River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-02-28
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birthday anniversary by coming
down to pay visit to his parents.
c. P. Cary, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, has given a
ruling to the effect that no fee can
be charged for admission to enter
tainments held in public school
houses.
Will Sim on is laid up under ne
cessity of nursing broken arm.
While unloading ice at Ellsworth
last Saturday big chunk struck
him on the left forearm, breaking
both bones.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Hawn of Rock
Elm, delegates to the district con-
vention of Good Templars, held here
Saturday and Sunday, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. D. Northrop
while in the city.
Harvey o. Powell, accompanied
by his son Oliver, was here Sunday
and Monday on avisit to his mother,
Mrs. Elmira Powell. He goes to
Canada soon to assume direction of
system of banks.
The end of the month recalls the
fact that the winter has been pro-
fuse in sunshine. We have had
very few storms and but few cloudy
days. Sunshine of the brightest
has been the regulation.
The Mems Club banquet in the
parlors of the M. E. church to-mor-
row evening, March l. The Ladies
Aid Society of the Congregational
church furnish the supper. The
auditorium will have adequate con-
sideration.
]. M. Erickson, teacher at Somer-
set, st. Croix county, who some
three weeks ago announced him
self as candidate for county super
intendert of schools, has withdrawn
from the canvass and will attend a
university.
Rev. E. D. Bewick, a former pas
tor of the Baptist church of this city,
who went to Missouri and bought2a
fruit ranch which he conducted
until Erecently, has moved into
Nevada, a city near where his ranch
is situated.
The sleighing that had been bad
ly demoralized by the warm rays of
the sun, aided by the south wind,
was renewed last night by eight
inches of fresh snow. This snowfall
is an aid to teamsters, but others
have no use for it.
Miss Grace Thayer arrived home
Monday from St. Paul where she
had been employed in wholesale
millinery store for some time past.
She has been engaged to work in a
millinery store at Grand Rapids,
Mimi, to which place she will go
soon.
The postals appropriation bill,
which has passed the House of
Representatives, increases the max
imum pay of rural mail carriers
from $72O to $840 year. This is
the second raise of $40 month the
carriers have received since the
rural free mail delivery service be-
gan.
Ted White came down from Min.
neapolis this morning to spend
few days with his mother, Mrs.
Ophelia White. He leaves Tues
day, accompanied by Frank Reid,
for San Antonio, Texas, where
both he and Frank will join the
brass band with Gentry Brothers
Dog and Pony Show.
A primary election notice will be
found in our advertising columns.
This notice is required by law but
if no nomination papers are filed no
primary will be held. This city US
ually elects a non-partisan ticket
and it is just as we'll that candi-
dates should be nominated by NOM
ination papers as through a primary.
AS their schools were not in ses-
sion Friday, Washington's birthday
anniversary, the following teachers
came home to visit oyer Sunday:
Miss Vidle Finley from Saltwater,
Miss Emma Cooper from st. Paul,
Miss Mabel Keith from New Rich
mond, Roy Nichols from Eau Claire
and Warren Clark from Hammond.
Hon. ]. T. McC1eary, representa-
tive in Congress from the I'd Min
nesota district, in the seth Con-
gress, but was defeated last fall for
the 6Oth, is likely to succeed Gen.
w. S. Shallenberger as I'd assistant
postmaster general. Mr.. Shallen-
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