River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-03-07


Don't miss the wall paper bargains
at Rasmussen's.
Now is the time to have that new
awning put up by G. Carssch &
Sons.
Trinity Guild will meet with Mrs.
H. B. Vlieland Wednesday, March
Is, at 2:30 p. m.
Miss Gertrude Cairns of Ellsworth
visited with her brother, DR.. R. U.
Cairns, Wednesday.
Miss Grace Weirs of Boardman
spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Thayer.
Mrs. Frank Finn gave a five
O'Clock tea Tuesday for a small
number of her lady friends.
Mr.. Gustavson of White Rock, S.
D., arrived in the city Saturday eve
ming on a visit to Walter Johnson,
returning home Sunday.
Your chance is good only to the
end of next week if you expect to
save money in buying furniture.
Call at once and buy at bargain
at Rasmussen S.
Help yourself to bargains in fur
niture, carpets, rugs, and in fact
anyt hing you may want for house
furnishings at Rasmussen's. This
is your last chance.
Seats for the last number on the
Peoples Lecture Course will be on
sale this week Saturday at 1880 a.
m. at Taggart's. Secure your
place in line by drawing number
early.
Next week Friday, March Is, the
boys of the high school will COM
pete in oratory at the M. E. church
for the honor of representing our
school in the league contest. Don't
make mistake in the date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Tanning re-
turned to their home in Minneapolis
Tuesday, after spending about three
weeks with friends and relatives in
this city. S. Shella and K. L. Lien
accompanied them to the Twin Cit
les for a days visit.
The Christian Endeavor Society
will give sleigh ride and sociable
tomorrow (Friday) evening at the
home of the Martin brothers. The
sleigh will leave the Congregational
church at o'clock.
Make no common error. Keep
your eye glued on "15." March Is
is the date of the annual high school
oratorical contest at the M. E..
church at 800 o'clock in the even
ing. q cents admission; any seat
in the house.
The 21st annual closing Wiscon-
sin Farmers Institute and Mid
winter Fair will be held at Mauston,
March IL, Is and IA. Supt. Geo.
McKerrow of Madison will be in
charge. An excursion rate of fare
~
and one-third for round trip tickets
from all points in Wisconsin has
been granted by the railroads.
The salary of the city delivery
man was recently raised from $50
to $500 month. Besides the long
hours and the necessity of hiring
help which often occurs, the employ
ment is a severe wear on the horses
which must be replaced at frequent
intervals. In most instances the
raise" was assented to without a
word of remonstrance by the mer-
chants who contribute towards the
delivery mans salary, all recogniz-
ing the fact that the work and ex-
pense involved surely deserve NOR e
compensation than has heretofore
been awarded.
The Dunn County News, in con-
nection with an announcement of
an entertainment by the Skovgaard
Concert Co., held in Menomonie last
Tuesday, prints an interesting let
ter from Alex. Skovgaard which
gives in detail the history of his vio-
lin. The instrument is a Stradivar
ius-made by the most famous of
all violin makers, Antonio Stradi-
varius. Mr.. Skovgaard found it in
the British Museum and recognizing
its great value, purchased it for the
sum of $4,000. This seems an
enormous sum to pay for fiddle
and the purchase appears still more
like a "frenzied finance" specula-
ton when we read that up to the
time Mr.. Skovgaard took possession
of it-nearly 200 years after it was
made-it had never been used. The
Skovgaard Concert Company had
made ARRANGEMENTS to visit River