Foreign Language Press Service

Den Skandinaviske Arbejdersangforening (The Scandinavian Workingmen's Singing Society), on the South Side, gave its first concert October 30. It received very unfavorable criticism in the paper. The program was very poor, and the singers had not been properly trained. The song leader was Mr.

About fifty Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes gathered in Jung's Hall last Tuesday to form a central committee for all wards in Chicago where there are Scandinavian voters who voted Democratic in 1896. Officers were elected, and all Scandinavian Democrats were invited to a big meeting on March 8.

The Danish Democratic Union on the South Side is working to get more political jobs for Danes and Swedes in Chicago. On the South Side there are many Danes in the Twenty-eighth Ward, and also in Brighton. In Chicago they are very numerous in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and

Den Skandinaviske Arbejdersangforening (The Scandinavian Workingmen's Singing Society) has broken up.

Den Skandinaviske Arbejdersangforening (The Scandinavian Workingmen's Singing Society) has broken up.

Den Skandinaviske Demokratiske Forening of Cook County (The Scandinavian Democratic Society of Cook County) has established its headquarters in Room 16, 161-163 East Randolph Street, and will assist all Scandinavians who have not yet taken out their citizens' paper.

A new club, Skandinavisk Discussionsklub Fremad (Scandinavian Discussion Club Forward), has been founded. Its aim is to spread culture and information among Scandinavian workers. There are to be lectures on science, economics, history, politics, and literature. The club also asks everyone who

A new club, Skandinavisk Discussionsklub Fremad (Scandinavian Discussion Club Forward), has been founded. Its aim is to spread culture and information among Scandinavian workers. There are to be lectures on science, economics, history, politics, and literature. The club also asks everyone who

The annual conference of the Society of the Swedish Episcopal Churches in America was opened last Wednesday with services in St. Ausgarius Church where the sermon was delivered by the Rev. Erik Forsberg of Minneapolis. The Rev. J.G.Hammarskold, General Missionary, was the preacher t

The St. Ansgarius Swedish Church celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in its church at 99 North Sedgwick Street. It is the oldest Swedish church in Chicago. In 1849 a group of Swedes belonging to the English St. James Church decided to start a church of their own where they could use their mot

Editorial: The Swedish Tribune, Chicago, in one of its editorials today refers to a public meeting which was recently held in Upsala, Sweden by the Society of Students and Workers. Professor Harald Hjarne was the speaker at this meeting and the topic was "The Revival of Scandinavian."

The Swedish Lutheran Church conference decided at its meeting last week that the pastors shall take the responsibility of collecting thirty cents a year from each member of their congregations for Missionary work and for the extension of their schools. The church has a debt of $60,0

The Polar Star Society is the name a newly organized literary society has adopted. Even people outside Chicago are entitled to join the society; its main purpose is to translate books of prominent Swedish authors into English. Among those whose works are going to see the light of day in Engli

It is generally believed that a change in the personnel of the civil service commission will take place upon the expiration of the terms of the present commissioners. Robert Lindblom [Swede] has stated repeatedly that he does not desire a re-appointment, and rumors of other changes have been

We have again celebrated Midsummer here and we have once more gone back in our thoughts to old Sweden, with its clear blue skies, under which young and old danced around the Maypole. We Chicago Swedes have faithfully preserved the customs of our forefathers, even if Midsummer sun is shining o

We have a large number of Scandinavian teachers in the Chicago public schools. [A long list of names of Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian teachers is given.] Altogether there are fifty-one Danes, thirty Swedes, and nineteen Norwegians teaching in the Chicago public schools; a total of

The General Council of the Lutheran Church in America recently concluded a successful annual meeting, the twenty-seventh in Chicago. In common with the other Lutheran church bodies the General Council is noted for its conservatism upon political questions. Yet it signified, in a manner not to

Over one hundred Swedish settlers who came to Chicago before the fire have organized a new society, The Swedish Old Settlers. To the board of directors the following men were elected: Dr. John Enander, president; vice president, Charles Eklund; secretary, C. F. Peterson; financial secretary,

In his breezy interview with representatives of the press upon his arrival in New York, Admiral Dewey found occasion to allude to the conversion of the archbishop of Manila, the gentleman who predicted that the Spanish fleet would wipe "the scum of the earth" from the face of the waters.

Dansk Alderdomshjem. In this article we find the following information: Skandinavisk Arbejderforening (Scandinavian Workingmen's Society) built Scandia Hall after very impractical plans and the result was that the society lost plenty of money and finally the whole building.