River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-03-18

Small seed potatoes for sale at
Prairie Mills.
Roy Knapp and Albert Brown
spent Sunday in St. Paul.
Robert Friend was down from
Hudson Tuesday on business.
Miss Lorena Weldon spent Sun
day and Monday with friends in
Ellsworth,
A crew is at work repairing the
railroad suspe nsion bridge over the
Kinnickinnic.
Now is the time to bring in your
old buggies and have them repaired
and painted. C. CARIscH & Son.
Miss Jennie Roocliff, a Normal
student, was called to Osceola Sat
urday by the death of her grand
| father.
The A. S. of E. supper last Fri
day evening was decided success.
The patronage was unusually large
and the supper exceptionally graft
| flying.
J. w. VIM has partially recover
ed from the effects of facial paraly-
sis which befell him a few weeks
ago, and is able to be about town
again.
Mrs. T. R. Morrow, who has spent
the past two months here with her
daught Mrs. Hugh Morrow, re-
turned to her home in Maiden Rock
yesterday.
Mrs. E. A. Weber of Menomonie
spent Saturday and Sunday here
with her daughter, Miss Kate Web
er, teacher of Domestic Science at
the Normal.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bowling of
Hudson Prairie celebrated their
golden wedding Tuesday afternoon.
Several friends from here were in
attendance.
John Taylor returned Monday
from Furton, S. D., bringing with
him twenty-five horses from his
farm there which will soon be placed
on the market here.
L. Roy Walker of Howard, S. D.,
visited Chas. Beschta between
trains Tuesday. Mr.. Beschta serv-
ed his apprenticeship in the barber
shop of Walker at Howard.
The Senatorial primary investi-
eating committee has been given
until April 10 to close its work. If
a further extension. should be re-
quired it can doubtless be secured.
Arthur Martin, Emil Nelson and
George Dunbar returned from the
State Agricultural College Friday
morning, where they were listed for
the short course, and which Mr.. Mel
son has completed.
w. T. Boutwell,, resident here in
the SOS, and a student in the "Old
Academy" was a visitor in the city
Friday, guest of G. E. Pratt. He
has been spending the winter with
his sister in Saltwater.
Herman Bohnert returned We'd
nesday from South ST. Paul, where
he has been employed the past two
weeks building basement for
this city this spring and summer.
Since writing up our large adver-
tisement, which appears on another
page, we have purchased several very
special bargains in dry goods which
will be placed on sale Saturday,
March 20. Stewart Mercantile Co.
Lars Larson, of Larson Brothers
Real Estate Co., and T. M. E. Ham
ilton and son Bert left Tuesday
afternoon for Harlowton and Lewis
ton, S. D., with view to investing
quite extensively in real estate in
that section.
Miss Helen Pratt entertained
party of her friends last Thursday
evening. The party was composed
Of the following noted persons: Su-
san B Anthony, Samanthy Allen,
Willie Westinghouse, Hair-breadth
Harry and Prof. Buchinschwabel.
Miss Shirley Almy, teacher Of 4th
grade in the public school, has been
off duty the past two weeks on ac-
count of a severe attack of la grippe.
Her mother came up from Necedah
Saturday and remained until Mon
day. Mrs. H. w. Thompson is
substituting for Miss Amy in
the school.
Several of our leading business
men have exhibited considerable in
terest in the auto show held at Min
neapolis this week. 1t may be that
we lesser lights will find ourselves
sidestepping to the terrifying honk!
honk! of numerous local benzine
buggies this summer.
Mrs A. D. Countryman of Apple
ton, Mimi, was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Nichols Monday
night and Tuesday. Mr.. Nichols
made his home at Mr.. and Mrs.
Countryman' during five years of
his sojurn at Appleton while in
charge of a grain elevator there.
Nomination papers for Allen P.
Weld as county judge were circulat-
ed here recently and found ready
signers. Judge Weld has many
| friends in Prescott who will be
| p1eased to see him continue in the