Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-21
VOLUME XII.
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

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Fearnley & Eyer and F. Kla-
veness & Co., two shipping firms
in Oslo, Norway, have recently
established steamship line
whose freight boats ply between
the Mexican coast and Japan,
touching at Philippine Islands
ports. The line has opened this
traffic with two large motor
vessels, and expects to add two
additional boats during the year.
He is 60.
Nathaniel S9derbIom, arch
bishop of Sweden, whose visit in
this country two years ago at
tracted so much attention, last
week celebrated his sixtieth
birthday at his home in Upsala.
On this occasion he was hailed as
"Europe's foremost protestant
bishop, = and the greatest char
acter the Swedish church has
seen for century" Archbishop
Sederblom was the prime mover
in the great international relig7
ious conference held at Stock
holm last summer, and attended
by many Americans.
Professor Faber Coming.
Professor Knud Faber, Dan
ish surgeon of unusual promi-
hence, has been invited to lecture
at universities and before med
ical associations in this country
during the spring. Next week
he plans to leave Copenhagen,
and in the weeks following his
arrival will address gatherings
in New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Baltimore, Washington and
other cities. Professor Faber
will speak on certain phases of
abdominal surgery.
'R. B." Honored-
Professor Rasmus B. Anderson
of Madison, Wis, pioneer Nor
wegian-American journalist and
literary chronicler, last week at
tanned his 80th year, and on this
occasion received tokens of hon.
age and affection from many
parts of the United States. 1t
was Professor Anderson's book
on THE First Chapter in the His
tory of American Civilization
that originally called attention
to the now generally accepted
fact that Left Erickson was the
real discoverer, of the North
American continent. Prof. An
derson at one time was United
States minister to Denmark.
Campaign Closed. i
A campaign for securing
100000 in subscriptions for the
Swedish Gustavus Adolphus col
lege in St. Peter, Mimi, has
just closed, with the result that
the amount was oversubscribed
by about $1,000. The college
now will receive from the Gen
eral Education Board of the
Rockefeller Institute a check for
100000, the granting of which
was made conditional upon the
friends of the school raising
among themselves twice the
amount. Gustavus Adolphus
now has fund of more than
$500,0O0 to be spent for build
ing additional halls and. dormi-
tories.
Impressed.
''Pussyfoot" Johnson, American
anti-saloon fighter, on his return
from a visit to Scandinavia the
other day was quoted by New
York papers as having sad that
conditions as he found them in
Denmark had impressed him
very much, because it appeared
there that no very severe regula-
tions were necessary. Alto
gether, he conceded his visit to
the Northern countries had to
some extent modified his views
of the unquestioned blessings of
absolute prohibition.
Hughes i'm the Case.
Charles E. Hughes, former Sec
cretary of State of the United
States, last week appeared in
the court of appeals at Albany,
N. " arguing an insurance case
which involves about $2,000,000
of the funds of Norske Lloyds
Insurance Co.. of Oslo, Norway.
The New York state insurance
department. is trying to iduidate
the assets of Norske Lloyd in