Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-24
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Professor Axel Hoist OF Christiania
recently delivered lecture on beri
beri at Washington, d. c., before the
International Congress Of Hygiene
Beri-beri is a disease which is vide
spread among Norwegian seamen
especially on board ships engaged in
the foreign trade and which make
long voyages. The disease is closely
related 10 scurvy. The larger part oil
those attacked recover, but are in.
capacitated for work for long period
following. Although the causes oil
the disease are not yet clearly known
II has been ascertained that the cases
are most numerous on ships that
make long voyages and are thus pre-.
vented from obtaining fresh foods and
fresh supplies. Norwegian whaling
vessels are especially afflicted with
the disease Beri-beri was almost I'm.
known until the year 1894. when the
new food regulations on board Nor.
wegian ships went into effect. bring
Ing about a change of diet from rye
bread and sailed meat to fine wheat
bread and canned meats. The discus
sion OF fevers and their carriers
formed an interesting part Of one of
the sessions. In certain diseases. for
instance infantile paralysis. cerebro-
spinal meningitis and typhoid fever.
carriers are Of great importance. In
other diseases they do not do so much
harm. In scarlet fever and diphtheria
children that have been sick recently
are the principal means of spreading
II, In infantile paralysis and menin-
gifts those that have not been sick
at ALL or who have been we'll for some
time, are more apt to spread the
disease than the others.
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Director Blakstad OF the Tyssefal-
dene company is seeking a franchise
for the development OF water power in
the Hardanger valley, where a plant
Of $4,000 horsepower may be built.
The project was first planned several
holding out for more favorable terms
on the ground that the company he
represents secured title to the water
sources long before the passage OF the
recent laws governing the granting
OF water power franchises. The COM
pany threatens to locate its factories
at Trollhattan, Sweden, unless more
favorable conditions are granted. The
estimated cost of the project Is about
81 200, 000
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The prospect of unusual high prices
for coal is causing much uneasiness
In Norway. The advance is in part
due to the state of the world market,
but the main cause Is the English
coal strike, which exhausted the coal
supplies in store, and the rigorous
laws that have been passed In Eng
land regulating the relation between
employer and miner, such as the min
imum wage, sick and accident insur-
ance and the eight-hour work day.
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did not touch Peter Peterson and II.
G. Slate, who last May set out from
San Francisco, CAL, in the seventeen
ton scow Alice Stolen, forty-six years
old and schooner rugged, for 5000
mile trading voyage to the Arctic. Ac-
cording to the Springfield Republican
word has now been received that the
frail craft arrived in safety and the
profits may enable the adventures to
return in more seaworthy vessel.
Ole Theobaldi, the Norwegian yio-
linist, and the widely advertised DR..
Frederick A. Cook. the polar explorer
and claimant to the discovery Of the
North pole, started on a second lee
ture and concert tour Oct. 1. Cook
illustrates the discovery of the North
pole with stereoptican views and The
obaldi gives samples of Norwegian
music initiative of the lowing of cat
tie, the bleating of the sheep, the
singing OF the birds, etc.
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The Norwegian Synod Of America
has leased a house at As Whitehall
street, New York, as the new home of
the Immigrant mission. The work of
remodeling the building will be begun
at once. 1t will cost about $4,000