Nordic claims and diplomacy clash over Normandie jubilee
News from Scandinavia reports Rouen will host next summer’s millennium celebration of the duchy of Normandie. Danes Norwegians and Swedes vie over founder origin claims for Rollo, while Sigurd Ibsen questions Norway’s European standing. Sweden considers a millennial representation and other regional matters unfold across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchy of Normandie
Rouen
France
Rollo
Gange Roll
Normandie
Norway
E Dane
Sigurd Ibsen
Henrik Isben
Europe
Sweden
Isben
Golden wedding honors and Nordic notes in far lands
News notes from Norway report Captain Christian Nilsen and wife celebrating their golden wedding at Skaato near Kragero. Retirement pensions, a 60 year herding career in Nesland Telemarken, and a silver medal from the Society for the Welfare of Norway honor Solhematel. Miss Anna Rogstad makes a landmark maiden speech in the storthing urging women’s suffrage. A Viking age archeological find near Hanover at Flagstad reveals bronze buckles and weapons, with a horse burial unearthed after a dynamite blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Nilsen
Nee Jensen
Skaato
Kragero
Olaf Torjussen Solhematel
Nesland
Telemarken
Society For the Weal of Norway
Samlag
Bergen
Anna Rogstad
Storthing
Christiania
Brazile
Miss Rogstad
Flagstad
Im Vang
Hanover
Denmark Headlines Weigh In On War Shifts And Local Matters
Ida Hansen of Frederikaberg is said to be Denmark's heaviest woman at 245 pounds and has 17 children, 10 living. The government plans to send war ships to Greenland to arrest foreign walrus hunters, mainly Americans. The Danish post office marks its 200th anniversary on December third with celebrations and guests from Scandinavia. Garrisons vie for placement in Danish cities, while notable figures Slag else and Taatrupere push for top defenses. A Copenhagen prankster deceives a wholesale merchant, inviting 18 uninvited guests to a dinner and warning them to be hospitable or face punishment as uninvited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Moganas
Baltic Sea
The
Humane Society
Elinero
Malmo
Magasin du Nord
Copenhagen
Reichstag
Germany
Board of Education of Boras
Selma Lagerlof
Svenska Theatern
Stockholm
Belma Lagerlof
Varberg
Karl Adolf Andersson
Holmen
Johannes Larsson
Andersson
Larsson
H. Eklund
Magszine
P. E. Asley
Lemont, Ill
State Church of
Old Country
Aslev
Railway Department
Gothenburg
Denmark
Ida Hansen
Frederikaberg
Greenland
Danish Post Office Department
Slagelse
Taatrupere
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Chicago
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Logan & Bryan
New York Stock and
J. E. McElroy
Graphic Block
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News of
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E. O. Johansson
B. V. Lindberg
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Winaston State Bank
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