Word: schleswiger
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much-gnawed bone is Schleswig-Holstein. In 1460 the Kings of Denmark became Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein, agreed never to join it to Denmark. They kept their word for almost 200 years, then lost it to Sweden, got it back in chunks. In 1806 Schleswig-Holstein was joined to Denmark. In 1848 Denmark allowed German-populated Holstein to join the German Confederation and during the next two years beat off Prussia's ungrateful attempt to seize Schleswig too. But in 1864 Austria and Prussia ganged up on Denmark, bloodily took Schleswig away. For 50 years Schleswig and Holstein were...
...many-motored DO-X, back in Germany after her winter in the U. S., roared over Fehmarn Belt last week, a strait between Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish island of Laaland. Down below was a little grey barkentine plowing through the water with all sails set: the German naval training ship Niobe. It was a bright sunny afternoon but the air was rough. The DO-X dipped low over the Niobe in salute, then hurried...
...late 1870's a woodcarver named Dirks left his home in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, and shipped himself, wife and nine children to the New World where he settled down in Chicago's West Side lumber yard and railroad district. One son, Rudolph, soon picked up broken English, discarded newspapers which he sold for 1? profit, and a knack of drawing. In time he | drifted to New York, originated in 1897 a color page of comics called "The Katzenjammer Kids," became one of the world's most beloved cartoonists...
Bismarck's important decisions in the crises brought on by the disputes over the Schleswig-Holstein provinces in 1863 and 1864, furnishes the material for "The Schleswig-Holstein Question" by L. D. Steefel '16, Professor at the University of Minneapolis. The book is the study of the machinations of Bismarck and takes one side of a controversial subject. It is said that Bismarck was not included in Lord Palmerston's list of those who really understood the complexities of the Schleswig-Holstein question, but Professor Steefel believes that he deserved to head...
...afraid to be in Cuba last week were numerous merrymaking socialites, among them Mr. & Mrs. Irénée du Pont of Wilmington, Del., Prince & Princess Tokugawa of Japan, Princess Alexandra-Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Bishop James E. Freeman of Washington and U. S. Ambassador Harry F. Guggenheim, whose dinner-party-of-the week was lavish...