River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
The schools begin next Monday


teed pure. Stewart & Grimm.
A. Lewis of Plum City is visi ting
his sister Bessie, who is quite i'll.
Mrs. O. w. Newcomb entertained
at tea Saturday evening in honor of
Miss Lillian Currier.
Miss Della Ruff of ST Paul is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Tim Manion,
during the holidays.
Miss Olga Spi1lcke of Minneapo1-
is spent New Years day with her
brother, Caesar Spillcke.
Miss Eliza VIM is visiting rela-
tives in Oak Grove, guest at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Stirratt.
Mrs. A. B. Chaplin of Libby,
Mimi, is spending the winter here
with her mother, Mrs. Sirena Smith.
A lady's neck chain was left in the
Allard- Stewart store the Saturday
before Christmas that awaits the
owner at the store. 81
Mrs. S. L. Charlton, and Mrs. Ada
Miller and little daughter Eleanor,
of Chetek, left here Monday morn
ing, for New Richmond.
The JOURNAL extends New Years
greetings to it's thousands of readers
and wishes them all prosperity and
happiness for the next twelve
months and all the future.
Mrs. C. E. Boles and little daugh-
ter, who have been visiting Mrs.
Boles' mother, Mrs. Hartman, re-
turned to their home at Valley
Creek, Mimi, Monday morning.
The funeral services over the. re-
mains of A. T. Carroll will be held
at the Carroll residence tomorrow
at 10 so'clock in the forenoon. The
remains are to be buried at Prescott.
Mrs. Ella Hartman entertained
Mrs. o. B. Hartman and children,
Mrs. S L. Charlton, Mrs. Ada Miller
and child, and Mrs. C. E. Boles
and little daughter, during Christ
mas week.
A society has been organized in
St. Louis, called the Lonelies' Soci-
ETY.. The object of the organization
is to have young ladies and gentle
men meet for acquaintance and pos
sible matrimony.
Plato was Of the opinion that the
man who is best qualified to be en-
trusted with power is he who is
least willing to accept. Suppose we
apply that test to our public men.
How many does it-niss?
The Married Peoples dance held
at the Opera Hall New Years night
was a very enjoyable affair to all
who participated. The music was
fine-rendered by Pepins Orchestra
of st. Paul-and the supper at the
Gladstone was all that was desired.
Frank Chapman of Carpio, N. D.,
formerly of this city, and Miss Agnes
Eaton were married last Saturday,
Dec. 20, 1907, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs Horace
B. Eaton, at Tecumseh, Mich. The
JOURNAL extends congratula tions.
To-day we commence the publ1ca-
ton of the weather temperature as
recorded by Frank Thayer at the
Normal school building. Mr.. Thay-
er takes the record of the thermom-
eter at 6 O'Clock in the morning.
The record will be published during
the winter when the weather is the
principal topic of compensation. The
thermometer at the normal is -elia-
BILE. Beginning with the year Mr..
Thayer's report is: Jan. I, fourteen
below zero; Jan. 2, zero.
These type settlers get things
mixed. Sometimes mistakes run
the gauntlet through their careless
ness. There are certain kinds of
errors that the types make that are
not easily seen by the proof reader.
The proof reader looks to see that
words are correctly spelled and
that no words are omitted from the
copy. This is about the limit of
his stunt, or at least the principal
things that concern his scrutiny.
Figures may be misplaced or wholly
wrong but their disarrangement
and the context gives the proof
reader no hint of the error. Mr.,
Miss and Mrs. look all right to his
eye in the copy when they are mis-
applied. In consequence of this
inability to notice the error in proof
.ooI:.o. 1rya fronr1orf1xy Oo17fiOn fha