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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16

Saturday evening about eighty
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Ames
held a farewell party for them
at the auditorium. The party
assembled at s o'clock and enter
tanned with music by Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Frisbie and
Laura Laying. Games were
played and at $50 Mr.. Lingren,
on behalf of those present, pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs. Ames with
a set of hollow handle silver
knives and forks. Mr.. Ames has
been asst cashier in the bank for
5 year but has lived here the past
IL years while Mrs. Ames has
only been here the past 3 years.
Mr.. Ames left yesteday for
Lewis, Wis, where he has &C
copied a position as cashier in a
bank, while Mrs. Ames will not
leave until Christmas. Their
many friends here regret to see
them leave but wish them the
best of success in their new
home.
Wednesday, Nov. 8, Miss Col
die Plaisted was united in mar
riage to Ted Dobozenski. The
ceremony took place at 1870 at
Sacred Heart church. The bride
wore a black, velvet suit and
white hat. She carried brides
roses and lilies of the valley and
was attended by her sister, Miss
Evelyn, who wore a navy blue
suit and white hat. She carried
pink roses. The groom wore
the conventional black and was
attended by his brother. Misses
Didden and Mrs. Mike Plaisted
sang during service. The church
was beautifully decorated with
ferns, smilax and vines. After
the service at the church the
relatives went to the home of the
bride and were served a sump-
tuous wedding breakfast. The
bride and groom received many
beautiful wedding gifts. They
left for their new home on the
Is o'clock train. Both are well
| known here and their friends wish
them the best of success in their
travel through life together.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
A Whistlinq Oyster.

The proprietor of London chop
house some years ago made fame
and fortune by the discovery of u
musical oyster, A distinct whiStIing
sound came from newly opened
barrel Of oysters. With cagerne>>
he hunted for the cause and found
an oyster which seemed to amuse
itself bv whistling. The lnnkeeper
advertised it, and hundreds came
daily to his hostelry to listen to the
musical oyster. In due time the
oyster died, and its secret died with
il, 1t is supposed that the sound
was caused by the inspiration and
expiration of air through tiny hole
IN the she'll. To this day the inn is
known as the Whisthng OYSTER.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
Claws Famous Maxim.

Henry Clay, though he favored ii
ugh tariff in 1888, introduced a bill
reducing the then existing duties
Ita object was to pacify the agricul
turaI states which had objected We
hcmently. In South Carolina tb"
opposition had taken d very serious
form. His friends told Cha, that
his chances for The presidency would
be injured, when his reply was the
famous sentence, I'D rather be
right than president of the United
States"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
The Thirsty Elm.

1t has been computed that if the
leaves of an elm tree sixty feet high
were spread out on the ground
edge to edge they would cover five
acres of land. These leaves, averag-
ing 100000 to full grown tree,
will absorb water to the amount of
seven tons during the normal sum
mcr day. Were it not for the in
gathering by the stomata during the
night "a few elms would soon draw
off all the water from IA district
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16

body interested please come as
there will be annual election Of
officers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
scandinavian FLAGS.

The Swedish nag is older than
the flag of Norway. Sweden has
flown the yellow cr~s< on the pale
blue field since Gustavus Nasa be
came king in 1873, and the indie
pendence of Sweden from Denmark
was acknowledged Norway had no
political existence as a separate
Kingdom until 1914, when she ''sc-
coded" from Denmark and adopted
Us her flag ID device made by super
imposing ID blue cross on the white
cross Of the Danish flag.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
Sab ara's Gases.

Some Of the GASES Of the Sahara
are quite large, one Of them being
l20 miles long and lifty-cight miles
wide The springs ar" Of various
kinds--hot, cold, mineral or case
Gus The kargha oasis dwcIIers
raise grain, onions and dates. but
live on the least possible amount of
food, work and reasoning power.
Marshes abound and fever prevails
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16

Land for Sale 800 acres. The
north half of Sec. 16, Twp. AZ,
Range 10. Situated one and one
half miles northeast of Askov,
along the railroad. G. N. Rail
way passes through the center of
this tract. Prefer to sell this
land all in one tract, but will con-
slider offers for any tract Of not
less than 80 acres. For further
information and price write W.
R. Newman, r. d. No. 6, Box
281 B, Seattle, Wash. Stiff
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
WooIuatherine.

For ones wits to go woolgather-
ing" is an aIlusion to IA, pitifuI in
dustry sometimes seen in older
countries. In parts of France, Ger
many and Spain very old people are
sometimes employed in gathering
wool from bushes in sheep pastures,
where it has been plucked from the
fleece as the animals pass too close
10 the branches
A Winning Play.
Old Friend-Your plan IL a most ex
cellcnt one. But do You think your
wife will agree to It? Married Man
Oh. yes. I'll tell her some one else sug
gested it, and III call It an idiots idea
Exchange
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
BRUNO


DNOiSo
From Our Correspondent.
N. A. Williams was in Superior
Friday.
Mr.. Lingren was in Duluth
Tuesday.
Nels Lindh left for Minneapo-
lis Tuesday.
Mrs. Kellett spent the week
end in Duluth.
Mr.. Fig has gone to Omaha
to spend some time there.
John Stafford and Mrs. Laying
were in Sandstone Tuesday.
Liel and Giles Atwater spent
Tuesday at Sandstone having
dental work DONE,
The Kipp String Quartette was
here Monday evening and gave a
very pleasing entertainment.
Miss Francis Downing spent
Saturday and Sunday in Duluth
visiting friends and shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ziglin of Cedar
Falls, are the guests of their son
here. They came last Thursday.
Elmer Tanner and family of
Brownsville, are the guests of his
sister, Mrs. Will Hill. They came
Sunday.
Mrs. Homedahl of Cannon
Falls, is the guest of her daught-
err, Mrs. c. Anderson. She came
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Markus were
called to Duluth last week on ac-
count of the serious illness of the
latter's mother.
Mrs. Blank returned from Min
neapolis last Tuesday but left
again for that place last Thurs
day. Her daughter is somewhat
improved.
Irwin Wharton, formerly of
this place now of st. Paul, arrived
here Thursday to spend a few
days hunting, and visiting rela-
tives and friends.
A telegram was received yester-
day stating that Mrs. Blanks
daughter, Erma had died. Mr..
Blank left on the five o'clock
train to attend the funeral.
If you take the Farmer and
Farm Stock and Home, cut out
the coupon for Lemon washing
powder. sign your name, bring il
to Stafford's store and get a 15t
package of Lemon washing
powder free.
Virgil Burke came up from
Minneapolis last Wednesday. Mr.
and Mrs. Japp Hill came as fal
as Minneapolis with him. Mrs
Hill had to undergo an operation
there and is at the Asbury Hos
pital. She is very sick at this
writing, but the doctor thinks
she will recover.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
Railway Time Table of the Great
Northern at Askov
To MINNEAPOLIS and points west:

To Minneapolis and points west:
No. II Night Express) leaves l:38 am.
No. % zenith SpeciaD a. 1923 am.
No. 10 Gopher State Elk
press, leaves ............ 5.4 pm.
This train does not stop at AskoV
for passengers, but takes and delivers
mail. Stops at Bruno and Sandstone.
To Duluth and the Range:
No. Is Might Express) leaves $50 a m.
No. 20 Gopher State Elk
prcss) leaves ..,........,..lZ.ZS pm
X No. "a Zenith Specially leaves 4 81 pm.
xDoes not stop at AskoV.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
Growing Bodies.

Growing bodies have the most in
nate heat, they therefore require
the most food, for otherwise their
bodies are wasted. In old persons
The heat is feeble and therefore
they require little fuel, as it were.
to the flame. On this account. also,
fevers IN old persons are not cN'"'.
ly acute, because their bodir~
cold. Health Culture.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
NOTICES

Teachers training class at
Manse Tuesday afternoon.
Ladies Aid meets at the home
of Mrs. Stafford Thursday.
Presbyterian Sunday School at
10 a. M: services at II o'clock.
Adventist Sabbath School at
1890 Saturday; church services
at 1870.
Rev. Peterson will hold services
in the Presbyterian church at
$50 Thursday. Nov. %.
C.. f. at 7:30 Sunday and c. f..
business meeting Friday evening
this week at the Manse. Every
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-11-16
He Rerem bered.

Harold" said his mother, you
forgot to wipe your shoes when you
came in.
"No, didn't, mother" protested
Harold. Honest and truly !
Iidn't.'
"Thcn how do YOU account for al,
this mud on my best rug
"Why--er-l guess that's where
| wiped them" - St Louis Post
Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
Only Women to See Battle.

London, June ,, a. m.-FiVe Brit tsh sailors from the destroyer Shark, Who saw their commander, with one leg shattered, fire his last gun as his ship sank owe their lives to the bray cry of Capt. o. c. Christiansen of the Dutch steamer Vidar and the devotion of Danish and Norwegian nurses who were on board the Danish ship. These women are believed to be the only ones of their sex who saw anything of the naval battle
 I've were coming from Copenhagen to London late Wednesday, said one of the Norwegian women, "When we and then heard the booming of great guns. The next thing we saw was two blazing ships on the horizon and sho ortIr afterwards we ran into piles of wreckage amid which we found seven men clinging to a buoy, with hundreds of bodies floating around.
 "In spite of the great danger from floating mines our captain brought his ship close to the buoy, and we heard one of the men say: We are alive. Yes, they were alive in the sea of dead. Two died from exhaustion and we were just able to drag the others back from the edge of the grave When we took them on board, they were only able to mutter the words: From Sharl'--'Went doWn'--- 'battle' :"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05

went over the target. Now and then shell found it's mark but it le1t me absolutely cold as is it's effect on each man at time like this. A dozen men may be knocked out at ones side. It makes no difference. It is war.
 Ut was impossible to see what was happening among the ships of the foe. The smoke obscured everything so ef- fectually that one could only get glimpse at intervals when a kindly wind blew a lane through the pail. 1t was apparent that the best ships Of the enemy were engaged, but how many neither eye nor glass could make out. The number was certainly large. 1t was equally impossible to see what damage we were causing. Only the high command knew of the progress of the battle. That the damage in f1icted on the German ships was great does not admit of any doubt. At one time two vessels red with fire gleamed through the smoke.
 Lion Was Thought Lost.
 "Our own losses were known with some degree of exactness, but even that was uncertain. Thus at one tune it was thought that the Lion had been It,, It transpired that her wireless had been destroyed.
 With the dusk came the great op- portunity of the mosquito craft, ana both sides made use of it to the null. It was in this way that one of the saddest of many sad incidents occur red. A destroyer, true to it's name, dashed for a big enemy ship. She soon got into effective range and loosed her torpedoes with deadly effect on a German battleship. The ship went down and the destroyer raced Tor safety, the commander and o1hcers standing on the bridge indulglng in mutual congratulations at then suc- cess. At that moment a shell hit the bridge and wiped out the entire group.
 Ut was curious to note the effect or the fight on the sea. Calm at the be- ginning the water looked as if it were under the influence of a gale, so great was the turmoil caused by the levi thian ships blowing at terrific speed through the waves. The sea also seem ed to be stiff with fish killed by the shells bursting in the water"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05

have turned away when the German battle fleet approached in order to allow the British battle fleet, which also was drawn near, to engage. The armOred cruisers which were follow ing the battle cruiser squadron should also have turned aside, and if they had done so it is difficult to see how three of them could have been lost. It is possible that owing to some con- fusion, always likely in such cirCum stances, they went on, WhereupOn the approaching German battle fleet sent them to the bottom. Their loss is, therefore, due to an accident.
 Clash of Many Fleets.
 We now come to the moment when the two main fleets joined battle. The action was fought in line, according to the accepted theory of tactics. As the two fleets approached the lines began to overlap. The first ships of each line probably concen- trated their fire on the leading ships of the other. One and perhaps two German battleships were sunk, but nc British, and therefore, British gunnery was evidently superior. The speedy loss of one and perhaps two hattleships determined the Germans to retreat. They turned about and steamed pell mell into the haze, head ing for their harbors and pursued by the British feet"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
UNITED MOTORS STRONG
New Merger Which Opened Several Weeks Ago at 62 Has Been Strong at 92-Colt's Stronger Too.

United Motors, the new merger which recently absorbed the New De- parture company of Bristol, has been strong today. This stock, which opened several weeks ago at 62, closed at 89 Saturday and today jumped to 92-92 1-2. The offer of New York firm to buy in all New De- parture stock at 275 lapsed on June 1 and since that time there has been practically no trading in this stock Today Colts continued to uphold a recent boom and was firm 835-S45. Other stocks were as follows:
 Bristol Brass 69-70; Bristol Brass Rights ' 3-4-S Is; American Silver 27 1-2-29; American Brass 2S8-292; Billings & Spencer 101-1O3; Colts S35-845; Eagle Lock 1915; Landers, Frary & Clark, 69-71; Naional Surety 2S5-2S8; -Bement-Pond l74-176; North & Judd 112-114; Scovil Manufacturing 558-562; Stan dard Screw 314-318; Stanley Works 85-86; New Britain Machine 83-oo; ; Peck, Stow & Wilcox 34-37; Union Manufacturing 9O-92; American Hardware 136-138; United Motors 9Z-92 1-2
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
HE HATES OLD MAIDS.
Cleveland Man Would Consider Charming New Britain Widow.

Cleveland, Ohio, has a call for a charming New Britain widow. Gus Jannell of that city is the applicant and through the mails today for Warded his request for information on the subject to Mayor G. A. Quig- ley. While Gus has yet to receive the official sanction of the Chamber of Commerce widows should remem- Der that this is leap year and not be bashful in replying Gus's petition follows:
 Kind Sir: Will you please give my address to a plain young widow who would like to correspond with bach elOr aged 30.
 The lady must be sweet, slow, re- ceptive and jolly No old maids need write; I hate them.
 Very truly,
 GUS JANNELI 1427 East 32nd St, Cleveland, Ohio.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
Claims Complete British Victory

London, June 5, 9:45 a. m.-The naval battle off the coast Of Jutland is claimed to have been a complete victory for the British by the naval expert of the Morning Post, who writes in this mornings issue:
 The salient fact is that the German fleet was completely outfought, lost heavily and was chased in disorde erly retreat into it's ports. Admiral Jellicose brought his forces to bear upon the enemy at a time and place chosen by him.
 s"The vanguard of the British fleet was composed of the battle cruiser squadron supported by a squadron of four fast battleships. Behind this vanguard followed the main battle fleet The German fleet adopted the same formation and the Germans lost one if not three battle cruisers in the first part of the action which was fought between the two vanguards of the two fleets.
 Admiral Beatty, after engaging or,s,or hal c,1IisarS r1al1St
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
Germans Claim Great Credit.

Berlin. June 5, by wireless to the Associated Press from a staff corres- pondent via Sayville-An authorita- tive account of the North Sea battle which was issued here today gives the first detailed picture of the progress of the great engagement between the German high sea fleet and that of the British. Many details of the engagement are suppressed for stra- tegic reasons. The recital. however, meets clearly what is characterized as the British attempt to explain de- feat by the statement that the Ger man sea forces in the action were much larger than those which the British were able to bring into play.
 This account declares explicitly that 2s of Admiral Jellicoe's most power full battleships, including six of the most modern Queen Elizabeth class, and the entire British flying wing, composed of battle cruisers equal in every respect except armOr protection to dreadnoughts, were engaged in all but the early stages of the day battle. The fleet thus assembled sur passed in tonnage and weight of broadsides the German force en- gagged, was at least equally modern and was far speedier than the squad ron of German pre-dreadnought which, numbering along at IS or 19 knots, were soon left far to the rear by their swifter consorts. out of the main action.
 For obvious reasons the recital leaves untold tale of damages sus- tanned by German units and the losses in personnel
 It says nothing of the brilliancy in battle tactics displayed by Admirals Scheer and Ripper. the smoothness and precision with which the German ships maneuvered, and the deadly sureness of the German marksman- ship, although it is an open secret that these three factors were largely responsible for the achievements of the Germans.
 Superiority of Weapons.
 It is shown that the Germans on this occasion, unlike the Doggerbank engagement, of cruiser squadrons, were able to choose their distance and fight considerable portions of the battle at ranges of about 8 miles now ranked as a moderate distance at which the German eleven and twelve inch guns were virtually as Effective in penetrating power as the big mouthed 13's, 14's and 15s with which the modern British giants are a armed.- Furthermore, they are far superior in rapidity of fire. Naval experts have intimated to The Asso- ciated Press that this was one of the most decisive factors in the ti- tanic struggle. German battleships and battle cruisers were able to shower the British with a hail of shell which at a range of eight and some times even closer smashed and riddled British armor belts and wrought havoc to ships vitals. The ponderous British projectiles natural 1y were no less effective, but the Armstrong and Whitworth monsters could land scarcely one punch to each two from the vicious Krugg 11-inch- CTS.
 The hay weather was Germany's friend, as it necessitated action at closer range.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
AUTO SHARES TAKE
 SENSATIONAL JUMP
Willys-OVerland Goes Up 15 and
 Chandler Motors fl

New York, June 5, Wall Street, 10:30 a. m.--Sensational advances in special stocks to new high records at tended the resumption of trading to- day. Willys- Overland and Chandler Motors which are to figure import antly in the proposed automobile con- sOlidation, rose 13 and Il points, re- spectively, the course of the first fif- teen minutes, the former touching 323 and the latter 131
 high price on it's advance of 3-4 points to 99 3-4. Numerous other specialties were higher by 1 to points and rails also improved substantially with Norfolk and Western, which scored a new maximum on it's rise to 135.
 Closing-Industrial Alcohol, Air Brake, Maxwell Motors and Lee Rub Der were the active features of the last hour, all at smart gains, with recessions in the general list. The closing was irregular.
 New York Stock Exchange quota tlons furnished by Richter & Co.,, members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. w. Eddy. June g. 1916
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
BUILDING PERMITS,

Matthew Conlin has applied permit to build for Andrew P( dwelling house at 276 Chapma1 to cost $1, 100.
 Adolph Reinas has applied fol init to build for David R. Col, garage at A Greenwood stret cost of S150.
 Santo Puzzo has applied for init to build for himself @ d on Day street to cost $3,O0O.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
Semi Official German Version.

Amsterdam, via London, June 5, 3:35 a. m.-The following semi official account of the naval battle off Jut- land has been received from Berlin:
 The German high seas fleet had pushed out into the North sea in the hope of engaging portions of the English fleet which had recently been repeatedly reported off the Norwegian south coast. At 3:15 in the after noon, some seventy miles of Ska gerak, some small cruisers of the Callcope class were sighed. Our cruisers at once pursued the enemy, which fled northward at high speed.
 At 5:20 our cruisers sighted two enemy columns to the west, consisting of six battle cruisers and a great number of small cruisers. The enemy passed towards the south and our ships approaching to 19 kilometres, opened very effective fire on southern southeastern courses. During the bat tie two English battle cruisers and one destroyer were sunk.
 After half an hours fighting heavy enemy achievements, later observed to be five vessels of the Queen Eliz- abeth class, were sighted to the north. Soon afterwards the German main force entered the fight and the enemy at once turned north.
 German Fleet At Top Speed.
 ''The British commander, driving his ships at full speed, attempted to evade our extremely effective fire by taking an echelon formatio Our fleet followed at top speed the move ments of the enemy. In the course of this period of the fighting one cruiser of the Achilles or Shannon class and two destroyers were sunk, while a number of other vessels suf- fered heavy damage.
 'The battle against superior forces lasted until darkness fell. Besides light attachments at least twenty-five British battle ships, six battle cruisers and four armored cruisers engaged sixteen German bat tleships, five battle cruisers, six older ships of the line and no armored cruisers.
 After dark our 1otillas opened a night attack. During this attack sev- eral cruisers and torpedo boat en- agreements occurred resulting in the destruction of one battle cruiser. one cruiser of the Achilles class, probably two small cruisers and at least ten destrOyers. Six of the latter, includ'- ing the new destroyer Leaders Tur- bulent and Tipperary, were destroyed by the leading vessel of our high seas fleet. The British squadron of older battleships which hurried up from the south did not arrive until Thursday morning, after the conclusion of the battle and returned without taking any part in the fighting or coming within sight of our main force"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-05
LEG BROKEN IN FACTO
EInployc at Landers, Frary &
 Injured by Kicking Belt.

Frank Leinkiewicz of 60 Fr street, employed in the gi and polishing room at Landers, & Clark's, was painfully injurs before noon today when his | got caught in a belt and was en. He was removed to the tai in the police ambulance.
 Witnesses state that, as is n! less customary in the room, u wicz attempted to throw a belt pulley of one of the grinding md by kicking it with his foot.