River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-10-02
Local News
Farm with Fordson-adv.

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guest of the Misses Ripple.
For Sale or Rent.-240-acre farm. R
l.. Williams, phone 201-A.-adv.
Miss Lenice Ames left Monday te
resume her work at the university OF
Minnesota.
Harley Clark, VIM. Allen, DR.. Mack
and Jack Kelly are attending the Du-
rand Fair today.
Louie Larson, of Eau Claire, visited
relatives and friends in the city Satur-
day and Sunday.
Miss Carol Thrush of New York
City is visiting her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. j. O. Thrush.
Mrs. Ben Spalding and daughter, of
Ingram, arrived Tuesday for a short
visit with relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Hodge visited over Sun
day with her son, Professor William
Hodge, in Minneapolis.
DR.. R. u. Cairns left Monday for
Milwaukee to attend the meetings of
the State Medical Association.
Piano Tuning and Repairing. Sat
IsfactiOn Guaranteed-GeO. I'll. Searle
With c. F. Winter, the Jeweler.
| Will Hawley was down from Bald
win to attend the football games Sat
urday. He is attending Wisconsin u.
Mrs. Emma Nelson and daughter,
Miss Mary, of Duluth, Mimi, are Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
j. Brown.
Mrs. Chas. Johnson of Brainerd,
Mimi, spent few days last week at
the home of her cousin, DR.. r. U.
Cairns.
Pratt's orchestra has been engaged
to play for the soldiers homecoming
dance at Deer Park tomorrow Fri
day. night.
Misses Lola White, Dorothy Rouns-
veil, Helen Newcomb and Ruth White
left Monday morning for Madison to
attend the university.
1t is expected that 10000 people will
attend the St. Croix County Honor
Days celebration in. New Richmond on
Oct. IA and Is. They certainly have
arranged an attractive programmed
their ad. on the last page of this pa
per.
Fred Goldsmith, of Ellsworth, who
has long record as successful clerk
and stock manager, is clerking at c..
E. Haugen's clothing store. He has
recently returned from overseas SER
vice in the signal corps-Hudson Star
Observer.
The standards for the great white
way lights have claimed their first
auto victim. A driver coming up from
the Maple street bridge Saturday at
tempted to ignore the cement pile, but
it stood firm, and the f1iv. bounced off !,
wiser and a little the worse for the
encounter.
Manager j. D. Linehan, of the Riv-
er Falls Band, asks the Journal to
express the bands appreciation of
Mayor Geo. Theo. Smiths kindness in
donating the use of his new building
for the dances Sat. and Wed. and
ialso to thank those who purchased
the tickets. On Saturday night a to-
tai of $119 were taken in.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Won Helms and
daughters, Misses Mildred and Violet,
motored over from Lake City, MINI !,
last Sunday to visit at the home of
Mrs. Won Helms cousin, Mrs. Ophelia
White. Mr.. Won Helms and daught-
er, Miss Mildred, returned to Lake
City Sunday evening, Mrs. Won Helms
and Miss Violet, remaining for
weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hanna and sons
Dwight and Kenneth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Elliott and children, Miss Wv
ian and Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Hyatt and Stanley Price, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Currier, John Currier and daugh-
ter, Miss Pearl, Mrs. Bredahl, Miss
and Miss Hazel Peterson motored to
Red Wing Sunday and picnicked in
Covill Park.
A ST. Paul car was in one of the
local garages the first of the week be-
ing repaired following mix-up with
the steel bridge near the sharp curve
in the road east of town, and River
Falls car was also hauled home after
a smash-up at the same place. Both
curves can be plainly seen for some
distance along the road, but travelling
motorists persist in using the road
for speedway and are unable to
make the turn.-Baldwin Bulletin.
Residents of Main street are bar
ring their doors and arming them
selves to the teeth with shotguns and
rifles, the result of visit at several
of the houses from a mysterious
prowler. He has been seen looking
into several windows and has broken