Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-23

| schools, Minister of Agriculture Ole
Hansen 10 a farmer, and Wilhelm Lars
son. minister of finance, and Siguard
Berg. minister of the interior are both
editors of country newspapers.
The Scandipa Wan club Of the Chica-
60 university, which was recently or
ganized, is giving series Of entertain
ments OF an intellectual character dur
| ing the present season. The club re-
Gently gave a peer Gynt" evening.
which was attended by lovers of Nor
| wegian literature. A paper was read
by Professor A. j. Rosholt, of Luther
college, DEBORAH la.
"Good Citizens League" is the
name of an organization which was
| recently started in Appleton, Mimi
for the purpose of suppressing vice
and crime in that vicinity. The Of
ficers of the league are L. G. Rosen-
krants. president; Il. Christensen, vice
president; Sivert Petersen, secretary,
and b. Il. Kingsley. cashier.
Charles w. Kohlsaat. of Chicago,
who was the recent Worlds fair com
missioner TO Sweden and Norway. is
mentioned as a candidate TO succeed
W. w. Thomas, present United States
minister to Norway and Sweden. 1t
is believed that in the event that Mr..
Thomas is TO be replaced that Mr..
Kohlsaat will be appointed
John II. Lindgren, cashier of the
state bank of Chicago, and Swedish
Norwegian vice consul, has been made
knight OF Vasa. Mr.. Lindgren is
graduate of Yale university and has
been connected with the State hank Of
Chicago since 1879, when he, together
with II. A. Hangar, started the afore-
mentioned bank.
Governor John "A. Johnson, of Min
neapolis, is a Swede. and Governor
To-Be Davidson of Wisconsin, is q
james Davidson of Wisconsin, is
Norwegian, Like Sweden and Nor
way the two states adjoin each other
and singularly enough the majority OF
the inhabitants of these two states are
Scandinavians.
Christiania has at present 26S prac-
ticing physicians. In 1918 there were
only ninety physicians. Thus II Is
shown that the doctors are keeping
pace with the population. In this con-
nection it may be stated that 1900
people were vaecinated last month In
Christiania, consequently the doctors
were busy.
Through his engagement to the
| Countess Giarcinta RuspoIi. the emil
nent inventor Of wireless telegraphy,
| Henry Marconi, will become relative
Of King Oscar. An aunt of the
countess Is viz, a widow of Prince Ma
pOleon Karl Bonaparte, who Is sec
end cousin Of King Oscar.
Commodore H. p. Roths, one of the
oldest officers In the Danish navy. died
q few days ago at his home In Copen-
hagen, aged 90 years. During the wars
| Of "a he was commander Of the Danish
battleship Rolf Krake." Commodore
Rothe was buried with military honors
week before last.
Professor Lars p. Swensson, III Al
bert Lea, Mimi, who during the past
eight years has been United States
minister to Denmark, will return to
Minnesota in March. President Roose-
welt has appointed as his successor At
torney James O'Brien, of Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Rev. Ludwig Holmes, of Providence.
X. l.. has written series of poems,
which have recently been published by
the Lutheran Augustana Book concern
In Rock Island, ILL., Mr. Holmes was
awarded the "literis ct artibus" medal
from King Oscar couple Of years ago.
The Swedish Republican club of
Paxton, ILL.,, will give Its annual ban
quet Feb Fl. The club has $50 mem
bers and has been in existence since
1908. States Attorney Harry Olson
Of Chicago, has been invited to deliver
the principal address of the evening.
Jacob A. Riis, the we'll known
Danish American writer and economist.
10 at present on lecture tour In Cali
fornia Mr. Riis 10 an intimate friend
| Of President Roosevelt and has for
years been close student of economic
! questions, both here and abroad.
Bjornson's "Daglannet" has made a
tremendous hit at Stockholm and has
proven one of the record breakers OF
| the season. Bjornson's plays seem to
increase in popularity in all European
capitals, especially in Berlin, Copen-
hagen and Stockholm.
Norway's oldest living inhabitant is
at present Johannes Larsen Rystad OF
| Berge parish, who Is 1861 years old.
The old gentleman is still enjoying re-
markable health and is even getting
some new teeth, which, OF course, he Is
very proud Of.
Otto Sverdrup. the Norwegian ex-
plorer, has emigrated to Cuba, where
| he will interest himself In the manu-
featuring business. Captain Sverdrup
accompanied DIR. Nansen during his at.
| tempt to reach the north pole.
The United Norwegian Lutheran
synod held its semi-annual conference
| In Chicago last week In the Covenant
English Lutheran church, corner OF
Iowa and Robey streets. About 80
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