Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-10-07
SHEAF EDITOR
RETURNS HOME
ENJOYED FOUR MONTHS TOUR
OF SCANDINAVIAN COUN-
TRIES AND ENGLAND

over I2-o0O miles by land and sea, we
returned home last Saturday from our
European trip. Right glad we are
70 be once more among our friends
and neighbors IN Warren, the best
little city IN the world as far as we
are concerned. When we left home
We little dreamed that we would get
IN the center, almost, of great
world conflict at arms. In spite of
the excitement engendered by the
war, we nevertheless had a very
pleasant visit in Scandinavia ,.altho
we would have enjoyed ourself much
better If times had been normal We
experienced considerable difficulty In
getting mail from America, the last
letters and papers from home being
dated In July and were received by US
on Sept 7. the very day we left Swe-
den on our way back to America. We
md also that some letters we have
written home have not yet arrived.
among them two to the Sheaf-one
telling about our trip through Nor
way and the other about Lapland and
the midnight SUM-
We will not attempt here to give
detailed account Of our travels but
only brief resume that our readers
may have some idea Of where we
> nave been. During the coming weeks
we will try to give more extended
description of the places visited and
Of the observations made
After visit with our cousins in
Vase, in the province of Wermland,
Sweden, we left for Christiania, Nor
way. to spend the Fourth OF July. On
The way there we made side trip
er the beautiful Fryken lakes, the
places on which have been immortal
ized by Selma LagerIof in her Costa
Behring'S Saga" From ChFistiania
We went by rail to Trondhjen1 and
fe0i1l there by steamer along the
cast of Norway and pas the Lafo-
den island to Narvik. From Narvik
We proceeded by the most northern
most railway in the world into Swe-
den, stopping at various points of in
terest. among them kiruna and Gelli-
ware, important iron mining centers.
,yourneving southwark by rail-. thru
northern Sweden we made visits III
Jamtland and Dalarne in north cen
trail Sweden and then back to the
beautiful province of Wernlland
Here we decided to rest up for few
days at the home of our cousins. We
had barely arrived there when news
Of the breaking out of the war ca1nt
as a shock from clear sky. There
was great excitement all at once anC
business was more or less suspend
ed. The banks closed for severa
days and morutariun was declared
Our small travel fund had been piac
ed in the bank for safe keeping ans
we soon learned that We could no
get any of it out except on the In
saallment plan. We had to remain Il
Werrnland more than two weeks ant
then we resumed our travels, goins
IL Orebro. Westerns, Uppsala ant
Stockholm, remaining in the latte
CITY a week Then we journeyed t
southern Sweden. visited the Balti
Exposition at MaIno, and then pro
ceeded to Copenhagen where w
spent several days going fror
there By rail to Fredriksborg, an
Helsingor. From the latter city W
crossed over again into Sweder
visiting Helsingborg, Molle, Svaio1
Iandskrona, Lund and other town:
A. this time we learned that 1t wa
nassihle for Us TO secure return pas
sage TO America by way of Denmar
ard we jzzlped at the opportunity t
va+urn home. From Malmo we wer
Z. Copenhagen on the ferry steame
then by rail to Kalundhorg. then Q
steamer to Aarhus, on the peninsul
e JutIand. where we boarded
fYaioht steamer loaded with baco
aud butter bound for Liverpool. Ems
lard. Owing to danger from mine
~ tha southern part OF the Mort
S4a. the ship made the long clrcu
+ous route to the north Of Scotlan
fra davs and half being require
for the voyage, which was vel
e-orp,v one. The accommodation
- fha vessel were poor and all pa
sengers suffered more or less fro
sea sickness. The Irish sea was
lass turbulent than the North $
Nd baen. and it was quite reli
+ sat foot on solid land again.
At Liverpool we arranged for r
tnrn passage on the Mauretania
RE Cunard Line, to sail Sept. 18th,
Han of the return passage we n
ff-or, Trieste on another ship OF sa
line. The few days that lnterven'
until the time of sailing, we utlllz
II seeing London and few 9th
tcwns IN old England After
days pleasant voyage on the Maur
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