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Nobel Peace Prize talk and Danish American emigration
In Madison Wisconsin a Norwegian American elder died after receiving a small fund from the Nor ee Vel society to aid nearby Ryfvike, Norway. Reports note Emperor William’s claimed peace prize bid and a question if he would travel to Cha r-lia to accept it. Danish American Leon Marcher was arrested in Drammen after a $5,000 theft. Knut Hamsun celebrated his fifteenth birthday with tributes from Nordic theaters. emigration from Scandinavia to the United States continues with about 15,000 leaving, many farmers and workers, and substantial shipments and investments linked to new shipping lines and cultural groups.
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Halle Stenaland
Madison
Wis
Nor Ee Vel
Ryfvike
Norway
Mr. Stensland
Chris Hania
William A
Servia
Austria
Europe
Leon Marcher
New York
Drammen
Marcher
Knut Hamsun
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Christania
St. Petersburg
Knut Hameun
Denmark
Verdens Gang
Chris
Canada
Associated Press
Kaiser Friedrich
Hamburg
Leif Ericksson
Engeberth H. Hobe
St. Paul, Minn
America
United States
Ling
Sweden
Constantinople
Mohammed Farid
Egypt
Venice
Lagerkrantz
Washington, D. C
Washington
Herman Lagerkrants
Washington Post
Salvation Army
London