River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-07-27
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Rasmussen s.
Albert Borgerson is moving into
the Clark house on west side to-day.
Eric Jensen went to Hibbing,
Mimi, yesterday to work at the
barber trade.
Mrs. ]. P. Adams entertained a
party of lady friends. mostly from
St. Paul, one day last week.
Social tonight on Matt. Elertson' S
lawn by the ladies of Ezekiel Luth-
eran church. Everybody come.
There is a monkey in town today.
He (she or IT'D is accompanied with
a hand organ and another fellow.
Trinity Guild will meet with Mrs.
Frank Fuller next Wednesday, Aug.
2, at 2:30 p. m. to work on quilts.
F. H. Lord and wife and Mrs.
Tobias Lord visited in Ellsworth
Tuesday, guests of Grin and F. D..
Lord.
Mesdames Roy Hyatt and Will
Hawkins are visiting friends at
Ellsworth, guests of Mrs. c. w.
Heidbrink.
Corset Sale at the Millinery En-
porium for the next two weeks.
$1.00 corsets at 75c; SOC corsets at
SOC; soc girdles at SOC.
Don't forget the concert at Opera
Hall Wednesday evening, Aug 2, by
the Polmatier Sisters. The troupe
has an excellent reputation.
President Brier attended the
Teachers Institute at Ellsworth
Wednesday and gave 30-ninutes
talk on the Teaching Process.
David Harum" was played to
a pretty good house at Opera Hall
Tuesday evening. Those in attend
ance say the play was well rend-
cred.
Miss Hilda Heyerdah1 left for
Trempeleau county yesterday on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. Lizzie
Halvorson, who is reported very
sick.
Mrs. C. F. Olmstead and daugh-
ter, Miss Cora, went to Minneapolis
yesterday to spend a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Farnsworth and
other relatives.
The Congregational Sunday
School will hereafter meet as usual
in the church. 1t is hoped that all
members of the school will be pres
ent next Sunday.
w. E. Rogers has moved his fam
lily to the city from Rock Elm in or
der that his children shall have the
advantages of the schools here.
They occupy part of Mrs. A. M.
Schoonover house on 18th street.
Read the new advertisement on
the last page of this paper, BUY a
Farm" These lands are in the
southwest part of North Dakota
where there is also a large amount
of government land subject to home
stead. Robert Reynolds is the To-
cal agent for the sale of these lands.
Miss Loretta French is visiting at
the home of her cousin, c. D. Par
ker. She is on her way to her home
at Kenosha, returning from an ex-
tended tour to the far east, includ-
ing Japan. In returning she stop
ped at Honolulu and also at Port
land to see the Lewis & Clark Elk
position.
There seems to be considerable
disappointment in some localities
over census returns. Some towns
and cities Of the state show an act
ual decrease in population while
few have attained the number esti-
mated. The federal census of 1900
was as disappointing, and general.
w much more so. The results Of
the enum Grafton of the inhabitants
by the federal government are likely
to be more accurate than a census
taken by the state. The genera.
government has no local partially
and enumerators receive specific or
ders to be careful of duplicate emu
meration. In a state census eve
ry town is anxious to make a gooc
showing and often enumerateS peo
pie that are also enumerated II
another town. Actual residence is
made to cover too much territory.
Lawson, Steffens, Miss Tarbell, Ell
al, are not fixed stars of superior
magnitude. Nor are they comets
Their fame or notoriety indicates
that they are mere shooting stars
meteors, bits of shot air." Law
sons sagacity may be gagged BY
his statement with reference to Gov
Johnson of Minnesota. He says i
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