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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29

Miss Irma Irmstrong will go tc
Baltimore to the International c,
E. convention as the delegate from
the local society.
The number of graduates in the
1905 class of the Wisconsin State
University, to whom diplomas were
granted last week, was 1913.
Bertha Foster is home from St.
Louis. Mrs. Gates with whom Miss
Foster resides in ST. Louis is the
guest of Mrs. w. H. Putnam.
At the annual meeting Of the
board of Normal regents at Madison
Tuesday F. H. Lord was reelected
president of the board. This will
be president Lords third consecu-
tive term. j. A. Peacock of Ocono-
mowoc was elected vice president,
while Prof. William Kittle, princi-
pal of the public schools of Ocono-
mowoc was elected Secretary of the
board to succeed S. S. lockwood
who is suffering from acute para
lysis. Acting Gov. Davidson APP
pointed James O. Green of White
water and Clarence Mcfarland of
Stevens Point as members of the
board to succeed q. P. Beach and
G. E. McDill. Maj. lockwood had
been Secretary of the board for the
last ten years.
Newton Ensign of Altamont, H.,
cousin of Frank D. Ensign of this
city, has been awarded a Rhodes
scholarship. The honor entities
him to complete course at Oxford
University, England, and is one of
those provided for by the benefac-
tions of the late Cecil Rhodes. Mr..
Ensign is % years of age and has
just completed four-year course al
McKendree college, Lebanon, Mo-,
finishing the course in three years.
He is a young man of fine scholarly
attainmentS and has held high rank
duri nights entire college course, re-
ceiving first honors of his class. He
is exceedingly popular among Nc
Kendreeans. He is son of F. D.
Ensign, deceased, who was promi-
nent merchant of Altamont, I'll.
The annual convention of the Ep-
worth Leagues of the Eau Claire
District of the M. E. church was
held at Prescott Tuesday and
Wednesday. The attendance was
large. The program was carried
through with series of papers and
addresses of very high order, none
better than the one on Boys" by
Miss Mabel Keith of this city. The
Prescott people proved to be the
choicest of entertainers. The sup
per announced for the delegates on
Tuesday evening proved to be an
elaborate banquet, which was most
highly appreciated. Both in public
and private entertainment Prescott
cannot be outdone.. Most of the
delegates were sorry when the time
came to leave. More than twenty
were in attendance from River Falls.
The next convention will be held at
Chippewa Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29
Where They Are AT.

President Brier and Professors
Clark, Fletcher, Wilson and Hoag
will spend the greater part of the
summer in River Falls. Prof.
Fletcher will do four weeks of in
stitute work, two in Grantsburg and
two in Durand. Prof. Sims will be
in the institute work the greater part
of the summer, beginning at Hud-
son July 10.
Miss Clark will spend her vaca-
ton in Mayville, Wis, the residence
of her parents.
Miss Kellogg will take her rest in
her home at Oconomowoc.
Miss Pardee will visit with rela-
tives in Oregon and California.
Miss Saby is attending the sum
mer school connected with the Uni
versity at Madison.
Miss Shultes will remain during
the summer at Kasson, Mimi.
Mrs. Truesdell, Helen and Jay
are still il the city.
Miss Scofield spends the summer
with her mother at Oshkosh.
Miss Peckhaln is in Peshtigo
where she expects to remain for a
few weeks. Later she will have
work in a summer school at Eau
Claire.
Miss Currier will remain in River
Falls.
- Ilwaco Springs.
w. S. Armstrong and family,
Chas. Deans and family and friends
and Mrs. Hone and daughter and
friends of Minneapolis are taking
an outing at Ilwaco.
! Misses Helen Woodman, Helen
James and sister, Grace Newman,
Ida Cameron and Sarah Alexander
of st. Paul spent ten days at Ilwa-
CO, leaving on Monday.
Henry B. Walsh of the N. w. Fuel
Co: of ST. Paul, with his family, and
friends from Dallas, Texas, left
yesterday for their homes after g
weeks sojourn at Ilwaco.
Mrs. Tozer launched another new
boat yesterday, Christening it the
"Miscodeed" Indian name for ar.
butus). This is family boat Of a
capacity for the accommodation OF
a party of fifteen or more people
Mrs Tozer now has fifteen boats
which she rents at reasonable rates.
w. H. Williams and wife are To-
Gated in Oak Leaf cottage for the
summer. They keep on hand a.line
of staple and fancy groceries with
which they supply the wants of the
people at the prices current in the
cities. Their sons, DR.. Stephen
and Ray, have been visiting them
this week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29

Hammocks from SOC up at Free
mans.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29

See Freeman's Hammock ad. on
following page.
| Nat. Wales was down from Ten.
| ton, S. D., over Sunday.
Now is the time to buy buggy
cheap. c. Carisch & Son.
Biff! Boomll Bang!l! G. A. Ras-
mussen has the Fireworks to sell.
/ Matt E1ertson and family went TO
Bass Lake Saturday, returning on
Wednesday.
l have three pianos two slightly
used to be sold at sacrifice. G.
A. Rasmussen.
Miss Mildred Royce of Marshfeld
is visiting her cousin, Royce Brier,
for a few days.
Miss Graham and her little sister
of Livingston, Mont, are guests of
| MISS L1DDy Ellis.
The big tea kettle at Allard-
Stewart Cos. will be measured at
8 O'Clock p. m. July 8.
The Royal Neighbors will meet
with Mrs. VIM. Chinook next Mon
day evening, July Sd.
i
Hans Wiberg of Little Falls was
here over Sunday on a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Olson.
The Improvement League meets
next Monday at 500 O'Clock pm.
| in the Lutheran church.
City Electrician Buck has moved
into the house he recently bought
of w. P. Marshall, on Elm street.
Now quit smoking cigarettes. The
law forbidding their sale, posses
sion or use, goes into effect Satur-
day.
C. A. Smith has added another
chair to his shop and is employing
another barber, Henry Horning,
who came here from Saltwater.
Miss Margaret Hosford of the fac
ulty of the Whitewater, Wisconsin,
Normal is spending the summer
with her sister, Mrs. Burr Cook.
The display of Fireworks in G. A.
Rasmussen windows would sug-
gest that it is the place to buy them
as there seems to be everything in
that line.
AS the result of an unpremedita-
ted drop from the roof of Lund S
shops at the fire Tuesday Leon Bar
ney is using crutches to assist his
locomotion.
Work on the finishing of the base
ment of the Methodist church is
progressing very rapidly under the
supervision of Prof. Ames. In
about a month every thing will be
completed.
Mrs. Josephine Sims of ST. Paul
is here on visit to her father and
brother, the Gleasons. She had re-
GENTLY been visiting relatives in
Michigan in company with her hus-
band. f
| Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Erickson ar
rived home yesterday and have TAX
en- up their residence in the Baptist
parsonage where they will be at
home to their friends after the mid
die of July.
Mrs. Frank Herman returned last
Saturday from Chicago where she
had been spending several weeks
with relatives. She was accompa-
MED by her niece, Miss Irene Shep-
pard, who will spend her vacation
here. ss,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29
Focu1ty, 1o05-19O6.


WARREN ]. BRIER, PRESIDENT,
Psychology, History and Science Education.
L. H. CLARK,
Mathematics.
MYRTES E. CLARK,
Grammar, Assistant Supervisor.
A. H, FLETCHER,
Rhetoric, Composition Plane Geometry.
JESSIE M. KELLOGG,
Physical Training.
CORNELIA E. NOTZ,
Librarian.
CARRIE T. PARDEE,
Drawing.
c. H. Robson,
Biological Sciences.
G. A. ROGERS,
Physical Sciences.
ELSBETH S. SABELWITz,
Music.
ANNA G. SABY,
Latin, German.
ALICE H. SHULTES,
Supervisor Practice, Elementary Psychology
JOHN F. SIMS,
Institutes, Geography, U. S. History.
JULIA LORRAINE TRUESDELL,
Rhetoricals, Orthoepy.
H. L. WILSON,
Literature, General History, Economies.
Model Department.
S. EDITH TODD,
Critic Teacher, Grammar Grades.
BELLE G. SCOFIELD,
Critic Teacher, intermediate Grades,
LAURA w. PECKHAM,
Critic Teacher, Primary Grades.
MARY VERNON,
kindergarten.
G. B. HOAG,
Manual Training.
LILLIAN CURRIER,
Clerk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29
MARRIED.

-WETTER. lin the Cath
Ollie church at Korna, June 20,
1905, by Rev. ]. M. Baur, Mr..
Adolph Kordosky and Miss Eleo-
nora Wetter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29

We have few farm mortgages
offered us which are very desirable
investments. Parties desiring any
of these should file their applica-
tons with
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of River Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29
Come and buy those pianos.
A. Rasmussen.

The catalogue of the River Falls
Normal school for 19O4-1905 is a
very neatly gotten up affair. The
summary of enrolment shows that
there were in attendance on the ses-
sions of the school the past year
one less than 500 pupils. Of these
3O4 were in the Normal department
and 1875 in the Model grades. Pierce
county furnishd $50 students; St.
Croix u, Dunn 13, Polk 8 and Is
other counties in the state fur
nished the remainder with the ex-
ception of Is from out of the state,
of whom IL were from Minnesota.
AS Prof. Albert johnson was dry
ing into town from Mann Valley
Tuesday he overtook, Fred Jackman
coming in leading horse. Mr..
.Jackman got in the buggy with
Johnson and led the horse. Near
town band of gypsies were camp
ed and the led horse did not see the
outfit until right onto it. Being
frightened by the unaccostomed ap-
pearance he gave sudden jump to
the side, capsiNng the buggy and
throwing Jackman onto stone pile.
AS a consequence of the disaster
Mr.. Jackman gets around very de-
liberately on clutches. He has a
leg considerably damaged in the
encounter with the rock pile.
The Grand Midsummer Excursion
of the Independent Scandinavian
Workmen's Association of Hudson
leaves Hudson Sunday morning,
July 2, at $50 o'clock with the
steamer THE Purchase and barge
THE Twin Cities for down St.
Croix Lake and Mississippi river to
Red Wing. Will leave Red Wing to
return at about 500 p. m. Going
down the St. Croix the boat will
stop at Glenmont and also stop
there on its return up the lake. The
Hudson Band and Star Orchestra
will accompany the excursion and
furnish music. The president of
the l. S. w. A., Mr.. N. Nelson, will
speak of the work and progress of
the Order. Other speakers will also
give addresses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-29
THE LOCAL MARKET.

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY.
Following are the prices paid by
River Falls merchants and dealers
for farm products, etc., to-day:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26

Read or Rivers, of Virginia, and after.
moving to Kentucky, or Tennessee; his
family went to Texas, where some OF
them arc still living. My father was
Randall Dceke Hay. son offPhilip Thorn
hill Hay and Macy Elizabeth Scales. The
latter was from Rockingham county,
North Carolina, and q Representatives OF
one ofSits most influential families. philip
Tl1ornhill Hay was THE son of william
Hay, OF Virginia, and, think. Mary or
Ann Walker. William Hays parents
came from Scotland to America and set
tied IN buckingham county, Virginia.
] think his fathers name was also WIZ
liam. and his Wife was Lydia McClary.
or McClcary. Mr.. Hays relatives had a
very Interesting family tree, IN which
they traced Themselves directly to a very
wide Scottish ancestry, but unfortunately
1T was destroyed by q fire many years
ago. My Penn kin are fully as proud
of their English ancestry. and as
believe j have cause for being proud OF
both sides, would like to know more about
them. ss Il i3a III
IS, Lynchb,irg, Va.
Can any OF Our readers furnish any
Information on the above queries, wliicl,
Will greatly oblige the editor OF this
colunn2 t. c. NJ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26

8is Eleanor Lexington. in her Corner IN
Ancestors" gives this sketch OF the
Green family, IN which many virginians
will be Interested:
9S,rhe family of Green, original " written
( do Greene, came from NortliamptOnshire,
Il England. SIt appears the Green's assumed
tileirf3nainp from mn + allhslon w 70 sa4 their
Z Municipal and beloved manor, which WAS
5Buckton, town of 4 Bucks, in the Cpunly
SOf Northampton. The place was renoW
cd, for the exccllcncy OF its soil. its sit
Suation and its spacious and delightful
green. II Hence, the owners were 4 called
Il Green, or Of the Green From isuckton
i or}}town8 Of Bucks, they assumed three
bucks for their arms. & They were lords
q on tho manor and owned inul,y stately
castles. $S II sa
W FIN Edward 1lf.'s reign Sir Henry Green
obtained for himself uEd ayhis heirs the
grant OF a fair to- be held yearly for
three days. beginning on the VI g Of ST.
kJohn Baptist Since that time, down to
aboutsthcl middle OF the nineteenth ccn-
" fury, this favor was held upon the sp;t-
Il cipus green, which gave name to the
family. It was celebrated far and wide
and was Visited by great numbers OF
4 people for pleasure us well us business.
\ Sin thu reign Of Henry w Sir Thomas
4. Green was warden Of yvhittlebury forest,
& an Office which he held in Ca pite o { tho
a King by service OF lifting up the right
5 hand toward the King yearly on Christ
y, mas Day in viz place tsocvcr the King
d. sssSasst5ss
Sir Henry Grec.i--t the name was then
de cs.ecnc-&as lord chief Justice Of Eng
LAND and thu ancestor of six Sir Thorn
Ease! who succeeded one another In the
Y estatc In Northampton without interrupt
$tioI. ri The last one. who died in 1 JOG, left
Ia laughter. Matilda or Maud who mar
II riel Sir Thomas PAR, Their daughter
wal Katherine Parr, the sixth ard last
Green Of Henry n III. The cstatc I lien
DpHsed to the. crown, 3 but WAS restored to
It tie Greens by n grant from Edward Wis
ia 1850, who gave It TO mine honest ur-
sGc,'' katherine PARIS brother, Sir
& ;tlonlas Pnrr. w no L was a knight OF the
Isl rtcr. Herfys y ]. ~ also & had Il high
tgard Tor his brothe LAW, whom he
lied his lnte I'll S .s.s
NO ono bioias An1r1nber pfs ,rs1e r'cst,
;fnmily s2dowed a charity by Will, where
i I'd bricst s.sl lld9ss sing and pray per-.
fpefaailyt for himself, his wife and his
descendants This request was carried
out faithfuls for nearly half II century.
&S or until thu chantry was destroyed in
ISIS.
it5. Among TIL. early settlers In America
8of the Grcti family was John Green
surgeon, Who. with his wife. and
Joan TIA tterhall and children, came tto.
( 10 Z " X
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26

the gencalogy Of William Ferry. who
settled in Virginia In 1926 z also the gee
ncalogy OF William Butler, who settled
in Virginia Culpeper county, about ~ 3d.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26

studfous yetinterestingly eccentric.E4NYlt!l.
|Sall#of his oddities II he was possessed Eof3
great originality, and met with such
success In life that | t should not be lost
to those % Il he present and future time
He was intenselya@de democratic but with
no wish to please others Is ne preierreu
brogans to dress shoes, III cotton BAN
danna handkerchief to the Sill when
was the gentleman's handkerchief of his
day: with we'll washed clothes he did
not care for the number Of patches nor
particular as to color,
But Notwithstanding his French reyo'--s
8lutionary notions Of life, he was prnctl
cal and strong in&the management OF ms
farm and business generally, and bysgood8
some ten or twelve thousand acres Of
valuable land, and much money and per-
sonal property, and dying with a bright t,
intellect at the age of elghty-one years
His experiment OF sheep raising. along
with planting and farming, ~ Is worth
knowing. 81 He rented to good tenants
most OF his lands, reserving some three
thousand acres for himself. Upon that
hekcpt five hundred sheep and fifty head
OF cattle and much other stock.
Tho sheep and cattle We're penned to-,
Fgethcr, that dogs might. not Kill the
sheep a night his shepherd took care Of
thoml during the day. The pens were
upon tobacco lot land, and "a once saWa
crop of tobacco which he had grown
to perfection. II was topped ut from
twelve to twenty leaves. t was Clay To-
kbacco, and the only tobacco that 4
ever saw topped 10 high that had leaves
of full 8, sand perfection. Tbs ends OF
the leaves turned up from tho ground,
refusing to touch the earth VA
This crop Of tobacco was sold II R'ch-
Fmond for twelve and NJ half cents per-
pound, bringing TO NJ Gregory more
than four hundred dollars to the hana,
III attracted such attention that 1t was
the subject of editorials In the daily pa
spers, Mi. Gregory limited his flock or
sheen to 500 and cattle to so and for
years lln met with all Of the success tllat
hc8 could have hoped for and winch con
5tinued SO long as he held the place. lie
established the fact that sheen are Ply :,
stitable for their wool, immensely vail
abla for fertilizlng and valuable for
food, 6
il In addition 4 to- the success In sheep
raising, etc, MI. GREGORY had for sale
Eupon the market every year col e. l,nd
pork, With his crops Of tobacco, wheat,
onts and corn to add to his 1--we stock y
knew OF no other farmer who did 50
we'll, II the people could be made 70 IN
derstand the uses that he made OF sheep
1t would add greatly to the value Or
southern Virginia and q rsyt OF North.
Carolina. Is (. 4
The oddities OF such ~ mnr weigh
nothing when I}e has shown to the people
the way TO SUCCESS. and wealth HIS VEN
lures always turned out we'll and his,
sheep did not die, BY his success We
Judge him. VI III
The rougl 1 coarse looking mar wac f.ll-l
ed With postic thoughts, ana passed the
greater part of mis- time reading Latin
and French and all tho newspapers and
magazines that he could put his hands
on, Then. too he was consulted by the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
Gregory


IS sir,-1n tho Sundays Issue Of rho
Tjines.D Dispatch OF the 18th instant. In the
genealogical column. under the name Of
Gregory" 1t has been noticed that there
are several mistakes In giving names and
facts, and have been requested to state
what / know OF that family, and Its con-
nectons with the Alexander, Taylor and
ltaskervl families for the young people
feeling an interest iii the same.
1t Was a mistake that the mother OF
the Misses Alexander. who married w.
q. Gregory nnd Roger Gregory was q
Baskerville, she was Ann Eaton, daughter
OF General Eaton, OF North Carolina, aid
q sister OF Mrs. Polly Baskerville, wife Of
Billy Baskerville, who was for fifteen
sears clerk OF Mecklenburg county, with
the clerks office first near Morgan's
bridge and nfterward at Lonbardy Grove
1t being then tho custom for the clerks
office to be at tor near the homo Of the
clerk.
The parentage Of Mr. W. c. Gregory is
ret correctly given The writer makes,
Tie Hon. s. Alexander. ex-tnember Of
I Congress, the grandson of Governor a-g
thaniel Alcxand er, who married q Miss
Polk. They died without children, and 4
i AMI though a grand nephew, using his,
spoons do not believe that thnt ex-
andcr family. a ig54
s34S1 am not surprised at the mistakes Of.
young writer's in undertaking to give
Lineage, for In doing SO we. are soon over
syshclmed with numbers.
1 In a few generations we can count an
cestors by the hundreds The descen-
9dants of Pocahontas OF the present day,
have but little tof her blood / YETI it is re-.
ms rkable, how long, high heckbones5
Finger among her far Off offsprings and
as: marked as the d mt dash sofS T eese-
wa ter blood ins ca title. r he{ American
knows as a general thing but little Of
his family record, and cares less. II It
Is bad he approves of British pollcyanfs
burning Al1stral Ian records and it good,
he has generally t o moan that his best
Blood is In the ground. iStt5l
The process Of facuring families
l#inS our country has been common every
where within its bound & since he landing
at Jamestown, and 1t Is a commemorate 4
ambition forS one to SO conduct himself:
as ITO win the love and respect of lits
community by useful deeds and moral
force, and when hi. can inpart he same
to his FAM he hons s been sbutl 81
family Ma u ois offt}SIgsss dannFiiies thats
#had beemsBui tsurlxd IL 4 timess andF'ess
Established sins the county Of nwidde; one
Of that ainily 81 III o.
Gregory, married "a Mr.. \ avl Or, Of Neck
l8lenburg county, Va Il
There was talent in the Taylor family
| as exhibited BY AIRS ] oeG Jones' md her
son. cx- Sheriff William Fl. y Jones' she BE a
ing the daughter. and he he era ndson
OF said STayl or3 M r. Ia ylor's brother,
Waller was for many years aSdiktingnish-
ed United States senator from the State
%-g7 lf.,i,, 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-26
e." but that has since been dropped by
nearly all who bear the name
Kilby

"a EssI,39 1A11Uy Nv. q
MI. Editor Can you tell me anything
OF the antecedents Of John Kilby OF
Hanover county? He was born In Dor
chester county, Md. don't know the
date, settled In Hanover county, Va,
and married Elizabeth, daughter OF Rog-
or Thompson. He was contemporary
with Commodore John Paul Jones. and
fought with him during the Revolutionary
War. am the great grandson Of the
above mentioned John kilby. and am
anxious to learn more about my people
prior to Ills time. Any Information you
can give viii be greatly appreciated.
+. r. X, Danvillc, Va.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-02-09
No Case Of Pneumonia on Record.

We do not know of single instance
where cough or cold resulted in
pneumonia or consumption when
Foley'S Honey and Tar had been
taken. 1t cures coughs and colds
perfectly, so do not take chances with
some unknown preparation which
may contain opiates, which cause
constipation, condition that retards
recovery from cold. Ask for Foley's
Honey and Tar and refuse any substi-
tute offered. Sold by all druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-02-09
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Unequalled for Con.
stipation.

Mr.. A. R. Kane, a prominent drug.
giS of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says:
chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are, in my judgment, the
most superior preparation of anything
in use today for constipation. They
are sure in action and with no ten
dency to nauseate or grippe. For~sale
by Hanson & Emerson.