Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-11-10
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Harald Thompson and family Wis
tied relatives in st. Paul over the
week end.
Rudolph Petersen came down from
Duluth and visited over Sunday at
the home of his parents.
Einar Nielsen and Jorgen Jorgensen
left Tuesday for Newell, Iowa, where
they expect to husk corn.
Miss Ruth Poechman, instructor in
a Duluth school, came down for a
visit over Sunday with friends here.
T. N. Thomsn sold his Chevrolet
car the first of the week to Peter Mil
tersen, taking in the latter's Ford on
the deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Nielsen have
recently moved into the Axel A. Jen-
sen residence in the northeast part
of the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mortensen and
children and Thue Christensen re-
turned Wednesday of last week from
a few days visit with relatives at
Mortified.
Miss Ingrid Fenger, instructor in
the Huxley, Iowa, schools, came home
Saturday for a weeks visit as the
school there is closed for a corn
husking vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Tiff and chill
dren and Chris Nielsen of thinner
man, spent Sunday here visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jens Han
sen, west of town.
Marco E. Paulsen who has been en-
ployed in Detroit, Mich, for some
time, came to Askov Monday for an
indefinite visit at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Paulsen.
Jacob Hansen of the Askov Hard
ware & Garage Co., has been busy
lately installing drinking cups in the
barns of the following farmers: Soren
J. Jensen, Carl Eckberg, and Julius
Petersen.
Chris Eriksen, Jens K. Hyldahl,
John H. Sorensen, Olav r. Keller,
Otto Madsen, and Thorvald Jensen
drove up to Rice Lake early Sunday
morning to hunt ducks, but returned
the same forenoon as the lake was
already frozen over.
Svend Petersen accompanied v. A..
Egekvist from Minneapolis, on a
couple of days hunting trip to the
northern part of the state last week.
After stopping at three different
lakes they failed to find the desired
ducks.
The first snow of the season fell in
- 80 IS I'll
week and the ground is nicely COW
cred with an average of two or three
inches. A few sleighs were out the
first couple of days but have been
abandoned again.
Members of the local American Le-
gion Post and Auxiliary journeyed out
to Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Christensen
Monday evening for social visit and
to extend best wishes and congratu-
lations. 1t was surprise" party
and resulted in a very pleasant eve
ming. 8.
Official announcement has just
been received by the local postmaster
to the effect that Fritz Holm has
been appointed as mail messenger
to carry the mails between the post
office and the Great Northern depot,
succeeding A. G. Danielson, resigned
carrier; and is. to commence that
duty Nov. 16.
P. P. Kilstofte and son, Skiold,
came home from Medford, Wis, the
middle of last week. Skiold will re-
main here and look after the home
while Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Kilstofte
are enjoying a trip to their native
country, Denmark, leaving for same
Friday. They have not been back
there since their original arrival in
this country which is 81 years ago;
and although the trip was decided in
a hurry, they have really been plan
ming it for many years. They expect
to remain there several months.