Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
ASKOV

Twin Cities from Saturday till Tues
day.
Frede Stottrup underwent a minor
operation Monday for relief of toe in
lection.
Johan Sorensen came up from
Mortified Friday and visited with
friends over Sunday.
Thorvald Clausen left Monday for
Wells, where he expects to do ditch
ing again this summer.
Joy Libby, managing editor of the
American, visited over Sunday with
his family in Minneapolis.
Hans Chr. Rasmussen, south of
town, bought a used Ford touring car
from the local dealers last week.
Louis Livers of Kerrick, came to
Askov Wednesday night to receive
surgical attention for a broken right
forearm.
Svend and Albert christensen left
last Monday for Toledo, Ohio, where
they will be employed in the WHY'S
Overland factory. They left st. Paul
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. S. Petersen, Mrs.
Soren Jensen and Mr.. and Mrs. Niels
Serritslev were in Minneapolis for a
days visit. Sunday. Mrs. SerritsleV
also consulted a doctor at Robbins
dale.
Mrs. Walter Thomson and children
and her sister, Miss Florence Jensen,
returned to Minneapolis Monday after
a weeks visit here at the home of
the ladies' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
p. Jensen.
Carl Hyldahl and Leo Larsen left
Monday via auto for Pontiac, Mich,
to visit old Askov friends and may
also seek employment there for a
short time, intending to return to
Askov later in the summer
Enevold Smidt bought used Ford
touring car from the Askov Hardware
& Motor Co., yesterday, trading in his
old car on the deal. He evidently
regretted to part with the old one, for
he turned right around and bought
it back again.
A land deal was made a few days
ago through Petersen & Gravesen,
when Mrs. Marguerite Henningsen of
Solvang, Calf, sold the SEA of NE14
of Sec. 1880, to T. N. Thomson.
This forty adjoins Mr.. Thomsen's
eighty, northwest of town.
About forty friends and neighbors
gathered at the Niels TIL. Nielsen
home last Thursday evening, to help
Mr.. Nielsen celebrate his 57th birth
day. The evening was spent in play
ing cards and social visiting, and at
II p. m. lunch was served.
Soren Hoj came here Sunday direct
from Denmark, having crossed the
ocean in company with Mr.. and Mrs.
P. p Kilstofte. Mr.. Hoj is a second
cousin of Mrs. H. B. Kilstofte and is
temporarily staying at her home and
working for the Askov Construction
Company.
The Askov Telephone company an
nounces that it has installed tele-
phones in the following homes: A. H.
Mogensen, No. 10-F3; X. L. Lund, No.
S-F3, and William Hedge, No. 11-F31O.
The numbers of the AXel Brus and
Enevold Smidt phones have been
changed to No. 1-F212, and No. SLIP,
respectively.
J. P. Sorensen and E. A. E. Laage,
adjusters for the Pine County Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., were in the
Brook Park neighborhood> Tuesday to
adjust a small fire loss. The farm
home of John Clark, ~ miles north
east of the village, received slight
damage from an overheated stove
Monday. The loss was S17.40.
V. Justesen, superintendent of the
local public school, spent the Easter
vacation week visiting friends at &C.
dar Falls, Waterloo, and Des Moines,
Iowa. While in the latter city, Mr..
Justesen had an opportunity to hear
the big Democratic leader, Senator
Reed of Missouri, speak on the politi-
cal issues of the day. Mr.. Justesen
was formerly employed in newspaper
work at Waterloo and Des Moines and
may write up the National Demo-
cratic convention to be held at Hou-
ston, Texas, in June, for those news
papers. He is delegate to the con-
ventiOn.