Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-12
ASKOV

The married folks dance at the As
sembly hall Monday evening drew
fair sized crowd and everyone reports
having a fine time.
Mrs. Hans Egede, Mrs. Ben Miller
and Johannes Petersen. all of Hamp-
ton, Iowa, visited here Sunday and
Monday at the homes Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sigurd Stovring and Mrs. j. Justesen.
Jens Thomson, Peter Linn and o. r.
Keller went to Alden Monday morn
ing to start the carpenter work on
new barn on Mrs. l. c. Pedersen's
farm there. The old structure re-
Gently burned down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Hassenfeldt have
rented the Soren Miller farm, miles
northwest of town, and moved onto
same some days ago. Previously they
occupied the Soren c. Andersen farm,
. miles north of town.
Hjamar Petersen came here from
St. Paul Saturday evening and visited
until Tuesday evening. The state
Legislature took two day recess to
permit the Legislators to visit their
districts during the annual town
meetings.
Peter r. Thomson left yesterday for
Des Moines, Iowa, to attend the an
nual homecoming celebration at
Grand View college which starts
tonight and continues throughout the
balance of the week. Incidentally
he will also try to find employment
there.
The Askov Ladies' Aid will hold a
food and handwork sale, Friday night,
April 10. They will be glad to ac-
cept any kind of food, handwork,
aprons, towels, or whatever you will
wish to bring to be sold at their sale.
The ladies will present a play. which
you will regret missing. There will
also be other entertainment. Look for
later announcements.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Madsen's five
weeks-old baby boy has not been in
good health lately and it was decided
to take him to a hospital in Duluth.
Saturday Joe Zoller took Mr.. and Mrs.
Madsen and the baby there and Mrs.
Madsen remained with the boy at the
hospital while the men came home
the same day. Yesterday Mr.. Madsen
went to visit them, and the latest re-
ports from there states that the little
fellow is now improving.
A. P. Jensen, accompanied by Mrs.
George Ekberg and Mrs. Bendt Jorgen-
sen, motored to Minneapolis Tuesday.
Mr.. Jensen is a delegate from the
local creamery to the Land O'Lakes
convention and annual meeting. Mrs.
Jensen who went to the city with her
daughter, Florence, following her
weekend visit here two weeks ago
and who has visited there since will
return with them Saturday.
Under auspices of the local D. B. S.
lodge a Danish 3-act home talent
play will be staged in the d. B. S.
hall Sunday afternoon, March %, and
Monday evening, March %. A dance
will follow the play Monday evening.
The title of the play is Barn i Kirke"
and it is a comedy from start to
finish. The price of admission will
be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents
for children. For further particulars
see CH6lT advertisement HeAI WeSh.
Several friends and neighbors, in
GLIDING some friends and relatives
from Willow River, called at the j. G.
Lundgren home, 6 miles northeast of
town, Tuesday evening to help Mr..
Lundgren celebrate his birthday. In
fact it was a double celebration as
Mr.. Lundgren's grandson has his
birthday on the same date and he
was of course also present The eve
ming was spent in social way and
terminated with fine lunch.
Sparks from the chimney started
roof fire in Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Jen-
sens residence Saturday morning. A.
Gravesen, their neighbor, discovered
the blaze and it was extinguished be-
fore it gained any Roadway, causing
only a small damage. The fire de-
partment was called out but did not
get into action as it was all over
when they got there. Mr.. Jensen was
fortunate in being able to secure a
ladder right in the neighborhood so
he could get onto the roof in hurry,
and the application of a bucket of
water put an end to the excitement.