River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-12-14

Atty. w. p. Knowles made bust
ness trip TO Medford yesterday.
Chas. Harshman of Gilby, N. D.,
is visiting with relatives in the city.
c. N. Wiger is visiting his sister,
Mrs. H. E. Chinook, at Coaldale,
Can.
J. w. Gray returned last evening
from a weeks visit with relatives in
Morris, Mimi.
w. H. McKernon of Spring Valley
was a business visitor in the city
last Thursday.
James Sullivan of Degraff, Mimi,
was the recent guest of Thomas
and Michael Dean in this city.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
Swedish Mission church will meet
with Mrs. Thorvald Myhrer next
Thursday, Dec 81. A cordial invi-
| tation is extended to all.
Edward Engelbritson has traded
his house and lots on west Fourth
street with S. l.. Cobb, of Minneap-
oils, for a farm of one hundred and
sixty acres in Pierce County, Wis.,
Hastings Gazette.
Miss Anna Nicholson, while shop
ping at a department store in St.
Paul Saturday, had her hand bag
which contained a sum of money
and her gold watch, besides other
valuables, stolen.-Maiden Rock
Press.
Mrs. Alonzo Shafer arrived Mon.
day from Brooklyn, N. Y, for Wis
it with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. K.
L. Lien, until after the holidays,
when Mr.. Shafer is expected to join
her here for short visit, after
which they will return home.
A. v. Lovely, who left here few
years ago and established himself
in the livery business at Hastings,
was, in the city few days the first
of the week and informed us that
he had embarked in the real eS-
tate business with headquarters in
Hudson.
Mrs. Gust. Flattum returned
Monday from few days visit with
relatives in Hudson. Her sister,
Miss Gregorson, who had been en-
ployed in Hudson for some time
past, returned with her to visit un-
til after the holidays with her par
ents in Martell. n
While hunting along the south
lake front last week, Louis Schwarm
saw half dozen robins. This con-
firms the story related by many who
have seen robins within the week
past and proves that all those birds
did not migrate this fall. Hudson
Star Observer.
Prizes valued at over $4,000 are
being given various parts of the
country for selling Red Cross Seals
These prizes con list Of vacuum
cleaners, pianos, drinking fount-
aims, books and variety of other
articles down to button bearing
the Red Cross Seal.
Three years ago the Ford car,
fully equipped, cost over $4,000
Other manufacturers said it was a
pretty good car for the money, but
you could not expect much for that
price. To-day the others are sell
ing for that price and the Ford is
$500. 1t simply proves that the
Ford leads by three years.
Mrs. ]. Haglund and Mrs. Peter
Nelson of Hudson were in the city
Tuesday purchasing flowers from
the River Falls Floral Co. for the
funeral of Mrs. John Nelson, who
died from heart failure in Hudson
Saturday, at the age of forty-six
years. The deceased leaves hus-
band and five children. Funeral
services and burial took place in
Hudson yesterday afternoon.
On Tuesday the farm residence
of ]. N. Johnson near the village of
Diamond Bluff was burned. Mr..
Johnson, in attempting TO reach the
second story to get a trunk filled
with valuables, was overcome by
the heat and smoke and was also
badly burned before being rescued.
He is not expected to live. Ellis
worth Herald.
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ent in every district of this locality.
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of each locality to see that items
from their district. appear in
every issue of their home paper.
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ments to correspondents for 1912,
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