The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-04
Noted in Minneapolis.

ALT. Nelson, OF Chippewa Falls, WIS.,, mas
been visiting friends in this city during the
past week. ~
A Bible, dated 1744 and published by CLAUS
Nielsen, has been presented to the Augsburg
seminary library.
The newly organized lodge of the Daugh-
It's second meeting this evening to complete
the organization. The meeting will be held
at Dovre lodge hall, on Central avenue.
Next Sunday evening the Swedish society,
ton, SIS the Bible or Science Right on Those
Points on Which They Differ?" The society
has commodous quarters at 1918 Washington
avenue S.
It is announced that DR.. Victor Nilsson will
take charge of the evening school estab lished
by Israel Bergstrom, in the Bergund block,
Franklin and Seventeenth avenues S. Mr..
Bergstrom has accepted the call from the
Baptist church at Hudson, Wis. DR.. Nilsson
will continue the classes as before, on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
A concert. followed by a dance, will be
given this evening by the Viking Singing So
ciety, at Foresters' hail. POLL Washington
avenue N. The program will include num-
bers by the Sons Of Norway orchestra, Miss
Helga Jensen, violinist: Mrs. Svendsen, SO,
prano; Odin and Claudia Void, on musical
glasses; Axel I<ingelbach, tenor, and others.
In the Old and New Worlds.
Stockholm will soon have it's tenth theater.
Folkets' Illus is being remodeled into thea
Ibsens ''Peer Gypt" was performed at the
Theatre de rOeuvre, Paris, Dec. 1920, but
with what success has not been announced.
Word has been received in Gotheborg,
Sweden, that Frederick Toy of that city has
been condemned and shot as rebel by the
British at Colesburg, South Africa.
The Norwegian storthing is discussing a law
for the restriction Of debate. The members
are not very enthusiastic over the measure,
as unrestricted debate quite suits them.
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Christiania, Norway, to the United States
for the year 1901 aggregated $500, 900, the prin
| cipal items being wood pulp and cod live]
! oil. +
perintendent of the Swedish military academy
! is dead, at the age Of 46 years. He was rec.
| ognized as one of the ablest military men II
the country.
Northern museum was won by a farmers
son, who lives near NOrberg in Vestmann-
land. He says that he will buy an estate
with his fortune. ...j
| high will be raised on the grave of Arthur
Eazelius, the founder Of Skansen, the mos
| wonderful outdoor museum in the world, ant
| the Northern museum.
| Miss Beata Frunck Stockholm's oldest in.
habitant, died recently at the age Of 10
| years. Mrs. Sofia Selander, born Nov. 8, 1902
succeeds to the honor which venerable Mis-:
Frunck has relinquished.
! Princess hdIduJd, tue leduef OIL Iue opli'
itualistic cult in Sweden, has been sued by
her father, L. O. Smith, the well-knowr
wholesale merchant of Stockholm, to recover
| 80, 220 kroner, which he has loaned her.
| The BONNER literary prize, amounting t
! 5000 kroner, has been awarded. 1t haf
been decided that the whole prize should b.
awarded to Hjalmar Soderberg, whose book
Martin Bricks Ungdom,' was the literary
sensation of the year.
| Arvid Johansson, the Swedish marine paint
| er, on commission Of the naval ministry Of
| France, has painted a scene showing the
car and his family on a steam yacht. al
! Helsngor. The painting will be presented
| to Grand Duke Alexis.
Robert Forsberg, a wealthy merchant OF
Stockholm, has left liberal sums to various
charities, including $4,000 kroner to the home
association, and 10000 kroner to the CONNER
cial travellers association.
Cleophas Halvorsor; who settled near Be-
lott Wis, fifty-eight years ago, and was q
pioneer from the days when OK carts were
the only means OF transportation died on his
| farm last week at the advanced age Of SS
He came from Macs, in Hollingdal, Norway,
| where he was born July 4, 1913.
There is great demand in America for for
est tree seed, especially pine and spruce. Re
peated trials have shown the seed to be
! unusually hardy and productive, and the seed
| houses of the United States are willing tc
take all they can get, although the prices are
higher than for first-class seed in America.
The last meeting of the Left Erikson Monu-
ment Society," which recently presented sta
ne of the daring Viking to Chicago was held
last Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. E. Olsen, the president Mr.. Olsen was
presented with a handsome gold watch by the
directors Of the society. The society was
dissolved with festal ceremonies, music, songs
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