Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-01

service was held last Sunday at
the suggestion of the Danish con-
sulate-general, and large num-
Der of we'll known Danes and
Americans attended. The flag of
Denmark was half masted at all
diplomatic and consular Offices of
Denmark in the United States
and elsewhere in the world.
Not to Participate.
A dispatch from Oslo contains
the definite announcement that
the Norwegian government has
decided it will not officially par
ticipate in the sequi-centennial
exhibit which will be opened in
Philadelphia during the summer.
The reason given is that the coun-
try cannot afford to go the ex-
pense required for an adequate
representation. Incidentally very
few European countries have &C.
copied invitations to participate
which fact is largely due to the
muddle that has been produced
by internal civic strife in the
City of Brotherly Love, and also
to the claim made that the ex-
position will not be complete
for the opening date.
Denmark's "Fourth"
The Fourth of July this year
will be celebrated under unusu-
ally solemn circumstances in the
Danish-American National Park
at Rebild, Denmark, because the
day marks the one hundred fif-
tieth anniversary of the signing
of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Principal speakers will be
Percival H. Dodge, the new Amer
lean minister to Denmark; Hans
sen-Norremelle, former member
of the German Reichstag and the
Danish Rgsdag, and Anton Kvist
of Chicago, poet who of late
years has enjoyed considerable
reputation among his compatri-
OTIS. Among the members with
whom the celebration committee
recently has been supplemented
is Rev. S. D. Rodholm of this
city, president of the Danish
Lutheran Church of America.
Dual Mission.
Professor Hedge Nelson of
Lund's university, Sweden, has
been asked by the University of
Chicago to give a series of lee
lures on his studies of Swedish
national characteristics. During
his coming sojourn in the United
States Professor Nelson will COM
plete research work which he
started years ago in connection
with his Investigations of the
early history of the Swedish
settlements in Michigan, the Red
River Valley, North and South
Dakota, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. He intends to publish the
results of his American studies
at the end of the present year.
New Publication.
Albert Andersen of Erskine,
Mimi, former secretary and trea-
surer of the South Dakota Dairy
mems and Buttermakers' Associ-
alton, recently has established a
semi-monthly periodical, which is
known as the American Cream
cry Operator. Mr.. Andersen
who is one of the most widely
known dairy men in the North
west is a native of Copenhagen,
Denmark, and has had his home
in the United States for almost
35 years.
| Of Morse Descent.
Professor Albert G.. Knudson
last week was elected dean of the
theological department of the
Boston University. He is native
of Grand Meadow, Mimi, where
his father-who had come from
Hallingdal, NorWay-was a Me-
thodist minister. Professor Knud-
son graduated from the univer-
sity of Minnesota in 1893, and
three years later from the uni
versity which now has made him
| a dean. He is the author of a
number of books, practically all
dealing with theological subjects.
JACKSON NEJGHRORHOOn