River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-06-20

Jaunty hot-weather shirt waists
and shirt-waist suits at Norseng
Bros.
Drs. Munger of Ellsworth and
Boothby of Hammond were visitors
in the city Monday.
Another lot of the famous Acorn
brand shirt waists and suits just re-
ceived by Norseng Bros.
A new lot of hot-weather wear, of
Munson's famous Acorn brand shirt
waists and shirt-waist suits just re-
ceived at Norseng Bros.
Mrs. Daniel Vaughn and daugh-
ter Catherine of Eyota, Mimi, and
Miss Cecilia Vaughn of Duluth are
guests of Mrs. r. S. Williams.
At the meeting of the directors of
the First National bank June II r.
N. Jensen and George Stewart were
elected to fill the vacancies caused
by the resignation of Ed. and Matt.
Elertson.
Mrs. A. w. Kaler and daughter,
Miss George, will go next week to
their new home at Frederic where
Mr.. Kaler is located in business.
At the regular meeting of the 0. E.
S. Monday evening Mrs. Kaler was
presented with cut-glass berry
dish and Miss George with souv-
enir spoon by the members of the
order.
Buyers are paying from 19 cents
to "a cents pound for wool, depend
ing on the condition. Not much
wool has thus far been marketed.
Most of the sheep raisers are hold
ing the clip for higher prices, under
the advice of the Society of Equity.
In Dunn county the farmers have
pooled their clip, intending to sell
in lump. Some 100000 pounds
have been pooled.
The sun is on the summer solstice
his most northern limit of attain
ment-23H degrees north of the
equator. When the sun is at this
point we have the longest days of
the year. June 20-23. This word,
"solstice," is a combination, mean
ing 1.-The sun is stationary" Here
he seems to stand day or two be-
fore beginning his return journey
to the winter solstice.
Mrs. H. A. Wilson and Misses
Mayme Palms and Anna Watson
gave shower for the Misses Pearl
and Bernice Whitcomb, brides-to-be,
last Saturday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Wilson. The brides-to-be
sat within a circle comprising six
teen of their friends where they
were the recipients of numerous
gifts, accompanied with the congrat-
ulations of the givers.
The city council, which had voted
that a cement walk on the east side
of Main street, between Maple and
Pine, should be laid ten feet wide,
has reconsidered that vote and at
the instance of property owners
along the block voted to have it
built the width of the original plank
walk there-twe1ve feet-thus keep
ing the outer edge of the walk in
line with that on the block south.
Following are among the visitors
here from abroad to attend the COM
mencement exercises of the Normal
school: Misses A1va Chinook,
Hudson; Mae Deneen, Oconomowoc;
Olive Legault, Edgar; Eva Colburn,
and Miss Eagen, Chippewa Falls;
Mabel Massey, Knapp; and Messrs.
Ernest Hutton, Frederic; Glen Junk
man, Ellsworth; Andrew Deneen.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Edgar Baird, Minneapolis, and John
Klingman of Knapp.
T. A. Walby, state factory in
spector and truant officer for this
district, recently had Tollof Rollof-
son of Gilman arrested on a charge
of not sending his children to
school the length of time required
by law. He had sent them to
school but fifty-eight days during
1906, the law requiring that they
should attend at least six months
in the year in towns and eight
months in cities. This applies to
children between the ages of seven
and fourteen.
Prof. E. T. Reed came over from
Moorhead, Mimi, Monday, the
Normal having closed last Friday.
He left Tuesday afternoon for ST.
Paul to join party of Minnesota
teachers on their way to the James
town Exposition. They expect to