River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-04
Local News


Fred Covers was down from st.
Paul over Sunday.
Miss Mary Baldwin of st. Paul is
visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. L. Pomeroy and son of Ingram
are visiting relatives here.
The next dance at Prescott Pavilion
will be Friday night, Nov. 5th.-adv.
1922
Mr.. and Mrs. Orson Pratt of Mime
apolis are spending the week at the
home of the formers mother, Mrs.
Grace Pratt.
Anne Hooking Smith is in Els
worth directing the staging of a home
talent minstrel show, to be given
there Nov. 10 and II.
The passenger train on the local
branch, it is reported, will change
it's afternoon schedule to leave here
for Hudson a half hour later.
e. B. Carisch of River Falls is
having many Improvements made to
his cottage OH Lake Street. A new
kitchen is being added.-Prescott Tri-
bune.
Mrs. Mary Pratt has sold her house
on So. Main st. to Mrs. S. A. Henkle
Of Minong. Mrs. Henkle expects to
move here about the 10th Of this
month.
Armistice Day will be celebrated in
River Falls with a big dance in the
Co. a. Armory. Remember the
date-next Thursday, Nov. II, and
plan to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Elertson, Mrs.
Curtis Johnson, Miss Josephine john
son and Severt Johnson attended the
funeral Of their sister-in-law, Mrs.
Melvin Johnson, at st. Paul Tuesday.
The city has installed a big electric
light en- the high school gridiron for
the use Of the city football team and
Mgr. Clark's crew practice there
every night, coached by Capt. MGR
row.
Dick Osborn and Max Sherburn
have the best duck hunting report. OF
any of the local nimrods who have
been out this fall. They bagged the
limit last week on a lake near Clam
Falls.
Toby Halyorson, freed from the
charge of stealing butter. from the
Cornell creamery, has been re-arrest-
ed on the charge of stealing II tubs
of butter from the Withee creamery
on Sept. End.
The Stevens Point Normal team,
which plays here fer the northern
conference title tomorrow, defeated
Superior Normal last Saturday 10 to
z. River Falls beat Superior three
weeks ago 7 to O.
The second anniversary Of the close
of the World War-Thursday, Nov.
Twill be celebrated in River Falls
with big dance given at the Co. "A"
Arr1lory by the local Post OF the
American Legion. Don't miss it.
Miss Elizabeth ApRoberts and Rev.
F. C. Page were married October 49,
1920, at Watertown, S. D. They Will
make their home at Garden City, S. D.
Mrs. Herman Halsted left last
Thursday to visit her parents at Bal
timore, Md.
The entire student body of the local
Normal school rushed down to the IL
o'clock train Friday morning to greet
the La Crosse football squad, but the
visiting team had come up on the Bur-
lington and drove over from Prescott
about an hour later.
Those who sent photos of service
men for publication in the BOOK,
"Pierce County In The World war,
nav receive them at the Journal office
next Saturday. A representative VIII
be here that day to distribute them.
Don't forget to call.
Many from here plan to attend the
Wisconsin Minnesota football game
at Minneapolis Saturday. otto Eg-
gebrecht, former football and basket
ball star at the River Falls Normal
is scheduled to play an end position on
the Wisconsin team.
Mrs. VIM, Houston will leave sat
IT,
urday to spend the winter IN Texas.
She will be accompanied by Mr.. ana
Mrs. Newell Powell and daughter
Miss Merriam, of Minneapolis, VINO
arrived here yesterday to assist her
in preparing for the trip.
Miss Vera Caroline Meier, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Meier, and Her
man August Eichman, both OF YAK
Grove. were united in marriage at
st. Johns church, Oak Grove, on
Wednesday, Oct. q, the Rev. w. r.
Diehl oficiating-Prescott Tribune.