River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-07-01

consin next fall and combined with
the advertising courses now given at
the university. The J. Walter Thomp-
son firm, which has been conducting
for several years two-year training
course to educate its workers fur its
various branches has requested Prof.
e. III. Gardner, head of the advertis-
ing course at the university, to take
over their training course and develop
it along with his courses into thor
ough advertising training.
Green Bay-Among the relics of the
Register of Deeds Office of this city is
deed written in French by Robert
Irwin. Jr., November 10, 1928. The
deed was filed by Monsieur Dominique
Du Charme of Brown county, territory
of Michigan and records the sale of
several Thousand acres Of land, pur-
chased from three Indians for the
grand sum of three barrels of rum and
one barrel of tobacco.
Platteville--Dale Dickens, a young
man, 10 years of age, was fatally in
jured in the North Unity mine, when
a boulder fell on him. The unfor-
tunate lad was brought at once to the
hospital here, for treatment, but he
lost consciousness from loss of blood,
and passed away a few hours later.
Both limbs were horribly crushed and
internal injuries caused his death.
Burlington-The price of an acre Of
land for the sod on it was realized by
George Ella, farmer, when he sold the
sod on ten acres to Milwaukeeans for
500 an acre. The concern is cutting
the sod and hauling it to Milwaukee
by truck. The high price was paid be-
cause it was the only grass to be
found near Milwaukee that was free
from dandelions.
Appleton - Several members OF
Lawrence college faculty and a num-
Der OF students are preparing to spend
the summer in Chautauqua work in
the Middle West. The first to leave
will be an octet of men from Law
renee Glee club, who will tour several
states under the management of one
of the largest Chautauqua companies
in the country.
Green Bay-St vincent's hospital,
the first of three large hospitals to be
built in Green Bay, has added a
nurses training course in order TO
provide the institution with additional
trained nurses. Lectures and clinics
will be features of the new course.
This hospital was started in 1888, and
its buildings now occupy one-half OF
city block.
Madison-Mis NJ Ada Turner, for
over sixteen years physical director
and state field director at the school
for the blind at GAINESVILLE has been
appointed as training assistant for
blind soldiers under the federal board
vocational education law. She as
sumed her new duties at once. Her
field will be Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
Marinette-The home of John Las
kowski near Beaver caught fire in tie
roof. The owner, with his two daugn-
tiers, Frances and Matilda, succeeded
in saving the structure. The two girls
mounted the roof and acted as a
bucket chain in throwing water on the
flames, the father passing the water.
The fire was extinguished with small
loss.
Oshkosh-Philip Dewey Lampert,
Youngest son of Representative Flori-
an Lampert,. Oshkosh, was graduated
from the United States naval academy
at Annapolis as full-fedged midshin-
man and prospective admiral. Two
older sons of the Oshkosh congress.
man were graduated from West Point
in former years.
Manitowoc-Ten-yea Mary VIII
lard was lost. The police were noti-
fed and a city-wide search started. 1t
developed that the child had gone to
an entertainment WITH her grand
mother and the latter had left her In
the opera house. The child had fallen
asleep and the grandmother returned
home, forgetting all about little Mary.
Monroe-The physician by airplane
is the novel, UP to date method en-
ployed by Dr. Carl Schneider in trip
from Freeport to this city. The actual
flying time for the distance was 16
minutes, less than mile minute.
The rail and wagon road distance is
considered to be about twenty-five
miles.
Green Bay-The oil tanker Renown
arrived in this port with 100000 gal
Ions of gasoline for the Standard Oil
company. The station here was short
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