Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-04-15
NEWS AMONG
SCANOINAv|ANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.

The Norwegian artist Jonas Lie
is exhibiting selected number of
paintings at the Art Club I'm Bos-
ton. The daily papers described the
exhibition as stunning" and say
that the paintings have power. Vita
lity. and gorgeous color.
Will Publish a Book.
The Norwegian-America Authors
Association intend to publish So
called "Jonsokbok", which will con-
tain contribution from all the asso-
lciation's members. sixteen in num-
Der.
PASSES Away.
Andrew j. Storfeld, formerly of
Grand Forks, ~ d.. has died at his
home in Seattle. Wash Storfield
was born in Norway in 1864 and
came to this country in 1889. He
| lived for few years at Moorhead,
for longer period in Grand Forks,
where he was engaged i'm business.
| In 1901 he went west.
Celebrated His Eightieth Birthday.
| Old Captain Rossing of West De-
corah. Iowa. Wednesday last week
celebrated his eightieth birthday. A
number of friends had arranged a
banquet, and many speeches and
congratulations were made for the
old captain. who. is still young in
spirit y He was "a member of the fla
nous Efficiently Wisconsin regiment.
ON !, Singing Tour.
The St. Olaf Choir of the Norwe-
gian college "St. OLAF at Northield,
Mimi. lis taking singing tour
through some of the middle west
stats and is making great hit
wherever they appear
r. New Secretary.
A. r. Hvoslef has resigned as sec
retary to the Norwegian general con-
sui in San Francisco, and the work
has been taken over by Mr.. Bjolstad.
who has previously held the position.
The Grand Old Man Dead.
John Jeppson of Worchester,
Mass. has died under visit at Ha-
vana. Cuba. He was Is years old.
Mr.. Jeppson was born in Sweden
and came to the states as a young
man. He was prominent manu-
facturer and founder of large fac
tories in Worcester. He was com
monty known as the Grand Old Man
among the Swedes i'm the New Eng
land states.
Swedish. American Art Show.
| The ninth Swedish-American Art
exhibition was opened last Saturday
night at the Swedish Club in Chica-
CO. Many Chicago art lovers attend
ed the opening Of the art display.
which contained some of the best
Fwork of the Swedish American ar
fists.
Excursion TO the Old Country.
The Boston district of the Swe-
dish Lutheran Church are making
preparation for an extended eycur-
sion trip to the old country this sum
mer. Many hundreds have already
entered their names on the eXcur-
sion list. The "Imperator" will
take the excursion over the Atlantic
ocean. Besides Sweden, Denmark
and England will also be visited.
| Back to Europe.
Nine. Alice Sjoselius Swedish
singer of Duluth. Mimi. who recent
ly returned from Europe, where she
had appeared at London and Paris
will next month go back to Europe
Before leaving she will take part in
several musical programs in west
ern and eastern cities.
will. Visit the Statc>./
The great bass singer, Ernst Swe-
delius OF the Stockholm Opera Com
pany. will visit the states some time
this fall according to a report from
Chica go. He is one OF the opera
companys leading singers, and it j.
his second trip to the United States,
Swedish Historical Archives.
Alfred Soderstrom. veteran
'newspaperman Of Chicago. has for
many years been gathering histori-
cal material for a Swedish-Ameri-
can Archival. And splendid selec-
iion valued at several thousand dol
lars has been collected. Efforts are
being made 10 secure the location oi
the archival for the Twin Cities.