Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
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son, Byron, were callers in Duluth
Friday.
Lauritz Petersen, V. A. Petersen
and Lauritz ]. Petersen were callers
in Minneapolis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Miller went to
Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon for
two days business visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Treus Stistrup and
three children of Mora, visited at the
Mrs. A. Madsen home, Sunday.
Ludwig Sorensen, Elmer Plesner,
and Peter Serritslev left last week
for Ringsted, Iowa, where they will
husk corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Sorensen and
daughter, Ellen, Miss Hansine Han
sen, and Harry Nielsen were visitors
in Minneapolis Tuesday.
Hans G. Larsen, Thorvald Jensen,
Carl Johansen, and Aage Lunde left
yesterday morning for Nebraska where
they expect to find employment.
Erling Stottrup who has been work.
ing the past year and half in the
neighborhood of Hampton, Iowa, re-
turned to his home here Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Ryan of Des Moines.
came Sunday to help care for her
mother, Mrs. ]. Justesen, who has
been seriously i'll, but is improving
slowly now.
J. A. Mccain, who has been in
Askov before, will have a carload of
horses in the stock yards here Oct.
is or 49, His ad appears elsewhere
in this issue.
The Askov Baseball club will spon-
sor a pie social and dance in the
North Star club hall north of Askov
tomorrow friday night. A good
crowd is expected.
The first frost of the season visited
this section of the country during the
past week, but was only light and did
little damage as nearly all crops have
been taken care of.
AS was stated last week in the ad
vertising columns Soren C. Andersen
is having a sale of his household
goods tomorrow (Friday) in the viii
lage. The sale will begin at $3.50
a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Breiland of
Minneapolis, visited in Askov last
week at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Heininge. Previous
to coming here they had visited at
the home of his sister at Walker.
Peter Linn enjoyed" few days va
cation at his home here last week.
While working for the Askov Con-
struction Co. at Brainerd he collided
with a piece of timber which resulted
in broken rib. He is back on the
job again.
Anton l. Hansen from Lisbon, N. D.,
came here last Thursday to buy
cream separator at the Hans Soren-
sen sale and he got it. He of course
stayed a few days and visited at the
home of his brother, Hans c. Hansen,
northwest of town.
John Larsen, who has been working
and visiting at points in Nebraska,
Colorado, and other states for some
time, has recently returned to the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christ Larsen. He reports that it is
difficult to find work anywhere.
Richard and Roy Petersen and Sci
brant Lundgren left last week for
the corn husking fields of Iowa. Tues
day of this week Seibrant and Roy
returned home as they found that
there were more corn huskers than
jobs. Richard found work and stayed
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Nielsen of Cush-
ing, Wis, came Friday for visit at
the home of their son, Alfred l.. Mel
sen, local buttermaker. Saturday
morning Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred L. Mel
sen and children and their guests
left via auto for Fargo, N. D., for a
visit with relatives, and returned to
Askov Sunday evening. Monday the
senior Nielsens returned to their
home at Cushing.
At the regular w. c. T. U. meeting
held yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. ]. Albert johnson the main
attraction was an address by Mrs.
Terrell, who is president of the tenth
district of the organization, which is
the same as the old tenth congress
sional district. Mrs. Terrell gave an
interesting talk on conditions as a
whole within the w. C.. T. U. in the
state of Minnesota. Mrs. Terrell is
from Maple Lake and drove here
specially for this meeting, she was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Goesch, from White Bear.
A good sized audience gathered at
the church to hear Mrs. Ortiz Peters
lecture Sunday afternoon about her
missionary work among the Armeni-
ans who live adjacent Turkey, stress
ing particularly the life of the young
girls. Mrs. Peters also carried with
her a large display of fancy work
made by the Armenians under great
difficulties and which she sold as a
means of securing money to carry on
the good work over there. She made
several sales Sunday afternoon and
again Sunday evening after the reg
ular English church services. Mrs.
Peters also lectured before the var