River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-15
Gel a brick of Vanderbie's Ice

Cream at Freeman's drug store.
w. w. Stephens of Bellingham
Mimi, came down yesterday on E
visit to his parents. He was ac
companied by his two nieces, the
Misses Florence and Leila Stephens
of Minneapolis.
Walter White of Long Beach, Cali
fornia, who accompanied the re-
mains of his father, ]. S. White, to
Prescott last week, was visitor in
the city few days the first of the
week, guest of his brother, Mayor
F. M. White.
Mrs. Ellen Rollins, who had spent
the past year with her son In Min
neapolis and her sister-in-law, Mrs.
E. G. Rollins, of this city. left yes
terday and after few days visit in
Minneapolis expects to return 10
her home in Maine.
If John D. Rockefeller has got a
lot of money that doesn't belong to
him so much the better reason for
his giving it away, and that fact
might palliate the scruples of the
preachers in accepting donations
from the Standard Oil.
C. r. Ellis, John Fisher and C. L.
Hall went to La Crosse Monday to
attend the state encampment of the
G. A. r. and Mrs. A. P. Weld is in
attendance upon the W. R. C. en-
campment which meets in conven-
ton with that of the G. A. R.
Burnett county is noted for its
sand. It was never known until re-
Gently that this sand was any value
but it is now declared that the sand
of Burnett county some of it's
very suitable for making moulds
for iron castings.
"Some say there's nothing made in vain"
Miss Laura Huntington, who has
been staying with her aunt, Mrs. j..
q. Anderson, while attending the
Normal for the last two years, goes
Saturday to the home of her par
ents at Manghan, Louisiana, TO
spend the vacation. She will return
to continue her school work in the
fall.
Normal commencement to-day at
the M. E. church. A class of 33 is
graduated from the full course and
class of 20 from the Elementary.
Six were graduated in the middle of
the year from the four-year course,
making the number of the years
graduates in that course 39-the
largest in the history of the school.
At the close of the commencement
exercises at Opera Hall Thursday
evening the alumni of the high
school held their reunion and ban
quet, about so of the alumni being
present. Supper was served by the
ladies of Trinity Guild. Officers
were elected for the ensuing year
as follows: President, J. H. Grimm;
vice president, w. P. Knowles; Sec
rotary and treasurer, c. Elliott.
Among bargain attraction" adj
vertisements in city newspaper
we notice these items: "A So rose
bush for Is cents" Children S
stockings-price reduced from SOC
to 25c." How would such an an
nouncement look if read backwards
A ascent rose bush for ST."
Children's stockings, worth Csc now
50c?" ANDY which statement cores
ponds nearest with the truth?
Heavy rains were the order of the
day the latter part of last week. In
many sections of the country floods
have done much damage to grow
ing crops, roads and bridges. We
learn of no serious damage by the
rains in this locality. Farmers COM
plain that the weeds are getting the
advantage of the corn as the wealth
er has been encouraging to the
growth of weeds and discouraging
for the working of the ground
among the corn.
A district rally and convention of
the Christian Endeavor societies of
St. Croix and Pierce counties will
be held at Hudson Saturday and
Sunday, June IL and Is. It is ex-
pected thai the societies of both
counties will be well represented.
A complete pro gram has been pre-
pared and good speakers have been
engaged. Entertainment will be
provided for out-of-town delegates.
The meetings will be held in the
Presbyterian church.
The following teachers have fin
ished their school work for the
year and returned since the last is
sue of the JOURNAL: Misses Mae
White, Gertrude Browell, Lenore