Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-05
ASKOV

The ]. G. Thomson and Albert
Thomson families were up near Bar
mum Sunday visiting friends.
Rudolph Petersen, member of the
Duluth school faculty, is spending the
Easter vacation at his home here.
Miss Carrie Feldtmose came up
from Minneapolis and visited at the
home of her folks Thursday and Fri
day.
Lawrence Jensen and Carl Hyldahl
were in Duluth Tuesday with a load
of poultry for the c. Eriksen Co.
store.
Several have reported seeing the
welcome spring visitor-Robin Red
breast, which is another sure sign of
spring.
Skiold Kilstofte drove over to Boyd,
Wis, via truck, yesterday to bring
back some tools for the Askov Con-
struction Co.
The Misses Evelyn Hansen and
Margaret Schroeder leave today for
Minneapolis to visit with friends over
the week end.
T1dllS f1dllSSH CdlliS hSIS sSolCiuos
direct from Vejen, Denmark, and
started to work in the Ferndale MUIR
sery this morning.
L. c. Petersen left Sunday for AL
den to look after his farm interests
there, and will also look after some
business matters in Iowa.
Mrs. A. P. Jensen sold a 40 acre
tract of land Friday to Geo. c. Jensen,
the description of same being the
NW14 of SWA, Sec. 3O-44-19.
Miss Ragna Sorensen came up from
Minneapolis yesterday for visit over
Easter at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Johannes Sorensen.
L. P. Larsen and family of Water
loo, Iowa, visited here at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Chr. Sandahl, from
Friday till Monday, making the trip
in auto.
Axel Brus and family have rented
the NielS Henriksen farm residence
and have moved there instead of into
the MAIDS Jorgensen place which they
also have rented.
Fritz Holm and crew are now busy
eXcavating for the Askov Mercantile
building; there is, however, some frost
in the ground yet which makes the
work slow and hard, they say.
The various business houses in
Askov will observe Good Friday, April
6, by closing at II o'clock noon. The
bank will be closed all day. The
post office will be closed from 1 to
4;45 in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Kilstofte who
have spent the winter visiting in Den
mark, are now on their way home and
are scheduled to land in the New
York harbor tomorrow, SO will likely
be in Askov a few days later.
Jess Petersen left Tuesday via auto
mobile, for a visit at Slayton, in the
southern part of the state. From
there he will go to Iowa for a months
visit and then to Montana and Wy
oming to visit, expecting to return to
Askov again when the coming sum-
mer has rolled by.
The Misses Alice and Alta Clausen
and a girl friend came up from Min
neapolis Friday for an over night
visit at the home of the formers
parents. Thorvald Clausen, accom-
panied by his sister, Eline, and Clar-
ence Morgensen, drove them back to
the city Saturday forenoon.
V. S. Petersen and two little daugh-
tiers went to. Minneapolis Monday fore
noon and drove home a new Ford
roadster in the late afternoon. 1t
was sold the following day to Andrew
Christensen, .son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clemmen Christensen, and is the first
model A Ford car sold in Askov.
Chris Hansen went to Withee, Wis.,,
yesterday for little visit and to drive
home an Overland sedan, Christmas
present that has been delayed in de-
livery on account of impossible roads.
The Hansen family will have an auc-
ton in the near future after which
they will move to location near New
York City where Mr.. Hansen has been
offered a position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Shepard and Mr..
ana MIS-. FRANK OOSpiT from west u
Kerrick, and Mrs. Joe Kvasnicka from
northeast of Bruno, were callers in
Askov Saturday. They made pleas
ant call at the American office and
saw the plant. Felix Kvasnicka and
Adrian Berglund also accompanied
them here but journeyed on to Isanti
for few days visit.
The first thunder and lightning of
the season passed over this territory
Tuesday night, being accompanied by
a moderate rain which was needed
very much to settle the dust and help
take the frost out of the ground. In
some places it helped to pack the
road while in other places it made
certain spots impossible. There are
two very bad spots, one on each side
of the hill by the N. P. Nedegaard
farm; team was kept busy there all
day yesterday pulling out the steady
stream of traffic.