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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL

Miss Herds kilstofte, who has
been employed in Minneapolis a
short time, returned home Tues
day.
Miss Astrid Bobjerg left Tues
day for Des Moines, Iowa. where
she will attend Grand View Col
|.lege.
Arthur Frost of Withee, Wis,
came here yesterday for few
days visit at the L. p. Jacobsen
home. From here he goes on to
Des Moines, Iowa, to attend
Grand View College.
| The condition of Carl Pearson,
who has been confined to his
home for several months is still
unimproved. He is reported as
being weaker and constantly con-
fined to bed.
Louis Lindstrom of Bruno. was
a business caller in Askov Mon
day. Mr.. Lindstrom is agent for
the Pine County Mutual Fire In
surance Co., and recently Sc
cured several insurance applica-
tons in the town of Windemere.
The local insurance company is
enjoying a good patronage and
is growing steadily.
The Askov district comprising
the townships of Partridge and
Fleming has already reached its
quota of $21, 900 in the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Of this amount
Fleming township raised $1,1OO.
Those in charge of the drive here
also collected $4,000 in that por-
ton of Finlayson township east
of the river. which goes to the
Finlayson district.
The Askov American has Sc
cured the contract for the print
ing of "Kirkelig Samler." Dan
ish church paper which circu-
lates in nearly all the Danish
colonies of America. The first
issue was printed from this Of
fee this week. 1t is weekly
publication and is considerable
addition to the already large
amount of printed matter being
turned out at the American Of
flee.
The Young Peoples Society
gave a reception Friday evening
at the assembly hall in honor of
the newly married couple, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Mattson.
Lunch was served at which time
also several short talks were
given, F. Clarey Nielsen being
POSTMASTER. Those who spoke
were: Svend Petersen, DR.. Fen
ger, A.. Gravesen and Charlie
Laursen. Mrs. A. Henriksen en-
tertained with several pretty in
strumental selections. The guests
of honor were presented with an
electric table lamp from the
young people.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03

FOR THE WEEK

'rhts column is fof free use by
churches. schools. societies. hodges
etc.. Tor the purpose OF annunlic'ns
meetings IS here no admission ~ II
he charged. such meetings ms are
held for social or educational i,ur-
poses and not for the purpoae OF
earning money.
|. Gudstjeneste paa Sondag XII
1OI. Kr. Andersen.
Gudstjeneste Degerstrems
Skolehus paa Sendag (6. Okto-
ber) XII. 2l.-Kr. Andersen.
Scout meeting in the school
house Sunday at 2 p. m.
Sunday school services int he
school house Sunday, Oct. 6, at
1890 a. m.
The annual meeting Of the AS
kov Branch Of the American Red
Cross will be held at the H. G.
Andersen school house, Friday
evening, Oct. Il, 1913. at s
o'clock. Members are requested
to be present. Election of Off
GERS. Mrs. r. C. Nielsen, Sec.
Danish Brotherhood, Lodge
263, will meet Saturday. Oct. S.
Proposed change Of bylaws, Art,
2, Secs. / and Is will be voted
upon. On account of the big in
crease in membership lately and
the increase of business to be
transacted it is decided to hold
meetings twice a month instead
of ONCE. J. Barritt, Sec.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-10-03

Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Sorensen
and Mrs. John Sorensen went to
Minneapolis Saturday for few
days visit with the latter's hus-
band, before he left for eastern
camps.
Quite a number of Askov peo-
pie were in Sandstone Tuesday
evening to see the second show
ing of The Kaiser. the Beast of
Berlin The pictures were good
and instructing, and full house
was present. Banker A. S. Dean
gave a four minute talk urging
subscriptions to the Fourth Lib
erty Loan.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
JOKE FOR MODERN BURGLAR
Herrina's Safes, Considered Marvel
ous Years Ago, Would Be Laughed
at in This Generation.

II a modern burglarsor "safe crack
er" could see some of the safes In
vented by Silas Herring he would
probably have a good laugh. For a
modern" safeblower must be a bit
of a scientist with a large knowledge
Of explosives; an old-fashioned safe
would be easy for him TO get into: but.
in those days the Herring safes were
considered marvels and absolutely
theft and f~ireproof.
Herring was born in Shrewsbury,
VT, and began his career as a grocery
clerk. firing of this after some six
years, he went into the lottery busi-
wholesale grocery concern in New
York city. A fire and a panic ruined
his business. SO he obtained the agency
for the Salamander safes-so named,
probably, because they were able TO
come through fire unhurt. He got the
right TO manufacture them later. and
kept on improving and improving them
each year. He one put $1,000 i'm the
drawer of one. sent Ii to the worhi's
fair and offered the money TO any one
who could get into the safe and get
it. No one got Ii.
But nowadays big banks and trust
companies world laugh at these old
square safes. The burglar proof
safe today is round like a ball. and has
q door that screws in. leaving no
cracks for explosives. Even If any
We're poured into the hinges, the ex-
plosion would only drive the door more
firmly into the casing of the safe.
Herring died in 1881.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
MANY VARIETIES OF SUGAR
Fruits Are Recommended as of
Very High Food Value.

When you say sugar, you mean that
white crystalline material which
comes originally from the sugar cane
or the sugar beet. And that substance
is a pure sugar. But ii is not the only
sugar, by any means.
If you were a chemist you would
call that sugar "sucrose," and you
would remark quite casually that. of
course, there are other sugars.
Some of these other sugars are 'glu-
cose," or "dextrose," or "grape sugar"
'.fructose; ;" or '%levulose," or "frui.
sugar" 'lactose," or ''milk sugar; :"
and "maltose," Or malt sugar"
Honey, corr sugar. maple sugar and
maple sirup, corn strip and many 9TH
err sirups contain one or more of these
"Other sugars" In this sense, all the
sugar substitutes are not really sub
stitutes at all, but are sugars just Is
cane sugar Is sugar. All fruits con-
tain sugar of one kind or another.
Dried fruits-prunes, figs, apricots,
dates-contain a great deal of sugar.
They can be used by themselves as
sources of fuel for home fighters.
All these sugars have a very high
food value. That is the second fact
to keep in mind. They are energy
foods and of particular value i'm that
they act very rapidly in producing
energy for the body TO use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Beneficence Without Ambition.

At present we behold only the rising
of u u of empire-0nly the fair be-
%ginnings of a great nation. We de-
parted early-we departed at the be-
ginning-from the beaten track of am
bitiOn. Our lot was cast in the age
of revolution-a revolution which is to
bring all mankind from q state of serv-
itude to the exercise of self-govern-
ment-from under the tyranny of ply
steal force TO the gentle sway of opin-
ion, from under subsection to domin-
ion over nature.
1t was ours to lead the way-to take
up the cross of republicanism and
bear ii before the nations, to fight its
earliest ~triumphs, TO illustrate its puri-
flying and ~elevating virtues, and by
our courage and resolution, our mod
GRAFTON and magnanimity, to cheer and
sustain its future followers through
the baptism of blood and martyrdom
of fire. A mission so noble and benev-
client demands q generous and self
denying enthusiasm. Our greatness
is TO be won by beneficence without
ambition.-William Henry Seward
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Nerves i'm Sexes Differ.

The late Professor Munsterberg of
Harvard believed that the sensory
mechanism OF women worked quicker
than that of men. he took the Illus
tration of two sets of wires. corre-
spending to the nerves of the human
body, conducting a current of cleo
tricity to a certain point. The wires of
woman's nerves were able TO commune
cate to the fixed point, in this case the
brain, the current much more quickly
than h male equipment. and. further
more. reacted TO currents too faint for
mans wires to take up. The addition
of these subtle stimuli produced In the
receiving center al entirely different
comprehension I'm woman than In man,
Munsterberg argued.-Chicago Exam
iner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Superstition Hard TO Down.

1t has recently been discovered that
the thirteen" superstition still exists
In New York. AT a dinner TO which
he vas invited one of the guests dis
covered that Is persons were present.
He was SO disturbed over this fact
that he left the table.
I'm tracing the origin OF this SUI
perstition," said a traveller, Il found
that the Turks have almost eliminated
thirteen from their vocabulary. The
Italians discontinued using the num-
Der In making up their lotteries and
the thirteenth card in a game they
play has on 1t the symbol of death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

there VIZ a lack of divorces between Jesses matrimonial alliances. But Jesse
is n o more changeahe Elm his affections that he is in his statements. For a
short time before he had admitted that he might 'fal" for "a country girl who
can make pies he had given vent to the following expression In his cell 1T the
police station:
"Women! Help, heaven! Men their creation mar in profting by them p
Il read that in Shakespeare and amt il. the truth?
eyes, sir. I'm off em for good. If 1 ever rel ut of this T. going to
build me q nunnery| mean a mOnaStey-sOmewhere in Tibet and put q sign
up: M Women Alowedr But eve then / suppose they'll find M where
am and want to marry me
"Of all of my wives, I liked Rose Lynn the best She a No. 5, you
know. To tell the truth, W e were never legally married. All the rest have got
divorces and the only wife / know anything about 10Y is Helma Swanberg.
In last one. who caused all the trouble.
"Wives re the easiest things in the world to get-and the hardest TO get
rid of. Wink at a woman or chuck her under the chin and she thinks you're
proposing oh, this is so student she cries, and the first thing YOU know
you're nailed"
Yes, Jesse is considerably changeabe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

other essentials OF camping hat the storekeeper suspicion OF heir large ron
of bills, notified the police.
h air lbs reviouSly urchase we're returned to the dealer for A.
something less than the purchase price
Besides these he boys had bought boy scout bouses M hats, a hunting
knife and innumerable sodas.
Ernest spoke lightly Of he escapade nj smiled att he memory Of HI ice
cream he had consumed.
But George the reali nsigator of the scheme, must bear h heavier pn-
ishment. He is held in solitary confinement by an indignant mother, who can't
quite forgive him for being the frt Of her L children 20 break the law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
10000 SERBS DIE IN CAMPS
British Prisoners Released by BuIgars
Say Serbians Succumbed to
Ill Treatment.

London. Oct. 24.-The first party OF
LOO British prisoners taken by the
Bulgarians and liberated under the
peace agreement between that COUNT
and the allies passed through Sofia
Monday en- route 10 Saloniki, according
10 dispatches To the Mail from the Bu.-
garian capital. They reported that be-
cause OF Ill treatment at the hands OF
the iulgars $4,000 of the $4,000 Ser.
ans In Bulgarian prison camps have
died.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

fowl.
n billiard man said he took them home and u them in h ice box and
then the trouble started. He stated that early next morning a peculiar oor
The house n he and his wife traced the smell tO the refrigerator.
Hethaus told Judge Nolan that the chickens had turned black, and that he
n MS FAMILY had dined OF chicken that day. III Stateda ALL became violently
Ill es nal an hour after the dishes had been cleared away. He said he sum-
moned the family doctor, and latter putting the family to bed, had contracted
q large physicians bill.
Magistrate Nolan decided that dethaus should ace trial fol both charges
and held him under $500 bail for possessing a pistol without q permit and
under $1,000 o. the attempted feIonious assaul complaint.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

right kind of a girl came along-a
country girl who could make pies
you know the kind of pies, with flaky
cruSs-and If she owned a farm and
had no ear for music-and didn't OBJ
Ject to a mans going out nights-well
maybe; who can tell?'
But chances are against any more
wedding bells for Jesse for some time.
Y'see, he's under $1,000 bond pending
a hearing because two of the previous
Six wives got together and ascertained
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

distress and finally resulted in his ap-
pearance in the Heights police court
on charges of attempted felonious as
sault and carrying a weapon.
The principal actors in the feath-
cry drama are August Heithaus, a resi-
dent of Hackensack, N. J., and julius
Schoenbach, a poultry dealer with an
establishment in New York.
The testimony showed that Heit-
haus, who is the proprietor OF a pool
and billiard parlor, was passing the
cOmDlainant'S store on his Way IN Fort
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

General Won Liebert, military critic
III a Berlin daily. refers to our troops
rs "tbe force which skunk secretlvely
into France" 1t was of course very
reprehensihle OF our troops not to no.
tify the submarines of the routes they
expected to take.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

The Alaskan fisheries this year will
yield $60.00O,OO0 I'm food products,
which is pretty good interest on that
original $780, 900 investment made by
Uncle Sam.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

We are threatened with woman bar
bers. now. VIII IT be possible for
women to learn that razors are 10
shave with rather than TO cut laun-
dry soap and corns and sharpen pen
ellis?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

A device Is Pm the market for hold
Ing a cows tail while she is being
MIXED. What progress the world has
made since the hired girl Used to try
to sit on "a cows tail and n one-legged
stool at the same time,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Not the least significant sign of our
will to win is the zeal with which the
American people respond to every re-
quest of the government to save, serve
or sacrifice. Such a spirit is invinci-
bic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

In spite of all the straflng that has
been directed against them at home,
the De Hnviland tours seem to be do
Ing their share of s~trafing the Germans
ut the front.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Paris papers urge the French brides
CT American soldiers TO demand that
heir husbands remain i'm France when
me war is over. Now let Us observe
which j. boss-a French bride or an
mtgl IAN soldier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Resentment on he part of n man
taken into custody under miSapprehen-
sion i'm the registration roundup is
not surprising. No sound-minded
American likes TO be mistaken for n
Stacker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

There Is some curiosity rs 10 what
will come out when the various words
necessary 10 express "irreducible mini
mum" are culled out of the German
vocabulary and linked together for
official use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Berlin newspapers no doubt made
the most Of the way this country
quailed under the terrors of n pos
sible shortage Of confectionery and Ice
cream soda water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

The h~oat-rocking idiot has not beer
so much In evidence this season. Per
haps il is because he has been caught
in the hunt for slackers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Anyhow. you don't smell mothballs
n much as you used TO before the girls
got h habit of wearing their furs all
summer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

UHIIUIH 10 NtdI 10 WI, anu Ht Hdu u
notion that nowhere else In the serv-
ice awaited q welcome for a man who'd
fit into it.
But Frank did his best, anyhow.
Army. navy, marine corps, tanks; avi-
alton, signalers, intelligence; cavalry,
infantry, artillery-Civilian Mills tried
'em all.
But even when he stood on tiptoe
he rose to no grander height than 4
feet IL and the recruiting officers
would have none of him Frank had
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

ne car almost imagine the conster-
nation that will reign among the Huns
when Ty Cobb starts running wild on
The bases over there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Spanish influenza may be a bad dis
ease. but what's bothering the Huns
most now Is the good old Yankee grip.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
YIELD! IS j. 5.
ED|CT To THE
GERMAN KAISER
Wilson's Reply to Last Hun Note
Says Surrender!
THROUGH WITH AUTOCRATS
Tells Berlin Nothing Can Be Gained
- Leaving This Essential Thing
Unsaid-Chiefs of Allied Arm
les Must Dictate Any
Armistice Terms.

Washington. Oct. 24.-"The nations
of the world do not and cannot trust
the word of those who have hitherto
been the masters of German policy"
This is the answer of the president
of the United States TO Germany's
latest bid for peace, while notifying
her that on her acceptance of his
terms, the question of an armistice,
which Germany seeks. is to be present
ed to the governments of the nations
associated with the United States.
The president goes on to say with
out ~equivocatiOn that if it (the Unit
ed States) must deal with the military
masters and the monarchial autocrats
of Germany now, or if it is likely to
have to deal with them later in regard
to the international obligations of the
German empire, it must demand not
peace negotiations but surrender"
The president says that nothing can
be gained by leaving that essential
thing unsaid.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

It's nice and restful 20 have the al
lies taking a lot of towns that we
learned how tO pronounce a year ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Now some fool suggests that all the
w0men OF the country be classified ac-
c0rding to age. Doesn't he know Ii
can't be done?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

The news from the western front
contains the m%ellifuOus village name
OF Sauchy-Cauchy. 1t sounds like an
oriental dance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Since the announcement that the
writing Of poetry is an essential indus
try we expect to be flooded with lyric
gems.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Chickens Caused Purchaser All Kinds of Trouble

NEW YORK-This interesting police court tale concerns the chameleon
~ like tactics of three chickens that turned black In the ice box of their
purchaser overnight and which caused the purchaser all kinds of trouble and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

United States Is associated the ques-
ton of an armistice.
III deems 1t his duty to say again.
however. that the only armIstice he
would feel justified in submitting for
consideration would be one which
should leave the United States and Inc
powers associated with her in a posi-
ton 10 enforce any arrangements that
may be entered into. and TO make a
renewal of hostilities on the part of
Germany impossible.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

The per capita circulation is now
S52.44. That will buy a baby bond
End leave you some spare change.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

NtuIIUH, tHt UUyS WtTt IUTIPU UNtT LO
their respective parents for further
treatment.
The boys left Chicago two days
ago, taking al electric train, which
happened to be going to Elgin.
Simultaneous with their departure,
500 that George Stoves father had
put away for the winter coal disap-
peared.
1t was while they were stocking
up for their long trip with cans of
SardineS, sausage, matches, bread and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

One would think more of the gov
eminent admonition not to waste fuel
n he could get hold of = little fuel to
conserve.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
INDIANA

Also. you cannot save & sollne with
out conserving tires and other things.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Sad but Not Unusual Ending to Youthful Dreams

CHICAGO-George slove and Ernest Marmorsten. the twelveyearold boys
- VINO set ut 10 conquer te world with al air gun, will eat off the mantel-
piece fol- a week. o Yesterday, after a memorable night IN IN EIgin police
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Nor are we surprised that one Ger
man prisoner offered to trade his from
cross for n dill pickle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

A matter of anxious thought is
whether last years straw hat will be
able to see service next season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Probably the war was carried into
the open because the soldiers couldn't
stand the trenches any longer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

registered for the draft from 1923 West Sixtythrd place and he began poster
ing local board g. He became a daily visitor at the boards offces and each
visit "a him with a brand hey reason why that little matter of an inch or two
shouldn't be permitted Ito make any difference in his case. Finally the board
stationed a guard at the window and all doors were locked at Franks approach.
One day he slipped pat the lookout. The threshold passed. he made a most
disrespectful sign at the exemptors
1.-The lastt i'm 1 was here made 81 tries I'd made for France. You can't
keep a good man out of this war; Today made it 30 and the Red Cross took me-
"Hoorayw
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

Jerusalem has n baseball team.
Somebody describe its playing in scrip
tural ~phraseology.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

The N crumb of comfort in the
new revenue bill is that a tax is to
be put on fancy vests.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

In the coming bone dry time a man
Hith a red nose may plead indigestion
and get away with 1t.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08

German papers say that General
Foch is a blunderer. We wish we had
n few nor such b~lunderers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Proving You Can't Keep a Good Man Down

K ANsAs CITY-When Uncle Sam gave u that early idea of organizing a
"A regiment o. runts" or service in France, there wasn't a unhapper young
nan in the world than Frank Mills: Already he had picked ot a boy scout
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-11-08
Much Married Man Might Tempt Fortune AGAIN

Ct: LoU1S-JesseO uey Gibbs hasn't had enough of women yet And he's
- six wives! Hearken to Jesses answer to the query: do O. think
% might marry againT' Here's the answer