Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-02-08
Of INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIAN
Recelt Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
SWEDISH OFFICERS IN PERSIA

SWEDISH OFFICERS IN PERSIA
Now Actively Engaged in Training
Soldiers of That Country-Norwe.
qian Government Gradually Securing
Control of the Water Power of Nor.
wsy-Danish Woman Explorer Re
turns From Expedition to LapIand.
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The Swedish officers who were sent
to Persia are now actively engaged in
training Persian soldiers in Teheran,
where a military academy has been
established A gendarme corps has
been organized, which will serve as an
escort to the officers during their eX-
petition to Shiras, in southeastern
Persia. Owing to the prevalence OF
robbers and highwaymeu all roads
leading to this territory have been
practically closed and the utmost pre-.
caution will, therefore, be taken by the
expedition. The purport of the expe'
dition will be t. clear that part of Per-
STA from robbers and h~ighwaymen and
some interesting guerrilla fights may
be looked for.
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Rumors are afloat to the effect that
Premier Staaf ~contemplates resigning,
He is reported to be in i'll health and
it is believed in many circles that it is
only a question of time until he viii
retire. In the event that his resigna.
ton will be forthcoming he will un'
doubtedly be succeeded by David
Bergstrom, at present minister OF
war. The latter has held prominent
positions in the Swedish cabinet for q
number of years and is a statesman
of great ability and experience.
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1t is an unusually severe winter in
Stockholm this year and there is conse
quently much suffering among the
poor and unemployed, more so, in fact
than during n previous year. A
number Of families are without food
and fuel and the most strenuous eff
forts on the part of charity organiza
lions have only served to cause tenn
porary relief. Should the winter con
tinue in severity for another month /
is feared that the suffering will be in
tense.
Madame Zorn, wife of the famou:
Swedish portrait painter, Anders Zorn
was recently the object of a pleasan
surprise given in her honor by the
citizens Of Mora, where the Zorn:
make their home. The function ar
ranged in her honor was given at thu
Mora high school on Jan 10. On thii
same occasion the Zorns sprung
counter surprise on the Mora citizens
by donating $4,000 crowns to the Nor;
high school.
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The iftieth anniversary of Sondags
Nisse, Sweden's Oldest fun paper, wa.
observed the other day. The pape
was established in 1862 by Gusta
Wahlbom and was first edited by Rein
hold Gothberg and later or by the il
resistible humorist, ]. G. Schultz. TIL,
paper has issued a very ~pretentious an
niversary number, which is brim full
of wit, fun and satire.
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The well known animal keeper an,
trainer, Carl Hagenbeck o Hamburg
Germany, c~ontemplates establishing
geological garden in Stockholm ad
Joining the open air museum "Skan
sen," provided he can secure the sane
ton of the Nordiska museum.
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were received from America durinI
the month of December and tn
amount was $500, 900. The number O
, the orders was only 10000 for tn
same month in 1910, but the amour
was a little larger.
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A French-Swedish bank with a cap
tai OF 10000, 900 francs will soon b
established in Stockholm, according {
, information given out by Governo
General Wennerholm. A branch Wi
also be established in Paris.
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Lieutenant Haggstrom, Captain o.
lander and Sergeant Anderson hav
been chosen as Sweden's represents
tives in the French ski tournament
which is to be held In Chamoni,
France, in the near future.
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Swedish churches in New York ar
: %iourishing. A correspondent make
, the statement that there are nftee
congregations of the Swedish Augusts
: ma synod within the territory q
Greater New York.
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In the cities of Stockholm, Gother
Burg and Malmo during 1911 Their
were not less than 100 business fai
ures. Oyer-conidenco and s~peouIatio