Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-23
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the cornerstone for new dormitory,
estimated to represent cost of
$15O,OOO, was laid. The principal
speaker on this occasion was Bishop
Hjalmar Danell of the Skara diocese,
Sweden. who is visiting Lutheran con-
gregations in this country. DR.. p. A
Mattson, president of the Minnesota
conference of the Swedish Augustana
synod, also delivered an address.
"PussyfoOt' In Denmark.
"Pussyfoot' Johnson. the widely
known American champion of the pro-
hibition cause, arrived in Denmark a
few days ago, and was received by
Larsen Ledet, editor of the only
prohibition daily in the world, the
Reform" Mr.. Johnson was inter.
viewed concerning the results of the
American prohibition and declared
that drinking during the dry decade"
had decreased something like 80 per
cent. He has been in Denmark on
several other occasions and usually
gives lectures in English, aided by an
interpreter.
Physician Knighted.
DR.. Ludwig Hektoen Of Chicago, ia
nous pathologist, has been appointed
a knight of the first class of the ST..
Olaf order by the king of Norway. The
insignia of the order were handed to
him last week at a banquet presided
over by Norwegian Consul Bernts. DR..
Hektoen was born of Norwegian par
ents in Westby, Wis.,, was for many
years a general practitioner in Chi
cago, and finally became a specialist
in pathological diseases.
Monument to be Unveiled.
Next Sunday a monument will be
unveiled on the grave of Claus Jen-
sen, until his death supreme vice
president of the Danish Brotherhood
of America, in Chicago cemetery,
and the ceremony will be attended by
a majority of members of the Brother
hood lodges of Chicago as well as by
the two Danish singing societies of that
city. Mr.. Jensen enjoyed an unusual
measure of popularity among fellow
members of his organization as well
as among all other compatriots with
whom he came in contact
Sends New Donation.
Tinius Olson of Philadelphia, owner
of one of the largest tOol-testing ma
chinery factories in the world, has
donated $4,000 Kroner to his native
city of Kongsberg, Norway, for re-
building the valuable organ of one of
the churches in that city. Mr.. Olson
has on former occasions donated sew
eral hundred thousand Kroner to
schools and other institutions in
Kongsberg, and last year bust, por-
traying his features, was erected in
that city as a token of appreciation
on the part of his former fellow-citi-
ZenS.
]. A. Mandel Dead.
John A. Mandel, professor of chem
istry in the New York University and
the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege, died last week at the age of Ga.
He was born in Stockholm, Sweden,
and came to this country when five
years old. Professor Mandel had been
connected with the above mentioned
institutions since 1884 and was widely
recognized as an authority in his
special field. A few years ago he re-
ceived an honorary doctors degree
from the University of Berlin, Ger
many, and he had also been thus
honored by several American univer-
stiles.
Fiftieth Anniversary.
The Danish Seamen's Mission in
Brooklyn N. Y, this year celebrates
it's fiftieth anniversary, and plans are
now on foot for an appropriate festiv-
| ity to mark this event. The work was
begun by Rev. Rasmus Andersen who
had active charge of the work for
| nearly As years until he retired few
years ago as head of this mission and
as pastor of Our Savior's church in
Brooklyn, designated as the Danish
seamen's church. Rev. P. J. Peter
sen, who now is in charge, has re-