaten may have had something to do
with it. but Tom, Jr., thought the milk
the most delicious that had ever passed
his lips. This is good enough for the
Joneses," he said and he arranged with
Mr. Taylor for a family supply OF milk
and cream,
COULDN'T RESIST 1T.
Several beautiful sewing machines
caught Mrs Jones eye at c. T. Win
tiers iewelry store, and she went in to
examine them. The New Home family
drop head machine captivated Mrs.
Jones. and she could not withstand the
temptation to order a new one. Mr..
Winter also sells other frst-class ma
chimes and carries stock OF repairs,
needles, oils. etc.
JONES REMEMBERS THE CT
CARS.
Postmaster c. c. Glass received a
letter yesterday from Hon. Thomas
Jones, asking him to see +, A. Brack-
EFT, at Old No ~, and engage halt a
thousand we'll seasoned Non Plus I'll
ira cigars for Mr. Jones reception. He
had smoked this favorite brand while at
River Falls and learned the maker's
name He was sure they were all right.
Mr.. Bracket has one OF the most hand
somely fitted cigar stores in the state.
He sells a great variety OF cigars. to-
baccos, pipes and smokers goods
VIEW OF THE SUBURBS.
Mrs. Jones expressed a desire to take
drive and Mr. Jones telephoned from
tie hotel to A. II. Lords and fine
double carriage drawn by an elegant
span of chestnuts was soon at the hotel
The tones family was driven about the
citv aut Mrs. Tones was pleased with