Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-07
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

At meeting of the Swedish-Amer-
lean Precautionary Foundation at
Rock Island, ILL.,, Peter A. Waller,
a manufacturer of Kewanee, Ill, an
nounced that he would donate the
amount of $4,000 to the organization
provided that four other individual
donations of like amounts will be
made. Two days later, two more
donations, each of $4,000, were an
nounced. 1t is the aim of the organ
ization to collect $1,500,OO0.. to be
used in connection with the Swedish
American Tercentenary festivities in
1898 which are now being planned
upon on a very elaborate scale.
Sues for 100000.
Charles Hoff, Norwegian pole vault
champion, has brought suit for $780,
600 against officials of the Amateur
Athletic Union, charging that they in
fluenced United States immigration
authorities to order him from this
country at the expiration of his tenn
porary admission, October Is. He
also charges that the defendant union
forced him to turn professional recent
ly as it made it impossible for him
to earn his living as an amateur.
The union at its headquarters in New
York has issued flat denial that it
has brought any influence to bear on
the immigration officials for the pur-
pose of preventing renewal of Mr..
Hoffs permit to remain in this coun-
try for another six-month period.
Swan j. Tnrnblad, publisher of the
Svenska-Amerikan Posten in Min
neapolis, has been appointed Knight
of the Swedish North Star order, and
the insignia were handed to him at
a dinner given in his honor by Vice
Consul Nils Leon Janson. Mr.. Turn
blad is native of Tubbamaala, Wis
landa, Sweden, where he was born in
1860. He came to this country at the
age of years, settling at Vasa, Mimi.
Having completed his high school
work he came to Minneapolis where
he joined the business staff of the
Svenska-Amerikans Poster, and in
1907 he became owner of the paper
one of the largest Swedish weeklies
in the United States.
Appears i'm German.
Martha Ostenso, the Norwegian
American writer, whose first novel,
"Wild Geese, won a large cash
prize last year, has been informed
that a German translation of her
book, under the title of Der Ruff der
Wildganse", has been received with
unusual enthusiasm in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. Last
autumn Norwegian version, entitled
"Graagaas'', was published in Oslo.
Quite recently Miss Ostenso published
her second book, Dark Dawn.
Was 102 Years Old.
John Levine of Worthington, Mimi,
died last week at the age of 1902
years. He was born in Sweden in
May, 1924, and remained in his ma
tive parish until he was Sc years old
when he went to the United States.
Mr.. Levine settled on farm in
Mobiles county which he managed
personally until seven years ago when
he thought heat the age of 95-
needed a little rest. So he retired
and became a resident of Worthing-
ton. He was married in Sweden TO
Sara Bryngelson who died twelve
years ago.
Coming January 2.
Definite announcement nov is made
that Prince Wilhelm of Sweden will
arrive in New York on january 2,
and Immediately will begin his lee
ture tour scheduled to take him to
fifty cities. He will speak about his
experiences as big-game hunter in
various parts of Africa, and will il
lustrate his talk with moving pic
lures. Literary societies through
out the country are planning ban
quets and receptions in honor of the
prince who, aside from his proclivi-
ties as a huntsman, is a well known
short-story writer and poet; he also
has written very successful play.
The prince-usually called the Sailor
Prince of Sweden-is the second son
of King Gustaf the Fifth. He visited
this country in 1907 aboard the cruis-
er, "Fylgia".
Left Ericsson Day.
Large audiences attended elaborate
programs arranged under the aus
pieces of number of Norwegian so
cieties in the Twin Cities last week
to commemorate the discovery of the
North American continent by Left
Ericsson. Many prominent speakers
took part in the programs, among
them U. S. Senators w. E. Borah and
Henrik Shipstead, Mayor. Geo. e.
Leach of Minneapolis, Henry Bellows
(trapslator of "the Edda'D, several
judges and railroad presidents, and
also delegates from nearly all civic
organizations in the two cities.