Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-24

men were in the neighborhood but
stood helpless till young Engwall
came. He ordered the others to take:
hold of his heels, while he lowered
himself down.. and In this way he
succeeded in bringing the girl up in
safety, but both were meanwhile in
the greatest danger.
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For several years great quantities
Of street pavement stones have been
exported from Swedish seaports to
Argentina. As, however, the freight
cost to the inner parts of Argentina
was too high the government has re-
solved to work it's own granite quar-
ries and with this end in view has
engaged experts and skilled mana
gers from Sweden. Machines and
implements have been ordered from
Atlas, Bolinder and other machine
works. The leading power in this
undertaking has been Mr.. Ernesto
Gibson, with the Swedish importers,
Svensson, Gibson y Cha in Buenos
Ayres. The chief Of the COVER
ment's great stone quarry in Sierra
Chica is Engineer Hjalmar Aspelin,
formerly in the service Of the city of
Stockholm. a.
Among the ladies who this year
have sung on probation before the d.
rectors of the Royal Opera at Stock.
holm is young American, Mrs. Mar
garet Gauntier-Wennergren, wife of
a Swedish business man. Mrs. Wen
nergren was born in Kansas and has
been engaged at the operas in Elber-
field and Mainz, Germany, where she
won great attention by her rendering
Of the title role in la Lepreuse."
Her repertoire is very large. -
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The Russian military attache in
Stockholm, by order of the Russian
government, has visited Halmstad to
inspect G. G.. Segerlind's inventions
for measuring distances. The test
Ing Of the instrument resulted to the
full satisfaction of the military at
>tache. The question Of buying the
invention has been submitted to
Russian commission for its decision.
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The Swedish Tourists association
will hold a meeting this month In
Stockholm to consider q proposition
from THE "Folkforbundet" to request
the railway directors to put maps on
the walls in railroad cars. These
maps should show the parts Of the
country through which trains run.
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The Burlington Magazine, the fore
most Of the English art periodicals,
has in its July number flattering re-
view of Miss Agnes Branting's fine
work, ."Das Goldene Genwand der
Konigen Margareta In der Domkirche
zu Upsala," which work was issued
In 1911 by p. A. Nordstedt & Sons.
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The. police department in Strang-
mas has received an order to search
for the brickmaker, Olof Laurentius
Granlund, with the nickname Gran
OLE" Grandlund is wanted because
he is heir to $4,000, which has come
to him from America, and at present
no one knows where he is.
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An investigation by the committee
on high costs shows as result thar
the agricultural population Of Swed-
en- in 1880 was 3,O4S,0O0, or 81 per
cent, but is now only 2,640,000, or 4Sz
per cent of the whole population.
# Prince Chira of Siam, with his wife
and two children, paid visit to
Stockholm last month and was royal.
~ received at the Stockholm palace
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"A band Of German jewelry thieves
has been operating in Copenhagen,
Osterbro and other places recently.
stealing thousands .of dollars worth.
of jewelry, and thus far has not been.
apprehended in spite Of the most.
vigilant efforts Of the Copenhagen:
detectives. It is now believed that
they successfully escaped the country
and It is thought they are now ID.
London They had their headquar-.
ters for a while with q German Jew
liz Copenhagen, who has also skipped.
the country
q Pastor. udne1. WIG !. has been rs