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

Walter Glass has lockwood fol
sale. Good measure and low price
Phone so.
The barber shops of the city will
be closed all day Christmas and
New Years.
1t is sad to note that the average
Christmas stocking is longer than
most purses.
Miss Laura Sturtevant is spend
ing the holidays at her home al
Merriam Park.
Mrs. Ella VanMeter of St. Paul
spent last week at the home of her
brother, Lutte Musser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A. Smith
returned Thursday evening from
American Falls, Idaho.
It's wise husband who prepares
to pay for the Christmas gifts re-
ceived from his dear wife.
Mrs. Thomas Kinney died at her
home in the town of Kinnickinnic
last Thursday morning. Her hus-
band and two sons survive her.
Mrs. Henrietta Carroll and daugh-
ter left Monday for Anderson, Ind,
where they will spend the remain
der Of the winter with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Farnsworth Of
Spokane, Wash, arrived Friday
morning on visit to Mr., and Mrs.
G. w. Farnsworth. The gentlemen
are cousins.
Never mind ladies. The Christ
mas shopping doesn't come out of
your pockets. 1t is your annual
opportunity to get more than even
with the men folks.
Prof. and Mrs. VIM. Clark and
Misses Lois Goldsmith and Mable
Kemp of Ellsworth attended the
Normal-EllsWorth basket ball game
here Saturday evening.
Get Conkey's Poultry Book, the
best guide ever offered the Poultry
men. Free if you call for it at L.
F. Oakley's. By mail 4c. Is full
of valuable information.
Howard Griffin leaves to-day for
Muscatine, Ia, where he will spend
The holidays with his brother Clar-
ence. After the holidays he will
attend St. Louis University at ST.
Louis, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Hubbell of St.
Paul Park and Miss Nellie Farms
worth, teaching at Valley City, N.
D., are spending the Christmas
season here with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Farnsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Ulrich left
Friday afternoon for New Orleans
where they will spend the remain
der Of the winter. Their daughter,
Miss Rose Cheney, will spend the
holiday season there with them.
Miss Frances McLanrin of Jack
sonville, Mo-, arrived in the city
Saturday and will spend the remain
der of the winter al the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Fuller. She has
been at Ashland, Wis, for some
time past.
M. C. Pierce and Geo. B. Skog-
mo went to Hudson Thursday
night to a conclave of Hudson Com
mandery, on which occasion their
friend and brother, Warren P.
Knowles of this city, was made a
Sir Knight"
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrow of
Bowden, n. D., who have been Wis
iting relatives here the past two
weeks, left yesterday morning fol-
Kenosha, Wis, on a visit to Mrs,
Morrow's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Phineas Pomeroy.
Among the state universities OF
the country, Wisconsin stands first
in the number of degrees of doctor
of philosophy granted to gradu.
ate students in the past dozen years
having conferred ITO to Sc granted
by Michigan University, and 46 by
the University at California.
Chas. Basset of Winnebago
MINI accompanied by his daughter
Mrs. Caesar Paschke and her little
son, arrived Tuesday on visit al
the home of his brother-in-law, C
! H. Walker. Mr.. Basset is accom-
panying his daughter to her new
home in the state of Washington.
The members of the faculty OF
the public schools are spending the
holidays at their homes-Prof. r
/ n. Ketchum at Waupun; Miss Bea
trice Casson, Ford River, Mich.
Miss Litta M. Fuller, Plymouth
Miss Leila Johnson, Baraboo; Mis-: