River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-07

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been graduated at Walter Reed hos
pital here. They were part OF the
famous class of 1918 consisting of 404
war nurses. All of them came here
when the war was at its height. When
returning transports after carrying
over fresh increments for Pershing's
army, were bringing back the terribly
wounded men from. the battlefields,
they remained at the famous Walter
Reed hospital and nursed these men
back to health.
Green Bay-W. S. Newbury, district
agricultural officer of the federal board
of vocational education has completed
arrangements with I'll. G. Gordon, who
has charge of the local office, to place
a number of former service men on
Brown county farms to study bee rais-
ing This is a new departure under
the jurisdiction Of the federal board,
but the work is of such an attractive
nature to those who like an outdoor
life that the positions are being
snapped up readily. 1t is expected
that at least rs war veterans will
study this line of employment.
Green Bay-President Harding has
been invited by the Oneida Indians to
attend celebration marking the Tooth
anniversary of the coming of the tribe
to Wisconsin, which will be held here
Aug. 2-5, in connection with the Green
Bay historical pageant. Dennison
Wheelock, who is acting as the spokes-
man for the Indians, has forwarded an
invitation to the executive urging his
presence here during the festival.
Other members of the cabinet and all
state officials have been asked to come
here as guests of the Indians.
Madison-This is honeymoon time
at the state capitol. More than five
| hundred visitors a day registered in
| the guide room during June and ac-
cording to the capitol guides no small
number have been couples on their
wedding trips. So far this year the
record of 1852 in one day last August
has not been broken. OF the 1,152
that registered on that day there were
representatives of twenty-five states
and three foreign countries. The beau
ties of Wisconsin's capitol makes 1T an
objective for the newly married OF this
and nearby states.
Prairie du Sac-A big celebration
| was held at Prairie du Sac in honor
of the opening of the new bridge
across the Wisconsin river, which was
recently completed to take the place
| of the old toll bridge. Citizens or
Dane, Columbia and Sank counties
were present to celebrate the event.
Baraboo and Prairie du Sac bands
rendered musical selections and
speeches were made by, Gov. Blaine
/ and Attorney William Ryan of Mad
ison
4 Appleton-Plans are being prepared
/ by the retail merchants division of
Appleton Chamber of Commerce for a
community building here which is to
contain stock sales pavilion, comfort
j and rest rooms, locker rooms, chill
dren's play room, an immense audi
| torium and an enclosed area for pic
MICS. Efforts now are being made to
i find a site, centrally located. which
will provide adequate space for out
door farm sales and gatherings.
Green Bay-The annual swarm OF
Green Bay flies has descended upon
the city in such numbers it has been
i found necessary to turn off the cur
rent on the city's new ornamental
! lighting system early at night. The
flies. similar to "darning needles" are
| peculiar to this section. They come
from the bay and live only a few
| hours. having no mouth and dying
from starvation.
La Crosse Preparations are being
made to open Is free camp sites for
4 automobile tourists in La Crosse coun.
ty. Each site will be marked and have
water. benches and tables. All sites
will be on main travelled highways, al
points selected for their scenic attrac
| lions.
Benjamin Trailing, aged AZ
years, proprietor of cheese factory
at Surfing. in the western section OF
1 Oconto county, met almost instant
/ death when, in attempting to repair
the boiler of his factory, the large
iron door, weighing several hundred
! pounds, toppled over crushing his
| chest He bled to death before ply
stefan arrived.
Barron-C Chiefly as result of the
state potato show, Barron county farm
ers have sold 10000 bushels of certi
fed seed potatoes. The raising of Ger
tiled seed potatoes in Barron county
will exceed that Of any other season
this year because of the desire Of
farmers to adopt the certified stock fol