Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-06-03
ASKOV

Rudolph Petersen, university
student, visited at home Decora-
tion day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Petersen of
Minneapolis, visited here Sunday
and Monday at the homes of their
parents.
Mrs. Esther Andersen who has
been at home with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Jensen, for
some time, left Sunday for Min
neapolis to go to work.
Miss Agnete Schroeder who is
employed in Minneapolis, came
up Saturday and visited Sunday
and Monday at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. Holger E. Petersen.
Mrs. Norman Peterson and
child of Minneapolis, and her
sister, Miss Agnete Nielsen, who
is employed in the Mill City,
visited here Sunday and Monday
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Aug. Nielsen.
The Offer Offersen family
and Axel Johansen family of
Waseca, came here in auto Friday
evening and visited until Monday
at the Hans Johansen home,
north of town. Mrs. Offersen is
a daughter and Mr.. Johansen a
nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Jo-
hansen.
Miss Lucia R. Brown of the
local school faculty accompanied
her father, DR.. Brown of St.
Paul, her three sisters and a lady
friend on an auto tour to the
Iron Range country Sunday
morning. Miss Brown returned
by train in time to teach again
Monday morning.
The Misses Gudrun Paulsen
and Sigrid Petersen left yester-
day on an extended journey to
Denmark, Germany and possibly
other European countries. They
go to Montreal to meet Rev. and
Mrs. Alfred Jensen of Tyler, and
will sail together with them
across the Atlantic. :
A number of friends gathered
at the Mrs. L. P. Jacobsen home
Friday evening, in honor of Rev.
and Mrs. Arthur E. Frost. The
time was pleasantly spent with
conversation and song. 1T was
interesting to hear Rev. Frost re-
late experiences and observations
from his years stay in Denmark.
Mogens Tuxen, tester for the
local cow testing association, re-
ceived a message. yesterday
stating that his mother in Den
mark is dangerously ill, and he
departed Immediately on the
long journey to be at his moth
er's bedside. Thorvald Andersen,
the former cow tester, is taking
his place on the route Temporal
rily until another man can be Sc
cured.
Jorgen Nielsen sold his 80 acre
farm, miles north and ! mile
east of Askov, to Marius Hansen,
Saturday. The Nielsens will
have sale on the place Monday,
June IA, and following that or
later in the summer they plan to
leave for Junction City, Ore, to
reside. Mrs. Nielsen's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Lund, and
other relatives are located there.
The new owner of the farm, Mr..
Hansen, has rented the land to
Niels T. Nielsen for the season.
A so-called circus set up tent
in Askov last Friday and gave
show that evening before about
200 people who paid hard earned
money to see it. AS is usual with
that kind of companies they
pulled the spectators for all the
money they could get out of
them. The children waited in
vain for two parades promised in
their advance hand bill advertis-
ing. Truth in advertising means
little to them. One of the spec
tators in speaking of no animals
being with this wild West
show said that the only mon
keys" present were those who
paid admission.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Degerstrom
went to Minneapolis Monday
morning to be present at the fu-
neral of her sister, Mrs. Hans
Lindquist, which was held Tues
day, and to help in the prepare
ton for the funeral. Mrs. Lind
quist was instantly killed late