River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-22

Mrs. W. ]. Brier has been ap
pointed member of the Education
al Committee of the State Confed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs.
The roller skating rink has beer
chalked over recently. This makes
skating easier and safer as it pre-,
J vents the skates from skidding.
I Lynn Ashley went to Minneapolis
4 Saturday and witnessed the Mime
sota-Carlysle game, after which he
left for Mortified where he visited
Carlton College friends until Tues
day.
! Mrs. John Barnard of Chatfeld
Mimi, came over to attend the Nor
row Pomeroy wedding and is larry
ing in order that she may visit as
many of her old-time friends as pos
sible.
President Brier attended a joint
meeting of the teachers of St. Croix
and Dunn counties at Hersey last
Saturday and spoke on the subject,
What the Normal Schools have to
Offer"
Miss Jones of the Normal faculty
and Archie Shepard sang duet at
the Congregation church services
Sunday morning Miss Jones has
accepted the leadership of the Con-
gregational choir.
The insurance on the N. P. Mel
son and v. S. Monroe properties,
recently damaged by fire, has been
adjusted to the satisfaction of those
suffering loss. The Knowles &
Ashley Insurance Agency had the
risks.
Nels A. Parsons met with pain
full accident Friday at the Green
wood Mills. A splinter from board
struck him in the eye. While the
wound is painful it is thought the
sight will not be impaired from the
injury.
The passenger train was delayed
an hour Saturday evening at the
upper Hudson depot on account of
an accident to the freight which &C.
Cured between the city and upper
depots at Hudson. The breakdown
was not serious one.
A number of young men rented
w. E. Winters large photograph
and gave a dance in Odd Fellows
Hall last Friday evening. Those
present had the pleasure of dancing
to the music of some of Americans
most famous orchestras.
Quilts, comforters, aprons, fancy
work, dolls, dolls clothing, a variety
of secondhand articles. home bak-
ing and home made candies, at the
Congregational sale December 7 and
8, on Main street next to ]. H.
Johnson's ten-cent store.
John Knapp was down from the
Minnesota University from Friday
until Monday morning. He worked
in Freeman & Sons drug store Sat
urday in place of Joe Cutting who
was in Minneapolis for the Mime
sota-Carlysle football game.
AS next Thursday is Thanksgiv-
ing we shall make strenuous effort
to get the paper out on Wednesday.
Correspondents and advertisers will
help us to this end by transmitting
their favors for the issue little
earlier in the week than usual.
During the summer they put up a
notice to Keep off the Grass"
About this time of the year notice
should be posted about the mill
pond, Keep off the Ice," and the
notice should be enforced or it may
be necessary to break the fishing
law.
An electric lamp set fire to bed
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. v.
Monroe last Thursday but the fire
was discovered and extinguished
before any serious damage resulted
except as to the bed. The city
electrician says the lamp must have
been muffled.
Mrs. Della Van Week of Sank
Center, Mimi, and w. N. Kicker
son of Long Prairie, Mimi, were
in the city last week, called here by
the death of their father, S. B.
Hickerson. Joel and Newton Hick-
erson of Grantsburg, brothers of
the deceased, were also here.
Oliver Martell of Somerset, an en-
ploye on the big dam at st. Croix
Falls, was knocked off the edge of
the canal and fell nearly forty feet
onto the solid rock below, infiicting
injuries, which, if he should sur