Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-08-26
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

DR.. Carl Anrick, president of the
Swedish tourist association, arrived
in New York last week and will spend
several months in the United States
for the purpose of studying at close
range the methods used here to en-
courage tourist travel. DIR. Anrick
is especially interested in the nation
al parks of the United States, and in
the methods employed to attract trav-
elers to those parts of the country.
incidentally, DR.. Anrick tells the
New York press that although Swe-
den is. small country, it has a tour
list society boasting 100000 members.
Issues Denial.
Some days ago it was charged
through the press of Norway and
United States that Lincoln Ellsworth,
the New York millionaire who is
the personal friend of Roald Amund-
sen-and also his financial hacker on
the Norge expedition across the North
Pole-had insinuated that the Nor
wegian Air Club of Oslo had treated
him unfairly by assigning certain
chapters of the forthcoming book
about the transpolar flight to the
Italian member of the expedition,
Gen. Mobile. Mr.. Ellsworth has now
issued categorical denial. He said
he has made no such insinuations.
Wesseen Resigns.
Teofil Wesseen who is first vice
consul attached to the Swedish con-
sulate general in New York has re-
signed, and so far his successor has
not been appointed by the Stockholm
government. Mr.. Wesseen's career
has been an unusual one, for at the
age of "a years he was appointed a
vice consul in Chicago; later he was
stationed in Minneapolis and in San
Francisco, and it is thought that he
returns to Sweden now to take over
a position in the Foreign Office. Mr..
Wesseen has been in the consular
service of his country for eight years.
Married IS Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thure Holmstrom OF
Kansas City, Kans., last week cele-
brated their 6Sth wedding anniver-
sary. Mr. Holmstrom is native OF
Ystad, Sweden, where he was born
81 years ago, and his wife halls from
Vexio; she is "a years old. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holmstrom have been in the
United States since 1874; they have
eleven children and "a grandchildren,
Also several Observation-Disclosures.
Dentists are Visitors.
Several Norwegian dentists have
arrived in the United States to attend
the international dental congress in
Philadelphia which opened Tuesday
of this week. One of the visitors
is DR.. Ivar T. Krohn of Oslo, who
arrived little earlier than his col
leagues 80 as to be able to spend
few days with his brother, Frederic
Krohn, a Norwegian -newspaperman
in Minneapolis. The dental congress
will close Saturday evening.
To Plan Celebration.
The Swedish-American Sesqui-Cen-
tennial Association of Chicago, will
hold a meeting in that city tonight
to discuss plans for the celebration
of the tercentenary of the first ar.
rival of Swedes in what is now the
United States. The committee tent.
atively in charge of the preparations
hopes to secure speakers from both
Sweden and the United States, and
is considering the possibility of max
ing the affair one that can compare
favorably with the Norwegian-Amer-
lean Centennial in the Twin Cities
last year.
Drown Near Baltimore.
Jens C. Andersen and his 19-year
old daughter, Ada X. Andersen, OF
Baltimore, Nd, were drowned last
week in Rock Creek near that city
Mr.. Andersen died in an attempt to
reach his wife, Mrs. Rosa Alena An
dersen, who was aided in reaching
safety by their 16-year old son.
Francis A cousin, Miss Marie Jobst
was also rescued. The Andersen fam
lily, living on Pimlico Road, Balti-
more, came from Denmark few
years ago and was well known among
the Danes of that city and Whining
ton, Del.
Denmark's Day.
September II will be Denmark day
at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition
in Philadelphia, and thousands of ma
tives of Denmark from all over the
East as we'll as from other parts of
the country are expected to come to
the Quaker City for the occasion.
A number of characteristically Da-
nish entertainment features have been
provided for, and at IL O'Clock in the
morning the Danish Flag will be un-
furled above the main entrance. sa-
luted by the Pennsylvania National
Guard and other military organiza-