15 years ago

THE PRESCOTT JOURNAL

March 16, 2009

Obituary: County Board member and Baldwin-Woodville High School Ag Teacher William James Gilles, on March 17 at St. Paul.

Some headlines

Journal to sponsor Mortgage Seminar

High school students testify at state capitol

School Board approves calendar for 2009-10

March 19, 2009

Quote of the Week:

“I make an effort to have each piece look right, and also to make them strong. I want there to be a capriciousness to it.”—Artist John Turula on his pieces currently on display at the Freedom Park Learning Center

25 years ago

THE PRESCOTT JOURNAL

April 15, 1999

School asks for $23.8 million

New high school tops district’s list

By R. E. Herman

The Prescott School Board in special session decided to ask voters for approval on four different issues in a special election set for May 18.

Three of those decisions will involve the construction of a new high school and a swimming pool that would be used by the entire community.

Pierce County moves step closer to jail levy

By R. E. Herman

The Pierce County Board took a formal step toward seeking relief from the cost of operating a new jail within the restraints of a levy freeze that was implemented prior to the construction of the jail.

The board passed a resolution last month that made a formal request that the State of Wisconsin excluded county jail operating costs from the tax levy rate limit.

50 years ago

PIERCE COUNTY HERALD

April 18, 1974

Declaring Clean Up Week April 27 through May 6, the Village of Ellsworth was asking residents to make a “special effort” at cleaning up their properties. As such, refuse was to be placed in containers at the curb and would be picked up “free of charge.”

85 years ago

THE RIVER FALLS JOURNAL

April 13, 1939

Bestsellers available at the library:

Fiction: All This And Heaven Too; Rebecca; Seasoned Timber; Gone With The Wind; Disputed Passage; The Case of The Perjured Parrot; The Adventure of Christopher Column; Three Harbors; The Land is Bright; Address Unknown; Song of Years; The Yearling

General: Reaching for the Stars; A Peculiar Treasure; With Malice Toward Some; Grandma Called it Carnal; Listen! The Wind

130 years ago

THE WEEKLY PRESS

Published at Maiden Rock

March 28, 1894

The Office of President, a Source of Danger

If anyone doubts the expediency of modifying our form of government by revising the constitution so as to abolish the senate and the office of president let him carefully study the present administration. The general supposition is that, the government is of the people for the people and by the people; but politicians smile at this idea for they well know that it is a government of the caucus, by the caucus and for the members of the caucus!…The framers of the constitution evidently did not anticipate the time when the men employed to execute the duties of the federal government would number a hundred thousand and that the appointment of every man* depended directly and indirectly on the pleasure of the president…It ought to be apparent to all well wishers of our government that here lies a danger which ought to be removed by modifications of the constitution.

*Spoils system.

155 years ago

PIERCE COUNTY HERALD

April 15, 1869

Abroad:

Civil war is raging in Mexico.

It is reported that Lopez has ceded Paraguay to the United States.

A Few Hints

By Henry Ward Beecher

Some improprieties and mistakes into which young people fall might possibly be prevented if more frequent hints are given in newspapers. There are thousands of young men and women who have no other source of instruction.

A Court House

1. Morse, of River Falls, closes his letter in the Journal of the 9th instant (April 9) with a few reflections the latter of which are in reference to a Court House, and as follows:

“If we should erect a fair, substantial edifice for that purpose, and erect it in the present season, I believe it would do no more than the positive wants of the county require. The County Seat is a fixture, for the present, at least, and nothing but a railroad, or an earthquake at the center, will ever cause its removal. The latter danger is not, perhaps, imminent. The former is a question of time and fortune, and though time is certain, it is indefinite, and fortune is ever fickle…”