River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-28

Miss Laura Weld entertains this
afternoon.
Refrigerators at closing-out prices
at Rasmussen S.
Sim. Farnsworth captured three
coons near Ilwaco Springs last Sun
day.
Miss Lavinia Synes is home
from Mohall, N. D., for a few
weeks.
Thee. Smith and family returned
yesterday from weeks outing at
Glenmont.
Eugene Wells has just completed
a large and commodious residence
on his farm.
Mrs. Chas. Upgren and Mrs. A.
Tingwall entertained large COM
pany yesterday.
Mrs. Geo. Steele went to Chicago
last Saturday for a couple of weeks
visit to her son.
Henry Mckay of Wausau was a
guest at the Henry Cornish home
the first of the week.
Miss Eleanor Beeman of Mime
apolis is visiting in the city, guest
of the A. P. Forsyth family.
Mrs. w. S. Mott returned to her
home at Menomonie Tuesday after
a couple of weeks visit here.
The country will not be slow in
making it's choice between Roose-
welt and Record and Parker and a
Promise.
Miss Myrtle Hanson returned Sat-
urday, from visit with friends in
the sou chern part of this state and
Michigan.
In a recent,letter to friends here
Miss Kate Blaurock writes from
Seattle that she has just made
trip to Alaska.
Spencer Webster of Grand Tower,
Illinois, is here on a visit to his
mother, Mrs. M. Webster, and sis
ter, Mrs. Evelyne Burhyte.
VIM. Richardson, living on the
Putnam farm in Troy, was serious
ly injured this forenoon. A horse
hay fork struck him on the head,
fracturing his skull.
Miss Jessie Chichester went TO
Evan, Mimi, yesterday, where she
will spend the remainder of her va
cation with her sister, Mrs. Roy
White. She will teach at Hills
view, N. D., the ensuing year.
Mrs. Townsend, mother of Robert
McCabe, who recently moved from
here and who, with his family was
visiting relatives at Anoka, Mime
sofa, attempted to commit suicide
last week Wednesday, She slashed
her throat with a butcher knife and
cut dozen gashes in her arm with
the same instrument. She may re-
cover. She is eighty years old and
is probably insane.
In returning from the cemetery
Sunday the members of the three
orders that marched in the funeral
procession took the sidewalk. It
was a subject of persistent remark
that the roadside needed cleaning
up. The brush on the north side
of the walk is high and thick and
hangs way over the walk while
thistles and weeds as high as ones
head top over against one from the
south side. This profusion of
brush, weeds and thistles is great
hindrance to a passage along the
walk.
T. Clark, a jack-knife genius, was
exhibiting wonderful piece of his
handiwork here the first of the
week. Out of a pine board, 81 feet
square, he makes Japanese fan
photograph holder" In big 49,
inch circle are 418 splints, spear
shaped; base; fan; several flower
vases; four rose holders; a double
card rack in the shape of lady's
double skirt, etc. There are thir-
teen different forms, all attached
all still part of the original board.
The design is artistic and workman
ship perfect. He cut the whole
from the board in twenty-five hours.
For RENr.-80 acres-42 acres
under p1ow, rest fenced into pas
ture, 8 miles south of River Falls.
For particulars call at this office.