River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-03-15

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or in Ellsworth Monday.
E. Van Voorhis was business Wis
itor in Ellsworth Tuesday.
Mrs. Levitt of St. Paul spent last
week at the Worthington home.
C. ]. Henrikson and family have
moved from Boyceville to Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wears of
Minneapolis visited in the city Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Theo. Smith
have returned from a months trip
through the West.
Mrs. Chas. Pettee and children
went to St. Paul Friday for few
days visit with relatives.
Mrs. A. w. Stiles spent the latter
part Of last week at the home of her
son Charles, at Prescott Roads.
Mrs. E. B. Ingram and Miss Ruth
Hayes of Eau Claire were guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Norseng Tues
day.
Mr.. Citizen-Do you think the
normal puts too much into athletics?
Support the State Oratorical contest
Friday night.
March 10th DR.. Clough will be
at his office, Hotel Gladstone, ready
to examine your eyes and fit them
with lenses that will keep your eyes
strong.-adv.
Mrs. H. C. Amy. mother OF Prin.
H. C. Amy of this city, fell on an
icy sidewalk at her home in Ellis
worth Sunday and severely injured
one of her ankles.
Mrs. S. Gleason left Tuesday to
make her home at Datonia, Fla. Her
son David accompanied her and will
remain there for a short visit, after
which he will return to St. Paul.
Mrs. E. A. Walters, who had been
visiting relatives here the past two
weeks, left Tuesday for Los Angeles,
Cal. Mr.. Walters left for there the
week before, to make arrangements
for making that city their perma-
nent home.
A big delegation ofstudents, head
ed by the brass band, were at the
depot this morning to give Coach
Hayward and the team a rousing
send-off on their departure for
Whitewater. They will spend to-
night at Madison.
Don't read this unless you have
BIO acres of land with house, with
in two miles of normal school at Riv-
er Falls, to trade in part for 80acre
farm worth $4,000, located in Doug
las county, Wis. Address Max Wei
chelt, Scion Springs, Wis.-adv.
Forty friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
w. Bliss gave very pleasant sur
prise party in their honor last Fri
day evening. the occasion being their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
The bride and groom" were the re-
cipients of many suitable gifts and
hearty congratulations.
This, of course, may not be so, but
the story is going the rounds that
clerk in local store used a potato
to cork can of kerosene and the
customer went outside Immediately,
put the potato securely inhis pocket,
dumped out the oil and sent back to
have the can reflled, hoping to get
another spud. But the proprietor
had already fired the laundering
clerk.
Preston r. Jones, a pi r
farmer and lumberman of st. Croix
county, and for many years a resi-
dent Of Hudson, was accidently kill
ed while working in lumber COM
pany's establishment at St. Paul
Monday. The remains were taken
to Hudson, where funeral services
were conducted by the Elks lodge.
Mr.. Jones was Sc years old. He is
survived by three daughters.
The Jordan Dramatic Co., will be
the next attraction at the Opera
House. There will be plenty of clean
comedy and thrilling ciimaxes; spec
ial scenery, and vaudeville between
acts. The company carries a uni
formed band and orchestra, n d
those who see this performance
may be assured of a rare treat.
The engagement is for 3 nights