Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-04-28
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest TO the seandInavians
In America.
SWEDEN.

she was piOus woman. and even IN
her old age her interest In important
public affairs was remarkable. Her
patriotism was ardent, and when
money was raised for an ironelad she
contributed her mite During the last
few yea If her life everybody in
Stockholm knew OF her When her
birthday came the newspapers were
sure to have long write-ups of her, and
they would always state that she was
hail and strong and kept track of the
events of the day. The last ten years
of her life were spent at the Stock
holm hospital home. She had broth
er who died few years ago at the
age of ninety years, For many. many
years they knew nothing of each 9th
err When Miss Berns was one hun
dred years old the newspapers gave
an account of her and printed her pic
ture. In this way her brother found
out where she was, and he sent her
brotherly greeting. which pleased
her very much. After that they wrote
to each other now and then until her
brother died.
Swedish authorities reward merit
everywhere within their legitimate
sphere, hence it Is that Nils Nil
son of Minneapolis. as representative
OF transatlantic steamship lines, has
another bronze medal to add to his
collection. He is in receipt of his
third souvenir of this kind. sent to
him by Carl L. Bendix, general com
missioner of the Baltic exposition I'm
Malmo in 1914. I'm behalf OF the
management of the Baltic exposition,
writes Mr.. Bendix, u naye the honor
herewith to pres ent you with SOU
venir medal of the exposition with
the expression of the grateful obliga-
ton on the part of the management
for the part taken by you in making
the exposition a success The medal
is more than two inches in diameter.
II bears on one side the likeness OF
King Gustav in the uniform of a
Swedish general On the reverse side
is design of four young women car.
ryfng baskets OF plenty and represent
ing the four 2altic nations of the ex-
position with the coat of arms Of each
in semicircular bandelet-Germany
Sweden. Denmark and Russia. I'm
derneath is the coat of arms of the
city of Malmo. Mr. Nilsson received
In 1912 a bronze medal from Svenska
TuristfoTeningen. Stockholm. and in
the same year one of silver of the
Olympic games in Stockholm.
On account of the blockade the
mails destined for northern Europe
are turned into new channels One
steamer brought over 500 bags OF val
tables Of this kind to Norway, and
it took two freight cars to carry this
consignment from Norway to Sweden.
whence it was distributed among Ger
many, Denmark, Austria. Holland,
Switzerland and Russia.
a man in NorTkoping bought an old
sofa which he ripped up. He found
about st25 of paper money OF such an
old date that he had no idea that it
was worth anything. He took it to
a bank, however. and was very agree.
ably surprised to find that the bills
are still current He put the money
in the bank for safekeeping in case
the original owner should come and
prove a rightfu, claim to it.
The queen of Sweden has arrived
in Berlin, according to Reuters Am
sterdam CORES ondent. a dispatch
from London said Queen Victoria
would proceed to Germany 10 live
with her mother, the grand duchess
of Baden, at Karlsruhe. Tho queen
has spent large part of her married
life IN her native country. Il is said
that she Is a sufferer from incipient
tuberculosis. and that the Scsndlnav-
ian climate does not agree with her
The freight car famine on the state
railways of Sweden has been partly
relieved by the renting of 32G freight
cars from Germany They are of
the same type as those used on the
railways of Prussia, with which the
people of Sweden are so familiar now
since the railways of Sweden and Ger
many are using ears belonging TO each
other.
Swedish and Russian delegates are
now reported in conference at Stock.
holm discussing the proposal OF link
ing the two countries BY a railway to
the south of Haparanda This meeting
was arranged by the Swedish govern.
ment
At the beginning of the year there
were 13,126 rooms or suites of rooms
that were unoccupied in Stockholm.
The combined rents of the rooms have
been S1,350,000 a year The number
OF vacant rooms or suites of rooms
one year previously was only 10.7S9.
The work is so far advanced on the
ironciad Sverige that the vessel will
be launched in few days. The king
and other members of the royal fam.
i'Y are expected to be present on that
occasion.
A farm at Lingbo, Malmohus. has
been inherited uninterruptedly from
father to son for 365 years. Parcels Of
il have been cut off from time -