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THE NORTHMAN 13 estimated to aggregate 20,000. ' Boston, Mass., was third. In the free crowd < skating contect it is reported Miss Admiral . Sheppard, commander of the Weld was easily superior to all the allied : occupation forces, officially REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR and was greeted with transferred 1 the military authority to The youngest government in the competitors ( continuous applause, REPRESENTATIVE but the judges , world is one that has just been set up considered that the Swedish women the Danish commander at Sonderburg. ! to the by a colony of 25,000 Russian * were the best in the set figures, American relief workers evacuating ’ STATE LEGISLATURE refugees that follewed the army of which counted for 60 per cent, against Armenia in the face of spreading bol Yudenitch into the borderlands of 40 for the free skating. shevism, were detained at Erivan by Esthonia. These people in small col No. on Ballot 31. A convention of historians of Nor the Armenians until they signed a onies of several hundred each are Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and guarantee that the stream of Ameri- , living on old Baltic estates in man- way, ’ will be held in Christiania can supplies into Armenia would be-: sions that formerly housed barons Finland, ' 7 to 10, this year. The countries continued. After giving their pledges I REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR whose titles date back many cen- July . named have been invited to send re as ransom'they were permitted to con- NATIONAL CONVENTION turies. presentatives to the convention and tinue their journey to Batum. [ Primary Election May 21. (Paid Adv) A remarkable step has been taken much intrest is manifested. in Budapest by the government to im prove the financial situation. Hunga The Norwegian Students’ Singing rian crown note have been stamped Society, the oldest male chorus in Norway, will celebrate its 75th an VOTE FOR “Worth only 50 percent.” The result of this was that when, niversary in a glorious jubilee from the banks reopened after being the 20th to the 25th of June, and closed for ten days, the exchange Christiania, will become for the time rate on London was 750, instead of a city of song. Concerts and festivities will follow 950 (normally it is 24); on New York 190 instead of 290 (normally it is 5); one upon the other. Even in the sta on Berlin 2930 instead of 430 (nor dium their beautiful songs will re mally 1.20), and on Berne 33 instead sound. From Sweden and Denmark similar choruses will come to take of 46 (normally .95). FOR part in this great song festival. The The riksdag of Sweden has decided students’ Singing Society has invited by an overwhelming majority to as special, guests the student organi emancipate Swedish women by pass zations of Copenhagen, Denmark, and ing the new marriage law giving wo of Lund and Upsala, Sweden. men equal rights with the men in the home, in business and in every other The council of ambassadors at Paris way. The new law removes the an has decided to give Turkey a month cient right of Swedish • men to com to consider the peace treaty, which plete mastery in the home and gives has been presented to the Turkish Present County Commissioner woman an opportunity of claiming plenipotentiary. compensation for her work as house Both Germany’s domestic and her wife or mother and absolute control foreign markets have come to a of any dower or fortune she possessed standstill, says a dispatch from Ber Always on the Job before her marriage. Though this lin. The practice of raising prices has Continued Good Service law goes little further than similar continued steadily. They now are laws in America it is revolutionary beyond the reach of German buyers. for Sweden, where the status of At the same time, because of the im married women has remained un provement in the rate of exchange of Republican Primary, May 21 changed for a century. Besides con the mark, the buying power . of the ferring upon women a new status it ■ dollar, pound, and franc have been roots up ancient statutes and regu ■ dropping. As a result, the foreign lations, either annulling them com ■ buyer goes away empty handed. pletely or modifying them to con (Paid Advertisement) Danish troops on the 6th instant oc- form to the new enactment. The , I cupied northern Schleswig, the people whole intention of the law is based upon marriage as being a copartner of which on February 10, last, in a ship in which each shares, equally the plebiscite, provided for in the peace FV.-J profit and loss resulting from their treaty, voted by a large majority for ,0. a return of this part of the territory combined efforts. to Danish nationality. The Germans Miss Toulin and Miss Norrin, both had been in control there since 1866. of Sweden, were awarded first and Enthusiastic scenes accompanied the second place, respectively, in the arrival of the Danes at Sonderburg. I Olympic figure skating event at A force of Danes also arrived in Had- Antwerp. Miss Therese Weld of ersleven and were welcomed by a J. D. LEE Overseas MRS. FRANK 0. NORTHRUP A. A, MUCK County Commisioner □ Bad Teeth Bad Breath Bad Health WHY? The three ills stated above are easily preventable, so why do you allow these conditions to exist? 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