Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-07-12
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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wastes. A number of American
daily papers have recently written
editorials about Amundsen, and it ap-
pears that one reason for the interest
his fate has created here. is the fact
that he has visited the United States
on numerous occasions, and has lee
tured repeatedly in all the principal
cities of this country. At the moment
these lines are being written, no re-
port has come from Amundsen, and
informed opinion is beginning to ac-
cept the fear that he may have lost
his life.
Sixty Years Old.
The Swedish Lutheran congregation
at Dayton, Iowa. last week celebrated
it's sixtieth anniversary in the pres
ence of very large number Of form
er and present members; when or
ganized in 1868 the congregation had
II MEMBERS; it now numbers 800, and
is considered one of the best organ
lied rural congregations within the
Augustana synod
An American version.
An eastern publishing house an
nounces that within the next few
weeks it will publish Hans Andersen
the Man, a biography written, or
iginally. in the Danish language by
Filth Reumert who for many years
has devoted constant efforts to the
task of making Hans Christian And
ersen's fame secure abroad. Mr.. Reu-
inert, former actor of the Royal
Theater in Denmark, has been in the
United States several times, and on
one occasion made a tour of the coun-
try reading H. c. Andersen stories in
both the original Danish and in Eng
lish. In recent years Mr.. Reumert has
unearthed a great deal of Andersen
material not formerly known.
The Wesseen Tragedy.
Theophilus Wesseen, formerly sta
toned at the Swedish consulate in
New York, has died of alcoholic poi
soning 1t appears that Mr.. Wesseen
had been engaged to marry a wealthy
American widow who broke the en-
gagement when her fiance was un-
able to induce the crown prince and
the crown princess of Sweden to visit
her on their tour of this country, and
as result the young man became so
distracted and unhappy that he
sought forgetfulness and consolation
in drink. He retired from the consul
ar service, and became interested in
business, but it appears that the
drink habit gradually mastered him,
until now death claimed him.
Reached Fifth Position.
The balloon, "Danmark", piloted by
Svend Rasmussen of Detroit, Michi
gan, was judged fifth winner in the
international Gordon-Bennett race
last week. The bag landed near Roam
oke, Va, after having sailed about 400
miles; no accident befell it. Mr.. Ras-
mussen who for years has been in
terested in ballooning, is a native of
Denmark, working as a civil engineer
in Detroit; he had been asked to Of
| ficially represent Denmark in the
race.
Seamen's Mission.
The executive board of the Nor
| wegian Seamen's Mission in Bergen
is considering the possibility of open
| ing a mission station in Montreal, and
Rev. F. Wilhelmsen of New York has
been asked to go to the Canadian city
to Investigate conditions. The reason
for the appearance of the plan is the
| fact that the number of Norwegian
vessels arriving at Montreal is stead
| lily increasing from year to year, and
there is at present no central gather
ing place for Norwegian sailors in the
| city.
| An Immense Fortune.
Last fall a Swedish-American null
timillionaire by the name of Gustav
Anderson died, leaving a fortune es-
timated at more than Is million dol
lars. 1t appears that relatives of the
deceased have reason to think that
the major part of the estate may
come their way, and the Swedish For
eign Office has, therefore, commun-
icated with the American state de-
partment. These relatives live in