River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-08-17
Local News

r. N. Jensen has purchased a new
Buick touring car.
Chris. Wenzel was business visitor
in the Twin Cities Tuesday.
Tony Moline, of Baldwin. visited
relatives in town last Thursday.
Gus Rasmussen was business
visitor in Ellsworth last Saturday.
VIM. Scroggie who is employed in
a Hudson restaurant visited in town
Monday.
Mrs. Merrihew of Hammond visit
ed with friends in the city Saturday
and Sunday.
Rev. A. Frazer, of New Richmond,
preached in the Congregational
church Sunday.
The manufacturer bank at New
Richmond is fixing up new quarters
in the Aldrich block.
Miss Adele Woodbury., Of st.
Paul, was a guest of Miss Julia
Morse the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Boyle, from
Iowa, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Williams.
Gus Larson, of Hudson, spent a
few days this week at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. H. c. Stewart.
Mrs. Amanda Harshman an d
daughter Della of Ellsworth visited
at the H. 0. Junkman home Sunday.
Andrew Lien Of Washburn was a
guest at the home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Lien. the first of
the week.
Miss Florence Burkhardt lie t
Monday for Great Falls, Mont.
where she has been engaged to
teach school.
Messrs. David Thayer and Vernon
Sherburne gave dancing party at
Nebish Lodge, Ilwaco Springs, last
Saturday evening.
New Richmond has signed up a
lecture course of seven numbers for
the coming season, and there isn't a
lecture on the schedule.
The fushboards, broken off by the
ice last Spring, have been replaced
on the lower electric power plant
dam, and the pond reflled.
Amaziah F. Philbrook, pioneer
resident Of New Richmond, died in
the Minnesota state soldiers home
at Minnehaha last Thursday, at the
age of 78 years.
Misses Laura and Hattie Flint and
Miss Libby Ellis accompanied, by
Mrs Walter M. White of Wadding-
ton, N. Y Il, are spending a few days
at Ilwaco Springs.
The main street at Amery is to be
paved A committee of "city faith
ers" went out from there recently
getting pointers in towns which have
already made this sort of improve
ment.
Miss Lucy Copley, and her guest,
Miss Adelaide Badger, of Colgate,
N D., and Misses Lavinia Wright,
Lola Chapman, Margaret Smith and
Leta Nopp of this city, are spending
a few days at Ilwaco Springs.
Theodore Lawrence, resident of
this city about IA years ago, died at
Addy, Wash. August 2. at the age
OF So years. He is survived by his
widow and seven children. He was
a brother Of Mrs. S. H. WATSON of
this city.
Professor A. j. Wickland has re-
ceived a years leave of absence from
his duties in the normal school fac
ulty. He will leave here the first of
next month to take charge of the
choir music in Mr.. Rayburn's evan
gelistic campaign.
Mrs. Frank Little and children,
George and Jane, who had been |
spending several weeks here at the
Geo. Fortune home, left Sunday for
their home at Glendive, Mont. DR..
and Mrs. w. G. Fortune took them
to st. Paul in their auto Sunday
Sheriff Martin Kjelsted and Dist
riot Attorney w. G. Haddow were
out from Ellsworth Monday with a
man who was held under suspicion
Of being the farm hand who couple
Of wears 400 forced checks against