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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
VIKING

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Andy Larson is quite sick.
Mrs. Lundgren from Minnesota
is visiting at Hans Gilstad's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sampson of River
Falls visited at Hans Gilstad's last
Sunday.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Olson Wednesday evening, ] uly 20,
when their daughter, Miss Anna,
was united in marriage to Mr.. Walt
er Wicklund of Frederick, Wis. The
bride wore shadow lace over white
messiline and carried white roses.
They were attended by Miss Thora
Olson, sister OF the bride, and by
Rueben Wicklund, a brother of the
groom. Miss Title Olson played
the wedding march. Rev. 0. Kvist-
gard oficiated. The house was
decorated IN green and white. At
about nine o'clock a bountiful sup
per was served to about forty-fve
guests. The couple left for their
home at Frederick, Tuesday, Aug.
3rd, All friends extend congratu-
lations. Those from away, who
attended the wedding, were: Mr..
and Mrs. Wicklund and sons, Herb
ert and Rueben, of Frederick; Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, Miss Olga
Johnson and Elmer Vestiue, from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
GAINS BY THE ALLIES.
Germans Have Lost 1,o27,74o Square
Miles Of Territory.

Statisticians who have been watch
ing the progress OF the European war
have completed a compilation OF hg-
ures indicating the land area losses sur
fered by Germany since the conflict
began. These figures show that the al
lies already have taken 1,O27,74O square
miles Of Emperor Williams colonial
possessions, which include former hold
ings in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
An idea Of the immensely OF this may
be cleaned from the fact that the area
taken is nearly one-third as large as
the United States. or as big as the COM
bined states Of Nevada, Utah, Wyom-
ing, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma. Iowa, Mississippi. Arkan-
sas, Wisconsin, Illinois. Indiana. Ohio,
West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennes-
see.
Some idea of the financial strain on
the nations may be gathered from the
fact that Botha's short campaign
against the Germans in southwest AT
RIGA cost Britain SG7,O00OO0.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
UNITED STATES HAS SECRET
FORMULA FOR DEADLY SHELL
Being Manufactured In Government
ArsenaIs and Kept Secret.

What Is described as 1.-The deadliest
SHELF yet invented is said to have been
developed by ordnance experts Of the
United States army. 1t is designed to
meet conditions which have arisen in
the European war by the destruction Of
hostile trenches and gun shelters.
THE general staff Of the army"
high ranking officer is quoted as say
ing. is thoroughly conversant with
developments in military science as
shown by the work Of the various ar
mics in the European war. Our OBJ
servers abroad have been particularly
observant Of the effects Of various ex-
plosives. knowing the intensity Of the
explosives used abroad, particularly
the melinite shells of the Germans,
they are in q position to make compari-
sons with the explosive which the ord
nance experts Of the United States
army recently have perfected.
"Of course the formula is a secret,
which it will be unnecessary to dis
close before an actual emergency
causes it to be turned over to private
manufacturers to be used for the army.
At present the explosive is being man
ufactured only in the United States ar
senals, where the formula is most care
fully guarded.
THE trench warfare abroad is a de-
velOpment of that form of operations
which was wholly unlocked for. In no
previous war have intrenchments play
ed so important part or been so elab-
orately constructed. More than any
thing else this has called for the use Of
a high explosive shell, shell that not
only will destroy any unprotected
force. but will destroy a protection.
Shrapnel will not do this, but the high
explosive shell demolishes trenches and
everything they contain"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
WAR PRISONERS THEATER.
English Captives In German Prison
Camp Give a Show.


The following story Of life In Ger
man prison camp was issued few
days ago by the German information
service as proof that Germany is kind
to the enemies who fall into German
hands The translation reads:
ION the evening Of the day on which
Lord Kitchener stated before the Brit
ish parliament that English prisoners
in Germany were harshly used a
vaudeville performance by the prison
ers and for the prisoners took place in
the camp at Ruhleben, says the Ber-
liner Tageblatt. The program gives
evidence of good humOr. which could
scarcely exist with bad treatment
THE commandant of the camp sane
toned the performance. and from the
program it is seen that the prisoners.
among whom there are we'll known
artists, made the performance very
Jolly affair. To be sure, one must not
conclude from this that the prisoners
receive any preferential treatment.
The vaudeville performance In Ruhle-
ben is simply one Of the many proofs
that the treatment Of prisoners is gov
erned by the strict principles Of JUS
tice and humanity"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
"PROSlT" STILL ECHOES.
Statistics Show Enormous Quantity of
Beer Made In Germany.


Beer Made In Germany.
Some idea of the enormous quantity
of beer manufactured for the use of
Bavarian soldiers in the field can be
gathered from the figures of the au-
t2orities of the First Bavarian army
corps, just published.
Munich breweries alone deliver, it is
estimated, 40 carloads Of beer in kegs
and 60 carloads of bottled beer each
week. The first contains an average of
1920 gallons to carload and the Sec
ond $500 three-quarter liter bottles.
Other breweries deliver 80 carloads of
keg beer, 1920 gallons to a car
Engaged in making this beer are the
Bavarian State brewery, the Royal
Hofbrauhaus and the state owned
Weihanstephan brewery, in addition
to many private breweries. The army
authorities pay "a marks for key con-
tanning twenty-five gallons and %
marks for a case containing fifty three
quarter liter bottles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
GOVERNMENT CUTS COST
OF RADIUM PRODUCTION.
Secretary Lane Urges the Conservation
Of Ore Deposits.

Secretary Lane announced that the
production Of radium from Colorado
carnotite ores by the bureau of mines
of the department Of the interior, in
connection with the National Radium
institute, has passed the experimental
stage in it's new process and Is on
successful manufacturing basis. He
also declared that the statements made
to congress concerning the ability Of
the bureau Of mines to produce radium
at q greatly decreased cost over other
processes had actually been verified
and that the cost was even less than
predicted. Secretary Lane said:
THE cost Of one gram of radium
metal produced in the form Of bromide
during March, April and May Of the
present year was $36,O5O, | am inform
ed by DR.. Charles l.. Parsons, in charge
Of the radium investigations Of the bu-
reau. This includes the cost Of ore, in
surance, repairs, amortization allow
ance for plant and equipment, cost Of
bureau of mines salaries and all eX-
penses incident to the production Of
high grade radium bromide. When you
consider that radium has been selling
for $4,000 and 100000 a gram. you
will see just what the bureau of mines
has accomplished along these lines.
1.-THE cost Of producing radium in the
small experimental plant during the
first few months of the bureaus activi-
ties was somewhat higher, but not
enough seriously to affect the final av-
ora !"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
KINNICKINNIC

Herman Kurtz is seriously sick
at the home CT his parents.
The ice. cream social has been
postponed till Friday night.
Ernest Selleck made a business
trip TO Minneapolis Saturday.
Pat O'Keeffe is visiting his faith
er, John O'Keefe, who is quite
sick.
Miss Ella Frances from Month
cello, Mimi, is visiting at the E. P.
Cole home.
The Christian End9avor Society
will meet at the E. P. Cole home
next Sunday, August 8th.
The Ladies' Aid plans to meet
with Mrs. Fred Kurtz, Jr., Aug. r.
An interesting program is promiS-
edd. All are invited.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
KAISER'S train
PAINTED OFTEN
Different COIOrS Used to De-
CeiVe AerOpIanes of Enemies.
HIS SAFETY is GUARANTEED

LARGE Number of Secret Police Keep
Emperor Under Closest Scrutny-His
Presence at the Front an Aid to the
Commanding Generals, and His Ad-
vice Is Always Sought.
Paul SCHNEIDER, who claims to be
one Of those very few and highly ia
vored correspondents who have lived
at the kaiser's headquarters since the
beginning Of the war, has just written
a large volume in which he tells the
German public all about the life the
supreme war lord leads at the front
The theory that the kaiser's presence
at the front disturbs his generals is
scornfully rejected, the writer main
tanning, on the contrary, that the i'm
periaI advice is frequently sought and
generally acted on by them.
The kaiser's special train, in which
he makes his famous and frequent
rushes from one front to the other, con-
sists, according to Herr SCHNEIDER, Of
ten carriages constructed on modern
lines; comfortable, certainly, but not
luxurious. At the beginning Of the
war this special train was painted a
Whitish blue color, SO that troops and
civilians were always able to recognize
and cheer the emperor as he passed,
but fear that hostile ayiatOrs might
find the task of dropping bombs there
on made easier for them if they be-
came aware of that fact has resulted
in a periodical repainting of the train
in various colors
Safety of Kaiser Guaranteed.
'"The necessity for this prec' ution,"
adds Herr SCHNEIDER, will be obvious
when l mention that q train purpOsely
made to resemble in color and form
that Of the kaiser's was promptly bonn
barded by a French aviator shortly
after leaving the Frankfort railway
station"
The safety of the emperor in the fed
is guaranteed he says, by his personal
adjutants and by q large number Of
secret police. known as secret field pO-
lice, specially selected for their duties
from all parts of Germany. These
men keep the kaiser under the closest
observa tion both in the field and at the
Headquarters Of the general staff, to
make sure that no spies are watching
his movements and that no dynamiters
are prowling in the neighbOrhOod.
ITO all appearances" the writer adds,
there seems to be no special precau-
tons taken for guarding the kaiser.
but, as matter of fact. invisible eyes
watch him, and day and night there
is an absolutely impenetrable barrier
between him and the outside world.
Naturally in the field and at headquar
tiers the emperor's movements are un-
hampered by his guards. and one fire.
quently sees him talking serenely and
smilingly to the children he encounters.
At a headquarters recently established
across the frontier In France the en-
peror won the hearts of the inha bitants
by coming out of his room for a few
minutes after his arrival in order to
talk to the excited children who had
gathered In front of the house."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
KORNA


Joe Cordoysky went to Minneapo-
lis Wednesday.
Ed Gillig of St. Paul is visiting
at the home Of his grandmother,
Mrs. NJ. Nachazel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Faltiesek of
Hudson epent Sunday here with
their brother, John.
Mrs. Frances Dennison of Kas-
son, Mimi, accompanied by a son
and daughter, visited relatives here
a few days recently.
Married, Monday, Aug. 2, 1915, at
St. Martins church, Miss Dora Pc
chacek of this place and Mr.. John
Holub of Milwaukee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
DONEGAL

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Frank Pechacek sold one Of his
horses to the circus gang.
Ed. Gillig of St. Paul will spend
the rest of the summer here.
A few from here attended the cir
Gus at River Falls last week.
Miss Minnie Johnson spent
week visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Sam Johnson.
Jack Fox and family made their
first trip to church Sunday in their
new Buick car.
AL. Faltiesek and family of Had
son motored this way Sunday TO
visit relatives and friends.
Mrs. D. Dinnison and children of
Kasson, Mimi, motored to this vi
cinity recently for few days visit
with relatives.
The shower that was given for
Miss Dora Pechacek OF Frank Har-
dina's last week, was we'll attended
and everyone had a good time.
Mrs. Frank (blacksnith) John
son has returned from the southern
part of the state, accompanied by
her grandchildren. Miss Dora
Klecker Of Marshall, and Evelyn
Wurst Of Waterloo, Wis.
Miss Dora Pechacek of this place
and John Holup of Milwaukee were
married at ST. Martins church at
nine O'Clock a. m. Monday. Dinner
was served at the brides home for
her sisters and brothers, and few
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Holup left
on the $50 train Monday for Mil
waukee, where the groom has en-
ployment. Dora Pechacek was our
organist in church for several years
and will be much missed by the st.
Martins congregation. Her many
friends extend we'll wishes and con-
gratulations.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05

Minneapolis; Mrs. Severance and
sons, Carl and Bonnie, and Grin
Kneer, from Deer Pnrk; Miss Ruth
Krogg and Miss Asberry, from
Hayward, and Miss Edna Alexand-
er, of St. Paul.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
PLEASANT VALLEY

Nearly everybody in this COM
munity attended the circus at River
Falls last week, Wednesday.
Olaf Gustafson and Helmer Berg
arson have gone to Harlow, n. D,
where they had secured work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson and children
of Washburn motored down and are
spending a Jew days at the home of
Willie Shorn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
1872. u Boats, Toll Of Lives.

British admiralty announced up to
and including July q 1850 persons
had lost their lives by the attacks of
chantmen and twenty-five persons had
been killed in attacks on neutral mer-
chantmen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
CLIFTON


Frank Taylor is seen riding
around in Ford.
Mrs B. H. Corcoran returned
home Saturday from visit to her
sons in Montana.
Walter Crawther and wife of Red
Wing spent Sunday at the home of
their mother, Mrs. j. Bradley.
Mrs. William Finley and son,
Tommy, spent Sunday at tbs home
Of Z. R. Taggart in River Falls.
Steve Buss and family motored
down from ST. Paul and were
guests at the Peter Heppert home
Sunday.
Rev. William j. Gray and wife of
River Falls spent day recently in
this vicinity, guests of Miss Lena
Hamilton.
M SIS Pauline Lubick of River
Falls spent Sunday at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Will Huppert, who
is sick at this writing.
Miss Lena Hamilton and nephew,
James Rock, attended the wedding
Of Miss Hazel Gardner, which &C.
Cured last Sunday at her home in
River Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
HOME CULTURE CLUB

August II, 19l5.-Home Econo
mics. Mrs. Louise Fuller. Leader.
Travels in England:-CornwaIl-
Origin, character and occupation
of the people.
Penzance, Lands End, the Liz
ard, Tintagel Bath.
Leader. Mrs. Louie Fuller.
Hostess, Mrs. Maude Corson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
RUSSIA FORESAW
WARSAW BATTLE
Last Line Before City a Real
Trench Gibraltar.
WORK REQUIRED MONTHS.

Correspondent Describes Formidable
Defenses He Saw on Battle Front.
Pronounced by Military Experts to
Be the Best In All Europe-Six Rows,
One Behind the Other.
What is probably the most important
battle of the war SO far and one mark
ed by horrible slaughter on both sides
occurred ON the outskirts of Warsaw.
The Russians, it seems, foresaw this
engagement and had erected the most
complete system of trenches at this
point. A correspondent OF the Chicago
News, who spent some time at this
front, describes the Notifications as
follows:
"TheSe defenses are called the Bio
nie-Grodek line. This Is halfway be-
tween Warsaw and the old line of de-
Tense on the Bzura and Rawka rivers,
on which the Russians and Germans
began fighting on Dec. 10.
THE new line at BlOnie Is about fif-
teen miles from the city. 1t was con-
structed by the Russians during the
but by Polish labOrers employed by
the Russians at rs cents day. The
line ran from the curve Of the NiStula
north of Warsaw, at the fortress OF
Novo GeOrgievsk, south through the
town of BlOnie, then south to the town
of Grodek, then southeast to a point
of the Vistula river virtually at the
n
fifty miles long.
'ThiS line constituted the last de-
fensive position of the Russians west
of the Vistula river. | have been over
parts Of the line, ana in places which
visited it consisted of six distinct lines
of trenches, one behind another, from
200 yards to 1000 yards apart These
trenches were constructed with the ut
most care and were pronounced by the
foreign military observers who accom-
panied me the best constructed trench
es they had ever seen. They were far
better than the original defenses of the
Russians on the Nistula and Rawka
rivers.
1.-THE trenches are connected by sunk
ell IDdSSGS0WuJS III uihCAChI pi'A1N'''
These afford an opportunity for the
troops to retire from trench to trench.
There are elaborate projections of
barbed wire entanglements on wooden
posts. Some Of these entanglements
project high above the surface Of the
ground. Others are only two feet high
and are constructed In broad ditch,
which prevents their being seen at a
distance.
Built Up With Sand Bags.
GAS to the trenches themselves, they
are deep enough so that a man may
stand upright in them and still be pro-
tected. They are deliberately built up
with sand bags, and the front part has
been covered with sod. They are so
situated that the field Of fire Is over
at least 1000 yards of open fiat plain.
unobstructed by trees or any shelter
for an enemy, SO that a charge made
by the attacking troops would have to
be in plain view Of every Russian
soldier In the trenches"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
SOUTH MARTELL

|. b. Iverson and NJ. G. Messing
spent Sunday at Spring Lake.
Miss Emma Helgeson has been
home from the Twin Cities for
few days.
Ole Albertson and son, Bonnie,
from Knox, N D., are visiting with
relatives around here.
Miss Alma Aastrum, who is work
ing for Mrs. Otto Christopherson,
spent Sunday at home.
A few Of the farmers had q
"threshin2 meeting" at F. ?. Bjerk-
eng Monday evening.
Gerhard Aaberg is home from
Glenwood City, where he has been
teaching parochial school.
Miss Matte Swenson left for
Minneapolis Sunday, and Miss Tina
Swenson came home from the Twin
Cities for vacation.
R. Walker of Shell Lake and G..
BaardsOn and sister, Miss Lena, OF
Eau Gale and Arthur Baardson OF
Spring Valley spent Sunday at n.
A. Baardson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
Hole 1892 Feet Deep.

Deepest hole in Kansas IS well near
Mineola that has gone 1889 feet with
out finding oil or gas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-08-05
MANN VALLEY


Ira Wilhelm is re-shingling John
laughs house.
Albert DIN is here visiting his
mother, Mrs. Paul DIN.
We are having some fine weather
for harvesting, eh? Not yet!
Walter Elliott has been sick for
couple of weeks, but is GONZALES
cling.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs. Pete Melander next
Thursday, August Z.
A picnic party from here spent
Sunday at Ilwaco Springs. They
all report q lovely time.
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NeiqhbOrhOOd News

Items OF interest by correspondents In Pierce and
ST. CrOix Counties
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Official Paper for the City of Mobridgt

In the reply to President Will
sons note the Kaiser seems 10 be
playing for time. he will have to
get on the job pretty quick as the
President will not tolerate quibbl
ing where the lives Of American
citizens are at stake 1t is very
likely that if the Kaiser does not
reply with satisfactory answer to
the President second note that
diplomatic relatsons will be sever
ed and our ambassador ordered to
withdraw from that country. The
next step after diplomatic relations
are broken off is war, that is all
there is left to do if other provoca-
tons arise. But there is no chance
of diplomatic relations being brok-
en- as the resources Of the United
States are so vast that the Allies
could defeat the Teuton Allies
without bit of doubt if they had
absolute access TO them. There is
lot of money in the United States
that would be released for loans to
the Allies in case of war. but there
will be no war with Germany un-
less the Kaiser has the mistaken
idea in his head that the Germans
in America will arise and start
civil war. If he provokes this
country to the point of declaring
war against Germany, the Kaiser
will find that almost to man there
is but one flag the Germans in
America will follow and that is the
Stars and Stripes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-06-05

show ma the next day some more
and the next still mOlr until every
where were dan delions; all along
the road, across the pasture,
around the school house, in the
yard We're the dandelions. oceans
and oceans of t hem flaunling their
big yellow cheerful faces every
where amongst the grass setting
at naught the beauty Of the green
grass with the wonder of their
bloom: il is not "A bold brassy yellow,
b1ta soft eautiful golden color and
when set in bed of green forms IA
color scheme to deep for Us, but
we love it. \ little later ON the
stems made fine whistles and a
little latter on again, don YOU re-
member the way you took the big
white fluffy dandelion and blew
on 1t! 5 SIS 5 s-sh,h that is a
secret. But just the same whether
the advance of municipal life calls
for the destruction of the dande.
hon or not we are going to be an
outlaw on that one question fol
there Is nothing prettier or more
OF connecting link between man.
hood and boyhood days than that
common, golden yellow, dande-
lion.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-06-05

We had the great pleasure OF
meeting, for the first time in ten
years, a person from Bay City,
Mich. who came from the immead
lte neighborhood wherein we lived
and knew all the people as we'll
and better than we did from
Dad Starck Of the Third Ward
Engine House to Harvey Olette,
now only young man We have
been out of touch with Bay City
since 1901 and our frienl, la elk
German, a tonSoial artist OF the
highest degree, has been in con
stant touch with the old home and
kGows where every one located who
has moved away; knows all about
the deaths of those who have died !;
how many children have come to
oleSS the union or those who have
we'd who have made good, and
who have not. In an evenings
time 1t is astonishing to have
brought in review all the events
which have transpired in the lives
OF many people from 1901 to date
Gorman, like nearly everyone who
has lived in that pretty city, in
tends to return there to settle down
and if death overtakes him before
that time comes. wants to have his
remains inferred iu the family
burial plot. There is something
facinating about Bay City, Michi-
gan.