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remained in Lemberg's possession. He published it for two years and then in 1950 presented it to the MFAHS, which has continued to publish it from that time. For the 1951 and 1952 editions, it appeared under the joint editorship of Lemberg and Matti Erkkilä, but with Erkkilä then moving to California, Lemberg once more became sole editor. For a number of years the Siirtokansan Kalenteri has been printed by the Amerikan Uutiset in New York Mills with Edward Riippa, editor, Russell Parta business manager and the MFAHS as publisher.

To complete the list being made, mention of several publications of more limited appeal and brief sojourn in Duluth is in order. First there was Terveytemme (Our Health), a monthly which began publication in 1918 but had a very brief life. A much longer life has been enjoyed by the Veljeysviesti (Brotherhood Messenger) which was born in Duluth circa 1925 but soon moved to Astoria, Oregon; in the 1950s, it continued to be edited in California but to be published in Superior. In 1926, a shortlived journal, the Opas (Guide) appeared in Duluth, and during the same decade several periodicals of religious nature made their appearance: one of them was Totuus (The Truth), which came out twice weekly during the 1920s as a Methodist publication. During the same time there was another Totuus appearing in Duluth also, a literary weekly edited and published by William Risto for several years. At the end of the decade a quarterly, Etsijä (The Seeker), made its appearance, promising an impartial treatment of ethical problems but in reality being a theosophist organ, published by Carl H. Salminen, with a life span of not much more than one year. A magazine, Kristitty (The Baptized) appeared during the mid-1920s, with publication in Duluth and Eveleth.

Still to be mentioned is the Finska Mission Posten (in Swedish), a Baptist periodical born in Duluth in 1906, with F. Esselström as editor; its body of subscribers had grown to some 1,400 when it moved to Chicago. Uusi Aika (The New Era), started by Pastor Risto Lappala in Duluth in 1914, was moved to Chicago, too - via New York. The Kirkonkello (Church Bell), now published at Finlayson, was published in Duluth throughout the 1930s, and during the 1940s another paper with the same name was edited and published in West Duluth by Pastor Lepistö. A periodical called Kalevan Kansa was published in Duluth from 1930 to 1933, and in 1937 there appeared for a few months an English-language Finnish-American Weekly, published by the Päivälehti. Finally, during 1938-39 there appeared, at times in

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