River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Special sale Friday and Saturday
at Stewart & Grimm's.

| Special sale Friday and Saturday
at Stewart & Grinn's.
w. H. S. Wright, we'll known
business man and prominent Mason,
died at his home in St. Paul Thanks
giving day. He was long resident
in Hudson, connected with the
Omaha Railway company.
Miss Alice Ainsworth was a guest
at the Mccoy home Wednesday
evening. Miss Ainsworth is a
senior at the River Falls Normal
school and was on her way to her
home in Glenwood.-New Richmond
Republican-Voice.
"The Bells of Corneville," COM
ic opera in three acts, was played
at Ellsworth Saturday evening by
a dozen or more of the literary
talent of that place. The players
in the regular cast were assisted by
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Fred E. Peterson left Tuesday
morning for New York where he
takes the steamer Oscar 1 next
Saturday for Wexio, Sweden, to
visit his father 2and mother and
other relatives. He expects to be
gone about four months.
Among the teachers home
Thanksgiving were the Misses
Persis Day. Elizabeth APP Roberts,
Hattie Goldsmith, Mildred Cornish,
Ellen Thelander, Matte Linehan,
Lucille Haddow, Gwen Ap Roberts,
Eva White and Minnie Barg.
We wish to call attention to the
advertisement of the First National
Bank of Carpio, N. D., in another
column, relating to farm loans. The
president of this bank is our former
townsman, S. ]. Rasmussen, we'll
known to business men in this place
and vicinity.
The ladies of the Aid Society of
the Congregational church will hold
their annual fair and sale of new and
secondhand articles, Friday, Dec.
6, in the Bradshaw building, recent
ly vacated by G. A. Rasmussen as
a music store. They will also sell
home baking.
An alarm of fire yesterday fore
noon called out the fireman to ex-
tinguish blaze in the roof Of the
railway water tank. 1t is not
known whether the roof caught fire
from the stove pipe or railway en-
CINE. The tank needs new roof
as the result of the fire.
D. L. Osborn, aged Sc years, liv-
ing in Denver, fearing that some
day if he persisted in his daily
booze of a half gallon of whisky,
he might fill a drunkard's grave,
has been converted to total abstin-
ence. He has consumed 12,775
gallons of spirits during his life
time.
]. G. West left this morning for
Winona, Mimi, upon the announce
ment of the death of his cousin,
Mrs. E. A. Cooley. Mrs. Cooley
died Monday night. The funeral
is held to-day. From Winona Mr..
West will go to Illinois on a visit
10 relatives, expecting to be gone
most of the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Morrow and
daughter Sarah; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Boles; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Nc Laughlin; William Hamilton
and sister Lena; Mrs. Rosa Morrow;
Iva Stoffer and Fay Goldsmith, all
of this city, attended the Abernethy
Ray wedding at Oak Grove
Thanksgiving day.
The county board of st. Croix
county at its last session voted to
pay the clerk of the court a salary
of 81 900 year in place of his re-
ceiving fees for his compensation.
A resolution was introduced to
change the compensation of regis
ter of deeds and sheriff to a salary
of specific amount but the resolu-
ton failed of passage.
AT the Congregational church
next Sunday morning the sermon
will be upon Mans Work for
Man" In the evening will be the
open meeting of the Mems Brother
hood for December. At this time
Mr.. Goble will give an address upon
his life and experiences as teach
er in the Philippines. There will
be good music aud an interesting
time.
ST. Croix county has neat little
sum to pay in taxes this year, the
state and county tax amour ting to