River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-05-24
Mark Davidson visited friends in

Mark Davidson visited friends in
Hammond Sunday.
DR.. p. E. DeMille will make his
next regular visit to River Falls the
week beginning June Is.
Mrs. E. "A. Daniels died at four
o'clock this morning. Her passing
was sudden and unexpected. An
obituary will appear next week.
The article on the Value of the
Speaking Contests" was written
and set up for last weeks issue and
/ would have been more timely if
published then, but there was no
room for it.
Sunday and Sunday night and
Monday and Monday night and
Tuesday and last night it rained
some-a considerable some-sum,
we hope for the present for the
ground is wet away down out of
sight.
Frank Hall left yesterday for the
Soldiers Home at Waupaca. Mr..
Hall is an invalid and blind and as
he needed an attendant on the jour-
ney c.. r. Ellis was instructed by l.
N. Nichols Post to accompany him
to Waupaca.
Profs. Rogers and Robson, G. B.
Skogmo, Art. Todd, DR.. Cairns, r.
w. Freeman, Wellesley Vannatta
and Frank Jaynes made trip up
the st. Croix to the Dalles and the
big dam in process of construction
there last Sunday.
If insanity is as prevalent in all
parts of the country as it is in this
community there is cause for
thought. In ten days Sheriff John
son took six insane people to the
asylum and two days after another
one went the same way.-Hudson
Star-Times.
H. B. V1ieland sports new, mob
by delivery wagon. The vehicle is
covered and nicely painted and on
the sides and back is inscribed in
plain display the names of the COM
modities the proprietor deals in
Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Fresh
Garden Vegetables.
There is splendid" crop of
dandelions this spring. The road
sides and meadows and pastures
simmer in the golden glory of the
pretty yellow blossoms. But dan
delions are too common to be appre-
ciated. If these flowers were rare
they would be valued.
cts mighty serious thing to
be father" observed the venera-
BILE man on the cracker barrel. If
your son turns out we'll, your wife
gets all the credit, and if he goes to
the devil you get all the blame.
And if he gets to be famous, just as
likely as not he'll be ashamed of
both of you."
The professional reformer who
goes about with that "holier than
thou" expression, denoncing those
as dishonest who do not with alac-
rity and zeal help to boost him in
to office, will bear watching" and
that he needs watching is empha-
sized by certain illustrations in the
current history of state politics.
Rev. Geo. w. Moore, a man born
in slavery, graduate of Fisk Uni
versity, and risen to be a prominent
exponent of his race, will speak at
the Congregational church next Sun
day evening. DR.. Moore has made
a reputation for himself as an e1o-
quent speaker, and his address on
THE Future of the Negro in Amer
ca" will be we'll worth hearing.
Harry Lowell won first place in
the mile run at the Inter-Scholastic
Field meet of North Dakota, held
under the auspices of the Universe
ty of N. D. at Grand Forks May 10.
Record, 5 minutes, 8 seconds. He
won second place in high jump with
a record of feet. Harry is a
grandson of Frank Lowell of Kin
nickinnic. He was a pupil in the
Normal school here about eleven
years ago, before his parents went
to Dakota.
The town of Stanley, 10 miles
east of Chippewa Falls, was nearly
destroyed by fire last week, leaving
many people homeless and destitute.
Miss Gwen APP Roberts teaches at
Stanley and she wrote to her sister
Eleanor stating the condition of the
people with reference to their desti.