Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-04-04
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SINGULARLy HAPPY CHOICE

stockholm Paper Comments on APP
pointment of New Minister to the
United States-Committee Appeals
60 Norwesians to Pay Amundsen's
South PcIe Expenses-Danish Navy
Is Presented With BipIane.
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From Stockholm comes word that
w. A. f. Ekengren, secretary and
charge d'affaires to the Swedish lega-
tion at Washington, D. c., has been
appointed as Count Albert Eherens-
Yards as minister to the
Omitted States. A Stockholm paper
makes the following comment: 1T
can truly be said that Sweden has
made a singularly happy choice in this
appointment. During the comparative
ly short time that he has been in the
diplomatic service he has possessed
ability and tact, characteristic of the
diplomat, and he stands high in diplo-
! matte circles in Washington. Wilhelm
August Ferdinand Ekengren was born
in 1861 and is the oldest son of V. A.
Ekengren of Stockholm. For a num-
Der of years he was connected with
the Swedish consulate in New York
and t%hereupon served In the Swedish
foreign department for four years. He
was also located in China for some
years, where he was an agent for the
Swedish government on an exceeding
ly important matter. About six years
ago he was appointed secretary to the
Swedish legation at Washington and
last fall when Count Ehrensvard re-
signed as minister in Washington,
Herr Ekengren was appointed Swe-
denis charge d~'affaires in the Ameri-
a capital. Minister Ekengren was
three years ago married to an Ameri-
a lady, who was formerly a Miss
Wolcott and who Is a member OF an
old distinguished New York family,
her grandfather having been governor
of New York"
August Lindberg made his final APP
pearance in Chicago recently in the
stirring Hedberg play, known as All
for Finland" The distinguished Swed-
fish actor will soon return to Sweden
after playing to large audiences in all
the large cities of the United States.
Mr.. Lindberg is considered the great
est emotional actor of Scandinavia
I'D he will now return to Stockholm
bearing with him the unqualified ap-
prevail and administration Of those
who have seen him, first in Ghosts"
and later in the drama which revolves
about the assassination Of Bobrikoff,
the Russian tyrant OF Finland. With
the true dramatist's instinct Hedberg
has taken the facts of history and
nodded them to his purpose, without
the least Going violence to their spirit.
A Scandinavian correspondent says:
"A call has been issued for a con-
ress at Gothenburg to consider ways
and means of assisting In the preserva-
ton of the Swedish language and cul-
ture In the foreign countries Of the
world. The congress is to be held
July 25 to % and invitations have
been issued to Swedes OF all countries
TO be on hand at that time to help in
the solution of the questions that will
come up. The membership fee of
delegates has been placed at three
crowns, which the national society in
Sweden will use in making the neces-
sary preparations for the gathering.
All the larger hotels in Stockholm
have their rooms engaged for next
summer when the so called Olympic
games are to be held. Many Of the
guests are securing rooms in vaxholm,
Eedertelge and other outlying places
IN the vicinity of the city. Evidently
these games will attract people from
Ill parts of the world and 1t will GER
tainly be n Of the greatest advertise.
ments for Stockholm as a tourist and
travel center than anything that has
yet ~transpired in the glorious history
Of the Venice of the North"
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Messiah week" is the big event
among Swedish Americans in the
Southwest with Lindsberg and Beth
any college as the center of attraction.
For years a great Messiah chorus,
comprising some 600 voices, has been
giving a series Of concerts during so
called Messiah week" every year for
the past fifteen seasons. This year
there has in addition been organized
q children's chorus, comprising some
300 voices, which will appear in a Sc
|ries Of concerts the first week in April.
The spring song festivals in Linds-
berg, Kan. will this year attract hun
dreds Of people from near and far.
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Reports from Persia state that Swed-
III army officers are doing very sue
eessful work training Persian soldiers.
a military academy has been sstab-
hshed in Teheran and the Persian
government under the leadership of
Swedish army o~facers is faktr0 on&svo