River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-12-11
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Leo Hendrix, of ST. Paul, spent
the weekend with friends in the city.
Joe Filkins left Wednesday for
Thompson, N. D. He will visit his
sister at Tintah, Mimi, on his return
trip.
Mrs. T. ]. MILFORD and Mrs. F. F.
MILFORD, of Hammond, spent Saturday
and Sunday at the M. A. MILFORD
home.
Mrs. F. Barfknecht returned to her
home at Dale, Wis, Monday after a
weeks visit here with her daughter,
Mrs. M. A. MILFORD.
Top prices paid for fresh eggs now
as in the summer time. Bring them
iii and get the cash. Curtis Johnson,
buyer for Wis. Dairy Co., St. Paul.
adv.
Mgr. Sherburne is offering a Christ
mas turkey for the highest score
bowled during the interval from Dec.
LIST. Walter Elliott now leads with a
% score of 231.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wears and
children returned to their home in
Minneapolis Sunday after few days
visit at the home of Mrs. Wears par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Green.
Mr.. andMrs. ]. B. Smith, who have
conducted a grocery store on the cor
ner opposite the elevators for numb
er of years, have sold the building,
stock and business to Mrs John Iver-
son, formerly of Gilman.-Spring Val
ley Sun.
The daughter of Premier Glenn
enceau of France is in this country.
She is to visit in Durand in a short
time, the birthplace of her mother,
who was Miss Mary Plummer before
her marriage to the French statesmen.
Ellsworth Record.
Calvin Hammond, of River Falls,
visited his grandmother, Mrs. Anna
Hammond, here over Sunday. Calvin
left Monday to visit his sister, Mrs
Willard Ford, at Appleton, and ex-
poets to attend Lawrence university
the balance of the school year.-Pierce
County Herald.
Announcements of the marriage of
Miss Nelina Nelson, a sister of Mrs
Chas. Hepburn of this place, and Jno
Sauber of Pennington, Mimi, were re-
ceived here this week. Their marriage
took place on Thursday, Nov. 27.
They will make their home in Farm
ington-Baldwin Bulletin.
The new train schedule on the local
branch went into effect Monday, Civ
ing River Falls but one passenger
train each way on week days, and no
train on Sundays. The trains run on
the old morning and evening schedule.
The freight runs as before, but a
rush of business makes it's schedule
an uncertain one.
Baldwin's new fire siren was in
stalled last week and was given try
out Thanksgiving afternoon. 1t is
located on a sixty foot steel tower
just east of the pumping station near
the opera house and for the present
will be operated from box on the
south wall of the pump house. Later
a switch will be installed in the tele-
phone central so that time can be saw
ed in giving fire alarms.-Baldwin
Bulletin.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Peterson, who
have built a new home at River Falls,
during the past year, moved to River
Falls last week, where they will re-
side in the future. Their son Carl
will work the farm the coming year.
A number of their friends gathered at
their home one evening before their
departure and treated them to fare
we'll party, when very enjoyable
evening was reported by all.-Bald-
win Bulletin.
At the annual meeting of the Pierce
County Central Fair and Stock Elk
change last Wednesday the following
officers were reelected for the ensu-
ing year: W. L. Gilman, president; E
w. Campbell, vice-president; o. A