River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-12-23

Say! That girl wants Rexall
watch.
The Journal wishes you a Merry
Christmas.
Knute Wigen returned home from
the West Tuesday evening.
Frank Lindgren visited at his
home at White Bear, Mimi, Tues
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Chinook will
spend Christmas with their son
George at Tracey, MINI.
Miss Agnes Carney of Hammond,
teaching at Black River Falls this
year, is visiting friends in the city
to-day.
Misses May and Ada Burnett are
home from their schools for the
holidays. The former is teaching
in Ashland and the latter in Calu-
met, Mich.
w. r. TAFT, son of Thos. TAFT of
this city, died of tuberculosis at his
home in Roberts Monday, Dec. 20,
1909, aged SO years. He is survived
by his wife.
Mrs, John A. Murphy of Superior
visited in tn e city yesterday, guest
of her sister, Mrs. H. 0. Junkman.
She was accompanied by her niece,
Miss Ada Brown, and her nephew,
Frank Brown, also of Superior.
They went to Ellsworth this morn
ing to spend Christmas with rel
ativeS.
The Pierce Co. Medical Society
met at Ellsworth last evening and
elected the following officers: DR..
E. r. Holiday, president; S. F.
Rudolph, vice president; DR.. R. U.
Cairns, secretary; Drs. A. N. Kerr
and d. C. Munger, delegates; DR..
D. C. Munger, censor. DR.. Cairns
read a paper on Rheumatism"
The River Falls university of
Wisconsin students are expected
home from Madison this evening for
their weeks vacation. They are
Misses Eva White, Helen Truesdell,
Edith Webster and Lucille Haddow,
and Messrs. Otto Winter, Oscar
Weberg, Warren Clark, Floyd
Bailey, Martin Anderson, Glen
Junkman and Winnifred Haddow.
G. C. Bttcher of Dodgeville, Iowa
county, arrived in the city last week
on visit to some of his old-time
friends who reside here. Being a
first,class piano tuner Mr.. Betcher
has, since his arrival here, been
busily employed at his trade and
has tuned pianos for large number
of River Falls people, among whom
are Homer Bailey, VIM. Alton, w. A.
Chapman and John Chapman. He
has practically decided to come to
this city to reside, and if he does
decide TO do so he will have an an
nouncement to that effect in these
columns next week. Mr.. Betcher
refers those who have pianos which
are in need Of tuning to the above
named parties for reference as to
the merits of his work. He guaran-
tees satisfaction.
Christmas Eve!" The won
drous Santa Claus comes to the
children with thee. What visions
of dolls. games, books, candies and
all sorts of goodies; drums, trump
cts, whistles, with all sorts of
squeaks and discordant blasts; and
the wonderful Christmas tree with
its brilliant lights, gay colors, and
mysterious packages, some of which
may contain the long wished-for
skates or huge jack-knives. 1t is
enchantment, all the color of rose,
the rainbow that spans their young
lives. Not all the agony in the
manager, all the wonder of the story
| of the Star of Bethlehem, of the
| following and guiding of the wise
men to the lowly cradle of the COM
ing King; not all the sad beauty of
the old, old story can fully satisfy
the juvenile heart like these. But
are we not children of larger
growth? In spite of the solemnity
of the occasion, in spite of its deep
and tender meaning, the gifts and
goodies and merrymaking are all
dear US, children in heart as we
are.
Say That boy wants Rexall
watch.