Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-01-24
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Forty-thre civil marriages were
solemnized in single day in Stock
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Ten per cent more packages were
handled at the post office in Stock
holm last Christmas than the year be-
fore. y
Queen Victoria was to leave for the
South January 2, accompanied by
Countess Wachtmeister and Baron de
Geer.
The Stufverum furniture factory at
Mjolby was destroyed by fire, whereby
over one hundred persons were thrown
out of work.
The Svea steamship company of
Stockholm is going to run a new line
of steamers between Kalmar, Sweden,
and Riga, Russia.
A sample of penmanship ESQ years
old has been found at the school IL
brary in Vasteras. 1t is copy book
written by boy. ,.--
Lieutenant P. NystrOm of the Upp-
land regiment has gone to Turkey to
join the army of that country so that
he may see actual war.
A lady at Mohed is 80 years old,
but she is still earning part of her
living by peddling confectionery,
which she carries in little cart.
The Albert BONNER publishing COM
pany in Stockholm has started new
branch In Leipzig for the publication
of German translations of Swedish
literature.
At Osteras, Rasbo parish, a woman
lost her gold ring while making hay.
After a while the horse was noticed
to chew his fodder poorly, and an in
vestigation found that the ring was
! pressed around one of his teeth.
Gustaf Bornstrom, young man at
Grangesberg, was treating an in
growing nail himself. But it grew
worse, and when he finally consulted
doctor, blood poisoning had set in
and his life could not be saved.
The Stockholm poultry union voted
scholarship to some young person
who wishes to take a course at the
! Boxholm poultry school. The offer
was diligently advertised in the press,
but so far no one has applied for the
! gift.
Over 1900 packages arrived from
America at the Malmo post Office a
few days before Christmas Most of
them contained Christmas presents.
| 1t took the custom-house officials so
long to dispose of the goods that the
delivery was delayed for several days.
The Nobel institution in Stockholm
! is to be massive building of castle
like appearance, but reminding the
beholder also OF a cathedral, decidedly
| original in it's lines. The building will
occupy a conspicuous position on Dur
gardsvagen, and also will have a
facade on Strandvagen. It easily will
be the most striking structure in the
Swedish capital. 1t will rise from a
series of terraces and will be con-
structed of new tile which will give
the building the appearance of noun
tain cliff, covered with glistening
bronze moss. The building will fur
nish quarters for the Noble institution
| and the chief room will be the festival
hall in which the annual Nobel prizes
| will be awarded.
When the house of Enock Aberg, a
farmer, at Brastorp, Blekinge, was de-
stroyed by fire his five-year-old boy
Gunnar performed a deed of valor
which grown man might be proud
OF. There were four children in the
house, Gunnar being the Oldest and
All eight-months-old Mimmi the young
est. When the, flames gained such
Roadway that the boy gave up his at
tempt to put it out, he took two of the
children and carried them out. When
other people arrived it was realized
that Mimmi remained in the cradle in
the burning building. The mother was
crazed with anxiety, and she was kept
from running into the flames only by
main force. Meanwhile Gunnar went
into the bedroom where he knew the
baby was lying, and he brought her
! out safe, the flames actually licking
them as he came out. In a few min
utes what remained Of the house fell
down INTO a neap. So
| A monument of Christoffer Polhem,
the great canal builder, was unveiled
the other day at Trollhattan. The
monument is huge granite block six
teen feet high. It's site is close to the
famous "Polhem lock" at the Troll
haitian waterfalls. A bronze picture of
the face of Herr Polhem is inserted in
the monument. The monument was
cut out OF the rock at the place where
a new lock is being built at Akersberg.
Business is dull In the building
trades in Stockholm, and many men in
that particular branch are idle. The
unemployed Of the city have just or
ganized aunion Of their own.
Riksdagman Kvarnzelius has noti.
fed the minister Of finance that the
committee appointed to report on the
problem of anti-liQuor legislation has
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