River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-12-20
Holiday goods at Freeman's drug


Benjamin Sweet of Darien is the
guest of his cousin, James Sweet.
Stephen Green visited friends in
Ellsworth over Saturday and Sun
day.
John Frey went to Hinckley,
Mimi. last week TO visit his brother
Jacob.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Valentine of
Minneapolis were visitors in the
city over Sunday.
Gilbert Ewart bought the Bout
well house on Locu st street, sold at
auction last Thursday.
John Currier, wife and family
spent Sunday in Minneapolis,
guests of Mrs. Dawson.
Miss Julia Hennessey, a teacher
in the Hudson public schools, was
the guest of Miss Julia TAFT Monday.
Mrs. A. B. Chaplin of Libby,
Mimi, is here to spend the holt
days with her mother, Mrs. Sirena.
Smith.
The farmers near town should
interest themselves to promote a
frst-rate institute here on the 10th
and 18th of January.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Green have
moved from the Clough farm, now
owned by Howard Pratt, into their
new house opposite P. McMahon's.
Editor Cline of the Hudson True
Republican is TO spend Christmas
at his old home in Darlington with
his father who is in the seth year of
his age.
Peter H. Schweigel and Albert
Fillbach drove to Bruce last Satur-
Gay where they will work with their
teams in the lumber camps through
the winter.
w. S. Van Meter died at his home
at Hamline Nov. 29 and was buried
at Hudson, his old home. In 1889
Mr.. Van Meter married Miss Ella
Musser, who survives him.
The merchants and other bust
ness men in the city are in accord
with the farmers of the vicinity in
an endeavor to make the coming
farmers institute success.
C. B. Musser is reported very i'll
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
w. S. Van Meter of Hamline, Mimi,
His son Luther of this city was
summoned to his bedside Monday.
Hon. F. M. Nye, recently elected
a representative to Congress from
the 5th congressional district of
Minnesota, lectured at Ellsworth
Monday night on Abraham Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Heating of
Coal Harbor, N. D., visited in the
city last week, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. H. Shuster. Mrs. Shuster
and Mrs. Heating are sisters. They
left Monday for Britt, Iowa.
Prof. ]. w. T. Ames went to Ste
vens Point last week Tuesday to
visit the Normal school of that
place as one of the official visitors.
He visited his paternal home at APP
pleton the last of the week and re-
turned here Sunday.
City Treasurer j. R. Henderson
has the tax roll for the collection of
taxes which may be payed to him at
F. D. Ensign's lumber yard Office.
Up to and including Ian. 81 his le-
gal fee for collecting taxes is two
per cent, after that date five per
cent.
Many wish to make their friends
a Christmas present but cannot
readily decide upon a gift. BY look
ing at the goods on display at the
stores one often finds just what he
needs, but would not have thought
of it except by the suggestion on
display.
Three young men of New Rich
mond who were fined and imprison-
ed by Mayor Hawkins police court
upon charges gowing out of Hal
lowe'en pranks are suing for dam
ages. Summonses have been sery-
ed on the mayor, the police judge
and one of the policemen. Two of
the boys sue for $4,000 and the third
for $4,000. 1t is limited that others
who were arrested upon similar
complaints will bring suits.
Two boys, Theo. Reed and Penn
mer Johnson, took a cold bath last
Sunday. 1t was an involuntary act
on the part of both and resulted
from skating on ice on the mill
pond too thin to support their av-
oirdupois. The accident in each