River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-07-20
]. w. Rawson went to Eau Claire


Get our prices on Irvine before
buying. C. Carish & Son.
Mrs. George Hutchins is visiting
with her parents at Clayfeld.
D. Handland was over from Min
neapolis the first of the week.
A. Mcintyre has moved into The
Dave Hall house in the east part of
the city.
Mrs. L. H. Clark left for Manka-
to, Mimi, Saturday, on a visit to
her father.
Miss Edna Brown was down from
Rhinelander over Sunday on visit
to relatives.
Mr.. Shuler of Ellensburg, Wash
ington, is visiting at the home of
Mrs. P. Moynihan.
Miss Minnie Brown has gone to
Willmar, Mimi, to spend the sum-
mer with her sister.
Mrs. J. E. Hendrix went to Par
ker, S. D., Tuesday on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Evans.
Hester Hulst returned last Thurs
day from California where she had
resided the past two years.
George Krauth, station agent at
Baldwin, was a visitor at the home
of his parents over Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Elliott went to Eau
Claire last Friday to spend the sum-
mer with her sister, Mrs. Hogan.
The Northern Wisconsin State
Fair at Chippewa Falls Aug. % to
Sept. l. A commodious Rest Cot
tage, the gift of Chippewa Falls
citizens, has been erected on the
grounds for the free use of the
patrons of the fair.
Farmers have been sitting up all
night lately TO see the corn grow.
The growth of corn during the last
ten days of hot weather is wonder
full. The corn has absorbed much
of the heat. We wished it had alb
sorbed more and left less for us.
Last week while little Esther De-
mulling was playing with other
children on Curriers' mound about
the stone quarry she slipped and
fell, striking her head against a
stone that caused a bad scalp
wound, but she is rapidly recover
ing from it's effects.
Ed. Gallagher and Amos Eng were
here from Monday to Wednesday,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Boals
and other relatives. They were on
their way home to Thompson, n. D.,
from a trip to Portland, San Fran
cisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, and
other western points.
John G. White died at Elkhorn
Sunday, aged 81 years. His death
was due to wounds received in bat
ties of the civil war. Mr.. White
lived here at one time. He was
brother Of Mrs. Washington Pratt,
for many years a resident here but
now living in Philadelphia.
Minneapolis Journal: Lisbon, N.
D., has a spoiled child. He lives in
one end of the town and is so much
in evidence that the town has start
ed growing in the other direction
away from him. A spoiled child in
the neighborhood will drive a pro-
hibitionist to smell of the stopper.
The weather has been Of such a
character the last week as to make
every one acutely aware of its ex-
istence-by making animate exist
ence exasperatingly uncomfortable.
Thermometers in the shade here
have shown the mercury at 100 to
los. It seems that the whole coun-
try is involved in hot wave.
Strawberries are pleasing mem
ory-that makes yorr mouth water,
but raspberries presume to aspire
as substitute and rolled in sugar
tickle your palate. The crop of
these latter is said to be very large
out in the woods-but the cult
waited variety is also in the market.
Blueberries are also coming to town
in small quantities. There will be
more later on. Burberry pie, re-
Gently out of the oven, is most rel
ishing.
F. M. Ulrich is making prepare
tons to put up building for stor-
| ing coal, which sort of fuel he will
sell this next fall in connection with
wood. The building will be con.
structed of cement blocks, which
are each of uniform size-two feet
long, seven and half inches high
and eight inches wide. The found
alton and floor, all of cement work
are already laid and the blocks for