Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-10-17
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAV|ANS
Recent Happenings In This
/ Country and Abroad.
FAMOUS SINGER IS SEVENTY

at Her Old Home In sweden-6ie
Canal Project Being Asitated In
korway-American Government Is
Studying Danish Credit Societies.
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Kristina Nilsson, otherwise known
as Countess Casa de Miranda, recent
fy celebrated her seventeen birthday
a. Gardsby, her old home in Smaland
She was given a rousing reception and
ovation by the residents, besides re
ceiving congratulatory kilograms from
the royal couple and many other PEG
PIE OF note. The estate was gay With
hags and bunting and triumphal
arches and in the evening there were
fne fireworks in honor OF the famous
singer
In UlriCehamn, Sweden, a city ordi.
nance was passed some time ago that
10 drunkards, but the latter have sue.
ceeded In securing others to buy the
Intoxicating liquors for them. 1t is
now proposed to amend the ordinance
80 as to treat all who help drunkards
TO forbidden drinks the same as the
drunkards, provided 1t can be proven
that they are guilty.
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Obligatory treatment of the teeth
II a new restriction which will be de.
manded from the children of the pub.
lie schools in Stockholm, provided
Councilman o. Z. Larson's motion to
this effect shall prevail before the city
council. According to this PROPOSE.
ton. or ordinance rather, every child
would be submitted to an examina.
ton by the dentist at least once dur.
ing each term.
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Another Swedish aviator may now
be found on the list. He is Lieutenant
N. r. Werner, who recently returned
from Paris, where he has taken les
sons in aviation rom Henri Farman
and received much praise for his ex
cellent work. Werner contemplates
making a series Of ascents in Stock
holm this month, the weather permit
ting.
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Maria Ekman, wife Of the late Con.
sui Ekman, has donated 100000
crowns for the establishment of a per-
manent chair OF orthopody at the
Stockholm Elementary School. 1t is
further reported that It Is Madame Elk.
mans wish that DR.. Patrik Hedlund,
one OF Sweden's foremost physicians,
be first appointed to I'LL this chair.
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A. V. Lundstrom, who died recently
In Stockholm, willed $4,000 crowns
to different religious and charitable in
situations. Some of the leading ones
remembered in the will were the City
Mission and the Deaconate of Stock
holm, the Fjellstedt Mission School in
Upsala, Jewish Seamen's Home and
foreign missions.
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The American globe trotter, Madame
Humpries, who is to receive $4,000
from an American daily paper II she
oan walk around the world after a
certain schedule, arrived at Stock
holm the other day perfectly content
Cd and happy. She started from New
York year ago last July.
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Count F.. w. Sponneck has resigned
his post as Danish minister to Sweden
and has accepted an important post
in the Danish cabinet. Count Spon-
neck has represented Denmark in
Stockholm since 1897. He will be sue
ceeded by o. s. Scavsnius, Danish min
lister to st. Petersburg.
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There is a slight decrease in emigra-
tion during the past few months. Ac-
cording to recent statistics the num-
Der Of persons who emigrated to for
eign countries from January to Au-
gust were 1888. Last year during
the same period $3.50 persons left the
country.
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Gothenburg is rapidly increasing In
wealth. The valuation of the taxable
property of the city for 1912 is given
as S5,57S,7SS crowns. In 1911 1t was
81, 725,O66 crowns.
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The queen, crown princess, Prin-
eesses Ingeborg and Maria and Prince
Wilhelm are this week attending the
military fall maneuvers at Mosseberg.
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Prince Gustaf Of Denmark paid a
visit to Princess Ingeborg last week.
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