Foreign Language Press Service

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Again the Illinois General Assembly has proved that, when money matters are concerned, the difference between country and city, farmer and urbanite, is more pronounced than the difference between political parties. About eight years ago, Illinois had a so-called Board of Equalization which wa

It appears that the insolent exploitation of Chicago and Cook County through the gentlemanly so-called farm "Board of Equalization" is to be repeated again this year. In the past year these "robbing farmers" increased the valuation of Cook County property by ninety-eight per cent, virtually d

Mr. Jan Smrcka, delegate of the Bohemian settlement in Chicago, has returned from his travels throughout the State of Kansas. He will report on his travels and give information relative to homesteading in Kansas to all who are interested at 2 o'clock this coming Sunday. Th

A quarter of a century ago our progressively inclined Americans considered slavery, the plight of the dark race, as the greatest of all evils, and thought, if that pernicious condition were abolished, that our nation, based on personal liberty, would reach virtually limitless prosperity and a

A well attended Jewish meeting took place yesterday to discuss a plan to assist Jews engaged in agriculture in Palestine. The speakers were Rev. Stampfer, a proud Magyar by birth, who lived in Jerusalem since his early childhood; Dr. Hirsch, and Dr. Felsenthal. The meeting was opened by Mr. P

France now prohibits the importation of American pork. This will mean a great loss to the Norwegian farmers here in the Central States. The price has already fallen sixty cents per hundred pounds, and we believe that this action will cause a further price drop that will force many of our farm

The Union of Jewish Communities of America held its session again yesterday forenoon at ten o'clock in Standard Hall. After attending to preliminary business the local rabbis extended an invitation to the delegates to take a coach trip and see the city. A lengthy debate ensued about the execu

The following advertisement appears in the Swedish Tribune, Chicago, for the 5th of July, 1882. Red River Valley - 100 miles wide and 300 miles long, with a layer of black soil as thick as a man is tall, watered by the powerful Red River and its numerous small tributaries, its shore

The Swedish Tribune, Chicago, reprints a very interesting editorial, taken from Skaraborgs Lans Hush,Tidning,Sweden. The author of this article writes: An American who understands American farming has written an interesting article comparing American and Swedish farming methods.

EDITORIAL: If all persons, who arrived here spoke the truth there would not be so many emigrants, I am sure. These are the words a nice Swedish immigrant wrote in a letter to a Swedish newspaper. He seemed by this to try to do his part to stop the emigration. His first argument is t

Editorial: At the end of a year and the beginning of a new year one likes to know what the nation has accomplished during the past year. Have we gone backward or forward? And what has taken place among us Swedish-Americans in this respect? It would be interesting to know how they tr

The Group "Northwestside" held yesterday evening it's regular meeting, Comrade Krause presided. Comrade Kramer lectured interestingly about the development of the argicultural and industrial conditions in America. The speaker lived in this country for more than 37 years. When he came here the

The coming elections - National, State and County are highly important for every citizen, but especially for immigrants. The most important questions, which will be decided by the electorate in November are as follows: 1. The Civil Service Reform. 2. The protecti

Wherever you go and wherever you sit, you hear people talk about bad times. We seem to think that times never have been as bad as right now and just cannot remember that times have been worse at least several times in the history of this young country. Particularly the farmers shoul

A big excursion to northern Minnesota to see tracts of land suitable for farming will leave Monday, March 21, at eleven A. M. People wishing to see this wonderful section of land, will please come and see Mr. Stominski. The train fare from Chicago is only ten dollars for a round tri

The entire Scandinavian Colony must have been present at the opening of Scandia Hall. Every Scandinavian Singing Society in Chicago sang, and every organization and church was represented. The new president of Branch One was installed. He is the well-known Dane, P. Holgers

Several American Newspapers lately have stressed the fact, that freed negroes are spreading all over the Southwest and have become successful farmers, particularly in Texas. According to the standpoint of these newspapers, the white settler has lost a lot of his ancesters' pioneerin

Seven months ago, a Jewish welfare organization was organized for the purpose of helping Jewish persons who have come to Chicago, to establish themselves. The city's richest and most influential Jews became supporters of this benevolent society. Headquarters were established at 154 West Lake

At a meeting held last Thursday, the Myslewski Society appointed a committee, composed of A. J. Kowalski, A. Szulc, F. Wleklinski, Joseph Marson, P. Okoniewski, and M. Durski, to look over a tract of land in the vicinity of St. Joseph, Michigan. The Society plans to buy a large trac