Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-15
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The Misses Regime and Olga Peter
day.
M. c. Lauridsen of ST. Paul, was {
Saturday visitor at the home of Mrs
A. Madsen.
A. Henriksen is having his resi-
dence lot, south of A. Gravesen':
place, cleared.
Svend Petersen has gone into com
pany with A. Gravesen in the rea
estate business.
Carl Larsen, west, bought a slightly
used model A Ford Tudor sedan from
the local dealer Saturday.
Miss Astrid Gravesen came from
Minneapolis Friday for visit with
her folks over the weekend.
The Service Garage crew is busy
today unloading a carload of new
Chevrolet autos of various models.
Jorgen Andersen, former helper in
the creamery here, came up from st
Paul Friday for two days visit with
old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Boiling an(
children of Minneapolis, were Asko,
visitors Sunday, being guests at the
Fred johnson home.
Jens Dietz came here from Mime
apolis Saturday and took his family
who had been visiting here. back tt
the city the following day.
The rolling clouds Sunday after
noon turned into a little 'twister'
along the river bottom and broke
down quite a number of trees.
Constant rains here during the pas,
several days have soaked the ground
more than it has been the last few
years, and should result in big hay
crop.
The oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Jens Lund, living southeast of the
village, is under the local DOCTOR
care being seriously i'll with pneu-
monia.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sorensen mo-
tored to Minneapolis Tuesday for a
day or two where Mrs. Sorensen ex-
poets to take treatments at Fairview
hospital.
Henry Petersen and Elmer S. Jes.
sen who are employed at Extra, Iowa
in renewing the subscription to the
American, sent their greetings to all
friends here.
At directors meeting of the First
State Bank of Askov, held Tuesday
Byron Olsen was officially elected to
become cashier of the bank to take
the place of V. S. Petersen who re-
signed.
Elsewhere in this issue there is a
notice about a proposed tennis club.
Read it, and come to the meeting
Tuesday evening at the school house
if you are interested in having ten
mis- court here.
There was a large attendance at
the baseball benefit dance in the D
B. S. hall last Thursday. After the
disbursements were deducted from
the receipts there was still SAT left
for the team,
Elmer Morgensen bought new
Ford Tudor sedan from the local deal
ers Monday, trading in his Pontiac
coupe on the deal. The proposed
local race between the Ford and Pom
tiac will not be run.
The Misses Sigrid and Helga -Jen
sen were in West Denmark, Wis.
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs
]. E. Smidt When the Jensen family
formerly lived at West Denmark the!
were neighbors of Smidt's.
Chris Larsen, west of town, is lait
up for several days nursing a frac
tured knee cap and injury to the lief
knee which was acc.dt ntally sust aine,
from a Ratchet few days ago. DR.
Levin gave surgical attention to tn,
wound.
A Justice court case between V. S
Petersen and George Alters was trans
ferred to Friesland, but was settlet
out of court Tuesday by comprise ant
the action has been dismissed. Mr.
Alters will leave the place they nov
occupy within a month.
The Rev. A. E. Frost was called t,
West Denmark, Wis, Tuesday to of
ficiate at the funeral of Mrs. J. E
Smidt, on account of their local pas
tor, the Rev. Holger Koch, being ill
The Rev. Frost was accompanied b.
Mrs. Fred Jorgehsen and Mrs. Jacol
Christensen.
The little two-year-old daughter
Evelyn, of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T. Johan
sen, fell down flight of cellar step
Saturday and broke her right colla
bone at the end of the shoulder blade
The little tot was taken to DR.. H. E
Levin in the village who gave her tn,
necessary surgical attention.
Through an error of the mail clerl
the seven o'clock train Tuesday eve
ming did not leave any mail fo
Askov. To give the rural patron.
better service the carriers did no
leave the post office until after the
arrival of the forenoon train Wed
nesday, which brought in the miss
ing mail, besides its usual load.