River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-31

C. S. Dodge and wife were Ellis.
worth visitors Sunday
The Royal Neighbors meet with
Mrs. J. M. Kelly next Tuesday even
ing, Sept. 5.
Miss Emma Nelson of Cannon
Falls, Mimi, is visiting at the home
of her cousin, Walter Johnson.
Miss Persis Day goes to Minneap-
oils this week where she begins
work at teaching in the public
schools Sept. 4.
Miss Bessie Rounsevell left yes
terday for Sturgeon Bay where she
is engaged as assistant principal of
the high school.
Prof. Edwin T. Reed returned the
first of last week from Cambridge,
Mass, and leaves tomorrow for the
Moorhead Mimi Normal which
opens next Tuesday.
D. D. Proctor of Sebastopol, CAL,
arrived here this morning on visit
to his brother Matthew and his sis
ter. Mrs. B. M. Blood. He had re-
Gently been visiting in the Alberta
country, N. w. T.
Mrs. Chas. Rollins of Minneapo-
lis is visiting her brother, Frank
Pomeroy. She is accompanied by
her children. Mr.. Rollins was here
several days this week, leaving this
morning for Washington.
John T. Bowers of Maiden Rock,
graduate of the Normal, and from
the course of pharmacy in the col
lege at Valpairazo, Indiana, is here
on visit to his brother and sister
who are attending the Normal.
Rev. C. P. Connolly and wife re-
turned to their home at Hiawatha,
Kansas, last Monday. They had
been enjoying en- outing at Ilwaco
during the hot weather and made a
visit at the home of G. E. Pratt be-
fore leaving.
Miss Ethel Wyman is spending
the week with friends in Minneapo-
lis. Her sister Pearl, who had been
teaching during the summer, will
return with her to-day and both will
resume study at the Normal. Their
mother, Mrs. A. V. Lovely, went
over this morning to meet and &C
company the girls home.
Of the Grand Army who will go
to the National Encampment at
Denver are l.. Spalding -accompa-
MED by his wife-C. G. Knowles,
David Jones, John Fisher, O.. P.
Virgins and Chas. Dopkins. Mrs.
E. B. Armstrong goes as state dele
gate 20 the National Encampment
of the w. r. c., having been elect
ed at the state encampment held at
La Crosse in June.
A new series of arc lamps is be-
ing substituted for the old ones in
the street-lighting service, of i'm
proved pattern and of late inven-
ton. Supt. Buck asks the JOUR-
NAL to request the people not to
shake these new lamps with a view
of starting light as they did the
old ones. The new lamps don't
light that way and shaking them
might occasion some disarrange-
ment.
The Normal opened its 3oth year
Tuesday under most favo rable aus
pices and with excellent prospects
for year of profitable work in every
department. The attendance prom
Uses to largely exceed that of any
previous year, the assembly room
being already we'll filled. Among the
students this year are an unusually
large number of high-school gradu-
ates. The total enrolment last
year was 467.
J. G.. Johnson, who has been in
charge of the feed-grinding section
of the Prairie Mills for several
years, has bought 240-acre farm
in Polk county, six miles from St.
Croix Falls. He purchases the
crops of the present season, stock
and agricultural implements. Mr..
Johnson will move to the new home
in a week or so. The community
will be sorry to lose this estimab1e
family for the members have made
friends of everybody but best
wishes will attend them.
Has anybody quit smoking ciga-
cites because of the new law for
bidding the manufacture, sale or
use of them? Some of the kids
who used to smoke seem to smoke
yet-judging from their having the
cigarettes in their mouths. But,