Norway breaks with Sweden elects Danish prince king
Norway's Storthing votes for separation from Sweden and selects Prince Carl of Denmark as the new monarch. The shift ends centuries of union and sets a republican option aside in favor of a constitutional, monarchial era led by the Danish prince, with Norway aiming to boost shipping and industry while maintaining strong ties to Britain and the United States.
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Texas
Wyoming
Union and
Northern Pacific
Indian Office
National Live Stock Association
Denver
Secretary of Agriculture
Norway
Storthing
Sweden
Charles
Denmark
Oscar
Bernadotte
Napoleon
Finland
Europe
Russia
Edward
England
Carl
Christian
Bernadottes
Scandinavian
Charles XV
Oscar III
Try
Haakon
United States
Fridtjof Nansen
Prince Charles
Dr. Nansen
London
Disinfected barbers and hygiene rules from a German city
The report details municipal barber shop hygiene regulations from a large German city as cited by Consul General Guenther. Rules include immediate hair disposal, weekly floor washing, running water, fresh napkins, clean garments, powder soaps, and strict disinfection of instruments.
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Guenther
Frankfort
Study of present land laws warns against land monopoly
A detailed study of desert land and homestead act provisions shows laws and practices favor speculators and large holders over actual settlers. The commission notes complex rules, perjury risks, and growing public land going to corporations, while homesteaders struggle to prosper.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Crete
United States
Great Surgical Feat and a Broken Egg Test
A boastful claim praises Dr Splinton as the town’s most experienced surgeon who can set any fracture with satisfaction. The challenge from a man with a steely blue eye tests the doctor by asking if he could set a broken egg.
The Hammer and Anvil in Life’s Work
A reflective passage contrasts men as hammers and anvils, one delivering swift blows and the other bearing them without yielding. It suggests the world’s work unfolds through the interaction of force and endurance, shaping character and destiny.
Repeater Narrates Marital Woes and Norse Loyalist Traits
The article profiles a young Irishman who married at nineteen and complains about married life while vowing not to marry young again. It notes a sailorly, easygoing nature and suggests a future ruler’s fit for Norse leadership, highlighting language and cultural ties to Norway and King Charles or Haakon VII.
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Norway
Charles
Haakon VII
Coghlan Nearing Limit On His Sixty First Birthday
Rear Admiral Coghlan, commandant of the New York Navy Yard, marked his sixty first birthday on a recent Saturday. His desk bore sixty one American Beauty roses as he greeted a routine day at the old frame building headquarters.
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Coghlan
Uncle Sam
New York Navy Yard
Not a Laughing Matter Hawkins Mistaken for Stranger
An Englishman on a city steps is slapped by a quick passerby. The assailant, mistaken for a man named Hawkins, apologizes and learns he confused a stranger with Hawkins. The Englishman insists Hawkins would not appreciate the prank.
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Hawkins
Awkins
Horace Greeley and Susan Anthony on voting fight
Horace Greeley once told Susan Anthony the ballot and the bullet go together. Miss Anthony answered that women who want to vote are prepared to fight, exactly as Greeley fought with the point of a goose quill.
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Horace Greeley
Susan Anthony
Mr. Greeley
Miss Anthony
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