New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-02

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Architect J. E. Stenbeck of Falken.
berg has donated 10000 crowns to his
home congregation to be known as the
"Stenbeck's Widow Fund" The in.
come of the fund is to be used for
clothing and housing poor and desti.
tute school children
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According to Peer Stromme, we'll
| known Observation-Disclosures CORE.
| spondent who is at present in Chris
tiania, the Norwegian newspapers are,
like the people, altogether too serious.
They are, says Stromme, not able, as
American newspapers, to find relief in
| jokes. In Norway the newspaper
comment is free from any trace of
humor There are no pungent para
graphs to the effect that Austria s
war expense may be called running
account, that the heather Chinee re-
fuses to join the march of Christian
and refreshing in the American press.
But the Norwegian papers take a
cheerful view. Especially the demo-
cratic and sociaistic journals, which
point out that the war may result in
great gain for the cause of democ-
ro NV thro,1oho tho u,orld Ac - ,,ol1
known Norway is one of the most
democratic countries. It has king,
to be sure, but he has no real power.
He has no influence whatever in shap-
ing legislation, but is merely the in
carnation of national ideas. The
masses Of the people are highly en-
lightened; and all, the king himself
included, recognize the essential quail
ity of king and peasant. The govern
ment is truly of and by the people, &C.
cording to Stromme There probably
is no other country in which the will
of the majority so certainly and so
quickly becomes the law of the land.
Such a thing as government by in.
junction is unknown. The courts do
not declare void any act of the legis.
lature. Women as well as men have
the ballot; and the chosen representa-
tives of all the people in the storthing
are in fact not only the lawmakers,
but the supreme court. There is in
Norway a party calling. itself con-
sentative and charged by the radicals
with being reactionary. But even
these conservatives would in the
United States be regarded as extreme
ly radical. If Roosevelt, Bryan and
La Toilette should settle in Norway
it would be necessary for them to
form new political party and call
themselves ultra-censervatives.'
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The Aura Stock company was Or
ganiZed recently and a city was laid
out and christened Aura. The place
| had about 500 population, which num-
| Der was in a few weeks increased to
5000. Streets were laid out, with
sewer pipes and water mains, and the
building of many houses was begun.
One firm of building contractors took
contracts to put up 140 cottages for
the company. Brickyards were start
ed and other building material
brought to the place The old land
owners had dreams of growing rich.
But it was to large degree British
capital which had been enlisted in the
enterprise. The war came and the
hope of securing this capital went
glimmering, and the Aura company
went to pieces. At the time when
work on the new city stopped the
| company had 1900 laborers in it's EN-.
ploy, besides a score of engineers and
a good sized clerical force Building
contractors had brought to the place
400 masons and carpenters. Now all
is at standstill, the houses have
foundations but no walls, the sewer
bitches are filling with water and are
caving in, and the people are idle and
looking forward to a hard winter
The government is being criticised bit.
terly for having granted a franchise to
the Aura company without proper az.
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able to keep its head above water.
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The Rev. Dr.. c. Brunn, pastor Of
the largest congregation of the state
church in Christiania, retired from the
active ministry a short time ago al
the age Of seventy-five years. In his
earlier years he was impressed with
the 50 called "Grundvigism' as the
ideal system of Christianity and cul
ture. He was an advocate of what he
calls a "freer Christianity and a more
democratic church" and yet steering
clear of modern theology" Hi1
principal work was published in 1875
and is called "Folkelige Grundtanke'
Democratic Foundation Thoughts)
| which in It's day created cnnsid 90 tIe