Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-08
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
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been born near Stockholm in 1891.
and was for some time a dancer at
the Imperial ballet in the old st. Pc
tersburg (now Leningrad); she is re-
ported to have been married twice,
and, through acquaintance in the
Russian army, to have come in con-
tact with the emperor's family. Iden-
LITIGATION is alleged to have been
brought about by a Swedish maid
serving in the household where "Anas-
tasia" is sheltered.
May Not Get Organ.
NJ. P. Moeller, Danish-born organ
manufacturer of Hagerstown, Mary
land, some time ago offered to donate
an immense organ to the new Grundt-
Wig church which is being erected
near Copenhagen; he stipulated that
the edifice must be completed before
the end of the year 1888. If that con-
dition were not fulfilled, his offer
would be cancelled. 1t now appears
impossible to complete the building
within the time limit set, and, conse-
quently, the church authorities have
just about abandoned all hope in re-
gard to obtaining the organ from
America.
Kreuger Buys.
Ivan kreuger, the Swedish indus
trialist who has become the Match
King of the World" has bought from
the American mcdaniel group all its
fafi in five 1arOQSt
cities of Jugo-Slavia; Mr.. Kreuger is
contemplating the purchase of other
American plants in the Old World,
according to a news dispatch.
Delegates to be Sent.
American dairymen's organizations
are electing delegates to be sent to
Denmark to attend the international
Dairy Congress which will be held in
Copenhagen from July IA to II, and
it is also planned to have the Ameri-
can government officially represented
Delegations have been urged to come,
if possible, early enough to attend the
Danish-American Independence Day
celebration which will be held in the
Rebild National Park on July 4.
The Story of Karin.
The story of Karin, a black-haired
Norwegian girl of 81, is told by Will
liam Albert Robinson in ''The Rud-
der" He discovered Karin on a visit
to Galapagos, a group of islands in
the Pacific ocean, 730 miles west of
Ecuador; she and her sister, Snefrid,
were members of group of adven-
turers who came to Galapagos on an
Inflated home-seeking excursion in
1926, and her life since then has been
so full of thrills and excitement that
Mr.. Robinson thought it would claim
the interest of large reading public
in the United States. In spite of
hardships and disappointments, Karin
still remains on the Galapagos is
lands and seems to feel quite at home
there.
Fifth Generation
Ridgway Johnson who recently was
honored by being called "The Star
Farmer of America" by a national
agricultural organization, and who al
so, for that reason, received $1,000
from newspaper in Kansas City, is
descendant of a John Johnson who
came to the United States from Swed-
en- shortly after the year 1900. He
still lives on the farm which his
great-great- grandfather bought in New
Jersey in 1914, and the original
Swedish traditions have not become
obsolete although the language of the
fathers has been totally forgotten.
Received Reward.
The yacht Sea King" owned by
B. M. Baruch of New York, spent
Christmas at Georgetown, S. c.,
where Mr.. Baruch owns a mansion;
while there, the crew of the "Sea
King" Norwegians, from master
to mess boy-took part in the rescue
of valuables endangered by a fire
which suddenly broke out in one
of the rooms of the building, and now
it is learned that the grateful owner
sent a check for $4,000 to the officers
and crew of his boat in appreciation
of their work
Paper so Years.
The "Dannevirke," published at
Cedar Falls, Iowa, last week cele-
brated its fiftieth anniversary; it is
the second oldest Danish newspaper