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Mikkola was born in Helsingfoors, Finland, on January 15, 1886, where he lived and went to both public and private schools. After he graduated from the academy which corresponds to our high schools he entered a Finnish university from which he has a degree as a technical engineer. In his capacity of engineer he took a position in a company which manufactured and sold farm machinery, but at the same time, as is customary for business men in Finland, he held a membership in an athletic club...
...Olympic games, and the interest in all sorts of sports was intense. Mikkola showed an adaptability in all athletic games which soon placed him in a prominent position in his club, and his activity in this respect and in other fields made him well-wnown throughout the whole of Finland. He became celebrated as a marksman, won the pole vault and steeple chase in the athletic games held in Petrograd as a captain in the army won several medals for bravery and distinguished service and for two years was long distance ski-champion of Finland...
Belgium and Sweden, sentimentally united by the marriage of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid (TIME, Nov. 15), were drawn yet closer, last week, as the Swedish Parliament debated a treaty bringing Belgium into the group of nations (Denmark, Norway, Finland) absolutely pledged to peace with Sweden...
...professor rounded up talent and discovered a first class bassoon player, formerly with the German and Slavic Philharmonic in Laibach, Austria, sawing wood for new garages in Butte; one of Finland's best clarinets coal-digging in Red Lodge; an able violinist in a Helena high school. Additional products were imported...
...Helsingfors, Finland, Paavo Nurmi, monosyllabic marathoner, had his first interview with President Relander. The Finnish President, in all moments of conversational difficulty, turns to the formula of the catechism like those uncles who ask a child what he is studying, whether he loves his teacher, and so on, without listening to the answers. Chin in collar, Marathoner Nurmi stared at his hands...