River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-05-01


Ford Sedan from the Ramer agency
last week.
George Mallory and Oscar Olson
of st. Paul spent Sunday at tie
home of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Mallory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Nichols,
who had spent the winter in Cali
fornla with their son Roy and his
family, returned home Tuesday.
The Ellsworth Herald promises its
readers for next week the stories
Of the big ones caught and lost" on
the local trout streams today. Must
be going to get out a whopping big
edition.
A. A. Smith left Tuesday for Bsrrl
wells, Can, where he will operate a
steam tractor. Earl Baird accompani.
ed him. Mrs. Smith went as far as
st. Paul with her husband, return
ing yesterday morning.
John Fink, the Ellsworth piano
agent, had a narrow escape while
motoring from Roberts to this city
last Thursday. When passing the
Carleton farm a rear wheel of his
car came off, throwing him out, but
he escaped without injury.
Lester Anderson, who was in the
navy air service, received his honor
able discharge, and returned home
Saturday. After a short visit here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Anderson, he will resume his former
position with the Pillsbury Co., at
Minneapolis.
Will Ray had the misfortune to
break his right arm the first of the
week while cranking up his gasoline
tractor. Will had been helping out
with the work of James Rock, who
is recovering from a fall from
horse which resulted in the fracture
Of his collar bone the week before.
DR.. Dwight Stillman, who practic-
ed medicine in Hudson for about 40
years, died at Hibbing, Mimi, April
10, 1919, at the age of 80 years. He
retired from his profession about 5
years ago and went to Hibbing to
live with his sons. The remains were
inferred in Willow River cemetery
at Hudson.
Lieut.. Thor Severson came up
from Rockwell Field, San Diego,
CAL, the first of the week on a
government mission to Chicago, and
is stopping here for few days
visit with his mother. Mrs. Cordelia
Severson. The Lieutenant is expect
ing his honorable discharge from
the service soon and is planning
to continue in the flying game for
private concerns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. J. Dodge re-
ceived word Monday from their son
Arthur, stating that he had landed
in New York from overseas, and
that after a short stay at Camp
Upton he would be sent to Camp
Grant for his honorable discharge.
He was in the 58th Coast Artillery
and took part in the last big drive of
the war. His brother, Everett, who
has been stationed at Camp Dodge,
Ia, is on the Military Police force
there, and writes that they have had
no encouragement on the subject of
release and that it is beginning to
look too much like permanent lob.
VIM. d. .Saun, foreman in charge
Of the paving of Main street, is not
only cracking good foreman, but,
according to a Mason City, Ia, news
paper, is the world champion brick
layer. The Mason City paper says:
He lays brick faster than four men
can carry them to him from wag n
less than six feet away And the
postmaster of that city adds that
William can clay brick faster than
they can be counted" Mason CITY
is not by any means the only city to
recognize Mr.. Saun's ability; he has
dozens of clippings from other
papers to the same effect.
Dan Finn arrived in the city Sat-
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