Foreign Language Press Service

The Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey was published in 1942 by the Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project of the Works Progress Administration of Illinois. The purpose of the project was to translate and classify selected news articles that appeared in the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. The project consists of 120,000 typewritten pages translated from newspapers of 22 different foreign language communities of Chicago.

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[Scandinavians Desirable as Citizens]

Hejmdal, Sept. 22, 1876

In one of the American papers we found a statement saying the Danes-Norwegians and Swedes as emigrants are very desirable, they are honest, industrious and willing to be American citizens very quickly. There was a time when we didn't care about politics, but we have opened our eyes and ears.

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