River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-16
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John Zimbrick of Beardsley,
Mimi, is visiting relatives in this
city and vicinity.
Mrs. Stella Deneen is spending
the latter part of the week with
relatives in New Richmond.
Mrs. Mary Smalley Keyes leaves
to-day for Durand, where she will
spend few weeks with relatives.
Chas Dennison Kellogg lectures
in the NJ. E. church Wednesday even
ing, Jan. 29, fourth regular number
in the Peoples Course. Seats will
be on sale at Taggart's drug store
next Saturday, Jan. IS.
The Bee Hive stock is to be closed
out at creditors sale at once. Sale
is now on at fearful sacrifice in
prices, come and buy goods at bank
rupt prices. Only 80 days are given
to do it. Hand bills will appear
later.
Mrs Hans P. Tanberg died at
Spring Valley, the funeral occurr-
ing the I'd instant. Her mother,
Mrs. Erickson of New Centerville,
was taken sick at the funeral and
died in just one week from the at
tack of sickness.
Father Vaughn's lecture in the
M ! E. church Monday evening was
attended by a full house. The
lecture was fine one and was re-
ceived by many evidences of salts
faction. His theme was Sermons
from Shakespeare"
The Health Magazine says few
people know how to coughl Well,
who wants to know? Out here we
would like rather to know how we
can ignore cough, and being in
voluntarily conscious of it, would
like to know how to stop it.
The state convention of the A.
S. of E. was held at Eau Claire yester-
day. Chas. Hanson, Thos. Staple
ton, Chas. II. Chinook, Chas. Wolf,
w. M. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Ewart
from this vicinity, attended.
Mrs. A. B. Smith Of Madison is
visiting her sisters, Miss M. E.
Bradford and Mrs. E. A. Plumb.
Mrs. Smith is a lecturer of note
along the temperance lines. She
gave a talk in the M. E. church last
evening at the prayer meeting.
A score of young people, fellow
students of Bert Filbach, surprised
him at his home in Mann Valley
Friday night. They were taken to
the Filbach place and back in the
side seat carryall of Lord, returning
after midnight. The youngsters
had jolly time.
The terms of thirty United States
senators expire March 4, 1909.
Among these is that for which Stew
enson was elected to serve out the
unexpired term for which John C.
Spooner was elected. Smoot of
Utah also concludes the term for
which he was elected.
A blizzard with rain, sleet and
snow prevailed through Illinois and
to the east Sunday. 1t extended
along the lake shore as far as Mil
waukee. Six inches of snow fell at
Springfield, Ill. In Milwaukee the
snow piled up to such an extent that
street cars were unable to run.
w. H. Taft has been asked by
Republicans to make speeches
throughout the country on the is
sues in the next presidential cam
paign. His response is instant and
cordial, Il will" Secretary Taft,
like Theodore Roosevelt, isn't "a
fraid of the devil or any other man."
The papers report that the mails
during the holidays were the heavi-
est ever known, which indicates
that people were liberal buyers of
holiday presents. The merchants,
as a consequence of the generous
disposition of the people and their
ability to buy, report satisfactory
holiday trade.
Rev. w. Chester Kirk held church
services at Ellsworth last sunday,
returning Monday. He says there
were three deaths there on Monday
and one physician reported that he
had ten patients afflicted with pneu-
monia and another said that he was
doctoring six people suffering from
the same disease.
Work on the Panama canal is be-
ing rushed with the prospect that
the ditch will be completed within
six years. The average daily exca-