River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-12-28
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North Dakota Friday.
Christian Science services next
Sunday-subject Life"
A new line of sample gloves and
mittens at R. N. Jenson's.
The Married Mems dance will be
held at Opera Hall Jan. IL.
E. H. Campbell was down from
Cumberland over Christmas.
Mrs. ]. F. Sims spent Christmas
at the home of her parents at Colby.
C. O. Chinook and wife spent
Christmas with relatives in St.
Paul.
Atty. Albert Knight of Hender-
son, Mimi, spent Christmas with
relatives here.
Prof. w. F. Lusk and wife are
down from st. Croix Falls visiting
with relatives here.
]. r. Elliott of Sheldon, Iowa,
visited here with his brother John
Elliott over Christmas.
Robert Smith came up from Chi
cago Sunday to spend Christmas
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
M. Smith.
Melvin Johnson was over from St.
Paul and Seivert Johnson from
Mortified 10 spend Christmas with
their mother.
Col. and Mrs. D. ]. Dill and
daughter of Prescott left for win
ter sojourn at Long Beach, Califor-
MIA, last Friday.
w. T. Jackman, sheriff of Sar-
gent county, N. D., is passing the
holidays in visit among his broth
ers and sisters in the city and vici-
nifty.
Fred Christianson and Walter
Nobel returned last Friday from
Devils Lake. N. D., where they had
been at work at the carpenters
trade.
Fourth number of Peoples Lee
ture Course at M. E. church Satur-
urday evening, Jan. 13. Seats on
sale at Taggart's drug store at $50
a. M, Saturday, Jan. 6.
David Smith, Roy Sweet, Leon
Barney and John Knapp are home
from the U. of M. for the vacation
as is also Glenn Rounsevel1 and
Tim Moynihan from Hamline.
The great floating dock, Admiral
Dewey, is being towed from San
Francisco to the Philippines. The
dry dock, with accompanying ships
that tow it, extends for considera-
bly, over mile.
Prof. ]. w. T. Ames and wife
spend the most of their vacation at
Baron with Mrs. Ames' people, but
Mr.. Ames attends the meeting of
the State Teachers Association at
Milwaukee this week.
Rev. Father Bauer was the recip-
lent of beautiful fur overcoat last
week, the gift of his parishioners
in River Falls as a token of the
high esteem in which he is held by
them. Prescott Tribune.
Ex-senator o. w. Mosher has CIV
en- $1,000 to Ripon College, from
which institution he was graduated.
The money goes to the fund being
raised to secure library. The in
stitution will raise $4,000 to secure
the same amount from Andrew Car
negie.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission report that in '03 there were
in the United States 285,000 miles
of railway track, of which 207 900
was for through lines, II 1000 was of
second and third track and 81, 700
yard and side track. Of the roads
doing business in 1908 "A per cent
paid no dividends while in the years
1896 and 1897 over 20 per cent of
the railway property paid no divi-
dend.
Judging from the crowds in the
stores last week and the multiplied
ty and size of parcels carried away
the merch ants had profitable
trade. The display of holiday
goods was profuse and fine. A dis
tinguishing feature of the display
was the large number of articles
that were elegant and at the same
time useful as compared with the
exclusively ornamental. Among the
toys for children were many novel
ties, recent inventions to amuse and
to instruct.
The gregational Sunday
school had their Christmas exercises
at the church Sunday evening and
the Methodist Monday evening. The
attendance at both churches on the