Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-05-11
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|hteTestIng News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
leader IN HIS PROFESSION

Death of Gustaf GuIIberg, Stockholm
~ Journalist, Great Loss to Sweden.
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In the death Of Gustaf Gullberg
Btockholm, as well as Sweden, has
Icst one of its most efficient newspa-
Der men. He was for a number of
A5ears the editor and publisher Of the
Dtockholm Tidningen and was a real
Giend of the United States. Instead
~ always criticising America, like the
4verage Swedish newspaper does, he
.Upheld American institutions and
made several visits to the United
8tates. He was a representative of a
6yndicate of papers at the worlds
mir in Chicago and his reports were
olways characterized for their fair
ness. Gullberg was born in Malmo in
&B69. At the age of twenty he de
<ided that he would enter the the
otrical world and SO he did, following
mis- avocation for about three years.
He soon tired of this profession, now.
4eer, and entered the newspaper pro.
1ession, in which he at once felt at
1cme and in which he afterwards
made such a splendid success. He
mad published the Stockholm Tidnin.
zen since 1906 and the paper is today
one of the leading and enterprising
ally newspapers of Stockholm.
Swedish hospitality is on a down
Ward grade" comments a prominent
journalist in recent article in one
~ the Stockholm papers. There was
u time," says the same writer, when
We were considered the most hospit-
able people in the world and in the
cry best society the hospitality was
oomething extraordinary, even so
nuch so that it was commented upon
4avorably by all foreigners. How diff
Brent now. If you care to get real
hospitality and eat at a real good ia.
BE you will have to turn to the mid
Ole class of society. They are hav-
Ing a better and more social time now
than they did before, for they are
maintaining the good old Swedish GUS
IONS. both at the table and at their
social gatherings generally. The up.
per crust of society, that is, the no
|bility and some of the professional
men, has grown continental in it's
manner Of living and eating, and this
is an unIimely sign for us Swedes of
the old school,"
The movement to restrict the at
tendance of children at the moving
picture theaters is gaining ground
every day Recently the school boards
of the elementary schools, as we'll as
the co-educational colleges of Sdertel
je, prohibited the attendance of their
students except when accompanied by
parents or guardians. This action is
taken because the shows are consid-
cred harmful to young people whose
character and morals are as yet in
process of formation.
King Gustaf has offered an inter
national athletic prize to the coming
winner of the fifty-yard dash at the
Olympic games which are to be held
in Stockholm next summer and the
'czar of Russia has offered a similar
prize for the winner in the hundred
yard dash. Much interest is being
evinced in the Oiympian games all
over the country and the executive
committee is hard at work making the
necessary preparations for the big
event
King Gustaf and Queen Victoria
were the guests of King Emmanuel
OF Italy at Rome for three days last
week The purport of their visit to
Rome was to be present at the ff-
tisth royal anniversary. They were
greatly feted in Rome and a number
Of functions and demonstrations were
given in their honor. Sweden was one
Of the first countries in the world to
recognize the new kingdom. which
was founded In 1861.
Franz Won Reichenau, the newly ap.
pointed German ambassador to Stock
holm. arrived April 10 to assume his
duties. William Cooper, formerly vice
eonsul in Archangel. has been appoint.
ID to the same position at Tsheran
Ind T. I. Soderlund has been appoint.
"a vice cousul in st. Petersburg.
Sweden consumed 1900 pounds of
DID and $4,000 pounds of silver for
pdustrial purposes in 1910. The gold
eposits at the Riksbank are s12,500.-
DO. Sweden has coined a total of
bout s23.0Oo.OO0 in gold coins and
out 100000 in subsidiary silver
ins.
Anders Zorn. the renowned Swedish
rtrait artist, who Is at present in
United States. has been named
feign representative of the French
ad~my of Arts to succeed Fritz Won
de.
Btockholm's population has In.
cnnsed by 1888 during the last year,