Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-01-23
ASKOV

Mrs. L. ID. Parks of Minneapolis,
was here Saturday and Sunday for
visit at the j. p Sorensen home.
Mrs. V. Heininge left last Thursday
for a visit with relatives at points in
Nebraska Mr.. Heininge is officiating
as chief cook during her absence.
Aage Molby received cablegram
from Denmark, Saturday, conveying
the sad news to him that his mother
had died and was buried there Sunday.
Mrs Jens Henriksen who recently
underwent an operation at the Uni
versity hospital in Minneapolis, re-
turned home last week and is now
slowly improving.
Jens Haue of Minneapolis, came
here Monday evening for visit with
his mother, whose condition was not
so good the first part of the week,
but who is better now.
Chas. X. Handschu and F. A.
Schweiger of Moose Lake, accompa-
MED by the latter's brother-in-law,
J. L. Goltz of Remer, were business
callers in Askov Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Hyldahl returned
Sunday from their trip to Nebraska,
They report that most of the country
roads are blocked with snow and that
it was exceptionally cold there.
Thorvald Sorensen, w. S. Petersen
and Anker H. Petersen were business
callers in the Twin Cities Friday.
The two former were down to sign
up their 1880 Ford-dealer contract.
County Commissioner Nels Matson
from near DuXbury, was an Askov
caller Tuesday. DR.. H. E. Levin ac-
companied him to Bruno to call on
various sick people who are cared for
by the county.
Thorvald Sorensen, Clarence Nor
gensen, Tony Sebald and V. S. Peter
sen were in Sandstone last night to
attend a six o'clock banquet dinner
at the Hotel Madison for Ford dealers
in this district.
Henry Larsen, Sigurd Lunde and
Erwin Krogh, who had stopped in
Chicago to look for employment after
having failed to find work in Pontiac,
also failed to land any jobs in the
Windy City and returned to Askov
Saturday.
Alvin Jensen and Bennett Larsen
who left by auto shortly after New
Year for Pontiac, Mich, in quest of
work, returned home Tuesday evening.
They report that the automobile man.
ufacturers have all the help they need,
but the boys will likely find enough
work on the home farms to keep busy
through the winter.
d. j. Adolphsen and Mis- Kyhl mo-
tored to Duluth Tuesday to seek medi-
cal attention for the latter. Mr.. Kyhl
has been nursing sore eye for some
time and it seemed to be getting worse
instead of better. While he was chop
ping wood a small piece flew up and
struck the eye After being treated
at the clinic in Duluth he came along
home the same day. They also called
on C. p Christensen while there.
Thorvald Jensen. Henry Simons-
gard and Albert Clausen returned
home Friday from Pontiac, Mich,
after having been gone only a week,
Employment in the automobile city
was not to be had; they were informed,
however, that conditions might i'm
prove in the course of another 30 or
so days. Erwin Krogh, who accom-
panied them over there, stopped off
at Chicago, on the way home, to seek
employment there.
Aage Lunde and Johnnie Larsen
who recently went to Pontiac, Mich.
to seek employment, failed to find
work there. and then went to Hamp-
ton, Iowa, to look for job. but with
the same result as at Pontiac. In
Hampton, however, they had the in
teresting experience of running out
of ready cash. Money sent them from
here failed to reach them, so Lee
Larsen drove down there Saturday
home Sunday.
In renewing their subscription tC
the American Mr.. and Mrs. Marius
Hansen of Junction City, Oregon. send
greetings and best wishes for the new
year to old friends and neighbors in
the Askov community. They write
that getting the American each Mon
day morning is like receiving greet
ings from old friends and they would
not care to be without it. They report
it being quite cold out there, Is de-
grees above zero, which likely sounds
mild to Minnesotans but is considered
very cold in Oregon. They report also
a half inch of snow.