River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-10-27

| New Richmond.
| Mrs. C. Paw and son left yester-
day for Petersburg, la.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. L.
G. Rogers of this city Sunday, Oct
%, 1921.
Mrs. Ophelia White left last Friday
to visit Mrs. Eugene Stearns at Wynd
mere, N. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. E H. CurTier returned
| home last Thursday from their ran.'i
at Lindsay, Mont.
Mrs. ". F. Smith left Monday to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Snod-
grass, at GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Sheldrew spent
Sunday at the home of the latter's
brother in Rock Elm.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Finn and son
Bertram visited at the VIM. Henry
home in Cylon Sunday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Byrne Lowell of the town of Riv-
er Falls Thursday, Oct. 20, 1921.
Dance at the PRESCOTT PAvIL-
ION Friday evening, Oct. %. Music
by Lite Johnnie's 0rchestra.-adv.
Mrs. George Mason and Mrs. John
Larson and three sons, of Hammond
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs
c. A. Smith Saturday.
Baird & Green have rented the
garage formerly occupied by Weiss
Bros, and are now located there
| See their ad. in this paper.
Lars A. Larson of Beldenville had
the misfortune to break his right leg
in runaway accident which occurred
on EN- street in this city last Friday
afternoon.
Married Folks Dance. Friday, Nov.
IA. Come and dance the Old Time
Dances to the music of Little John
nies Orchestra, with your old time
friends, at the Fair Ground Pavilion
at Extraordinarily.
DR.. Williams, coach of the Min
nesota football team, entertained his
players at a chicken dinner at his
summer home in Prescott Sunday. He
took this occasion to inform them
that they had a good chance to defeat
Wisconsin at Madison Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smith of Rt. 3,
are rejoicing over the arrival of
baby daughter, born to them Satur-
day, Oct %. Both mother and daugh-
ter are doing nice,y.-Stillwater Mes
senger. Mrs. Smith is daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Judd, formerly Of
this city.
A few copies of the aircraft hear
ings covering about 1000 pages o.
printed testimony were delivered to
the writer as chairman of the COM
mittee after the conclusion of the
hearings. These hearings will be fur
nished to any high school or library
of the district making applications
without charge as long as the supply
lasts. Their principal value apart
from the subject matter is to indicate
| the methods of examination and re-
suits as set forth in the report made
| by the committee which accompaniee
| the hearings. Witnesses examined
included Secretary of War, Baker,
several Generals and lesser officer
connected with aircraft, including
General Mitchell of our own state
who had charge of fifteen hundred
| machines at the battle of st. Mihiel.
Testimony of Richenbacker and other
| aviators is also included in the he r.
| ings.
The growing destructiveness of
cancer among the adult population of
the world is receiving the attention of
health authorities. The death rate is
Increasing from year to year. The dis
| ease took 1924 lives in Wisconsin last
wear, and $4,000 in the United States.
1t seldom appears before the age of
| 20, and is most destructive between 35
| and SIS. At ages over 40, one in every
ten deaths are caused by cancer. Wis
consin through its state health de-
partment is meeting the situation with
facts which the people should know
in order to be able to recognize the
SYMPTOMS early enough to seek cure
before it is too late. "Too Late" has
signified the death knell in all fata'
cases of cancer. Many of the cases
are durable in early stages. In the
present state wide campaign on educa
ton the state board of health at Madi-
son is sending free literature. 1t Of
fers booklet, Cancer Facts Which
Every Adult Should Know" Receipt
of hundreds of requests for this book
let in October proves the widespread
desire to learn the facts about can
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Last week for the first time since