Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-19
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no result has been reached. At the
moment, Mr.. Helsing says, that
the thieves begin to realize that Or
binary letters contain no money, 1t
is reasonable to suppose that the
thefts will cease. In nearly all cases
where the thieves find no money in
the mail, the letters are destroyed,
and as, a result friends and relatives
OF NOrwe gian-A are at loss
to understand why they get no mes
sage from the United States.
Silver Wedding.
On April 18th, Rev. and Mrs. Adam
Dan, Chicago, celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary. Mr.. Dan who
has been in the service of the Da-
nlsh Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
America for half a century, recently
resigned as pastor of the St. Stephen S
congregation, Chicago. which charge
he held for a quarter century. He
has long been considered one of the
leading poets and prose writer's of
Hanish-American literature.
1O5 Years Old.
A few days ago Elias Erickson left
the county farm and hospital at
Monroe, Wash, for Seattle, where he
intends to spend his declining years
at the home of one of his sons, and
he says that he expects good many
more years yet, for he is ''only 105.'
He was born in Sweden and has lived
in the United States for upward of
70 years. Mr.. Erickson ascribes his
unusual age to the fact that he has
mot been silly, but lived sensibly
most of the time"
Charged With Arms Smuggling.
Peter Travik, Norwegian, who is
second engineer aboard the steamer
Il Empira," plying between Honduras
and New York, has been arrested by
the American authorities on charge
of having smuggled arms and mu-
nitions to rebels in Honduras. Tra-
vik denies that he has been taking
part in any smuggling, and the fact
keeping aboard the steamer, he eX-
plains by saying that he had taken
care of them" for a friend. 1t is
said that the authorities expect to
show he has been carrying on the
alleged traffic for considerable
time.
To Join Byrd.
DR.. H. Barnes of Detroit, Mich, has
accepted an invitation to join Com
mander Byrd's South Polar eXpedi-
ton which will start from New York
early in September this year; it is
presumed that DR.. Barnes will ac-
company the expedition in a medical
capacity He is native of Denmark,
his name originally being Bjarnesen,
and he has lived in the United States
but few years. DR.. Barnes received
his medical education in Denmark,
being a graduate of the University of
Copenhagen; prior to his arrival in
America he was an inferno in Danish
hospitals.
Attracts Attention.
A portrait of Professor Frederic B.
Crossley of the Northwestern Univers-
ity Law school, Chicago, by Axel
Linus, is at present attracting a
great deal of attention in the art
circles of that city. Mr.. Linus, now
considered one of the foremost por-
trait painters of the country, is ma
tive of Sweden, studied art in his
home country, Greece, Italy, and
France, and came to the United
States in 1921. A portrait of Charles
A. Lindbergh, painted by Mr.. Linus,
is inserted in the famous fliers book,
We"
May Buy Painting.
On the occasion of the centenary
of the birth of Henrik Ibsen last
month, a portrait painting of the
dramatist, made by G. l. Gulliksen,
was unveiled in Grand Forks, N. D.,
and attempts are now being made by
committee of citizens of Norwegian
birth or descent to secure this por-
trait for the purpose of presenting it
to the Grand Forks public library.
Mr.. Gulliksen is native of the city
where Ibsen was born-Skien-and
had occasion to see him frequently,
not only when the dramatist was a
young man, but also in later years
when he had scaled the pinnacle of
world fame.
VIII Tour Sweden.
The Augustana college band of
Rock Island, ILL.,, is planning to give
a series of concerts in Sweden this
summer. The musicians will leave
Montreal for Stockholm on June 8,
and after travelling through the land
of their fathers, will give concerts in
Norway, Denmark, Germany, Holland,
Belgium and England, leaving for the
United States, on August 18th. Before
the band begins it's European trip, it
will give concerts in nine states in
this country, going on tour extend
ing over a period of four weeks.
daylight Movies"
A. B. Hvorup, an electrical en-
gineer in Odense, Denmark, has per-
fected an invention by which he
ri oi, 70 oh, ion