River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-03-01

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vile died of pneumonia Monday.
Stop in and let us show you some
thing new in washing machine. {.
Carisch & Son.--adv.
Miss Winifred Winans, librarian at
the Eau Claire Normal school, was
guest of Miss Elizabeth Fleming
| Sunday.
| DIR. and Mrs. E. J. Mack, from
Manitoba, Can, spent the past week
here visiting at the home of the form
er's brother, DR.. J. F. Mack.
o. A. Sheldrew, of the j. w. Allard
store force, had the misfortune to
fall and braak his left arm, just
above the wrist, last Saturday eve
| ming.
Norton Johnson, who had been with
the American troops at Coblentz, Ger
many, the past two years, has return
ed to his home in Saltwater with a
Belgian bride.
Be sure and step into WenzeIs
White Front Grocery. See the spec
ial demonstration of soap chips, also
| special prices. All day Saturday,
March 3.-adv.
H. E. Simpson, of the A. w. Lund
Co., suffered painful bruise one
day last week when heavy piece of
iron fell from shelf and struck
him on the temple.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Dele, who had
been spending couple of months
with their son at Yakima, Wash,
visited from Wednesday until Monday
here with their son Curtis and fam
lily. They were enroute to their
home at Rolfe, Iowa.
A unique demonstration is being
conducted by the C. Carisch & Son
agency by a Mr.. Wills, who will
bring a machine to any River Falls
home and demonstrate his company's
washing machine. See their adv.
elsewhere in this paper.
James Larson's auction, on the Otto
Schorn farm, last Friday was a great
success, practically every offering be-
ing sold at good price by Auction
eer Robt. Reynolds. Mr.. Larson will
move onto the Joe Rolling place, just
east of Kramer Field, this spring.
E. C. Roberts, Optometrist will be
at Gladstone Hotel, River Falls Mon
day, Mar. 5th. Glasses fitted that
will relieve all Eyestrain that causes
Headache, Dizziness, Floating Spots,
| Nervousness, Sore and Infiammed
eyes, Cross Eyes, Cataract, etc.-adv.
Steven J. Dunn, aged AZ, was
caught between two box cars and
crushed to death at Dresser Junction
while his train was switching in the
yards there early on the morning Of
| Feb. 18. Dunn is survived by his
wife and four children, and his aged
mother.
James Kelly had a narrow escape
Tuesday morning when a tree, which
was being cut down by workmen, fell
squarely across his bob-sled as he
| was driving into town on the west
Side. The sled was demolished, but
Mr.. Kelly escaped with only few
scratches on his face.
The Indiana house of representa-
tives Monday passed the senate bill
to prohibit all commercialized sports
on Memorial day, including the an
nual 500-mile race at the Indian
apolis motor speedway. The bill now
goes to the governor for his action.
The vote of the house was SO to 80.
Spring Valley and Elmwood are
great rivals. They are always so anx-
ious to "get at each other" that after
the blizzard of last week five men
started out from the Valley and des-
pite the handicap of great drifts they
opened the road between Shc two VII
lagos in as minutes, according to the
Spring Valley Sun.
A newly organized orchestra at
Spring Valley is comprised of the fol-
lowing players: Lee Herold, manag-
err, Clarence Lille, Joe Kahut, Lyle
Pence, Carl Peterson, Mark Bailey
and Mrs. F. R. Moore. All but Mrs.
Moore, pianist, and Mr.. Bailey, traps,
play saxaphones, and the orchestra is
called the "Sax Jazzers."
Harold Green of this city, Harry
Horning of Maiden Rock, Frank
Claus of Plum City and Joe Martin
of Diamond Bluff were listed as hav-
ing received fox bounties in Pierce
county recently. Green, Horning and
Martin each got one fox and CLAUS
had four. The county and state each
pay So a head as bounty, making a
total of 81 for each fox.
The ten ton tractor and snow pillow