River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-16

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played at Opera Hall last night t.
a good sized audience. The per
Torrance is said to have been com
mendable.
Mrs. Sarah Tozer and Mr.. an6
Mrs. w. P. Marshall go to the lake
the last of the week where they will
reside for a time at the summer
cottage Mrs. Tozer recently had
built.
The River Falls Building & Manu-
featuring Co. have added much to
the appearance of their factory
across the street by painting the
front and putting up some hobby
signs.
Elias Heckler takes the place of
Frank Askew at the railway station.
Mr.. Heck1er is lately from the gen
eral office at St. Paul but was sta
ton agent at Wilson for a number
of years.
The Tubs Medicine Co. are re-
modelling their laboratory building
since it was Quilted by the last fire.
The building has been lowered a
story and rearranged in some other
respects.
Next Sunday morning the SER
mon subject at the Congregational
church will be, Church Confedera-
ton" At the vesper service the
theme will be, Religion Between
Sundays"
Ed. Elertson and family went to
Minneapolis Saturday for a visit
with friends. Mr.. Elertson return
ed Monday but Mrs. Elertson and
the children will not return until
Saturday.
Arthur Todd returned to New
Richmond Monday to resume charge
of his fathers jewelry store. He
had been here a couple of weeks
looking after Mr.. Winters interests
in the jewe1ry business.
Among the victims of Fourth of
July accidents was Mayor McGuire's
10-year-o1d boy of Hudson. The
boy was shot through the hand with
a blank cartridge on the 18th and
died of lockjaw Sunday.
Mrs. C. T. Ritchey and children
left Tuesday for Palmerston, Ont,
the early home of Mr.. Ritchey.
They expect to be gone about a
month and in the meantime will
visit in Detroit, this state.
w. j. Bryan lectures in Hudson
tonight under the auspices of the
M. E. church. Price of admission
so cents. 1t is said Mr.. Bryan will
eschew politics on this occasion
and chew on some moral question.
Most of the individual casualties
reported since the noisy jamboree
incident to the Fourth of July ce1e-
bration result from drownings.
Nearly every day somebody is re-
ported drowned while in swimming.
C. r. Morse, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Mary Morse, went to
Superior yesterday to attend the
annual convention of the Northern
Wisconsin Press Association which
is held there the 18th, 10th and 18th
of July.
The Ladies' Society of the Eng
lish Lutheran church will give an
ice-cream social on the lawn at R.
N. Jensen next Thursday evening,
July %. In case of rain Thursday
evening it will be held on Friday
evening.
L. ]. Romdenne Of Black Duck,
Mimi, came over Saturday and Wis
tied at the home of his sister, Mrs.
]. H. Langdon, returning Tuesday
with his little daughter Rena, who
had been staying here with Mrs.
r onodo1 for coma fiYoa
Texts for sermons Sunday, July
II, at the M. E. church, morning;
IF the trumpet give an uncertain
sound who will prepare himself fol-
the battle?" Evening: HE that is
faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much"
N. P. Nelson has purchased the
Gill house and will move it onto his
lot on the corner east of the old W.
F. Kellogg house, now owned by L.
E. Musser. He has rented his farm
to Fred Prebble and expects to move
into town to live in the fall.
The government report of the
corn crop shows it to be the lowest
average for the time of year for
period of ten years. The standing
is. 70 per cent of a good average
The area planted is 90, 600, 900 acres