River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-01-18

Amery visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Randall Friday ant
Saturday and attended the Married
Peoples dance.
]. P. Carroll and wife, who have
been over on the Pacific coast since
the first of November, left Portland
last week by sea on trip to points
in southern California.
Andrew Graft of Dunn county
claims to have discovered quick
method of tempering copper, max
ing it as hard as steel. If this is sc
he is in sight of a fortune.
Thomas Tomlinson was another
of the lucky ones to draw a $500
gold prize in sack of White Crest
flour. w. S. Davis drew one Thurs
day and Mr.. Tomlinson found his
Friday.
Miss Vide Finley has returned
from her visit to her sister, Mrs.
Middleton, at Philadelphia, where
she went the first of December, and
has resumed her school work at
Saltwater.
At the meeting at Miss Johnson's
yesterday officers were elected by
Trinity Guild as follows: Pres,
Mrs. Hoag; Vice Pres, Mrs. A.
Symes; Sec, Mrs. Howe; Treas,
Mrs. F. Finn.
Mrs. Sarah Tozer wishes through
| the JOURNAL to thank the firemen
and others for their promptness
and efficiency in responding to the
alarm of fire in her residence Tues.
day afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Hady of Princeton,
Mimi, accompanied by her son
Frank, came to the city the first OF
last week to attend the funeral OF
her father, NJ. F. Linehan. She re-
turned home Monday.
The Temple Quartette, giving the
fourth entertainment in the People,
Lecture Course Saturday evening in
the M. E. church, was greeted by a
full house. The entertainment was
eminently satisfactory.
The annual gathering of the at
tendants upon the services of the
Congregationalist church will be
held at the church this evening with
picnic supper. The supper will
be served from $50 to 7:30.
At the annual meeting of the
Pierce County Telephone Company
held at Ellsworth the 9Th instant,
F. M. White was elected President;
w. B. Andrews, Vice-President; w.
H. Currier, Secretary; J. L. Moody,
Treasurer.
Two casualties, resulting from
sudden falls from slippery walks,
have happened the past week. Fri
day Miss Hattie Levings fell and
broke her arm and Sunday Mrs.
Martin Welker fell and broke bone
in her wrist.
Misses Annie, Marguerite and Mat
tie Linehan were summoned home
from their schools the first of last
week on account of the death and
burial of their father, M. F. Linehan.
They returned to resume work in
their schools Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Fuller returned the
last of last week from KaliSpell,
Montana, where she went several
weeks ago to attend her son Elmer
who was seriously injured while at
work on bridge. She brought her
son home much improved but still
confined to his bed.
The Kinnickinnic Ice Co. has put
up fine lot of ice. The ice is clear
and free from snow. It is about 16
inches thick, and put up in blocks
of about Is inches wide by 81 feet
| long. AS ice weighs about &c
pounds to the cubic foot each block
would weigh about 420 pounds.
Send your news items when they
are fresh. We don't like to publish
birth after a child is weaned, a
marriage after the honeymoon is
over, a death after the widow is
married again, nor the notice of an
entertainment when the Job work is
done elsewhere and the editor
charged with admission.-Ex.
One hundred and thirty numbers
were sold to the Married People,
Dance at Opera Hall Friday night
All enjoyed the dance and cordial
sociability of the occasion. The
supper was given by Yokum &
Boals and was all that could have
been desired. Not only was there
variety of viands but the quality