Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-10-13

of the conferences now going on is
expected to be made some time this
month.
Dead at 103.
Anders Bjorck of Wilmington, Del,
died last week at the age of 103 years.
He was a native of Upsala, Sweden,
where he was born in 1924; for many
years he sailed before the mast, roam
ing all over the seven seas, later COM
ing to the United States where he en-
listed in the Union Army during the
Civil War. Following that upheaval,
he settled near Lindsborg, Kansas,
where he was a farmer until 1892, in
which year he returned to Sweden.
Having spent about ten years in his
home country, he came back to Amer
lea to spend his declining years with
a grandson in the Delaware city. Mr..
Bjorck is said to have preserved his
mental alertness unimpaired until
about two years ago.
A Remembered Disappointment.
On the initiative of ]. F. Willumsen,
famous Danish painter, many of the
artists in Denmark have established
a short time ago propaganda bureau
whose aim is to give modern Danish
art international prestige. Willumsen
says that few persons outside Den
mark know anything about Danish
art, literature and music, and he re-
members among the distressing ex-
periences of his own work abroad his
travelling exhibit which visited all of
years ago, and as a result of which
only one picture was sold.
To Honor Amundsen.
Roald Amundsen, famous Norwegian
Arctic explorer, discoverer of the
South Pole and the first to reach the
North Pole by a dirigible airship,
has again arrived in the United
States. On October 20, the Explorers
Club of New York will give a ban
quet in his honor, and on this oc-
casion he will be asked to receive the
flag of the club as we'll as it's honor
airy medal in recognition Of his epoch
making work in the field of Arctic
exploration Capt Amundsen recently
lectured in Japan where he was re-
ceived with tremendous enthusiasm;
having completed his tour of that
country he returned to Norway where
he has now spent a brief vacation.
AS far as is known, he will deliver
a new series of lectures in many
American cities this fall
Conrad Thunstrsm Dead.
Word has been received of the
death of Conrad Thunstrom Tor Thur
stone, as he often called himself) at
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born in Swe-
den in 1855, served as an officer in
the army, and went to the United
States in 1881. During the following
years he lived, partly, in Central
America, and, partly, in Sweden, and
in 1901 he became editor of the Swe-
dish paper, wort Land, in James,
town, N. Y, resigning eight years la
ter to take over the editorship of
"Scandia" in that city. Mr.. Thun-
strom in later years was an evangel-
list and also perfected several inven-
lions for the Improvement of motion
pictures; despite his manifold act
ivities he found time to write and
publish several books
He Likes Denmark.
1. S. Brodhead, general manager of
Colgate & Co., Jersey City, N. j., re-
Gently spent some time in Denmark.
1t was his second visit to that coun-
try, the first having taken place a
few years ago for business reasons.
This time he came back, accompanied
by Mrs. Brodhead, because he said he
was so fascinated with his impressions
of the country that he just simply
had to show it to his wife H. Van
Court, advertising director of the
Colgate firm, also made the trip to
Denmark