Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-06-30

Mr. and Mrs. Evans and children
of Wellington, Kans., visited at the
Hans Bagge home the first Of the
week
Mrs. ~ S. Petersen who has been
visiting for several weeks in Cedar
Falls, Iowa, returned to her home
here yesterday.
Hans Johansen who has been here
several weeks looking after the estate
of his late brother, N. P. Johansen,
left for Minneapolis today.
| Mrs. Jacob Nielsen who has been
in hospital at Rochester for two
months undergoing several operations,
returned to her home here yesterday.
Thorvald Andersen, Mrs. Jens Arm
bal, Mrs. Jens Henriksen, Martin Isak-
sen, and Ludwig Madsen were in Pine
City one day last week; the two for
mer to make application for their
final citizenship papers.
| c. H. Frees, the druggist at Bar
mum, was a visitor in Askov last
Thursday, the day of the cost &C
counting tour on the farms. Attorney
Albert Johnson of Sandstone, was also
an Askov caller that day.
| Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kallberg of AL
bert Lea and Mr.. and Mrs. Valdemar
Kallberg who have just come to AL
bert Lea from Pitea, Sweden, visited
from Saturday till Tuesday at the
Harald Thompson home.
Miss Maren Larsen of Chicago,
came here Saturday for an extended
visit at the home of her sister, Mrs.
L. Mosbak. Enroute here she visited
for a couple of weeks at the home of
Gunnar Mosbak near Seeley, Wis.
Tony Sebald who has been mechan-
ic for the Askov Garage for quite a
time, terminated his services there
the first of the week and is now en-
ployed as a travelling salesman for a
Mankato tool company, selling princi-
pally to garage men.
Caroline Erickson of Milwaukee,
Wis, was in Askov Friday and sold
her 80 acre farm to G. P. Christensen
at a consideration of $12 per acre.
This eighty is directly east of Mr..
Christensen's present eighty, thus
giving him 100 acres along the main
road.
l. DR.. H. e. Levine of Browning,
Mont, was in Askov two days last
week looking over the town and coun-
try in anticipation of locating here
as has been mentioned before in the
American. He was not certain yet as
to what he would do and returned to
his home to confer with his family
before moving.
The board of directors of the local
Danish Lutheran congregation held d
meeting Tuesday at which time they
decided to fix up the local cemetery
on Saturday afternoon, July 2. They
ask that everyone interested in beau
tifying this place come out there
Saturday afternoon with the necessary
tools for cleaning the walks and cut
ting the grass.
Albert A. SOrensen, a theological
student and his mother, Mrs. M. P.
SOrensen, were accompanied by
Harry Madison, hotel proprietor of
Sandstone, ON a visit to Askov Mon
day. Mr.. Sorensen had preached in
the Norwegian Lutheran church in
Sandstone, the day before. The res
ident pastor there, Rev. Austin L.
Stowell, is planning on leaving for the
West coast, to accept call from
there. Although not ordained, young
Sorensen has preached the past three
years in a church at Bellfield, N. D.
The Sorensens formerly lived in Min
neapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Henriksen
and Miss Ebba Nielsen returned home
Tuesday evening from their trip
through the southeastern states. They
were gone just three weeks, during
which time they crossed eleven states
and made many business calls in Ala
bama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mis-
sissippi, where Mr.. Henriksen was
looking up new markets for ruta-
bagas. They report the roads as be-
ing very good, having covered 1900
miles of which approximately $500
were paved and only about 500 miles
were rough or over detours; the bal
ance being nice gravel roads. They
spent a couple of days in Florida and
viewed the old historic sights at ST.
Augustine