River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-14
Queen Esther, Opera Hall, May %.

Queen Esther, Opera Hall, May %.
Miss Myrtle West was home from
St. Paul over Sunday.
Jerome Jones was out from Hud-
son between trains to-day.
M. w. Bulman made a business
trip to Chicago the first of the week.
Closing out all lace curtains at
less than cost at Stewart Mercantile
Co.'s Saturday.
Miss Mabel Cowan has engaged
to teach a seven-months school near
Three Lakes, Wis. She left for
that place Friday to enter upon her
| duties.
Geo. Browel1 has purchased the
lot on Cascade avenue adjoining
that of Mrs. o. S. Toby on the west.
He will build a dwelling thereon in
| the near future.
H. J. Iverson came over from
Renville, Mimi, Tuesday and is the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Henri
eta Carroll. He will remain until
after Decoration Day.
Miss Josephine Johnson taught
the 9Th grade of the public school
last week for Miss Brunstad, who
went TO Chippewa Falls to attend
the funeral of her aunt.
w. j. Clark of St. Paul visited
his brother, Prof. L. H. Clark, be-
tween trains Saturday. He is a
locomotive engineer on the Omaha
and Northwestern lines.
The Merchant of Venice up-to-
date will be put on by the high
school seniors as their class day
exercises at Opera Hall Wednesday,
May 27. Full particulars later.
Oscar Herum, cashier of the First
National Bank of Carpio, at Carpio,
N. D., arrived on the evening train
Saturday and will spend week or
ten days with relatives here and in
Martell.
The Hudson High school base
ball team were defeated by the
Normal nine last Saturday after
noon by score of 6 to /. The
game was played on the Normal
campus.
For lack of room at the Stewart
Mercantile Co.. S they will close out
all their lace curtains at less than
cost next Saturday.
The rock crusher has been moved
over to E. Fl. Curriers' quarry,
where it will begin operations at
once to furnish crushed stone for
the abutments of the new Cedar
Street bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cornwell were
out from Ellsworth Friday and at
tended the oratorical and declam-
tory contests at the M. E. church in
the evening. Mrs. Cornwell is an
aunt of Miss Ethel Chapman, the
winner in the declamatory contest.
A telegram received this morning
from Ellensburg, WASH, announces
the death of Mr.. John Robinson of
rheumatism. He was married here
six years ago to Miss Hannah Moy-
nihan, a sister of Mrs. John Cliff
ford. The deceased was born in
England and was fifty years of age.
Members of the G. A. R. to the
number of seventeen spent a few
hours yesterday afternoon at the
home of their comrade John feelings.
and very pleasant season was en-
joyed. A bountifu1 and delicious
supper prepared by Mrs. Jellings
was a prominent feature of the &C.
casion.
For lack of room at the Stewart
Mercantile Co.'s they will close out
all their lace curtains at less than
cost next Saturday.
The ball game on the high school
diamond last Saturday afternoon
| between New Richmond and River
Falls was witnessed by large and
enthusiastic crowd. The score at
the end stood to in favor of River
Falls. One of the features of the
game was a triple play by F. Symes,
P. Symes, r. Robey and K. Rudow.
The Improvement League has a
| force at work boulevarding along
the new cement sidewalk leading to
the cemetery from the Walker resi-
dence to the east end of the walk.
This will add very much to the ap-
| pearance of the street and the
locality, and long credit mark
should be accorded to the League.
There are but two more weeks of