River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-10-10
Sheriff Halls and Atty John Fo-

Sheriff Halls and Atty John Fo
lev were out from Ellsworth Tues
day.
Frank Quinn of Red Wing spent
Sunday here with his uncle, Michael
Cream.
Stanley Morse was home from ST.
Paul over Sunday, returning on the
evening train.
A new front is being put into the
saloon building occupied by w. E.
Winter. The building is owned by
the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co. of
ST. Paul.
Miss Edith Ward of North Dakota,
a granddaughter of Rev. and Mrs.
VIM. Ward, arrived in the city Tues
day and is enrolled as student at
the Normal.
An umbrella left at the English
Lutheran church last Monday by
some member of the Ladies' I'm.
provement League awaits its owner
at Mrs. F. D. Ensign's.
John Smith, the oldest settler in
the town of Cylon, St. Croix county,
died Sept %, aged 103 years. He
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
in 1904, and came to Wisconsin in
1886.
In last weeks issue we mentioned
that Miss Laura Johnson was re-
covering from an operation for
cancer" on the bone. 1t should
have read: abscess on the covering
| of the bone.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Williams of
Madison were in the city the first
of the week visiting their daughter,
Miss Elaine, who is clerk and stem
ographer in the Presidents office at
the Normal.
Frank Anderson of Ellsworth and
Charles Hanson of the town of
River Falls have been elected dele
gates to the National A. S. of E.
convention to be held at Indian
apolis, Ind, Oct. %.
Mrs. Edna Schwartz and Miss
Gladys Hubbard of St. Paul spent
Saturday and Sunday at the
Sturtevant home. Mrs. Sturtevant
is now entertaining Mrs. Orlando
Crosby and daughter of Elroy, Wis.
The receipts of the insurance de-
partment of Wisconsin are more
than $4,000 this year in excess of
the greatest sum ever before taken
in single year. Up to date the
receipts for 1907 have been $685.
1928.
Albert E. Krauth, wife and little
daughter, came down from Phillips
Friday, remaining until Monday,
guests of Albert's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. Krauth. Albert is extern
sively engaged in the mercantile
business at Phillips.
Prof. A. L. Ewing resumed his
work as instructor in the College of
Agriculture of the University of
Minnesota, Monday. During the
summer season the Professor has
put his theory into pra ctice on his
farm south of this city.
A ten-cent social will be given by
the ladies' of the Congregational
Aid Society at the church, on Fri
day evening, Oct. 49, Music for
entertainment. Light refreshments
will be served. Everybody come
and spend a pleasant evening.
John Reynolds and the L. F.
Stewart family took up their abode
in the new Reynolds house on
Cascade avenue Friday. The house
was designed by Mr.. Reynolds and
built under his personal supervision
and is model in every respect.
Charlie, Frank and George Fuller
entertained their cousins Walter,
William and Levi Mackin last
week. William Mackin, who is now
County superintendent of Schools
of Gates county, graduated from
the local Normal some years ago.
A barrel of beer saved a mans
life at Kenosha recently. No, he
didn't drink it. The contents were
poured over him because his clothes
were alight. No, again; the only
reason that the beer was used was
because there was no water handy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steven Fuller re-
turned from a short bridal trip the
first of the week and were guests at
the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Eichman, until
Tuesday afternoon, when they left
for their future home at Gettysburg,