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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
2
Gordon Ascott, a lone hunter, gets his foot trapped in an old rail frog near Duck Bay. Miss Gertie Phillips and her aunt Martha rescue him using a stick and brandy, then invite him home. Romance glimmers as feelings shift from danger to unexpected affection.
A hopeful class describes a ball game but Johnny sits silent. With extra time offered, he scribbles a single line that reads No game rain. The teacher is astonished by the clever misdirection.
A fragment from Harper's Barer shows Mrs Snicker recalling a promise to endure danger for a loved one, while Mrs Ticker notes the other side refuses to water the plant, highlighting a domestic quarrel over care and loyalty.
Scandinavian press notes Copenhagen committees value the street car system at just over 4 million dollars, but the company deems it too low and court action will follow. A thunderbolt injures two Copenhagen telephone girls, paralyzing one. Danish actor Olaf Poulsen hosts royal guests at his Fredensborg cottage, while Aarhus owners fight bank loans to curb housing. Rail freight rates for hay may drop 25 percent due to baling. Sassnitz ferries see rising traffic with 117 freight cars queued and thousands of passengers in September. Liquor law reforms face foreign trade friction. Swedish premier Staaff backs local option and strong anti liquor measures amid debates on prohibition.
Following the assassination of Premier Stoly pin, Finlanders hoped for policy changes toward Finnish rights. The Duma backed Premier Kokovtsoff 280 to 100, imposing a special tax to support the Russian army and granting Russians equal rights and privileges in Finland with natives.
The cabinet plans commissions to report on Sweden and other nations unemployment insurance. Revenue from Salvation Army drives over 30,000 dollars this year, double last year’s. Sweden exports record iron ore via Lulea and over 20,000 tons of pig iron. Brann kyrka parish excavation appeals, hoof and mouth disease rare in humans with cases in Toftaholm. Japan’s matches crowding Swedish goods in China. locals plan a large factory there. Public road committees push toward a national good roads system with railway interest. Tourists rose last summer, Russians visiting, including Jewish peddlers. 5,000 Russians came June 1 to Sept 15, down from 8,000 in 1910. Mormon head protests expulsion of missionaries, signed by 70. Old monitors Ericsson, Thordon, Tiffing, Loke deemed useful for defense if war comes, though not sea‑worthy for combat.
The 1910 census shows Norway’s population at 2,391,782 with 80,000 more women than men. Kristiania and Bergen are major centers, while rural areas report serious drought impacts on livestock. Emigration slows as Norway develops waterpower with Rjukan’s 250,000 horsepower project and plans for fertilizer factories. A Bamle Bratsberg school closure due to tuberculosis prompts debate on demolition or sale. A Catholic hospital is opened in Arendal under a prioress and nurses.
United States authorities arrest Gen Bernardo Reyes, former Diaz ally, for neutrality law violations. The case highlights Mexican refugees in the U S plotting to topple President Madero and restore the Diaz regime with conspirators in El Paso and San Antonio. Authorities warn against any revolution taking root on American soil as Mexican troops mobilize.
H G Haugan after a Norway trip helped organize the Norwegian American Steamship Co with 2.7 million dollars in capital to run a direct line between Norway and the United States. The company counts prime minister Gunnar Knudsen and ex-prime minister Christian Michaelsen among its large stockholders and Haugan will oversee operations in the United States.
The rise and murder of Dominican Republic leader Ramon Caceres unfolds from his father’s execution in 1884 under Heureaux to Caceres avenging that death by killing Heureaux in 1899. He later became vice president under Morales and assumed the presidency in 1905 after Morales fled the country.
The current Viceroy of India Hardinge and his wife attended the coronation festivities at the Delhi Durbar. Born in 1859, he joined the foreign office in 1880 and held posts in Madrid St Petersburg Constantinople Bucharest Cairo and Zanzibar. He later served Teheran Brussels and was named viceroy succeeding the Earl of Minto, tracing a lineage to a former governor general famed for Sikh War service.
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