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Evening star., 1926-06-08
Kensington Elects Mayor.

DR.. Lucien B. Ernest last night was
elected mayor of Kensington, Md,
defeating the incumbent, Louis r.
Valentine. The vote was 143 to %.
Hosmer Hartshorn and B. Hammond
were elected to the city council. They
succeed Harry B. Appleby and H. A.
Filler. ---.l.---.-------.--,-
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BAND CONCERT.

AT the United States Capitol
tomorrow at pm, by the
United States Marine Band, Will
liam II. Santelmann. leader;
Taylor Branson, second leader.
March, "Nibelungen" Wagner
Overture. Festival" -. Lassen
Dance Espanole, 'Segoviana."
Lacome
Cornet solo, Fantasia Brillante,
Alpine Flowers. .. Hoch
Principal Musician Arthur S.
Witcomb.
Grand scenes from Jewels of
the Madonna" Wolf -Ferari
Waltz, Girls OF Baden"
komZak
Music de ballet. 1.-The Shoe"
Ansell
(a) The Sabot, tempo di ma
zurka.
(b) The Ballet Shoe. andante
con moto.
(c) The Court Shoe, grasioso.
Id The Sandal, moderate.
(e) The Brogue, allegro motto.
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1926-06-08
seminary to Be Dedicated.

ST. LOUIS, June 8 R.--Arrange-
ments were under way yesterday to
entertain 100000 or more Lutherans
from all parts of the Nation and
abroad at the dedication here Sunday
afternoon of Concordia Theological
Seminary's new $3,000,000 home.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Two Officers Exchange Duties.

Lieut.. Col. Frank H. Adams, Quar-
termaster Corps, attached to the Of
fee of the quaItermaster general.
War Department, and Lieut.. Col.
John S. Chambers, Quartermaster
Corps, at headquarters, 9th Corps
Area, San Francisco. have been order
ed to exchange stations and duties.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Strong Man, Weight
29O Pounds, Jailed
For Hitting Midget
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June S-A 290-
pound strong man was remanded
to Jail yesterday because he could
not pay a fine of S25 for striking
a 52-pound midget. The strong
man, Frederick Kinchelli, could
offer no explanation for his attack,
which occurred last night at a
boarding house frequented by
midgets and strong men. The
midget complainant was Albin
Schmalfeldt.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
His Resignation Accepted.

Resignation of First Lieut.. Harry
A. Mosher, Philippine Scouts, has
been accepted by the President. to
take effect June 20.
Evening star., 1926-06-08

The original manuscript of Thomas
Hardy's "A Pair Of Blue Eyes" re-
Gently was sold for 100000 in Lon
don.
Evening star., 1926-06-08

Seventy thousand people have set
tied in Palestine since the World War.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11
TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARIES CELEBRATED

A double silver wedding anniversary
celebration, sponsored by the local
Danish Sisterhood lodge, in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmus Jensen and
Mr.. and Mrs Chris Krogh, was en-
joyed by large audience at the D. B.
S. hall Monday evening. About nine
o'clock all the guests were seated at
the we'll laden tables and the two
honored couples were escorted around
the hall by E. A. q. Laage and v.
Heininge while Jens Henriksen played
a march ON his violin. Mr.. Laage,
acting as POSTMASTER, bid the audi
ence and guests Of honor welcome
and announced that the first thing
in order would be to enjoy the lunch.
This being over Mr.. Laage again ad-
dressed the two couples, giving a
brief history of their career and
wished them continued happiness.
Rev. o. H. Dyreborg then spoke about
silver wedding anniversary celebra-
tions in general and was followed by
short talks from Svend Petersen and
]. P. Frederiksen, and the program
was closed with couple of readings
by ]. K. Larsen. The tables were
then cleared away and dancing en-
joyed for a couple of hours.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Carl Miller and family and Mrs.
p. N. Fenger visited in Duluth one
day last week.
Harold Petersen who is instructor
in the high school at Pipestone, and
Miss Agnete Nielsen of Tyler, visited
at the formers home here over the
week end.
A letter from N. P. Johansen at
Mudbaden states that his ailment has
been classed as rheumatism of the
nerves and it will be a slow job to
get over it, but continual treatment
at the mud bath resort is hoped, will
help.
DR.. Ejvind Fenger who recently
underwent an operation at st. Marys
hospital in Duluth, is so far re-
covered that he is able to get around
in a wheel chair and in that manner
performs his regular medical duties
in the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henrik Henriksen
went to Minneapolis last Thursday
the latter to enter the Northwestern
hospital where she was operated Fri
day morning for internal tumors. Mr..
Henriksen returned home Sunday eve
ming and stated that the complications
were more serious than at first an
ticipated, but Mrs. H. was getting
along as well as could be expected.
In a letter to the American, Rev.
S. d. Rodholm, former Askov pastor,
but now president of Grand View Col
lege, Des Moines, Iowa, writes that
they are very busy with their work
at the school and their time is so
much taken up that there is hardly
any time to write personal letters to
Askov friends. Rev. Rodholm states,
however, that they are following
events here closely through the col
umns of the American and are very
much interested in local affairs here.
They enjoy their work at the school
and apparently everything is going
along we'll. They send greetings to
their many friends in the Askov COM
munity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11
APPRECIATION

We wish to express deep apprecia-
tion for the kind manner in which we
we're remembered by the Danish
Brotherhood and Sisterhood on our
silver wedding anniversary Monday,
Nov. the 8th. Rev. Dyreborg and the
other speakers helped greatly to make
the day memorable one. The sill
verware set which was given us is
also much appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmus Jensen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

NOTICE+Twenty-f dollars ($25)
reward will be given to anyone CIV
ing information in regard to Pathe
monograph No. 6512, stolen from
Bangs Brook school house, Dist. No.
116, between Oct. % and "a, 1926;
also one fire extinguisher and other
articles taken before.-Mrs. ]. Line
han, clerk of School Dist. No. 116,
Danbury, Wis. 55w8-3t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11
CRIBBAGE SCORES

Last Thursday evening the crib
bage players met in regular session.
Not many changes in the standing.
The only feature of the evenings play
was that T. N. Thomson dropped out
of games to Viggo Andersen. There
will be no playing tonight, being Ar
mistice Day, but will be played Fri
day, Nov. 18th instead. The stand
ing of the players follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale or trade-For fat hog, 2
year old colt, or hay if not too far
away, pure bred Holstein bull calf,
two weeks old, grandson of 26 pound
sire. If you have any of the above
items, call before Sunday noon, Nov.
14.-Soren X. Christensen, Askov.
49w9-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale or Rent-My building and
lot on Main Street, formerly occu-
pied by post office. Will remodel or
reinish to suit tenant -Svend Peter
sen. Askov. 26w2-tf
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Notice-We will be at the ware
houses most of the time now. Those
bringing potatoes and rutabagas to
us, kindly have them weighed on the
Askov Cooperative Ass'n's scale
Louis Olsen, Askov. 32w9-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-Sheep. One or a carload
of large high grade black face breed
ing ewes. Also Guernsey and Hol-
stein cows, close springers.-D. j.
Curry, Kerrick, MINI. 27w6-4t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-One feed mill, 8 in. burr,
too big for my engine. Write A. w.
Weinberg, Sturgeon Lake, MINI.
25w9-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Askov Live Stock Shipping Assn
will ship Monday, Nov. Is. Bring in
listed stock before 9:30.-Chr. Larsen,
shipper. 25w9-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Found-Black and grey silk scarf,
between j. K. Larsen's place and
Askov village Sunday Get it at the
American office. 25w9-1t.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-Span of we'll matched
gray mares, weight $500 lbs. For
prices write or see Street Bros, Stur-
geon Lake, MINI. 25w9-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-Tamarack fence posts,
plaster and Grating lath at money
saving prices.-J. Losch, Rutledge,
MINI. 25w9-4t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-Ten selected white Leg
horn roosters at $1.50 apiece if taken
at once.-Geo. c. H. Jensen, Askov.
25w9-tf
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Found-Chain for car wheel, in
front of Mosb8k's place, Saturday.
Owner may have same at American
office by paying advertising charges
of % cents. 25w9-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

A sure and quick way to find out
if there is sale for that second
hand article you have is to try an
American Want Ad.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Meat Grinding prepared to do
custom grinding at two cents pound.
Will sell meat at four cents pound.
Geo. C. H. Jensen, Askov 26w9-tf
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Wanted-Housekeep on farm, by
bachelor. State age and wages want
ed in reply.-Write to Farmer" care
of Askov American, Askov, MINI.
25w9-2t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-51 acre farm, about all
cleared, good buildings, u mile south
of Finlayson. Phone 40. Owner,
John Lehecka, Finlayson, MINI.
25w9-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

FOR THE WEEK

This column is for free use by
churches. schools. societies. lodges
etc.. for the purpose of announcing
meetings where no admission is to
be charged. such meetings as are
held for social or educational pur-
poses and not for pecuniary gain.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-Two good work horses,
weight 1900 pounds and 1900 pounds.
Will sell cheap if taken at once.
P. Weis, Askov. 25w9-2t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-90 acre farm with stock,
s room house, best of water, 21a miles
west of Groningen. Or will trade
for residence in Askov village.-M
C. Mikkelsen, Route 1, Sandstone,
MINI. 33 1-3wS-3t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

Sondag d. IA Novbr. Gudst jeneste
Kl. 10000. H. Dyreborg.
Ungdomsmode Sondag Aften d. IA.
Novbr. Pastor Dyreborg taler.-Hans
Mosbak, Formand.
Dansk Observation-Disclosures hos Chr.
Serensens, Torsdag Aften d. IL. No
vember, Kl. s.
Regular monthly meeting of the
North Star Farmers Club will be
held Friday evening, Nov. IA. P.
Jensen, secretary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11

For Sale-30 White Leghorn pull
lets, at soc each or $14.00 for the
BUNCH. C. Armstrong, Bruno, MINI.
25w9-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

moro important matters TO concern
itself with than the mere circum-
stance that people We're being rob
bed and murdered.
Napoleon had 10 intrench himself
politically and consolidate his power,
and whenever d government has need
Of this. II has need likewise of a
spy service. Napoleon was efficient
in all things lie had as his minis
ter of police the subtle Fouche, who
had been successfully a Terrorist
chief and then minister of police for
the directory government Between
them, Napoleon and Fouche made
use Of the readiest materials for the
forging Of their espionage.
"Fouche, Of course. had his own
knowledge and the records on file OF
the vast number of people who had
taken up the fad popular during the
Terror of denouncing suspects as be
ing favorable to the monarchy. These
once having Informed. could he made
to inform again. They had been in
itiated into the art, and. besides, now
were uneasy about their deeds Of in
forming in the time of the Terror II
would have made them unpopular now
and might have brought vengeance or
them. They were the paWns for Ma
poleon's espionage, and Fouche welded
them together with a master hand
They We're placed in all classes of so
ciety. Napoleon had to protect him
self against conspiracies at both TOT
and bottom, among the Rovalists
among the Jacobins. BY the time OF
Austerlitz Pouches magnificent espion
age had worked so well that there were
no more plots against Napoleon.
But the great Emperor had a
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IKE the gentle passion for
which it stands, st. Valen-
tines day is little known or I'M
derstood. 1t has come upon
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there have been cases In Paris where
there have been officials who secret
ly wished they had II at their dis
posal OF course, there are certain
means of pressure available today.
but they are crude and unsys-
tematic.
"NERY well. we come TO the Revo.
luton and the Terror The
torture was abolished The Ter
roristS did not need il. The pro
cedure before the revolution tribunals
was very simple. There was little
need of evidence. The rule was that
people We're denounced. and that was
enough There was no array of wit
nesses. They were sent to the gull
lotine right off. All that was needed
was informers. and many of these
came forward with their denuncia-
tons"
Yes" l commented land with the
elimination Of the old means of crime
detection something new was needed. -
Precisely" responded NJ. Cassel-
lari "and it came about in an in
teresting way. After the revolution,
when Napoleon took power. there
was quite q crime wave in Paris
Spaghetti for the sisnor, mines
troni for the signor," said Luigi. the
waiter.
After any sanguinary disturbance,
such as war or revolution" the
Partisan detective went on, ''the
habit Of violence results in a general
prevalence of violent crimes. In
Paris there was an epidemic of rob
berries and hold-upS. Well, at first,
the government was not too greatly
troubled about the situation. 1t had
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, ing outside the city ClaudiuS had
such difficulty in getting recruits from
those who We're married or about to
be that he became angered and is
sued a decree against marriage. Conse-
quently many girls died of love and
their lovers went about their work
with heavy hearts. Valentine could
not endure this sadness on the part
OF his many young friends, and so he
began to perform secret marriages
among them. Finally the news reached
the emperor and he issued an order
that Valentine should be cast into a
dungeon. So the kind hearted priest
was dragged from the altar in the
middle of a marriage service and
thrown into prison, where he Ian
guished and died. Each year after his
death his birthday was honored by
those whom he had united Many
other couples were married on the
l4th of February, Ito keep his mem
DRY green"
Some say that Claudius, in perse-
cutting the Christians. had the Bishop
st. Valentine cast into prison and be-
headed. While he was confined there,
IL Is said, the saint cured the keeper's
daughter of blindness. He is hon
ored annually on the anniversary of
MS martyrdom, which is supposed to
have occurred about 270 AID, in
February.
Another theory holds that ST. Valen-
tine has become the patron saint OF
lovers through a confusing of the
Norman word "galatin," which means
lover, and is often pronounced and
written 'valentin"
An English legend, voiced b1-
Shakespeare, suggests still anothel.
possibility in the words:
st. Valentine is past;
Begin these woodbirds, but to couple
now?"
1t is probable that the real origin
Is an early Roman festival which was
held in honor of Pan and Juno during
the month of February. With the
coming of Christianity the pagan
names were supplanted by names OF
saints and since st. Valentines birth
day was only one day earlier than tl,n
feast day of Pan and Juno, this cele-
bratIon took over his name.
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IKE the gentle passion Tor
which it stands, st. Valen-
tines day Is little known or I'M
IL derstood. 1t has come upon
us almost as mysteriously as
love itself, we know not how or
whence or when. We each may have
our own ideas on the subject, but
there is not a great deal with which
to back them up.
Today. through the fog OF comic
valentines. one sees but dimly the real
meaning of this saints day, feels but
family the influence of love, lavender
and yellowed love letters that are in
heritances of years gone by.
The first written valentine, now ex-
hibited in the British Museum, was
written by Charles, due dOrleans. who
was taken prisoner in the battle of
Agincourt in 1415. He thus beguiled
a dull hour or so of his sojourn in the
Tower of London.
The idea proved popular. The house
holds of the English gentry took It
up and amused themselves by choos-
ing certain maidens whom they served
faithfully on st. Valentines day, and
to whom they expressed their devotion
In such fattering words as, "Oh, my
love, my dear love pretty! How l love
you
Well, the ladies liked 1t. So it grew.
We next find the lovesick English
swain cutting folded paper circles into
fanciful designs, with lacy edges and
four hearts, points inward, bearing a
message Of love inscribed in the
spaces between.
Evidently the heart motif proved
acceptable, for 1t soon came in all by
itself unobstructed by the elaborate
paper backgrounds. They We're mod
est little hearts, t'ically drawn
and embellished by numerous de-
formed doves bearing scrolls and rib
bons, with appropriate inscriptions. in
their bills. Some of the doves, having
no messages, merely perched nonchal-
antly in-space, and, presumably, billed
and coed.
Hearts increasingly found favor.
They began accordingly to improve
themselves, appearing either outlined
in red ink or entirely filled In with 1T.
Arrows pierced them, and the in
creased ardor Of their senders found
expression in the greater ferFor OF the
messages they bore.
Needless to say, this increasing elab
orateness of rites was not without its
attendant expense. In connection
with this we find the economical Mr..
Pepys confiding to his diary on st.
Valentines day in 1861:
"This morning came up to my wife's
bedside little VIII Mercer to be her
valentine. and brought her name writ
ten upon blue paper in gold letters
done by himself, very pretty, and we
were both we'll pleased with 1t. But l
am also this year my wife's valentine,
and 1t will cost me f5; but that l must
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new admirer most entertaining as we'll
as ardent. He had travelled much
and was, apparently rich. There was
some talk OF a conference between him
and members of her family. This
event Was postponed hurriedly. how
ever. when the Fraulein was pros
trated by the sudden discovery that
during stroll with her sutton through
the gardens of Potsdam her fingers
had lost their "Bluebird'
Her companion on that stroll. who
had identified himself as a FrenChman
OF high position, was sympathetic. He
reported the incident TO the police
himself. calling upon the president of
the bureau with great show Of con-
Germ. He was received with that pro-
found consideration which the old re-
glnle of Berlin police accorded any one
of claim to distinction. The Herr
President of those days promised to
use his utmost resources and begged
his visitor to help prepare a detailed
description of the jewel to be sent out
in a continental alarm.
The Presidents caller agreed CRATE.
fully. His description of the lost gem
was eloquent and colorful; almost as
perfect as 1t could have been had he
pulled the "bluebird" from his waist
coat pocket where it was at that mo-
ment safely reposing. To his memoir
lied description of the jewel he added
the incident of its having been stolen
once before, from the throat of Bar
oneSS Lili, in Vienna. He described
the manner of it's theft and its re-
covery. He related the details of it's
travels after the workman stole it, and
contided that the Italian jeweler who
had sold it back had really been a
party of the theft plot, and had worked
in COLLISION with the thief, one SEWERS
whose photograph might be secured
from Vienna.
The police president was thankful
for all this information. He was
somewhat interested, too, when he
learned in the routine way of in
quiries, that much of what his visitor,
the intended fiance of Fraulein Del
Wig, had told him of the history Of the
former theft was totally unknown to
either the police of Vienna or the rela-
tives Of the Baroness Lii. He was
further interested when the distin-
guished Frenchman was discovered to
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IN Vienna for two years. Beyond that
period he was untraceable 1t seemed
common theft, rather Crudelv ma
neuyered Yet no police bureau in
Europe could trace the fugitive.
= = *
4 LMOST year later mysterious
messenger from Rome arrived at
the palace in AuStrasse Gate and an
nounCed that the BIuebird Pearl might
be had by its beautiful owner if she
would be pleased to pay a sum of
$4,000 10 a jeWeier in Rome into
whose possession it had come. There
Wa no raatv by which stolen goods,
honestly purchased in Italy could be
Communicated 10y Austrian police. and
the Italian jeweler seemed able to
prove that he had bought the pearl
inroceutly. The police knew he
hadn't but what they knew and what
they could prove would be different.
The ransom was paid. The NienneSe
police put the photograph of Paul
SEWERS, which had been attached to
his forged references, as is the Aus
trian custom. into his dossier and,
for time, forgot it.
The "Bluebird' passed at the sud
den death OF the young Baroness Lii,
to her sister, F'raulcin DelVig, in Ber-
III. LILS pretty young ira lltlD wore
the moon gem proudly at a command
concert given by singers favored by
the Kaiser at the concert han in the
KaiSerhoff. Here were gathered the
elect of pre-War Germany. diplomats
respondent in their gold lace: women
of the fashionable sets. smart young
officers and equity generals. And
among them was "a distinguished
foreigner. pompously bearded immacu-
lately groomed and wearing half a
dozen blazing orders that suggested
high favors from some Continental
court. Especially this distinguished
stranger, whose name escaped her for
the moment, was attentive to the lit
tie fraulein who was wearing the Blue
bird Pearl of the moon maid for the
first time in public. He held her hand
CALAMITY at their parting, and begged
permission to make his compliments
at fraulein's reception hour at her
home.
A romance budded and almost bios
somed, for Fraulein Delvig found her
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scan them closely. 1t would be like
this cynical admirer Of a pearl to see
the balance of the performance
through"
The Countess, hidden behind palms
in the corridors. saw her visitor
emerge, dauntless, confident When
Maj. Lyfertz tapped him on the
shoulder he went pale at first, the,.
laughed ironically, and with gallam
bow brought the pearl from his pocket
and handed it to it's beautiful mistress.
He was not put away for lengthy
time. The police Of Europe soon win
have to begin anew. perhaps, their
watchfulness over the Bluebird pearl.
tCopyright. 1880