Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-06-20
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAWANS
Recent Happenings In This
Country and Abroad.
FOR FIRST TINE IN HISTORY

FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
Three scandinavian Kings Wet al
Grave Of Late King Fredrick-strike
Partially Ties UP Construction
Work on Norway's State Railroads..
New Rulers of Denmark Already
Popular With Their Subjects.
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Says a Stockholm daily: At King
Fredrick's funeral in Copenhagen three
monarchs were present-Gustaf V. OF
Sweden, Christian X. of Denmark and
Haakon VII. of Norway. 1t was an his
toric moment when they met, for II is
the first time in history that this has
happened. In ancient times the three
Scandinavian kingdoms were con-
stantly at war with one another. so
that a meeting between kings was on
this account rendered impossible.
i From the moment that Margareta, in
the year 1880, on the death OF her
husband, Haakon VI, inherited the
crown of Norway, Denmark and Nor
way had the same king up to the year
1914, and there was thus only two
kings in the Scandinavian North, a
Swedish and a Norwegian. Not until
1906, when the dissolution between
Sweden and Norway took place, 625
years after Margareta had inherited
the crown of Norway. was there three
kings in the Scandinavian North and
they met for the first time at the late
King Fredrick's funeral in Copen-
hagen.
Among great papers which have con
tanned sympathetic editorial comment
regarding the life and work OF August
Strindberg are the London Times,
London Daily Telegraph. vossichezie-
tung (Berlin), National Zeitung Der
linz, Hamburger Nachtrichten, Frank
furter Zeitung, Paris Matin and 9TH
ers. In nearly all these editorials
S%trindberg is praised as one of the
worlds greatest literary ~geniuses and
the London Times compares him with
Ibsen and states that time alone will
tell which one of these literary giants
will be given the greatest place in
history.
Visitors to the Great Olympiad are
commencing to arrive and soon the
great games will be on in full swing.
Stockholm is prepared to receive and
entertain the visitors in that hospit-
able and hearty manner for which the
beautiful city has for years been IA
nous. A great song festival will be
held in connection with the games
and it is expected that thousands of
people from foreign lands will visit
Stockholm on this occasion. Hotel
rooms will be scarce, but preparations
have been made for accommodating
all visitors.
According to recent statistics about
1858, 900 copies Of papers and periodi-
calls are annually published in Sweden.
A daily paper In Stockholm publishes
1850 copies and stands at the head
of the list. The paper Issuing the
smallest number of copies is the
Tomelilla Poster, only 272. About
ICE, 900 copies of agricultural papers
are circulated every month and there
are n number OF family journals.
It sounds strange, indeed, but 1t is
true that there is a proposition to in
troduce instruction IN the Russian
language In the schools OF Sweden
that is at the high schools. 1t will be
a difficult language for Swedes to
learn, but as they are good linguists,
acquiring English, German and French
very easily, they may also prove they
can master the language of the Mus
covite.
A bakers strike In Stockholm is be-
Au6 SditiCu Ou Will niuSu ulttCi hess
and the end Is not In sight. 1t is
feared that 1t will be prolonged over
the Olympiad and create no end Of
Inconvenience for visitors and Stock
holm in general.
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There is a society in Stockholm
which has for its object the develop
ment and publication of the Swedish
language. 1t held it's annual conven-
ton recently and has a membership
of over $500 persons.
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Construction work ON state rail-
ways In Norway is partly tied up by
. strike. The men asked for a raise
IN wages of about 40 per cent, and
they also asked that the government