River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-03-20
Local News

down from Minneapolis from Friday
to Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Fable and daughter,
Miss Frances, were out from Hud-
son yesterday.
Wanted-A second cook and a
chambermaid, at Hotel Gladstone,
at once.--adv.
Ed. Daley, who is stationed at
Fl. Sheridan, was home on a furlough
the first of the week.
G. R. Taggart has moved his drug
store stock back to the old stand.
the building having been entirely
remodeled and redecorated since the
fire, and now provide a convenient
and most attractive display for the
goods.
Joe (Stub) Thurston, who recent
ly returned from overseas. was out
from Ellsworth to attend the Fire
mems dance Monday night. Joe
intends to return to the service, and
plans to join a Coast Artillery unit
on the Pacific coast.
Percy Symes, who had been visit
ing at the home of his parents here
since returning from overseas, left
Monday no resume his tailor business
at Mossbank, Canada. His wife.
who had been with relatives while
he was in the service, will join him
at Mossbank.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Rupert have
received word from their son Joe,
who is with the 7th Division in
France, stating that he doesn't ex-
pect to get home before next June.
He was in the hospital, with the
mumps, for short time, but is now
in good health.
John E. Howard has joined the
Auditorium orchestra at Saltwater,
and the Saltwater Messenger says:
''The music at the Auditorium has
greatly improved under his leader
ship and that is saying a good deal
because the old combination there
was mighty good"
Edward S. Graves, one of Hudson's
most respected citizens, a resident
of Hudson for nearly half a century,
an expert accountant, and trusted
employee of the Omaha Ry. Co. for
period of As years, died at his
home March 10, 1919, at the age of
70 years. Hudson Star Observer.
The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
advises farmers that ito obtain
maximum yields, SOW oats as early
as it is possible to get land into
satisfactory condition. This crop
grows best in cool weather, and
frequently is injured considerably
by few hot days when approaching
maturity, and light frost or even
severe freezes after the seed is
sown rarely Injuries it. /"
There will be two big auctions the
latter part of this week, at which
farmers from this vicinity should be
able to pick up some mighty good
bargains-today Thursday E. H.
Currier will hold a public sale on his
farm at the east edge of town, and
on the following Saturday Dwight
Flowers big stock of farm machin-
cry, etc., will be up for bids at the
farm just north of the city.
Mrs. C. G. Knowles and Mrs. c., P.
Short received word last week of the
tragic death of their nephew,
LlewIyn Simmons, which occurred
at Montevidio, MINI. He was hunt
ing with two companions when one
of them accidentally discharged an
automatic shotgun, the entire
charge striking Llewelyn in the face
and he died a few hours later. c..
w. Simmons, grandfather of the
deceased, resided in this CITY many
years ago when he operated Shorts
mill.
By way of welcome to Dwight E.
Flower, who has sold his farm near
River Falls and who will take his
Holstein herd to Kansas, the
Mulvane (Kan.) News says: eve
have long maintained that Mulvane
offers the best possible location for
the legitimate breeding Of Register
ed cattle of any place in the West.
The coming of Mr.. D. E. Flower
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