River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-01

home. r. L. Williams.
Ed Berseng of Minneapolis was a
visitor in the city over Sunday.
The Munson- Made shirt waist at
a big discount at Norseng Bros
For SALE-Several secondhand
heating stoves. Inquire at this
Office.
The opening of bids for the City
Hall has been adjourned for one
week.
WANTED-A night operator at
telephone Central. Inquire at
Office.
Miss Menirva Righton of Baldwin
is here on visit to her aunt, Mrs.
Lewis Nelson.
Clearance sale on all shirt waists
at Norseng Bros $l.0O, 81 Is and
ST so waists at 79c.
Pres. Ira M. ]. Chryst, of the A.
S. of E. has been elected member
of the state live stock sanitary
board
Rev. VIM. J. Gray left Tuesday for
a two weeks fishing and outing
trip among the lakes of Northern
Wisconsin.
Miss Leone Peterson of Mann
Valley, left Tuesday for a two
weeks visit with friends and rela-
tives in the Twin Cities.
John F. Dietz is in the knitting
department at the state prison at
Waupun. His hearing for pardon
will be held in Madison, August Is.
Mrs. Fred Covers and children
returned home Saturday from
Owatonna, Mimi, where they had
been spending several weeks with
relatives.
Mrs. C. ]. Phillips, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Mary,
arrived from Philadelphia, Pa, Sat-
urday for a months visit with her
son Charles.
The general merchandise store of
Louis Thoen, at Centerville, burned
to the ground last night. The loss
is estimated at about So, 500, with
$4,000 insurance.
The Baptist Ladies Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. Clark on
Maple Street Thursday afternoon,
August 8. A good attendance of
members and friends is desired.
A "fy swatting contest" at ST.
Louis was won by girl who
handed in 839 quarts of dead flies.
She was given a prize of SIS,
besides receiving 10c pint for the
flies.
The architects, Buechner & Orth,
who were engaged by the city
council to make plans for the new
city hall, are the ones who drew the
plans for the court house at Ellis
worth. @
Potatoes are a good crop in Elm
wood this year. One man claims
to have dug forty-two good potatoes
from one hill. Sounds as if his
eye sight might be poor. Spring
Valley Sun.
Geoge Chaplin, who recently took
over the publication of the Prescott
Tribune, is giving his subscribers a
fine paper each week and the BUSH
ness men there are showing their
appreciation of his efforts by
giving him thier liberal patronage.
Harry Mills of Minneapolis, who
gave a wrestling exhibition here
some time ago, and John Eliadis, a
Greek, working in Burlington con-
struction gang at Prescott, wrestled
an hour at that city recently without
either one scoring fall. Mills out
weighed Eliadis five pounds.
A. E. Reese and family, of
Hudson, and Mrs. Charles Oakley,
of Osceola, drove down from
Hudson in Mr.. Roese's auto Mon
day and were guests at the VIM.
Rudow home. Mr.. Reese and fam
lily returned home Monday evening,
Mrs. Oakley remaining until Tues
day.
The Women's Welfare League, of
Minneapolis, has purchased the
John Harnsburger place at Pres
colt, andis using it as summer out
ing place for young women. Mrs.
Swain, chairman of the outing de-
partment of the league, has charge
of the parties. The residence has
been named Prescott Lodge.
The Munson-M Made shirt waist at
a big discount at Norseng Bros
A. N. Wolff, formerly manager of
the Gem Theatre in this city, now of
the Colonial Theatre, Rochester, N.
Y, was one Of the leaders in the