River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-12-23

school at Columbus.
Miss Emma Levings has been
quite i'll the past week.
Miss Eva White is home from
Moorhead for the holidays.
Miss Belle Deans is home from
the Moorhead Normal school.
Ellsworth high school beat Spring
Valley at basketball Friday 26 to 10.
REMEMBER-Rich Jersey milk
and cream at Allard's every day
adv.
Miss Florence Rudd of Black Riv-
er Falls is spending the holidays
here.
Rev. VIM. ]. Gray of Minneapo-
lis was here to oficiate at the fu-
neral of Mrs. F. E. Ramer Sunday
D. w. Rollins, a former resident
of this city, died at his home in Su-
perior last Thursday at the age of
So years. He is survived by two
daughters.
E E. Buck visited his brother, N.
N. Buck in Ellsworth Monday. The
latter came up from Eau Claire to
superintend the moving of some
machinery from the Rush River
electric plant to Mondovi.
Fred Fulton says that Willard
won't last 40 minutes with him on
March 4 1t seems to be generally
agreed that the fight will not last
that long, but there is a difference
of opinion who will do the last
ing"
The Pierce County Holstein-Fre-
sian Breeders association, in SEES
sion at Ellsworth Monday, decided
to hold a sale on the county fair
grounds next June. Fred Smith
was among the new members to
join at this meeting.
Professor E. B. Swenson returned
home Saturday from conference of
the Normal school athletic board
held at Madison last week. A bas-
ket ball tournament between all of
the state normal schools may be
held at Madison this year.
John Walsh, aged %, died tie
18th inst as the result Of burns re
ceived in an accident on the W. J
| HenneSsey farm in the town Of Jew
EFT, ST. Croix comfy. He was heat
ing a gasoline engine to start it,
when the gas tank exploded, spray
ing him with it's contents.
Last Thursdays snow storm was
a great blessing. The dust during
the week previous not only proved
ruinous to goods on display in the
stores, but was also the cause of
much illness. Old residents do not
recall when there was ever such
general epidemic of the la grippe.
Mrs. O. Powell and daughter,
Miss Sarah, leave Tuesday to spend
the rem ainder of the winter at Los
Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Frank Miller
and two children, of Appleton, will
accompany them. Mrs. Sarah To-
ger will go to Appleton Monday 10
keep house during her niece's alb
sence.
The New Richmond News gave
terribly warped translation OF the
facts which led to the cancellation
| of Senator La Follette's dates here
and at Hudson, No matter what
their political views might be, it is
due their patrons that they at least
sprinkle suggestion Of the truth
into their statement.
Rayburn, the evangelist, who is
holding series of meetings at
River Falls, roundly scored the
two newspapers of that city for not
giving his meetings more public ity.
Editors Morse and APP Roberts
promise to tread the straight and
narrow" from now Ellsworth
Herald. Come on, Broth er Doc
little, join as.
w. H. Richardson of Hanniford,
F! N. D., arrived in the city the first of
the week for a short visit with rela-
tives and friends. He joined Mrs
Richardson in St. Paul yesterday
and accompanied her home. She
was returning from trip to Long
Beach, Cal, prize which she had
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