Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-24
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student, came home Saturday to,
spend the holidays.
Elmer lessen who has been do
ing farm work in Iowa a few
months, returned home Tuesday.
Ole Hoff, 4 miles south of town,
bought new Chevrolet touring
car from the local dealer Satur-
day.
The last reports from Mime
apo'is state that Mrs. Ollie Olesen
is very low; her husband is with
her constantly.
Harold Petersen, who is study
ing at the u. this year, came up
Tuesday TO spend the holiday va
cation with his folks.
I, Miss Valborg Flint who is TAX
Ing a course in home economics
at University Farm, came home
Saturday to spend Christmas va
cation.
Miss Urania Jensen who has
been employed in Minneapolis,
came up Sunday to, spend the
holidays with her folks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolf Jensen.
Skiold Petersen and Elmer
Sorensen, students at Grand View
College, Des Moines, Iowa, came
here the first of the week to
spend the holidays at their re-
spective homes.
Miss Anna Laursen Of the
American force, went to the hos
pital at Sandstone Tuesday to
have an ingrown toe nail remov-
ed and as result of that will be
| using crutches for a while.
Monday was the big day at the
local post office when nearly for
ty sacks of mail was dispatched,
The daily record of stamp sales
shows that business has been
nearly twice as great as last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Petersen
and three children of Moline, Ill,
are expected on the noon train
today to spend the holidays at
the home of the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Peter
sen. y
Letters addressed to Mr.. and
Mrs. Jergen Jergensen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Hans P.
Kristensen and Hans Peter Kri-
stensen (the last two from Den
mark are held at the local post
office unclaimed. If anyone can
| give information about these
please call the post office. Post
master.
At the last D. B. S. meeting it
was decided to have so-called
stump day" on Tuesday, Dec. %.
All members are requested to
bring in stumps before that time
and be ON hand that day to help
split and saw. Those who come
in the forenoon will be given din
ner, and lunch will be served in
the afternoon.
While lighting a gasoline lamp
at his home southwest of town,
Axel Brus spilled some gasoline
on his hands which caught fire.
In order to save the house from
catching fire he hurriedly carried
the lamp outside, but in the act
was quite badly burned on the
left hand and also scorched on
right hand. He has suffered con-,
siderable pain but likely it will
soon heal.
Jens P. Nielsen and his brother,
Valdemar, came here Tuesday
from the woods of northern Min
nesota to spend the holidays at
the home of their brother, Jorgen
P. Nielsen, 3 miles north of town.
Jens P. has been working at vari-
GUS points since he quit farming
some time ago here, and Valde-
mar completed his three years
in the army at Fort Smelling a
couple of months ago.
! Soren N. Mailing came back
from the northern woods Sun
day and reports that prices are cut
so much up there that a man can
hardly make living. He bought
a Ford roadster from the local
dealer and left yesterday for
West Denmark, Wis.,, to spend
Christmas with relatives. Owe
Krag who accompanied Soren up
to the woods, came with him
down as far as Harris and is now
working there.