River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-06

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| ton as assistant postmaster.
Auction at the Glass Bros farm
Oct. 7-to-morrow-at p. m.
Bran and Shorts, also variety
of coarse feeds, for sale at Cascade
Mills.
Please remember the ladies of the
w. r. C. will serve an election-day
dinner.
Mrs. Mate Gilmore of Randolph
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. F. c.
Matteson.
E. De Forest Barnett of ST. Paul
was a visitor in the city the first of
| the week.
Mrs. R. C. Gebhardt of Black
River Falls is a visitor with Mrs.
Ernie Lagerstedt.
Miss Jennie Wales has charge of
the Normal department in the Fari-
bault high school.
The first hard frost last night
so soon after the supreme courts
boost of La Toilette.
Miss Leone Mcclure entertains
her boy and girl friends at four
o'clock p. m. to-day.
Prof. Chas. E. Putnam is here
from the Philippines and is the
guest of his brother w. H.
Mesdames C. V. Guy and w. D.
Parker entertained party of lady
friends yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Stone of
Crookston, Mimi, visited relatives
in the city Monday and Tuesday.
DR.. J. G. Sharpe of Dover, Del,
is a visitor here, guest of his old
acquaintances Mrs. Webster and
Mrs. Burhyte.
Otis Burdick of Spring Valley and
Miss Annie Carpenter of Trimbelle
were married at the home of the
bride by Rev. w. A. Ward Sept. 28.
Miss Kate Snodgrass has been
out of school the first of the week
on account of the illness of her
! father. Miss Gertie Andrus has
been substituting for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthias Nelson are
celebrating their fftieth wedding
anniversary at their home in Pleas
ant Valley to-day. Rev. Brandt,
who off1ciated at the ceremony fifty
years ago is also present to-day.
Another month of suspense be-
fore the casting of the ballots shall
settle the war of words and decide
who is who and which is what. In
the meantime we will accept the
statements of candidates for office
and the claims of their retainers
with several grains of salt.
Wilbur White and family will
leave next Tuesday for Monroe,
Washington, where Mr.. White has
a position and expects to settle.
Hal. Thomas and wife will also
leave for Washington at that time
as will also Miss Sarah Boals. The
latter will visit her sister, Mrs.
Long, of Spokane.
Farmers report that potatoes are
rotting badly in the ground. Rot
ten potatoes are not total loss.
They help to fertilize the land for
future crop. In parts of North Da
kota some farmers plant 100 acres
TO potatoes and never dig them.
They are raised to fertilize the
ground. An immense crop of wheat
| follows.
]. w. Rawson attended part of
the meetings of the fourth annual
national convention of Gideons held
at Minneapolis last Friday and Sat
urday. On Sunday the churches of
both St. Paul and Minneapolis were
addressed at the morning services
by members of this order of Chris
tian travelling men. This is an or
der that is accomplishing great
good among travelling men.
The Redmen have secured from
the Great Sachem of the state dis
pensation for permission for the
lodge to accept members at very
small initiation fee for few weeks.
The Red Men have adopted as the
| designation of their local lodge or
tribe, Saskatchewan Tribe, No.
"a. The name signifies The Rapids.
This change of name is made in &C.
cordance with the ruling of the
Great Council.
Jerome Andrus, who had kept the
Gardner House in Ham mond for
many years, committed suicide last
Friday night by hanging himself in
his barn. Mr.. Andrus was suffer
ing from cancer of the rectum and