River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-09-24

them out on the washboard. The
soap being absolutely pure, does
not leave any waste matter in the
fabric to rot it. It rirses out easily
and completely.
H. J. Iverson of Renville, Mimi,
spent Friday night and Saturday
with his daughter, Mrs. Henrietta
Carroll. He was attending the
annual meeting of the Danish Luth-
eran Methodist Conference held in
St. Paul last week.
The l. o. o. F. Lodge will hold a
special meeting tomorrow (Fridav)
evening for practice in the degree
work. At the regular meeting Sat
'urday evening there will be work in
the 1st and I'd degrees. A full at
tendance is desired at these meet
ings.
The ladies of Trinity Guild will
hold a rummage sale in the Ramer
building south of Dunn's Hardware
Store on Saturday, September 26.
If you have rummage leave word at
Sturteyant's Hardware Store or
with Mrs. F. A. Howe and it will be
called for.
A heavy rainfall received a well
come Tuesday evening and the
country looks fresh and green once
more. The rain was blessing to
the fire swept districts in this state
for in many places the fires were ex-
tinguished and the danger brought
to an end.
Freeman Chinook has sold his
farm in Troy to Axel Tingwall, and
has purchased the ten acre tract ad-
Joining the city of Hudson on the
east, known as the Hall place. Mr..
Tingwall has sold his farm in the
town of River Falls to his neighbor,
George Fox.
While Nels Gregerson who lives
on the Wilton farm in Kinnickinnic,
was dragging in the field last Tues
day morning his team was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
Three weeks ago Mr.. Gregerson al
so lost a mare and colt from the
same cause
Little Jimmie" Latourelle, must
cal director of the Unique theatre in
Minneapolis, died Sunday morn
ing. Jimmie who is we'll known
through this section of the country
weighed $40 pounds and special
casket had TO be made for him, the
dimensions of which were 81 feet
by 81 and 6H feet in length.
Geo. B. Skogmo of this city and
Oliver Knight of Mann Valley, mem
bers of Company c, Wisconsin
National Guards, left Sunday with
the company for Fort Benjamin,
Harrison, Ind, to join in the man
euvers Of the regular United States
army which takes place there this
week.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Congreg ational church will meet
with Mrs. ]. B. Hunt, in Fargo
Thursday, Oct. LIST. There will be
a picnic dinner. Those not provid-
ed with conveyances are requested
to be at the church at 9 o'clock q.
M, Thursday, and should notify
Mrs. Ashley couple of days in ad-
vance, if possible. SEC.
Andrew Anderson Radum, be-
tween 90 and 100 years of age, died
at the farm of S. Shella in the town
of River Falls last Sunday. His
wife died about year ago. The in
frmities of age had rendered the
couple incapable of providing for
themselves and for a number of
years they had been cared for at the
Shella farm as town charge under
the guardianship of Steiner Thorson.
Mr.. Radum was a soldier in the
civil war.
A bunch of youthful Fagins has
sprung up in River Falls and are
carrying on depredations both in
the city and in the country round.
1t might be good plan for parents
to ascertain where their boys are at
night. A little investigation might
find them hooking" fruit and
smoking "coffin nails" in the quiet
sec1usion of some dark corner.
Some of the young hopefuls of the
town need a good generous dose of
the old reliable "strap-oil" such as
father used to make.
Samuel Trip, alias George Col
Inns, was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment for horse-stealing at
| Waterloo, Iowa, last week. Trip