River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-06

Hold your rummage! The I'm.
provement League want 1.-THE first
week in October.
| Don't forget that we carry the
best line of paints in the city at
Lund's New Hardware Store.
| Mrs. E. F. Goodrich of Castleton,
S. D., visited in the city, guest OF
her aunt, Mrs. Marion Hughes, last
week.
| We have placed on our lO-cent
counter 20 and 25-cent values. 1t
will pay you to look them over at
Lund's New Hardware Store.
DIR. and Mrs. E. A. Toby returned
to their summer home at Cable Fri
day. Trouble with his lungs i'm
pels the Doctor to seek the balmy
influence of the pine woods.
The Improvement League has
bought the flag tower of the city
and arranged for its disposal. The
city is negotiating for flag staff to
be substituted in place of the tower.
The whole amount of insurance
il olved by all companies in the
San Francisco earthquake and fire
was 1922 1886, 307; the reinsurance
SOS, 1886 61; salvage $33,S14, 64S, and
actual loss 1888 ,067.
President Roosevelt has a source
of economy foreign TO most men.
Many checks he has given on the
Riggs National Bank of Washing
ton are never presented for the
cash, the holders preferring to pre-
serve them as souvenirs.
The Prescott Tribune has again
changed hands. G. Dickerson,
who bought the plant of Harry P.
Hurlburt, has sold his holding to
Lawrence Barrett of Oregon, ILL.,,
who takes possession this week.
Mr.. Dickerson has made newsy
paper.
Miss Bessie Steuert returned to
her work at Chicago last Friday aft
er vacation of two months spent
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Steuert. Mrs. Frank
Tracy, who has also been here with
her father and mother Steuert for
most of the summer, returns to her
home at Glyndon, Mimi, to-mor-
row.
The President witnessed the big
gest naval demonstration Monday
that has ever been displayed in
American waters. Sixteen battle
ships and other men of war to the
number of fifty passed in review in
New York harbor. The cost of
these ships was over $50,000,000
and the engines represent a power
equal to that of 100000 horses.
The River Falls Postoffice now
has six rural mail routes in opera
ton, No. 6 having been arranged
for, commencing service Aug. IS,
with Ernest Chinook as the mail
carrier. No. is placed in between
what was and S, and it also takes
in some of the former patrons of
No. l. The carrier goes out past
VIM. Tay1or's and as far west as
Clifton Hollow.
President Roosevelt has instruct
ed the government printer to use
the simplified spelling of the words
selected for this reformation by Mr..
Carnagie's reform spelling board.
In his letter to the public printer
the President says if the venture
proves popular the new style will
be retained but if it meets with dis
APPROVAL the system will be dropped.
This list for change usually very
slight) in spelling consists of about
800 words, most of which are in
common use.
The returns from the primary
election would seem to suggest the
suspicion that some La Toilette
worshippers failed to vote accord
ing to the dictates of their con-
sciences-the commands of their
idol.
Even gods must yield-religions take their
turn:
Twas Jove's-'tis Mahomets; and other
creeds
Win rise with other years, till man shall
learn
Vainly his incense scars, his victim bleeds.
Poor child of doubt aud DEATH whose hope
is built on reeds.
We have a copy of the August is
sue of the American Thresher-
man." published at Madison, b. B..
Clark, Editor. This is fine look
ing magazine and a glance at its
contents shows that it contains
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