River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-03-14
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a Good Templars' Lodge is to be
organized at Ellsworth. A good place
for one.
G. t. Ritchey is raising the roof
of his house and making other i'm
provements.
Mrs. Sarah Tozer has sold the Al.
Musser house and lot on Spring street
to Mrs. Hodge.
William Barker was on the streets
Saturday, for the first time since his
injury five weeks ago.
The w. c. IT. U. will meet with
Mrs. w p Marshall tomorrow after
noon, March 10, at $50.
The Normal Basketball team 90 to
Baldwin tomorrow night to play the
High School team of that place.
Rev. Frank E. Jensen of st. Paul
held religious service at the English
Evangelical church Tuesday evening.
a party Of surveyors, supposed to
belong to the Burlington system, are
surveying between Ellsworth and Bay
City.
The Baldwin Independent suspends
and the editor starts new paper at
Hudson in the near future TO be called
the st. Croix Observer.
The members of the State Press
Association voted to have their annual
outing at the Pan American EXPOSE
tion at Buffalo next June.
First-class work in the bicycle line
at low price. Bring your bicycles to
shop on north Main ST., near Thorn
sons blacksmith shop
Next Sunday is st. Patrick's day,
March II. The patron Saint of Ire
land was born in 1913 and lived until
463, according to the books. or
tradition.
There was a large number of people
in from the country Saturday, i'm
proving the remnant of the OPP
portunity for sleighing for the season.
Jay e. Wadsworth of Kinnickinnic
aspires to the appointment of State
Game Warden and is circulating a
petition among his friends for the
plum very successfully.
One hundred and fifty farmers near
Chippewa Falls held meeting last
week to consider the advantages of
establishing cooperative store. The
discussion resultedin the agreement
to hold subsequent meeting.
Mr.. Mercord intends to enlarge the
power of his electric light plant at
Prescott this spring by putting in a
new Is horse power engine of the high
speed type. The plant at the present
time supports IS street lamps and 700
incandescents.
The worst storm of the winter,
central over Texas Saturday, was
crossing Wisconsin from southwest to
northeast Sunday afternoon. Wind
and sleet did immense damage,
especially to telegraph and telephone
wires. 1t missed the northwest part
of the state.
Caucus tomorrow night. Turn
out and nominate the man you want
yourself if you are candidate.
The indication is that there will be
sufIiciency of good men willing to
serve the city, to fill the offices with
satisfaction-to themselves and the
balance of the citizens. The candi-
dates are all worthy.
Prescott's long-talked-of new paper
made its first appearance last Thurs
day. 1t is of the regulation six
column quarto size, and the first
number contains a good amount of
pertinent reading matter, well
written and we'll printed. The ag-
gregation at the head of the venture
are Webster, Austed s. Company.
Trinity Guild is the wellspring from
which Trinity Church ladies' home
made food sales sprang. So far there
is more demand for food than the
donations have supplied There is no
soliciting being done by any one, only
through the columns of the local
papers, but by this means everybody
interested in the church is kindly
asked to help furnish homemade
food while the sales last.
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