Folklore Healing and Preventatives Popular in Olden Time
In Sweden folk healing spanned medicine, clerical cures, and witchcraft with the wood strawberry and wintergreen cited for gout rheumatism and miracles. Linnaeus noted strawberry relief and “Stat up och go” cures, while the lynx claw and wart remedies via grasshopper larvae, Thors sacred water, and historic processions reveal enduring beliefs in miraculous cures.
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Sweden
Linneus
Charles XII
Smaland
Thor
Catholic Growth in Scandinavia Slow Yet Steady
A Catholic World report notes gradual growth in Norway and Sweden. It cites Norway rising from 220 Catholics in 1890 with two missions to 2,150 Catholics and 22 priests by 1904, amid Lutheran establishment and disestablishment debates. In Sweden the Catholic church expands from 200 in 1860 to 1,850 in 1904 as dissenters gain education freedom.
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Sweden
Norway
Scandinavia
Christiania
Bergen
Lapland
Tromso
Altengaard
Hammerfest
Doctor Ouchterlony Dead Renowned Physician and Author
Dr. John Arvid Ouchterlony died in Louisville Kentucky after weeks of illness. He was a leading medical figure known for angina pectoris writings and global lectures. Born in Smaland Sweden June 24 1838 he studied at the University of the City of New York and was knighted by Pope Leo XIII and King Oscar of Sweden.
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Ouchterlony
John Arvid Ouchterlony
Louisville
Europe
Leo XIII
Oscar of
Sweden
Smaland
University of the City of New York
Origin of the Swedish Flag and Its Royal Roots
The Swedish flag, now restored as the national standard, shows a blue field with a yellow cross dividing it into four sections. It traces to King Sigismund's royal banner, with the earliest blue and yellow silk banner dating to the early sixteenth century bearing the arms of the state and the letters S R.
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Sigismund
S. R
Sigismundus Rex
Debating the Karlstad Treaty Stirs Norwegian Storthing
The Norwegian storthing debated the Karlstad treaty for two days with a sharp divide. Government representatives defended concessions as necessary for national welfare while opposition leaders Konow Castberg and Pastor Eriksen condemned the agreement as costly to independence. The radical rhetoric and obstruction faded as the government claimed a glorious victory aligning with national honor.
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Karlstad
Storthing
Konow
Castberg
Pastor Eriksen
Verdens Gang
Michelson
Olsson
Sweden
Hr. Konow
Oscar
Hr. Castberg
Pastor Erikson
Norway
Rich Office Denied Hedin Appointment Plot
The account says a past bid aimed to place Adolf Hedin in a lucrative Marseilles consular post to sideline a riksdag opponent. Hedin supposedly agreed as finances waned, but a high ranking figure, allegedly royalty, blocked the plan.
Christiania Celebrates 281st Birthday Founded by Royal Decree
Christiania marks its 281st anniversary, dated from the royal decree of September 1624 when Christian IV laid out the town to replace Oslo after a fire. The city’s birthday is September 27, observed last month in the old town.
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Christiania
Christian IV
Oslo
Copper mining advances at Skardalen near Lyngen Fjord
Preliminary work on copper claims owned by the Norwegian American Copper company in Skardalen near Lyngen fjord is under strong push. Three crews trench, strip, and sink test shafts as mining engineers report promising indications that large scale operations will be profitable.
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Skardalen
Lyngen Fjord
Fat Old Man Jones and Bridget in a Memphis tale
The Memphis News Scimitar recounts a humorous sketch about Old Man Jones known for middling fatness and easygoing ways. Bridget the cook stirs trouble with a slick tongue, yet escapes censure as Jones swallows her words. Sam the hired man reacts with fear at times.
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Jones
Bridget
Sam
Memphis News Scimitar
Forced Orders to Shoot Agitators Spark Turbulent Alarm
The report describes a government edict demanding armed force to suppress agitators carrying arms. It warns of bloodshed and depicts a tense climate as troops are ordered to act decisively against dissenters.
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Associated Press
Russia
Strikers talk of mass meetings amid secrecy and fears
Strikes in St Petersburg spark mass meetings with 15 000 to 20 000 attendees at the university and institutes. Authorities warn of armed force as unrest spreads to Kharkov and other cities. Generals order police to ignore disturbances while promising swift action to prevent orderly assembly.
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Tresoff
Warsaw
Lodz
Cubans to Attend The Hague Peace Conference
The Cuban government accepts Emperor Nicholas invitation sent via Baron Rosen to send delegates to the second peace conference at The Hague. Havana reports October 29.
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Hague
Havana
Nicholas
Rosen
the Hague
Mutual Life Trustees Face Fight Over McCurdy Influence
New York November 29 report says several Mutual Life Insurance trustees near resignation after the board voted to investigate mismanagement. Advisors urged persistence and to defeat the McCurdy faction, with plans to stay and remove them by forceful action.
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Mutual
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
McCurdy
Alice Roosevelt Denies Engagement With Longworth
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the president, publicly denied an engagement to Congressman Longworth of Ohio. She stated there is absolutely no truth to the report and made the denial before boarding the New York Philadelphia express at Jersey City.
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Congressman Longworth
New York
Mr. Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Ohio
Kelep Proposed as Weevil Destroyer in Guatemala
A U S Department of Agriculture report released October 29 declares the kelep in Guatemala wonderfully adapted to destroying the cotton boll weevil and outlines its potential to curb postharvest damage in cotton fields.
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Kelep
Guatemala
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Spanish Vessel Zuria Wrecks Near Helligoland
Spanish steamer Zuria from Rosario to Hamburg ran ashore off the South Rocks during a gale near Helligoland Prussia and quickly broke up. Nine crewmen drowned while survivors were rescued by the government steamer Triton.
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Nike
Island
Helligoland
Prussia
Zuria
Rosario
Hamburg
South Rocks
deVentheil
Triton
Ask Warrant for Eckland Extradition Sought in London
Acting on telegraphic instructions from the state department the American embassy applied at Bow Street police court for a warrant for the extradition of Peter Auguste Ecklund who is wanted in Minnesota on embezzlement charges. The hearing was set for Oct. 30.
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London
State Department
Bow, Street
Peter Auguste Ecklund
Minnesota
Grain and Livestock Prices From Markets Across Several Cities
Latest quotations report wheat and other grains in St Paul Duluth Minneapolis Milwaukee and Sioux City with prices for No 1 and No 2 Northern soft red hard and white oats corn rye and flax. Live stock prices cover cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago South St Paul and Sioux City with ranges for steers cows bulls calves and stockers and feeders.
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St. Paul
Northern
Duluth
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Darley
Civnewi
Sioux City
Town
Chicago
Che Lee Wethers
South
Paul
Toledo melodrama ends in accidental shooting during rescue scene
W F Granger, a member of a local melodrama company, was shot in the eye during a performance in Toledo on October 28. A revolver discharged by the rescuer caused the injury amid a cage of lions. Granger may lose his sight.
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Toledo
Ohio
W. F. Granger
Granger
Mad Act of Chicago Man Charged With Conspiracy
Adolph Perbohner a Chicago real estate and loan operator leaped from a fourth story window at 151 Washington street to dodge arrest on warrants charging conspiracy and fraud. He died on the pavement instantly as onlookers witnessed the dramatic escape attempt.
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Chicago
Adolph Perbohner
Washington Street
Prebohner
Perbohner
Taft Heads to Panama for Canal Mission
Secretary Taft and his party left Washington at 6 30 PM by boat for Norfolk and will transfer to the cruiser Columbia at Old Point. Taft was burdened with work before departure reviewing canal commission expenditures since July 1. Officials expect purchase of plant for canal construction to finish by January or June next year.
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Washington
Taft
Norfolk
United States
Columbia
Old Point
Canal Commission
Buried in trench as sewer work collapses at site
In Madeira Minnesota on October 29 laborer Felix Bastien was buried alive in a St Paul street sewer trench about eighteen feet deep while connections to extend the sewer to a hotel were made. The quicksand like soil caved in trapping him. rescue took about one to two hours.
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Falon
Madeira
Minn
Felix Bastien
St. Paul
Bastien
Death in Girl's Care of Lover Sparks Slashing
Myrtie Wittases of Albia invited Harold Stepp to her home after a jealous quarrel. She embraced him then slashed his throat with a razor. Stepp is in critical condition after forty stitches. Wittases is under arrest, lacking remorse.
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Des Moines
Harold Stepp
Myrtie Wittases
Aibla
Spe
Stepp
Enguz
Stone
Tig
Stone Lintel Crash Hits Wabasha Orphanage
A heavy stone lintel fourteen feet long weighing several tons toppled from the main entrance of a new orphanage in Wabasha Minnesota. The mass crushed stonemason Donatus Koch’s left leg, requiring immediate amputation after he was trapped beneath the fallen structure.
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Wabasha
Minn
Yestssaay
Cev
Donatus Koch
Youthful Groom Arrested In Iowa Elopement Case
Tom Bassa seventeen eloped with widow Mary Basse forty and now faces embezzlement charges pressed by his mother. Arrest occurred at Yankton South Dakota. he will be brought to Sioux City as the widow plans to visit relatives in Alston Iowa. The father claims embezzled two hundred dollars to pull him home.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Tom Bassa
Mary Basse
Yankton
S. C
Alston
Chicago Man Is Arrested for Wife Abandonment
William P. Tuttle, a Chicago board of trade man, was arrested in Steele North Dakota as a fugitive from Cook County indictment for wife abandonment. Deputy Sheriff Thomas V. Morrison of Cook County led the arrest on October 29 in North Dakota.
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W. P. Tuttle
North Dakota
Steele
N. D
William P. Tuttle
Board of Trade
Chicago
Cook County
Thomas V. Morrison
Bank Robbed in Rockham. $2500 Taken by Cracksmen
Telephone reports from Aberdeen say the Rockham bank was robbed last night by cracksmen who obtained $2500 and escaped. Local authorities investigate the break in as the town seeks leads and suspects.
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Aberdeen
S.D
Rockham
Faulk County
Fatal wreck near Fairfield slows trains and kills four
Two fast passenger trains on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad collided head on one mile south of Fairfield Iowa causing four deaths and between fifteen and twenty injuries none fatally. Authorities blame the dispatcher office as the probable cause. Trains were traveling about thirty miles per hour. Both Pacific locomotives were demolished by the impact.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Reopen Old Iron Mine in Shores Properties Buy
Ashland Wis Oct 28 Cleveland Cliffs Iron company has purchased a two thirds interest in the Shores Iron properties near Iron Belt Wisconsin. The deal is about 50000 dollars with 150000 dollars appropriated to continue work on Iron Belt and Shores properties. The Shores mine has not been worked for four years.
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Cleveland Cliffs Company
New Field
Ashland
Wis
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Shores Iron Properties
Iron Belt
Shores
Iowa State Gets Wealth Bequest From Geo W Catt
George W. Catt leaves property valued at 35000 to endow Iowa State College at Ames after widow Carrie Chapman Catt’s death. She may use the property for life. Revenue funds $100 scholarships for the college, plus Catt’s economics diary and engineering library go to the institution.
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George W. Catt
New York
Geo. W. Catt
Iowa State College
Ames
Carrie Chapman Catt
Farmer Found Dead in Riverside Township
Aberdeen South Dakota October 28 August Abraham a Riverside township farmer was found dead in a field between his home and Groton He had been to Groton and was seen to be ill on the way It is believed he became unconscious and the horses ran away after he fell from the wagon Apoplexy is given as the cause of death
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Aberdeen
S. D
Abraham
Riverside Township
Groton
Judge Holds Company in Contempt for Mills in Superior
Superior Milling company and its attorneys BE F. McCausland J A Murphy and Charles Crownhart were held in contempt of court by Judge Smith for operating its mills in Superior in defiance of a restraining order issued by the court.
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Superior
Wis
Superior Milling Company
BE. F. McCausland
J. A. Murphy
Charles Crownhart
Smith
Superior Court
Engine Backed, Kills Man Near Gary Farm
Amundson was fatally injured when an engine ran backward after a belt broke while he stretched it on a farm near Gary. He died instantly. survived by a widow and five children.
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Ada, Tt
Amundson
Gary
Two Children Drown Skating on Pond in Stephen Minn
Robert Richard seven and Vina Esther nine, children of Mr and Mrs Robert Cook of Bridgeport Kittson county near Stephen Minnesota, drowned yesterday afternoon when they fell through the ice on a pond used for stock water.
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Stephen
Minn
Robert Richard
Vina Esther
Robert Cook
Bridgeport
Kittson County
Whiteman Sentenced for Check Fraud in Buffalo
A. J. Whiteman was sentenced to eight years and five months in Auburn prison for defrauding the Fidelity Trust Company of Buffalo with raised and forged checks. He plans to appeal.
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Buffalo
N. Y
A. J. Whiteman
Auburn
Whiteman
Fidelity Trust Company of
Escaped Inmate Breaks From Larimore Jail
Grend Ferris North Dakota October 28 reports a man arrested in Larimore for booversing escaped by digging a hole through a brick wall where a gas pipe entered the jail chamber.
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Grend Ferris
N. D
Larimore
Threshing Machine Burned at Rasmussen Farm Near Perham
A threshing machine owned by Johnson Bie Rasmussen and two wheat stacks burned at the Rasmussen farm north of Perham. A man was seen running away just before the fire was discovered.
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Perham
Minn
Johnson Bie Rasmussen
Johnson
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