Was there a date associated with this entry? From: Mark Erickson via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: norway@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Ragnhild ,born Norway 1887 ,but where? I don’t know if anyone else saw this, but it I thought it was pretty funny. It doesn’t seem to be anyone one you’re looking for, but it sounds like one of “Today’s Jokes”.  When I did a search for Loveseth in the Library of Congress site, this came up; ABUSED IN NORWEIGIAN Why Eskald Loveseth Wants to Secure $6,000. Eskald E. Loveseth has a grievance against Ole P. Hytemyren which he believes is reasonably worth the sum of $6,000, and he wants to recover that amount through the court.  The reason for all this is that Eskald and Ole (the printing press will not bear a repetition of the full names) had a quarrel during the progress of which it is alleged Ole said to Eskald, “Du er eu tyv ant,” which translated means. “You are a thieving rascal.” Eskald took that to mean Ole intended to call him a thief and a rascal, and these derogatory statements having been made, according to the complaint, in the presence of several persons, Eskald thinks that he was damaged $3,000 worth thereby.  But that was not all.  Several months later, Ole, Eskald says, addressed this term to him, couched in the Norwegian language: “Du er en tyv,” meaning “you are a thief.”  Ole said that this remark was also made in the presence of several persons who understood the Norwegian language, and by this repetition of an alleged slanderous statement, Eskald  says he was damaged $3,000 more.