River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-27

from her school at Hammond from
Friday until Sunday.
Miss Inez Upgren left Monday for
Madison where she will attend the
State University.
Coming Oct. 4th, DR.. Clough at
the Gladstone. Students see him for
rest glasses. adv.
Chas. Boothby went to Minneapo-
lis Monday to take the examination
for the Naval Musicians Corps.
Coles Hot Blast Heaters make a
big reduction in your coal bill-see
their advertisement and guarantee.
Mrs. Bernhardt Solberg W as a
visitor at the E. S. Doolittle home at
Ellsworth last Thursday and Friday
Mrs. F. D. Lord and daughter,
Evelyn and Mrs. H. F. Doolittle
were out from Ellsworth last Satur-
day.
Have DR.. Clough stop that head
ache with a pair of his well-itted
glasses. At Gladstone Hotel, Oct.
4th adv.
We are requested announce
that basket social. for the benefit
of Mr.. and Mrs. Tanberg, will be
held in the village of Martell, next
Saturday evening.
Chris Wenzel, the restaurant man,
was at Ellsworth last week where
he had the popcorn stand privilege
at the county fair. Chris reports
business frst-class.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Lord and son
Frederick, Mrs. H. +. Doolittle and
son Stanley, Mrs. Grin Lord and
Mrs. E. S. Doolittle were out from
River Falls Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. D. w. Woodwork
of Ellsworth expect to leave for Col
orado Springs, Col, soon to spend
the winter with their son, E. D.
Woodwork, and family.
The Ladies' Improvement League
will hold it's regular meeting Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
City Hall. Important business. A
large attendance is desired.
Mrs Ed. Elertson and son Homer.
Mrs. John Wakefield and daughter
Mary and Sievert Johnson visited
from Friday until Sunday with r.
win Baird and wife at Balsam Lake.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
E. church will meet in the social
rooms of the church Thursday af-
ternoon of this week. This is an i'm
portant meeting, as the standing
committees for t h e year will be
named.
Among the ladies who carried off
premiums at the recent New Rich
mond fair were Mrs. w. C. White
and Mrs. w. Oligney of this city.
The former captured 13 first prizes
and Is second prizes. The latter re-
ceived 16 prizes, mostly first.
Heman Hutchins. driver Of the
city bus, was on the sick list last
Saturday and F. A. Howe, who for
over thirty years up to the time he
was taken sick three years ago, was
the proprietor of a dray and bus
line here, was back on the job. Mr.
Howe was busy shaking hands with
travelling statesmen, whom he had
known for years.
Raymond Hunt, foreman of the
Cast-Stone Construction Co. crew,
lost the third finger of his left hand
while at work on Main ST. Saturday
afternoon. Hunt was standing on
plank, laid across the ditch where
the sewer is being laid. He was
steadying bucket, hung from the
crane, when his glove became caught
in the cable and the1fnger was taken
off.
Herman Parsons and sons of Min
neapolis and his sister, Mrs. H. 0
Sonas, of Madison motored down
from the former city Sunday and
visited at the Chas. Upgren home.
Mr.. Parsons left River Falls fifteen
years ago and is, now engaged in the
commission business in the Mill
City. He has the sympathy of his
River Falls friends in the loss of his
wife recently.
On Monday evening the congre-