River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-14
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| from Saltwater yesterday.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lambert Simon of Oak Grove July 5.
A carload of new Fofds arrived
from Detroit Friday for the Raner
Auto CO.
Dry Cleaning, Pressing end repairs
ing. W;ll call and deliver. Deiss
Bros. Phone 231.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Williams went
to Scion Springs last week Tor g visit
with the Tubbs family.
7aspaid on First Mortgage Loans
on farm and city property in or near
River Falls. j. HI. Grimm
Warren Knowles, Jr., is visiting at
the home Of his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. Deneen, in Hammond.
Fair Ground Pavilion dance, Els
worth, Friday, July Is. Flanders Or
chestra. A cool, pleasant place to
dance.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. |. Lusk and Mrs.
Emile Covers motored to Owatonna,
Mimi, Saturday and visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rions.
Quite number from here attended
ball game in Ellsworth Sunday
The Menomonie Blue Caps had an
easy victory ever the Ellsworth team.
DIR. and Mrs. w. G. Fortune re-
turned home Tuesday evening from
Fair5ault, Mimi, where the Doctor
recently underwent surgical opera
ton.
The Railroad Rate Commission has
given the Burkhardt Electric Light
& Power Co. authority to increase its
rates in the villages of Baldwin, Ham
mond and Woodville.
Judge Scion L. Perrin of the Sup
erior court at Superior, last week rem
dered decision that "the mere pos
session of liquor is not crime UNI
der the Wisconsin statutes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Durrin and
daughter, Shirley Gente, and Mr.. Dur
rims mother, Mrs. c. H. Durrin, OF
Minneapolis, spent Saturday and Sun
day at the home of Mrs. w. S. Arm
strong.
Professor and Mrs. Howard b.
Wills of WATERFOWL, Wis.,, and theii
little sons, Robert Emmett and James
Howard, are spending some weeks at
at the home of Mrs. Wills grand
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Linehan.
Monday evening Mrs. A. Caldwell,
on Route 2, was happily surprised to
have a phone call to meet her son, M.
L. Miller, in town. He is an overseas
boy, and has been under government
care in hospitals since last A,ril, but
has been temporarily discharged.
Mrs. w. S. Armstrong and brother,
VIM. Carleton left Tuesday morning
to visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
! O. C. O'Hearn in Melrose. After
short visit there Mr.. Carleton will
visit his old home at Coloma, and
other places in the southern part OF
the state. ~ s
Those who put up the guarantee
for the chautauqua at Prescott mao
to make good on a considerable de-
ficiency between the sum guaranteed
and the amount collected for adm IS
sions. The Tribune says that the COM
mittee is not apt to sign up again UNI
less a different kind of contract is
submitted.
In the prize award at Prescott the
Fourth Miss Elaine Christensen of
this city won the Ford touring car,
| Stephen Huppert of Clifton won the
| Victrola and Mason Booth of st. Paul
won the gold watch. The prize waltz
awards were given to Mrs. John Fink
/ and Mr.. Richard Hanson Of Ellsworth.
Each received SO pair Of oXfords,
donated by Eichman & Son.
| Russell Johnson, aged nine, OF
Stockholm, was instantly killed July
3. He fired a toy cap pistol in hole
in barrel which formerly held gaso-
line. The barrel exploded, killing the
little boy instantly. His mother, Mrs.
Edward A. Johnson was very i'll at the
time of the accident and was not
notified until the following day. She
died few hours after being told of
her sons death.
Robt. Ellis and j. E. Jones of Hud-
son visited in the city yesterday:
Thieves made an attempt to steal a
! BUICK car from Mr.. Ellis salesrooms
in Hudson sometime during Monday
night. One of the two new cars in
the place had good battery and no
gasoline. The other had gasoline
but no battery. The burglars used a
coal chisel and hammer to smash a
hole in the filled gas tank and trans
ferred the gas from that into the 9TH
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