River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-15

Inc AllaIQ- STEWART 20. received
their first shipment of Ladies
| Spring Wraps to-day.
| Mrs. Chas. Willard came down
from her home at Minneapolis yes
terday to visit her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. B. Hyatt, for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Hemenway
have the sympathy of the people in
their sorrow from the loss of their
child, Philip Sumner, which died at
10 O'Clock last night. The little
boy had been sick for a month with
spinal meningitis. His age was 10
months and days. The funeral
will be held from the M. E. church
Saturday afternoon at 1:3O o'clock.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Congregational Church will meet
with Mrs. Fred Bliss tomorrow af-
ternoon, March 16. Please meet at
two O'Clock with Mrs. Ashley, Mrs.
Spencer, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Arm
strong, or Mrs. George Pratt. A
team will be at DR.. Ashley's office
at $50 p. m. to take the men to pic
mic supper. MRS. KNIGHT, Sec.
The Ladies of the Improvement
League had a birthday social at
the home of Mrs. F. D. Ensign
yesterday with special reference
to the birthday anniversaries of
Mesdames Daniels, Knight and En-
sign. A large number of members
of the League were present and all
enjoyed the social features of, the
occasion while the exchequer was
the gamer by something over $500.
Representatives of the Interscho-
lastic League-the high schools of
Pierce and St. Croix counties-met
recently to arrange for the places
and dates of the contests literary
and athletic. 1t was decided that
the oratorical contest of the League
be held at Ellsworth the goth of
April. The date of the declamato-
ry contest was named at April 20.
but the place was left for future de-
cision.
The City Clerk requests that all
nomination papers for city officers
be filed in the City Clerks Office as
early as the 18th of March, in order
to enable him to arrange the ticket
for printing in the official notice of
election. Blanks for nomination
papers can be found at the City
Clerks office. For city officers the
papers should be signed by at least
fifteen electors. For ward officers
by at least ten electors.
Frank Matteson and wife returned
Saturday from fve-months' trip
through Montana, Idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon, California and Colo
RADIO. They have many aquaint-
ances in these states and relatives
in several of them. They have one
married daughter at Butte, Mon
tana, and one at Spokane, Washing
ton. Mrs. Matteson has a sister
and brother living at Seattle
and brother in Idaho.
Col. D. ]. Dill writes from Los
Angeles, California, under date of
March 6, saying that abundant
rains have made Vegetation to flour
ish, fact that the real-estate men
are using to impress upon tourists
the ACCESSIBILITY of investing in land
in Southern California. The Colo
mel and Mrs. Dill were about to
leave for trip up the coast, expect
ing to stop at several places be-
tween Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco before coming home. They
expect to arrive in Prescott about
April l.
The high school is preparing to
give its accustomed contests in ora
tory and defamation. The boys
oratorical contest will be held the
29th of this month. Nine boys are
making preparations to speak in
this contest. Following are their
names with the title of their selec-
tons: Bert Ash, "A Plea for Gu
Da;" Vernie Bailey, "Meagher's De-
fense;" Oscar Carlson, Daniel
O'Connell; Clyde Dopkins, "The
True War Spirit" James Lowe,
visions of War;" James Pomeroy,
Napoleon Bonaparte:" Neil Reed,
"Toussaint L'Ouverture;n Dean
Smith, 'Our Duty to the Philip
pines;" Earl Whitcomb, "Conspira-
cy of Catalina.
One of the oldest educational pa
pers in the United States is the
Wisconsin Journal of Education.
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