River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-10-15

| a mov1ng-p1cture snow at opera
Hall Oct. 20. They give splendid
entertainment.
| Mrs. Eugene Loring and Mrs. M
T. Field went to Star Prairie last
week for a visit with DR.. Harry
Perrin's family. From thence they
go to Crookston, Mimi, to visit
relatives.
At the M. E. Church next Sunday
| the pastor, Rev. Edgar E. Clough,
will preach, Morning subject,
Baptized for the Dead" In the
evening the subject will be, 1.-The
Lovers Entreaty."
Mrs. John Frederick CARRIER will
accept pupils desiring instruction
in the old Italian Method of sing
ing. Any one interested can learn
full particulars by calling at her
home on Cascade avenue.
Penny wise and pound foolish is
a term that cannot be applied to
users of Gold Medal flour because
it is a fact that from 40 to 70 pounds
more of bread come out of every
Dbl. of Gold Medal -four. Ask your
grocer.
The concert at the M. E. church
Friday night was very enjoyable
entertainment. That the perform
ers acted their parts to the delight
| of the audience was evident from
the liberal applause and the num-
erous encores.
Miss Cora Evans of Waupaca was
in the city the first of the week and
Tuesday inspected in her official
capacity the Woman's Relief Corps
of /. N. Nichols Post. While here
she was the guest of Mrs. A. P.
Weld. She left yesterday to attend
the w. R. C. convention at Ellis
worth. Il.
Next Sunday morning at the Con-
gregational church the sermon sub
ject will be, The Buoyancy of
Faith" In the evening Mr.. Spen-
Ger will begin series of historical
lectures on "Some Men Who Made
History" The first will be on,
"St. Anthony, or Experience in an
Illicit Religion"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Follansbee
| have returned from their visit east
and are now at the home of their
son, Oscar, at Glenwood. They at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Follans-
bees uncle, w. w. Wadsworth, at
St. Paul Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Follansbee will spend the winter
with their son living in California.
The demand for experts in all
lines of business is now SO great
that success beyond the common
average resolves itself into matter
| of special training for some one
particular line of work. 1t is the
business of the International Cor
respondence Schools of Scranton,
Pa, to furnish this special training.
| See their announcement elsewhere
| in this issue.
The farmers have about finished
| digging potatoes. The yield varies
considerably. Some few report as
| many as 200 bushels to the acre,
but the average is much less. In
some localities and in heavy soils
| the tubers have rotted to some ex-
tent in consequence of continued
wet weather. There is some ship
ping. Buyers are paying IS cents
a bushe1 on the track.
Mrs. J. w. A1lard and Mrs G. M.
| C+oxryoY a roo nnr11 n a n
of ladies last Saturday afternoon.
J, An amusing program was arranged
which was carried out with much
enjoyment. One of the features
was little poem with blank lines
| to be filled out with the names of
books to rhyme with the preceding
line and the lady getting the great
est number correctly was awarded a
prize.
The Knights of the Maccabees
are making arrangements to give
some fine entertainments this sea-
son. The first number will be their
annual bail, the fourth, to be held
at Opera Hall Friday night, Oct. 80.
This will be followed in the early
part of November by home-talent
play under the direction of Mrs. G..
A. Wilcox who staged Silver Gulch
Ranch" with marked success here a
year ago. Particulars of these en-
tertainments will be given later.
Robert tombstone is moving the
Gill house from near the corner of
| Walnut on Fourth street to Spring
street to the Cairns lot which Ne1s
Nelson bought sometime ago. The
old house that stood near Spring
street has been moved to the south
and is being fixed over for barn
and to which an addition is being
built. A cellar and basement wall
have already been built upon which
the house will be placed. Mrs.
Tozer has sold the house to Mr..
Nelson, she to have it placed in
| position on the Cairn' S lot.
Rev. William Hamilton and wife
of Eau Claire are visitors in the
city, guests of their nephews, I. M.
E. and Schuyler Hamilton. The
Rev. gentleman, who is now IS
years old, preached in the M. E..
church Sunday. He was Circuit
preacher here in 1889 and later
Presiding Elder of this district for
four years and twenty-one years
ago was again pastor of the M. E.
church here He began to preach
in Ohio in 1914. He has been a
| vary oanab1e and uSaf111 man loved