Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-05-20
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.
VOLUME XII.


Casper c. W., Hasselriis, ma
tive of Denmark, who became
known among his compatriots in
the United States as secretary of
the Danish-American Association
in the heyday of that organiza-
tion's existence, recently has pub
lished a book Of essays which is
entitled, Adventures in the Day
of Love-. The book is described
as "the singular adventures of an
ordinary man set out to discover
life by way of asking directions
of the inner man. and found a
newa world. Mr.. Hassellriis
whose home formerly was in Chi
cago, now lives in one of the
Long Island towns close to New
York.
Rev. C.. H. Schmidt Dead.
Rev. Claus H. Schmidt, Chicago,
died last week in street car
where he was a passenger; death
was due to an apoplectic stroke.
Mr.. Schmidt was a native of Ais,
Denmark, where he was born Cd
years ago; he had come to the
United States in 1881, studied
theology and was in due time or
dained a minister in the United
Danish Lutheran church. Mr..
Schmidt served congregations at
Mortified, Mimi, Ringsted, Iowa,
Kenmare, N. D., Potter, Neb., and
Falmouth, Me. He had retired
from active ministerial work but
a week prior to his death.
What Women Did.
An historical work, entitled,
'Norse-American Women, 1926
1925" is in preparation under the
joint editorship of Alma G. Gut
tersen, ST. Paul, and Regina Hille-
DO Christensen, Portland, Ore.
The book will be published some
time this year and will contain
biographies of about 600 Norwe-
gian-American women. More
than fifty contributors are mem
bers of the staff compiling the
facts for the work which will
comprise $50 pages. 1t will be
record of what these women
have accomplished during cen
fury.
To Study Folk Songs.
Svea Anderson of Montclair, N.
j., has received a scholarship
from the Observation-Disclosures
Foundation enabling her to spend
several months in Sweden where
she will study old Swedish folk
SONGS Miss Anderson who was
born at Stamford, Conn, of Swe-
dish parentage, is at the present
time a teacher at the Hollins
College in Virginia; she is an A.
B. in music from Yale Univer-
sity.
HOff Suspended.
Charles Hoff, famous Norwe-
gian all-around athlete, has been
suspended from membership In
the Amateur Athletic Union of
the United States, following a
controversy about his standing as
an amateur. The specific ground
upon which his suspension was
based was his refusal to appear
at meet in San Francisco. Mr..
Hoff himself claims that he was
not in condition for the demon
stration expected of him, and
feared that he would ruin his rep
utation if he. appeared under
such handicap. Efforts are be-
ing made by his friends to have
him restored to membership
privileges.
New Vice Consul
B. B. Hasselrot, Is years old,
has been appointed Swedish vice
consul for the consular district of
Nebraska, North and South Da-
kota and Kansas; he will have his
office at Omaha, Neb. Mr.. Has
selrot is a descendant of jaime
Lundstrom who made fame and
fortune for himself by inventing
the safety match in the year
1874. incidentally Mr.. Hasselrot
is the youngest Scandinavian con-
sular officer in America.
Temporarily Released.
Anton Bast. Methodist bishop
of the Scandinavian countries,
who recently was informed that
his application for a pardon had
been refused by the Danish au-
thorities who had found him
guilty of misappropriating funds
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