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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
MRS. BORCHARD
IS LAID TO REST
GrindStOne Lake Woman is Victim of
DrOpSy on July 20; County
Resident 25 Years.

The body of Mrs. Anna Busse of the
Grindstone lake community west OF
Sandstone who passed away July 90
was laid to rest in the Lutheran GENE
terry in Pomroy township, Kanabec
county with the Rev. H. ]. Molotky
officiating at the funeral services
held July %.
Anna Busse was born August "a
1862, in town of Spring Lake, Scott
county, Mimi. She was confirmed
May %, 1876 in the Ev. Lutheran
church in Spring Lake, and was
united in marriage to VIM. Borchard
of that place November "a, 1882.
They lived near Prior Lake two
years, then moved to Lydia where
they lived for % years.
In 1906 they moved to Dell Grove
township. Pine county, where they
still reside. To this union four chill
dren were born, one daughter and
three sons. p
The surviving are her aged hus-
band; daughter, Mrs. F. A. Swanson
of Duluth. Her sons, VIM. F. and
Chas. F., who live near the old home
and Henry who is at home. Five
grandchildren, three brothers, Chris
Busse of Shakopee, Frederick Busse
and Chas. Busse of Prior Lake, also
three sisters, Mrs. C. A. Schultz of
Shakopee, Mrs. Mary Oldenburg OF
Prior Lake, and Mrs. Carl Schneider
of Hinckley.
Death was caused by heart trouble
followed by dropsy. She reached the
age of IS years 10 months and 26 days.
Those who attended the funeral
from a distance were, Mr.. and Mrs
F. A. Swanson of Duluth; Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Borchard and daughter,
Dorothea, and Mason McCubbin OF
Holstein, Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas,
Busse, Sr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Busse
Jr. and son, Milford; Mrs. Mary Olden-
burg and son, John; Mr.. and Mrs
Chris Busse; Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Schultz, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mas; Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Miller and daughter
Luella; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wangerine;
August Miller, Miss Minnie Miller
Miss Emma Busse, Mr.. and Mrs
August Will. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Luedtke, Adolph Luedtke, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Beuch, Mrs. Marie Dubbe
and Roger, Mr.. and Mrs. Art Busse
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
PINE CITY GIRL WEBS
RUSH CITY YOUNG MAN

A very pretty wedding was cele-
brated in Pine City Monday when
Miss Grace Wiseman. daughter of
Mrs. r. L. Wiseman, became the bride
of Wadea F. Moses of Rush City. The
wedding ceremony was performed by
the Rev. D. w. Thompson at the Pres
byterian church with only the imme
diate, friends and relatives of the two
young people being present.
H. G. Nessel of Rush City, acted as
best man and Verona Moses as the
bridesmaid. Following the ceremony
at the church, wedding dinner was
served at the homo of the brides
mother and soon after the young
couple left for trip to northern Min
neSota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30

Four months ago the Norwegian
vessel, Viking" was destroyed by an
explosion off Horse Island, 81 per-
sons losing their lives; among those
killed was Varick Frissel, motion
picture director, and his father, Lewis
Frissel, last week handed to the Nor
wegian-American aviator, Bernt
Balchen, who had taken a leading
part in the rescue of 127 passengers
and members of the crew, a gold
chronometer with the following in
scription: ITO Bernt Balchen, Viking
of the Air; Flight to the Viking Dis
aster, March, 1881, in Grateful Re-
membrance from Antoinette and Lewis
Frissel."
Married SIS Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hebbe, Blue
Mound, Kansas, last week celebrated
their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary;
they have made their home in Kansas
since 1876; Mr.. Hebbe was born in
Sweden in 1S43 and came to this coun-
try while boy, and his wife, daugh-
tCl VI oWOuiSh oAS's |" S~S W. -
in Green county, Wisconsin.
Bryan and H. c. Andersen.
Recently Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,
member of congress, and at present
a visitor in Denmark, has pointed out
that she has been greatly influenced
by Hans Christian Andersen, Danish
fairy-tale writer. In this connection
attention is called to the following
statement by her father, William Jen-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
PIONEER DIES
AT HINCKLEY
Lee Webster, 20, Furniture Dealer
and Undertaken is Laid to
Rest Tuesday.

Lee Webster, pioneer business man
of Hinckley and a resident of Hinck-
ley and Pine county since 1877 passed
away at his home Saturday noon, July
%, at the age of 20 years and Is
days. Coming to Hinckley when a
boy of Is, he worked on the railroad,
in the woods and saw mill here and in
1890 started a furniture and undertake
ing business, which business he was
in when he died. He was mayor of
the village of Hinckley at the time
of the Great Fire of 1894, saving him
self in the gravel pit as did many
others. In this disaster, he lost his
wife, Belle Miller Webster.
Immediately after the fire he called
meeting of the survivors and was
leading power in the re-establishment
of Hinckley. He opened a meat mar
ket in November, 1894, and in Janu-
airy, 1895, went into the general mer-
camille business in partnership with
John K. Anderson. He continued in
business with Howard Miller until
1903, when hardship again assailed
him and again he had to start at the
bottom and begin anew. He worked
as carpenter and wood worker in
local blacksmith shop in 1903 and
1904, and in 1905 was appointed JAM
itor of the local schools. In 1908 he
and coupled with the undertaking
business which he had followed since
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
SANDSTONE HAS NEW
SMITH-HUGHES MAN

r. E. Johnson of Brandon, this
state, has accepted a position as
Smith-Hughes instructor in the Sand
stone public schools and began upon
his duties there July 1.
Mr.. Johnson graduated from the
agricultural department of the Uni
versity of Minnesota this spring and
is taking the place of ROLAND Hoberg
who taught in Sandstone last year.
Mr.. johnson is busy supervising his
class of some over twenty pupils in
certain projects on the farm assigned
to them as a part of their work in
the course and looks forward to a
good year in the department.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
WILLOW PEOPLE IN
AUTOMOBILE SPILL

Oscar e. Wilson, his son, Oliver,
and daughter, Juanita, of near Willow
River, while enroute to Redwood Falls,
Sunday of last week by automobile
struck some loose gravel in the road
near Milaca which caused their car
to turn over several times. Mr.. Will
sons shoulder was bruised, Oliver
was cut about the face and hands and
Juanita suffered a broken collar bone
and severe bruises.
The men continued on to their
destination to help in the harvest
fields, while Juanita returned home
where she is receiving medical atten-
ton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
H. c.. WHITE IS
DEAD; PAST 81
Came to Bruno Community i'm 1909;
Was Born i'm State of
Pennsylvania.

H. G. White, resident of the Bruno
community for the past % years,
passed away at the Moose Lake hos
pital Saturday at the age of 81 He
had been failing during the last few
years but insisted on doing some work
and looking after himself as much as
possible, up until the last few months,
being of the rugged pioneer type of
men. He was cared for at the A.
Coulter home for a few weeks before
being taken to the hospital where he
remained only a short time.
Horatio Gates White was born in
the state of Pennsylvania, near Har-
risburg, on the west branch of the
Susquehanna river, on Feb. 6, 1850.
AT the age of 5 he came west with
his parents, settling at Beloit, Wis.
where the family took up farming.
Here the family went through the
hardships of pioneer life, losing five
children in an epidemic of whooping
cough and measles. Three children
laid corpse at one time, the other two
passing away within a week. Four
more children were born to bless the
home two boys and two girls-who
together with H. G. White all grew up.
In 1865 the family moved to hide
pendence, Iowa, later going to Clay
county, in the northwestern part of
the state, where they homesteaded
near Spencer on 80 acres. The moth
err died at Spencer at the age of SO
and the father passed away in Florida
at the age of 81.
Mr.. White was married near Water
loo, Iowa, in 1S76-the year of the
national centennial celebration at
Philadelphia. They took up farming
on the old family homestead near
Spencer, remaining there 10 years.
In 1886 they moved to the state of
Oklahoma but remained there only
three months as MIR. White became ill
with malaria. Going back to Iowa
they purchased a farm near Council
Bluffs and remained there 10 years.
In 1897 the family moved to Tabor,
Iowa, where the children attended a
Congregational church college, and
where Mr.. White was busy at various
occupations.
After residing at Tabor for IL years
the family came to Pine county in
1909, settling on land south of Bruno
village. They purchased IS forties
in sections 1 and II, Partridge town.
ship, where they erected good build
ings and farmed for many years.
Since Mrs. Whites passing 16 years
ago and since the children have grown
up and established homes of their
own, Mr.. White has not done any ex-
tensive farming but has resided on
the place most of the time.
A daughter, Mrs. VIM. Randall, was
married when the family came to
Pine county and together with her
family resided for a year on a farm
between Bruno and Askov, but now
resides in the state of Colorado. A
son, John 1. White, resides at Still
water, and another son, Thomas D.
White, is a contractor at Spencer,
Iowa. Two children have passed
away, a boy in infancy, and daugh
ter who died in Iowa at the age of 10.
Funeral services were conducted at
Bruno Sunday and the body, accompa-
MED by the son, John /. White, was
shipped to Spencer, Iowa, for inter-
ment in the cemetery there near the
old family home.
The sympathy of friends and old
time neighbors is extended to the be-
reaved ones.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
ASKOV BUILDERS GET
NEW BUILDING JOB

The Askov Construction company
was awarded the contract for the con-
struction of high school building at
Brainerd when the bids of same were
opened there Tuesday. The complete
job amounts to approximately $780,
coo. The next lowest bidder was only
fifteen hundred dollars over them.
H. B. Kilstofte was over there Tues
day and Wednesday to be present at
the opening of the bids and to have
the contract for the job signed.
The company will start operations
on the project the first of next week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
FAIR ADMISSION
is LOWERED
Sham Artillery Battle Will Feature
Night Program I'm Place of
Usual Fireworks.

In keeping with their desire to
make the 44th annual Pine county
fair bigger and better this year, the
management has announced that all
children under the age of 10 years
will be admitted free if accompanied
by their parents. The fair dates have
been set for Thursday, Friday, and
an announcement that the night show
admission price has been reduced
from so cents to 25 cents has been
made. Children between the ages of
10 and Is years, however, if not ac-
companied by their parents, will be
charged 25 cents.
The 1881 admissions, as set by the
fair board at the meeting held last
Monday evening, will be as follows:
general admissions to grounds for
adults, day show soc, night show 25c.
Children Is years old and under free
if accompanied by their parents. If
not accompanied by their parents,
children will be charged 25c both aft
ernoon and evening. Grandstand adj
missions, afternoon and evening, Csc
for adults and children rs cents.
Artillery Battle.
The feature of the night show on
Friday evening will be an artillery
battle staged by Battery E, 125th
Field Artillery. The sham battle, put
on at the fair by the battery few
years ago made a big hit and was a
star attraction. H. V. Jorgensen, cap
tain of Battery E, is arranging the
details for the battle and informs the
fair management it will be on a much
more elaborate scale than the one a
few years ago. The entire battery of
sc men and all equipment will be
used in the spectacle. 1t will open
with the battery in bivouac, with the
individual pup-tents set up in front of
the grandstand. The bursting of
bombs will signal the approach of the
enemy. The battery will be called to
arms and the big 75mm guns will
swing into action. Red flares, signal
rockets, aerial bombs, ETC., will be
used to make the battle as realistic
as possible.
In securing the battery for the
sham battle, the fair management
was of the opinion it would prove
more entertaining and exciting than
the usual fireworks, although it will
cost considerable for the powder.
bombs, flares, rockets, ETC., that will
be used. 1t will be "a spectacle we'll
worth seeing.
Carnival Dance Saturday.
There will be a carnival dance Sat-
urday evening. The dance will be
held in the large exhibition building.
All exhibits will be released at 5
O'Clock Saturday afternoon and the
building will be swept and cleaned
and the floor treated for the dance
Admission to the dance will be soc.
There will be an abundance of con-
fetti, balloons, horns, streamers, ETC.,
to make the Saturday night show and
dance real Mardi Gras. The Harry
L. Hines Amusement company with
the big Eli ferris wheel, a jumping
horse merry-go-round, chair-o-plane,
and kiddie swing, together with all
the shows and concessions will pro-
vide plenty of good, clean entertain
ment on the midway. Other special
stunts are being arranged for the
Mardi Gras.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
BRUNO-WILLOW ROAD
is BEING IMPROVED

The road between Bruno and Will
low River. state aid road No. II, also
known as highway E, is being greatly
improved these days, in that So
miles of the II are being graded. The
county road outfit is on the job and it
is also giving work to a number of the
farmers living along the route. From
Willow River No. IL continues on to
the Aitkin county line.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30
SEVERAL ARE RAIDED

Several places near Sandstone,
Hinckley, and Pine City were raided
Tuesday by the sheriff and federal
officers and the owners were taken to
Pine City with charges of violation of
the prohibition act. Some hearings
were held Wednesday and others will
be held Friday. Those who do not
plead guilty will be tried in Federal
court in Duluth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30

and son Leroy of Shakopee; Lydia of
Prior Lake; Mrs. Minnie Zaun and
son, Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Edwards and Foster Rich of st. Paul.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-30

The American is but $3.50 a year.
Smyrna times., 1931-02-04
WARNING TO MILK DEALERS
Statement Issued Says That Retail
Trade Must Conform TO Regulation

Statement Issued Says That Retail
Trade Must Conform to Regulation
The following article was issued
by the State Board of Health last
week: 1t has come to the attention
of the State Board Of Health that,
here and there throughout the var
ious towns in the State, certain
dairymen who have heretofore
been selling to the cooling stations,
which ship their milk to Philadel-
phia, are now considering deliver
ing milk in these same towns. In
cidentally, these same dairymen
are hoping to obtain their custom
ers through reduction in the
price of milk below that now cur
rent in the particular towns. The
State Board of Health has always
felt that milk at its present price
to the retail consumer is too low
and does not think a further cut
in price is warranted. Why not
make that cut, if some saving is
necessary, in the price of motion
pictures or some other things not
quite so necessary to the infants
and children of this State. There
are lots of other items that may
be mentioned which any sane pers-
on will admit. while important to
the fuller enjoyment Of life, are
not nearly as important as a good
adequate supply Of clean milk at
price which enables the dairy
men to take the necessary care of
it. The State Board of Health
would further like to draw to the
attention of the public the fact
that the licensed dairymen Of this
State have been working along
with the State Board of Health for
the past six years and have i'm
proved their supplies considerably
during this period. They are ia
miliar with the fact that in the
handling of bottled milk there are
certain factors Of cleanliness and
care necessary and especially is
there need for more equipment
than in the case of the man who
has been selling milk to cooling
station. Consequently, the attitude
of the State Board of Health is
that the consumer should buy only
from licensed dairymen who have
this added equipment and exercise
this needed care and that until
these newer men who desire to en-
ter the retail business have so
equipped their milkhouses, etc, to
handle bottled milk, the consumer
should not encourage the buying
of milk from dairies unprepared to
properly handle the milk and the
attendant equipment.
Smyrna times., 1931-02-04

Wilmer of the white House
Farm" in Kent County, Md, now
l believe belonging to the Estate
of the late John Gustavus Black.
He was a prominent representa-
tive man in the Province of Mary
land. His eldest son, "Parson"
Simon, used to visit Mrs. Rachael
Wilmer at Smyrna, and being a
low Churchman, he preached in the
Methodist Meeting House. His son
the late Rt. Rev. ]. P. B. Wilmer
was Bishop of Louisiana. The
Rev. William Henry Wilmer, D. D.,
LID. "a brother of Parson Simon)
was president of William and
Mary's College, president of the
General convention of the clergy
and president of the Theological
Institute. He was the father Of
Rt. Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer,
present Bishop of Alabama. DR..
John Lambert Wilmer, a brother
of the Rev. James Jones Wilmer,
was the father Of Edward Price
Wilmer, Of Smyrna. He was the
father of Edwin Wilmer, who was
Colonel Of the 9Th Regiment Della
ware Infantry Volunteers, and
Provost Marshal of the District Of
Delaware during the late civil war.
And now having devoted so much
space to the church, I feel strong
\ ly inclined to introduce the State.
When L was a boy, the political
parties assembled in mass meeting
4 together and were addressed by
speakers of both sides, each re-
spected the other and observed
proper courtesy, there was no
mud fiinging" as is too often the
case at mass meetings held by
separate parties, at the present
day. The first political mass meet
ing that l remember to have at
tended in Smyrna, was addressed
by John NJ Clayton and James a.
Bayard They were on opposite
sides and replied to each other.
Neither had to call on the other
afterwards for explanation. Query.
If Roesoe Conkling had been pres
ent at the meeting held in Dover
last year, would Senator Bayard
have made the charges that he did
and be now called on to speak
out in meeting?"
n. B. Last night was reading
the proceedings of the Legislature
of Delaware and running over the
names of the present members OF
both Houses, / asked myself who
frames the laws for the Legisla-
ture to enact? Not that the mem
bers- many Of who I personally
know-are not intelligent and re-
liable, but according to the classi-
fication, your Senate is composed
Of one Bank President, one Miller
three Merchants, three Farmers
and one Manufacturer. House 81
Representatives - one Lawyer
thirteen Farmers, two Teachers
two Editors, one Manufacturer, one
Smyrna times., 1931-02-04
DUCK GEESE SEASON ENDS
Delaware One of Fifteen States
Affected by Federal Regulations

The open season for hunting
ducks, geese and other waterfowl
in Delaware came to a close Satur-
day. Delaware is one of the fif-
teen states in the nation in which
January 81 is the last day on
which these folw may be killed.
The Federal regulations affecting
which these fowl may be killed.
end of the hunting season in Della
ware. The Biological Survey of
the Department of Agriculture is
charged with the enforcement OF
the act, and persons caught kill
ing the fowl after Saturday will be
prosecuted by Federal authorities
Other states where the season
closed the last day Of January arc
Maryland, New Jersey, Florida
Alabama, Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, North Carolina, South Car
olina, and Mississippi.
Smyrna times., 1931-02-04

ordained a Bishop and returned to
America and on the 28th of May,
1887. held his first ordination
service, in Christ Church, Phila-
delphia. Thus history asserts Sen
iority of the M. E. Church, over
the P. E. Church, by more than
two years.
Prior to the organization of the
P. E. Church, the Rev. DR.. Say
brook Of Connecticut went to Eng
land Of his own volition, and on his
own responsibility without having
been selected by his associate
clergy and sought ordination as
Bishop of Connecticut. The Bishop
of London delayed action on Pr.
Saybrooks application, until he
became weary of waiting and went
to Aberdeen, Scotland, and there
obtained ordination of the Scottish
Church; not as a Bishop Of the F..
b. Church, for no such organiza-
tion then existed, but as an Episco-
BAL Bishop of Connecticut. On his
return to America, Bishop Say
brook ordained quite a number to
the order Of Priests, several Of
whom were from Delaware and
MARYLAND, who went to Connecti-
cut to receive ordination at his
hands. The P. E. Church when
organized, refused to acknowledge
the regularity and validity Of
Bishop Saybrook's conservation.
Nor was he officially recognized
and accepted by the P. E. Church
Convention of 1892 held in New
York at which time the Rev.Thom-
as John Claggett, D. D., Of Mary
land. was elected, and on the 18th
of September, 1892 in Trinity
Church, New York City, ordained
Bishop of Maryland. He being the
first Bishop of the P. E. Church,
consecrated to that Office within
the U. S. of America Bishop Say
brook, by invitation assisted in the
ordination Of Bishop Claggett; if
Bishop Saybrook's ordination by
the Scottish Church without hav-
ing previously been elected by his
associate clergymen for that office
was irregular and invalid and not
il the line Of Apostolic Succession
what becomes of the claim to reg
ularity, validity and apostolical
succession OF Bishop Claggett
Let none of your readers suppose
that / write in controversial
spirit, or with unkind feeling to-
ward the P. E. Church. Far from
it for I write, speak and think Of
that church Con-a-more, and ad-
mire her service; so chaste in die
tion, SO beautiful in imagery, sc
lofty in thought and so grand ir
conception. I often attend on hel
ministry and number among hel
clergy and members some of my
most cherished friends. The Rev
Mr.. Wilmer alluded to as having
originated the name of the church
was a brother of Honorable Simon