Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-21
A REVIEW OF
PINE COUNTY
Happenings in 1888 Are Re-
vealed in Abridged
Form.
Were Published i'm Detail i'm
ASkOv American Dur
ing Year.

Jan. Mrs. Gust Lindstrom, "a.
Rock Creek community, passes away,
following several months illness.
First State Bank of >Askov closes
to conserve assets.
Mrs. Frank Had, Nickerson young
woman, contracts fatal attack of
pneumonia, after birth of baby.
Charles A. Nelson, pioneer farmer
of Groningen, passes away.
Ethel Christensen, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. K. P. Christensen, Birch
Creek, united in marriage to Ernest
Nelson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Mel
son of Denham.
William S. Erwin, former Pine
county attorney is appointed assist
ant attorney general of state.
Mrs. Nels Andersen, pioneer Askov
woman, is laid to rest.
Jan. 12-William Lepeer, Bruno
pioneer laid to rest in Vilstad ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Johanna Hansen, Birch Creek
community, succumbs to pneumonia.
Henry j. Rath, former Pine county
clerk of court, dies at home in St.
Paul.
Rudolph Belling, former Finlayson
man, succumbs to heart trouble at
home in Cottonwood.
Miss Maxine Taubman. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Taubman and
Harold Hiatt, son of Mrs. Mary Hiatt,
Willow River unite.
Miss Agnes Sebald, Askov girl, foils
bandits at Esterly's Jewelry store in
Duluth; touches off alarm while fac
ing guns.
Jan. 19-Mrs. August Borg, Pine
City, succumbs to pneumonia.
F. ]. Schmitz, Sandstone business
man, dies of heart attack.
Mrs. Catherine Boyer, northeast of
Askov, succumbs to attack of cerebral
hemorrhage.
Elizabeth Melancon and John Klein,
DuQuette couple, united in marriage.
Emil Clement, IS, Askov man, dies
of pnuemonia; is buried at Ord Ne
braska.
Mrs. Gust Klatt, 70. Willow River
woman, succumbs to pneumonia.
Miss Gertrude Durand, Webster,
Wis, and Stanley Nelson, Kingsdale,
are united.
Jan. 26-Mr. and Mrs. w. j. Clewitt,
former Kerrick residents, observe
Goth wedding anniversary at home in
Keystone, Iowa.
John White, long resident of Hinck-
ley, passes away at Minneapolis hos
pital.
Mrs. Lena Matti, Willow River,
celebrates Send birthday.
E. A. Holsnagel, Sandstone black
smith, injured by broken emery
wheel.
Feb. 2-Jean Dunkley, 10 year old
Indian is injured by bullet while out
hunting rabbits.
Mrs. Earle Bechtel, former county
girl, succumbs at home in South Bend,
Ind.
Feb. 9-The John Brabenec farm
residence, north of Askov, is destroyed
by fire.
Mrs. Anne johnson, S3, former resi-
dent of Duquette community, passes
away at home of daughter at Racine,
Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Petersen, Askov,
celebrate 25th wedding anniversary
at North Star Club hall
Sandstone high school wins county
debate championship.
Feb. 16-George Gagnon, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gagnon, Sandstone,
succumbs to heart trouble.
Fire destroys William Trap farm
home west of Sandstone
Mrs. Charles White, (nee Katherine
Busse) young Hinckley woman, passes
away.
Rev. John F. Gjertson, Sandstone
pastor. dies of heart attack.
Mrs. Kari Jensen, mother of Mrs.
Frede Stotrup, Askov, passes away
at Brush, Colo.
Feb. 23-James Hurley. Pine City,
celebrates 81st birthday amidst
friends.
Carl Livers. oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Livers, Kerrick, passes
away at University hospital, Mime
apolis.
Mrs. F. M. Carlson, one of DAN
forth community's early settlers. is
laid to rest at Sandstone.
Mrs. Nels Oakland, county resident
33 years and wife Of one of county's
veteran commissioners, is victim OF
anemia.
Mrs. Anthony Bonk, Askov, passes
away leaving eight children.
Mrs. o. H. ingram, Pine City, dies
at home of son.
Askov high school debaters win dis