Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.12.2007, Blaðsíða 12

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12 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • 15 December 2007
ACROSS
1 Hand tool
4 Sky sights
9 Strange
14 Animal foot
17 Daring deed
19 UK members
20 Mistake
21 Very cold
22 Roman cloaks
23 Cheeky
24 Turn out
25 Sign
26 Ordain
28 Tap, like a bird
30 “Made in __”
32 Chop
33 Yardstick
36 Cow speak
37 Flavourful
40 Former USSR’s secret police
43 Ate
45 Salaam
49 Parent groups
50 Latter
52 Author Poe
54 Covered stadium
55 Halldór Kiljan Laxness
quote, pt. 2
58 Whichever
59 Point
60 Rent
61 Pen stuff
62 Mommy
63 Naughty or __
64 Island
65 Cowboy ropes
67 Thin strip (used in builidng
construction)
69 Many times
70 TV Spots
71 Whiz
73 Delivery service
74 Friday (abbr.)
75 Greek island
78 Laxness quote, pt. 4
80 Borrowers
84 Not there
85 Dose
86 Vex
88 __ A Small World...
89 Galled
90 Anger
91 Wing
92 Greek treat
94 Mrs. John Doe
95 Good fortune
97 Musical composition
99 Relating to the ear
100 __ upon a time
101 Laxness quote, pt. 5
103 Take illegally
105 Males
106 Laxness quote, pt. 6
107 Also known as (abbr.)
109 Those who are opposed
111 Put on
112 Cooks
115 Wet
117 Rhyming verse
120 Roman eight
121 Brand of Tile game
124 Dine
126 What a bank gives
128 Totals
129 Jell-o salad
130 Laxness quote, pt. 7
131 Past
132 Ball holder
133 Shin
134 Tighten
135 Explosives
DOWN
1 Enact
2 Plant material
3 Toboggan
4 Tendon
5 Maple
6 Atmosphere
7 Invitation abbreviaton
8 Not as assertive
9 Sunday papers
10 Grey sea eagle
11 Internal Revenue Service
12 Beat
13 Nighttime images
14 Mountain lion
15 Prayer ending
16 Compass point
18 Ancient board game
21 Halldór Kiljan Laxness
quote, pt. 1
27 Crimson
29 What a cow chews
31 Note of debt
34 Cease
35 Recovers
37 Drop the drink
38 Afloat (2 wds.)
39 Separates hair
40 Hits the ball
41 African antelope
42 Ointment
44 Samba
46 Drink to
47 Upside down frown
48 Asian country
50 Fees
51 Slack
53 Grain
56 Light emitting __
57 Sports official
63 Cut
64 Laxness quote, pt. 3
66 Satiate
68 Capital of Zambia
69 Globes
71 1996 Summer Olympics
home
72 California (abbr.)
74 Associated with fetus
75 Texas stew
76 Old TV show
77 Construct
78 Grain storage towers
79 Genetic code
80 Backless couch
81 Great ape
82 Farm
83 Candy, for example
85 Standard or average
87 Gloomy
92 Marina (2 wds.)
93 Is
94 United manner
96 Tan shorts
98 Thief’s hideout
102 Stretch to make do
104 Fib
106 Fish eggs
108 Tapestry
110 Used a broom
111 Recipient
112 Remain
113 Assistant
114 Waistband
116 Harvard’s rival
117 Chest muscles
118 Basic
119 Thread
120 Value-added tax
122 Certified public accountant
123 Relation
125 Summer skin color
127 Fisherman’s tool
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One hundred years ago
this week, Heimskringla re-
ported that gold had been
found in Vatnsmýrin, around
135 or 150 feet deep. There
was still controversy sur-
rounding a number of Chi-
nese people who had arrived
in Canada but had not paid
the $500 head tax. The French
had recently lost their airship.
King Óskar of Sweden died
and Prince Gustav took the
throne. Þorbergur Fjeldsted,
lighthouse keeper on Hecla
Island (Mikley) reported that
haying this year was average,
and fishing had gone fairly
well.
Lögberg reported that Al-
fred Nobel, troubled by the
use to which the explosives
he had invented were being
used, would use his royalties
to fund an annual peace prize.
“South Africa for Negroes”
was the slogan of a political
movement in Ethiopia. Mem-
bers of the older generation in
Iceland could not remember a
summer that had been as cold
— snow and frost had been
seen in August. Despite this,
haying had not been bad ev-
erywhere.
Fifty years ago this week,
Heimskringla thanked its sub-
scribers for helping make it
the second-oldest newspaper
still publishing in Winnipeg
(the oldest was the Winni-
peg Free Press, formerly the
Manitoba Free Press), adding
an ancient Christmas wish:
God be in your home, and
Good Yule! A meeting in Ice-
land’s Alþingi was cancelled
following the death of Jón
Sigurðsson of Kaldaðarnes.
Ragnar Stafansson’s transla-
tion of “Rebecca” continued.
Lögberg published a 32-
page 70th anniversary issue.
The Prime Minister of Ice-
land, President of Iceland
and Bishop of Iceland were
among many congratulating
the newspaper on its anniver-
sary. Christmas was called a
celebration of love, gather-
ings, remembrance, singing
and hope. An article consid-
ered holy men and the hu-
manities. Professor Richard
Beck wrote on the history of
the Lögberg newspaper, cred-
iting its endurance in part
to the literary tradition Ice-
landers brought with them to
North America.
Twenty-five years ago
this week, Lögberg-Heim-
skringla commented that
“Christmas kindles light
in every corner” and that
seasonal traditions in Ice-
land prior to the adoption
of Christianity recognized
the significance of the dark-
est period of winter ending.
Einar Arnarson recalled In-
gibjörg and Jakob Jónsson’s
kindness to his family when
settling in Markland near
Lundar, MB in “A Pioneer
Woman.” The late Ingibjorg
and Leo Danielson were re-
membered in “Thoughts of
Mom and Dad.” In Iceland,
Gunnar Thoroddsen’s tri-
partite government narrowly
survived a censure motion.
Speculation was fuelled by
possible inclusion, in an ex-
pected election, of an all-fe-
male, non-partisan slate of
candidates. Candidates from
such lists had won in munici-
pal elections in Reykjavík
and Akureyri.
Compiled and translated
by David Jón Fuller. For
complete back issues, visit
www.timarit.is.