River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-04-09

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HONEY at Shepard's Studio.
Miss Clara Lien is home from her
school at Minneapolis this week.
Dry block wood for sale. All
kinds. phone SO. Walter Glass.
adv.
Home made maple syrup-strict-
ly fresh and pure-at Theo. Jen-
sens.
Ray Erlandson of the Chippewa
Falls schools visited in t he city
last week.
For SALE-One pure bred Duroc
Jersey Boar, one and one-half years
old. Telephone 117-R. Adv.
This years sensation is here; the
Maxwell $3.50 Ask to see it.
l. 0. Isaacson adv.
The Misses Ruth and Adelaide
Badger are spending their Easter
vacation with an aunt in Chicago.
CLOVER SEED FOR SALE
Medium red, Mammoth and Alsike.
Inquire of Geo. w. Murphy. phone.
no. 202-P. adv.
The Southfork Ladies Aid Soc.
iety will meet with Mrs. Christ Mel
son Thursday, April 16, instead of
April 9th as usual.
Professor Swenson attended the
National Physical Educational as
ISOLATION meetings in ST. Louis,
Mo-, last week.
Services in the Ezekiel Luther
an church Sunday, April 10, at 8
o'clock in the afternoon by Rev.
N. L. Blomholm.
Mrs. Fl. E. Follansbee returned
the first of the week from West
wood, Lasson county, CAL, where
she had spent the past five
months.
Stephen A Clewell, one of the
pioneer newspaper men of the St
Croix valley, editor and proprietor
of the Saltwater Messenger, died
at his home in that city Saturday,
March 81.
The r. S. Freeman & Son drug
store has installed two of the new
nitrogen gas arc lamps, the same
make as the lamp over the Maple
street bridge. The new system
distributes a beautifully mellow
light, which gives the appearance
of daylight illumination.
Something like this might have
happened in this neighborhood,
too: IT say, my friend" called
the motorist to the farmer, "Im
looking for a decent road to take
me into Sqigsville." "I'm derned
glad to hear it," replied the farm
er. EFF We happen to find it,
stranger, send me a telegram, will
YEP"
The famous Superior window,
which was exhibited at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago, 1898, was destroy
ed in the Normal school fire March
81. The window, which was built
up of colored glass, showed several
Superior scenes, conferred around a
picture of the whaleback passenger
steamer Christopher Columbus F"
After being exhibited at the Worlds
Fair the window was brought to
Superior and when the Norm al
school was built it was placed in
the main hall directly opposite the
main entrance. 1t has been viewed
and admired by hundreds of
thousands of people.
Princlple Farley, OF the city
schools has established a COM
| plete system of wireless tele-
graphy in the high school build
ing. He has been a student of the
system ever since it was started
and with the aid of Geographic
sounder, and an electric door bell
and various odds and ends he has
the marconi system complete and
with his sending machinery on the
lower floor he can send messages
to the upper story very success
fully. He has also been able to
ring the electric gong in the
grade building from the assembly
room in the high school building.
He also shows how powder may be
| exploded at a distance and no.