Saturday, September 23, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 23

September 23, 2014 – Money magazine revealed its list of the 50 best places to live in America, ranked by “great jobs, strong economies, affordable homes, excellent schools, and much more.” Minnesota’s Maple Grove was #2 on the list, followed by Egan at #11, and Woodbury at #12.

http://time.com/money/collection/best-places-to-live/?xid=newsletter-brief




Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain September 23, 2017,
as long as acknowledgement included.





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Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain September 23, 2017,
as long as acknowledgement included.

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Friday, September 22, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 22

September 22, 1911 – The body of J. Kahler, aged 47, who came to Calumet, Minn., from New Auburn, Minn., was found lying on the tracks today under circumstances leading to the belief he was slugged, robbed and the body laid on the track to make it appear he had been killed by the cars.

The engineer of a Missabe ore train saw the body lying on the track while the train was going at a rapid rate and before he could check the train several cars passed over the body, mutilating it.

The Duluth Herald; “Slugged and Robbed, Then Laid on Track is Theory in Calumet Tragedy.”; September 23, 1911; p. 6.


http://www.lakesnwoods.com/images/Calume14.jpg

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 21

September 21, 1897 – The first child ever born in the Minnesota penitentiary at Stillwater during the entire history of that institution was born at 6 a.m. today. The mother was Nellie Frayer, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of the eight-year-old son of David Maxwell, at Moorhead.

Mrs. Frayer was committed to the prison March 10 of this year, but Maxwell, who was accused of complicity in the same crime, did not have his trial until last week. Mrs. Frayer was taken to Moorhead to testify in his trial, and had the unfortunate little girl been born only a few hours earlier, she would at least have escaped the disgrace of being born within the walls of a prison, for it was only yesterday the mother returned from her trip.

The infant weighed eight pounds at birth and appears healthy and strong, and there is every reason to believe she will live. Mrs. Frayer has four other children who are now being cared for at Moorhead. She ascribes the paternity of this one to Maxwell. Warden Wolfer says that as soon as the child is old enough to be taken from its mother she will probably be placed in some charitable institution.

Mrs. Frayer had admitted during her murder trial that David Maxwell had asked her to help him kill his son Willie. She had been living with him as his housekeeper, but obviously with the birth of her daughter, their relationship was more than that. Frayer says she tied the boy up in the barn, then set the building on fire, doing away with both the barn and the boy.
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The Frayer child was eventually sent to the state school at Owatonna. Nellie Frayer died Aug. 4, 1905 of consumption (TB). Her remains were interred in the state’s lots in Fairview cemetery.
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The Minneapolis Tribune; “Child Born in Prison.”; Sept. 22, 1897; p. 3.

Two Harbors Iron News; “Prison Born”; Oct. 1, 1897; p. 2.

Stillwater Messenger; Aug. 12, 1905; p. 4.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Daughter is Born to Mrs. Brennan. Baby Inmate of the State Prison at Stillwater. Mother is Serving Life Sentence for Murder of three Children in Minneapolis Last Fall—James Brennan, Father of Child, will Pay Mother-in-Law to Care for It.”; July 26, 1906; p. 6.




Old Stillwater Prison

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/State_prison_at_Stillwater%2C_by_James_Sinclair.png

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 20

September 20, 1858 – “First public school opened in St. Cloud. [The schoolhouse] was built in “Lower Town” (located where St. Cloud State University is today). It was built by private donations and named the Everett school in honor of Edward Everett of Massachusetts.

Everett was so honored to have the school named after him that he arranged for $200 worth of books to be sent to St. Cloud and to be used as a library for the school. These 130 volumes arrived in the city on February 12th, 1858. This was the first library in the city of St. Cloud.”

http://wjon.com/st-clouds-first-public-school-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/




Edward Everett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Everett_daguerreotype.png

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 19

September 19, 2013 – Nineteen-year-old Hopkins, Minn., Dairy Queen Manager Joey Prusak received a phone call today from billionaire Warren Buffet in response to Prusak’s actions the previous week. On Sept. 10, Prusak saw a regular customer drop a $20 bill and a woman standing near him pick it up and slip it in her purse. When the woman got up to the counter to place her order, Prusak refused to serve her unless she returned the money. The woman became irate, claiming the bill was hers, and stomped out of the store. Prusak then “gave the visually impaired customer who hadn't realized he'd dropped the money $20 out of his own pocket.”

"I was just doing what I thought was right," Prusak said. "I did it without even really thinking about it. ... Ninety-nine out of 100 people would've done the same thing as me."

Buffet, whose company owns Dairy Queen, called to thank Prusak for “being a role model for all the other employees and people in general.”

“Another customer saw the incident and sent an email to Dairy Queen. The email was forwarded to store owner Dave Pettit, who posted it at the store. Another employee took a picture, which has been circulating online.

Dean Peters, a spokesman for International Dairy Queen, said the company is figuring out how to reward Prusak.”

http://www.startribune.com/local/224443451.html



Dairy Queen Manager Joey Prusak

http://gawker.com/this-dairy-queen-employees-heartwarming-act-of-kindnes-1349065894

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Monday, September 18, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 18

September 18, 2008 – “In Minnesota the new Interstate 35W bridge opened. The old span over the Mississippi River had collapsed on August 1, 2007. The new St. Anthony Falls Bridge was embedded with an early warning system consisting of hundreds of sensors.”

http://timelines.ws/states/MINNESOTA.HTML




Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 18, 2017, 
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 17

September 17, 1911 – According to today’s issue of The Minneapolis Morning Tribune, the honor of being the first woman ever to enter the school of instruction for aviators conducted by the Wright brothers at their training camp in Dayton, Ohio, belongs to a Minneapolis woman, Mrs. Emma Dewella McKenzie.





Formerly employed at the Tri-State Automobile Company, McKenzie has left for Dayton where she will be taught to operate a flying machine. She will work under contract with the Wright brothers in exhibitions as soon as she has secured her pilot’s license from the Aero Club of America.

McKenzie will not fly under her own name, but has adopted that of Ethel McNorton. She watched the Wright aviators, Howard Gill and Frank Coffyn, perform at the state fair and fairly burned up the telegraph wires between Minneapolis and Dayton until she secured the consent of the Wright Company to allow her to attend their camp at Dayton.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Minneapolis Woman to Fly Soon as She Gets License”; Sept. 17, 1911; p. 13.
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