River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-06-28

tana for few weeks visit.
Miss Margaret Moe, who has been
teaching near Gaslin, returned home
Saturday.
Nelson Bros. will run a lunch and
confectionery stand at New Center
vile the Fourth.
Miss Stephanie Smith is visiting
her sister, Miss Anna, who has
charge of the playground work at
Freeport, I'll.
Lawrence and Lowell Dawson left
Sunday to spend the summer with
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. N. Potter.
LOST-A small flat brown purse
containing SO. Finder please return
to Mrs. Howard Deans or telephone
PAP for reward.
New Centerville will probably
draw the largest crowd from this
vicinity the Fourth. An excellent
program is advertised.
Mrs. Al. Haugen returned home
Saturday frsm ST. Paul where she
had been the past three weeks recu-
perating from surgical treatment at
a hospital.
Thirty ladies gave Mrs. Coley
Krauth a surprise party at her home
Wednesday afternoon Each one
brought gift and a we'll filled bas-
ket and most enjoyable time is re-
ported.
A deluge of rain. accom- panied by
incessant lightning, crashing thun-
der and little hail, visited this re-
gion about 2:30 Monday morning,
damaging crops somewhat and flood
ing the rivers.
The Sherlock carnival is holding
forth at Elmwood this week. Harry
Weydt, formerly of this city, has his
dog and pony act with this company
again this year. They will show at
Plum City next week.
Mrs. R. B. Andrus and daughters,
Misses Oral and Shirley, returned to
Chetek Tuesday after a visit with
relatives here. Miss Ona Andrus re-
manned for longer visit with her
aunt, Mrs. C. E. White.
Maj. Gustav H. School. who claim
ed to have been an officer in Ma
dero's army in Mexico. and who lee
tured in the M. E. church in this
city couple of months ago, was
executed in London, England, last
week as a spy, according to press
dispatches.
Pierce county will be required to
furnish 140 men under the first
draft; st. Croix county 210. Ash
land, Forest, Green, Pepin and Saw
yer counties are exempt, having al
ready furnished to the regular army
a sufficient number of men to cover
their respective allotments.
Henry Zorn has had installed in
his blacksmith shop recently an auto
matte trip hammer, which is operat-
ed by an electric motor. The oper-
ator can manipulate the force of the
blow from the lightest tap, that
would hardly burst peanut, to a
powerful tattoo of sufficient force to
fatten out or break the toughest
steel.
r. w. Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robt. Hurd, Miss Ruth Hurd and
John Knapp, started for New Rich
mond late Saturday night in the for
mer's car. Near the Bailey farm
the machine became stuck in the
mud and could not be moved. The
ladies accepted an invitation to
spend the night at the Bailey farm,
while the men slept upon outing cots
il the schoolhouse across the road.
A nine-year-old boy, with mistaken
n otions concerning property rights,
got away with total Of about $40
during the past two weeks, robbing
safes and tills at numerous business
places in the city-Fait's meat mar
ket, F. M. Whites office, Wads-
worth's shoe store, Falteisek's barber
shop, the laundries, Sherburn's pool
hall, and Hamilton's grocery. He
has been sent to the Wisconsin In
dustrial school at Waukesha.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Shep
ard were brought here from Red
TNino loot Eridoxv foy b17rial MIRO