River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

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La Crosse the first of the week.
c. ]. Whitney of st. Paul spent
Sunday with friends in the city.
Isaac Foster is home, having
returned from Mendoza last week.
Mrs. Wilbur White returned Mon
day from a visit to her sister at
Clear Lake.
Mrs. J. S. Wadsworth left last
Friday for Galesville, Wis, on a
visit to relatives.
Mrs. Elmira Powell went to White
Rock, S. D., yesterday on visit to
to her sons, Harvey and Newell.
Albert Hamblen, cousin of Mrs.
D. F. Hardy, spent several days last
week at the home of D. F. Hardy.
John Keith of ST. Paul was
visitor at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Keith, the first of
the week.
Hiram Gibbs, who had been here
with his mother the most of the
winter, returned to Grand Forks, N.
D., yesterday.
George Welker, of Gilby, N. D.,
was called here last Wednesday by
the death of his mother, Mrs.
Nancy Ashley.
Mrs. w. ]. Brier was called to
Plymouth Tuesday lfternoon by
news of the death of her step-father,
Henry Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spalding of
St. Paul were Sunday visitors at
the home Of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Spa1ding.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. d. Reed of Mime
apolis came to the city Saturday
for brief visit with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Reed.
Miss Lolita B1aurock spent Sum
day here and left Wednesday for
Wausau and Chicago. Her mother
accompanied her to Wausau.
Wilbur White is again seen in his
grocery dealing out commodities to
his many customers. He returned
from North Dakota Monday noon.
Regent Lord and President Brier
went to Madison Tuesday after
noon to attend the meeting of the
board of Normal regents yesterday.
Alfred Armstrong has gone into
mercantile business at Grants
Pass, Oregon. His family will
spend Sunday here and leave for
that place Monday.
Miss Hattie Short returned the
last of last week from Montevideo,
Mimi, where she had been on a
visit of several months with her
sister, Mrs. Simons.
Readers of the JOURNAL will not
fail to notice that there is heap of
reading matter in this issue of the
paper, and it is all fresh-hot stuff,
not warmed over either.
Prof. Bert TAFT has several classes
in music in Hudson and Roberts.
He attends to these the first part of
the week, and to his pupils here the
latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bracket
returned Monday night from their
tour through the southwest as
entertainers. For two months past
they have been with the Maxam &
Sights Company.
C. d. McKinnon will vacate the
Gladstone early in May to the regret
of the patrons. He will have the
management of the bowling alley
now under construction in the
building a few doors north of the
hotel.
Rev. E. E. Clough D. D., who
preached here Monday and Tuesday
evenings, was called home yester-
day to conduct services at a funeral
and as a result there was no preach
ing service in the M. E. church last
night.
Roscoe G.. Hill, who had been a
faithful and efficient assistant in
the depot here for several years,
has accepted position as clerk in
the Office of the American Express
Company at ST. Paul where he en-
tered upon his duties Tuesday.
Professor L. H. Clark has COM
piled a new text book on arithmetic
which has just recently been pub
lished and is now in use by his
classes at the Normal. The work
is entitled, An Arithmetic for
High Schools and Normal Schools. +"
Miss Ada Lamphear, who had
been a guest of Mrs. w. E. Tubs,
left Tuesday for Dansville, n. y,
where her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Lamphear reside. They
were formerly of New Richmond