River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-22

Miss Nellie Proctor came up from
Prescott Monday and remained un-
til this morning, assisting in the
care of her uncle, Mathew Proctor,
who has been quite i'll for some time
past.
Ellsworth VS.. River Falls here
next Sunday. Last Sunday the
River Falls players relieved their
systems of all that dopy playing
and will put up great game next
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Miller are
down from Osakis, Mimi, for few
weeks visit with relatives and
friends, guests at the home of Mrs.
Miller's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J..
Gardner.
George B. Skogmo and Oliver
Knight left last Friday for Hudson,
from there they went with their
company to the annual encampment
of the state militia at Camp
Douglas.
Miss Lenora Stewart is enjoying a
two weeks vacation from her duties
in the Stewart Mercantile Co. store.
She left Tuesday afternoon for a
few days visit in Menomonie and
Minneapolis.
Miss Caroline Henderson left last
Thursday on a months visit to rel
atiges and friends in the east. She
will visit in Ottawa and Montreal,
and with her sister, Mrs. Raymond
Ensign, in Brooklyn.
Tuesday was the hottest day we
have had this year. The thermom-
eters registered from 81 to 100 in the
shade about three o'clock in the aft
ernoon. Yesterdays cooling show
ers were most welcome.
The many friends of Master Harry
Brown, son of Mrs. Nettie Brown of
this city, are pleased to learn that
he is rapidly recovering from the
operation he underwent last week
for abscess of the throat.
Conductor Frank Bon, who was
recently transferred from the local
passenger to a mainline train run
ming between Minneapolis and
Elroy, has moved his family from
Ellsworth to Minneapolis.
Bert Hamilton, who is employed
in establishing land agencies in the
southern part of the state for the
Tri-State Land Co. of Minneapolis,
stopped here Tuesday while on his
return from trip to Bismark, N.
D.
Ezra Healy, Theo. Nichols, John
Burnett and John Goodwin spent
Tuesday in Roberts visiting their
old comrade, Moses Goodnow. The
gentlemen served together through
the war in Co. A, 30th Wisconsin
Infantry.
Miss Agnes Halverson, this year
graduated from the Gale College at
Galesville, left last Tuesday after a
weeks visit with relatives here and
at Martell, for Valley City, N. D.,
where she will teach school the
coming year.
There will be services in the Mis-
sion church at Mann Valley next
Sunday, July Is, at 1880 a. m, con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Larson. In the
evening he will hold services at the
Baptist church in this city, com
mencing at 7:30.
A large number from the city at.
tended the barn dance at the Geo.
Theo. Smith farm in Kinnickinnic
last Thursd day evening, and all re-
port a good time. There will be
another dance there tomorrow
(Friday) evening.
Report comes from Sheboygan
Falls that the deal, whereby F. P
Ainsworth of Glenwood was to have
taken over the interests of the
Thomas family in the Dairymen' S
National Bank, has fallen through
and that Ainsworth will not go into
the banking business in that city.
]. H. Field exhibited some freaks
from his cornfield yesterday about
town. There were several cuttings
from Rip-Van-W Wrinkle and Early
Minnesota stalks which showed {
peculiar growth inasmuch as the
ear and tassle were grown together
several small kernels forming a
nearly perfect ear on one of the
specimens.
The bright girl knows that house
work is not profession. She
knows that Stenography gives he