Saturday, December 16, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 16

December 16, 1904 – A verdict for the defendant was directed this morning by Judge Lochren of the U. S. Circuit Court after testimony had been presented in the case of Edward R. Stapleton, brakeman, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company.

Stapleton, through a guardian ad litem, sued to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries received last March near Hinckley, Minn., when he was knocked from a freight car by a bank of ice and snow projecting towards the track. He was thrown under the wheels and his right hand was so injured that it had to be amputated.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Verdict Directed for the Railroad. Youthful Brakeman Loses His Personal Injury Suit.”; Dec. 17, 1904; p. 2.


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During the early days of railroading, one of the most deadly jobs in America was that of brakeman, who worked from the top of moving trains in all weather.


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Friday, December 15, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 15

December 15, 1922 – Four armed bandits early today captured and bound Einer Carlson on the streets of Lafayette, Minn., and held him prisoner while they blasted and looted the vaults of the Farmer’s State Bank. The robbers obtained about $1,000 in cash and the contents of 160 boxes in the safety deposit vaults.

Officials of the bank were unable to estimate the value of securities stolen.

Three charges of nitro glycerin were used to open the vaults.

About 4 a.m., Carlson, a printer, was on his way home. The four men stopped him, bound him and took him to the bank with them while they worked. Carlson later freed himself and gave the alarm.

The sheriffs of Nicollet and Brown Counties were notified and the police of the Twin Cities were advised to be on the lookout for the bandits.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Four Rob Bank At Lafayette. Capture and Bind Passerby and Hold Him Prisoner While They Make Getaway”; Dec. 15, 1922; p. 1.


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Thursday, December 14, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 14

December 14, 1921 – Charles Grover Sutton of Tenstrike passed away at 12:30 this afternoon while being brought to Bemidji by automobile for hospital attention following an accident in which he shot himself with a .22 caliber rifle. The bullet passed into the abdomen on the upper right side. The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m.

Sutton had made his home for the past two months a short distance from Tenstrike, and when he left the house, he had planned to cut a quantity of wood before returning for dinner. He first went to look at a number of traps that he had set about the woods, and then went to the wood lot. As he was hanging the rifle up on a branch of a tree, the loaded weapon was discharged.

He then picked up his axe and rifle and went to the house, telling his wife of the accident. She immediately made arrangements to bring him to the Bemidji hospital, but the injured man passed away a short distance from Turtle River, loss of blood being considered the cause.

The deceased was 28 years old and had been employed as a railroad brakeman. He leaves a wife and a six-year-old son.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Accidental Shooting Takes Tenstrike Man. Rifle Discharged While being Hung in Tree; Victim Dies on Way to Hospital”; Dec. 15, 1921; p. 1.




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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

One This Date in Minnesota History: December 13

December 13, 1910 – The committee of the Winona Board of Trade today secured an option on the 105-acre piece of property at the foot of Gilmore Valley, owned by Mrs. C. C. Beck, upon which Bishop Patrick Richard Heffron has looked favorably with the idea of locating his $300,000 Catholic boys’ college.



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The committee believes it will have no trouble raising the money for the purchase of the land, and holds the privilege of buying the site for $25,000 should it be accepted by the bishop and it will be given to him outright. On the land, which figures in the option, is an old and romantic residence that could easily be utilized as one of the minor college buildings.

Three acres of the land is given over to an orchard, 90 acres to a farm, a greater portion of which is on the table land, although some of it is on the slopes. Ten and a half acres are woodland. The remainder of it is given over to residence property.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Site For Catholic College. Winona Board of Trade Gets an Option on Land for Bishop.”: Dec. 14, 1910; p. 1.

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Bishop Heffron founded Saint Mary’s College in 1912, a men’s college operated by the Winona Diocese.


This photo, taken in May 1912, shows the cornerstone being laid for St. Mary’s Hall, the first building of what would become St. Mary’s College, and later St. Mary’s University.2


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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 12

December 12, 1922 – Three young men bound a cashier and a customer in the First State Bank in Hugo, Minn., Washington County, at 10:45 this morning and escaped with $4,000 in cash. The trio entered the bank and stuck up F. E. Carpenter, assistant cashier. They bound him and left him lying on the floor, while they started to gather up the currency.

Hugo Asness, a customer, walked into the bank and the bandits bound him, leaving both men on the floor. They finished scooping up the money and went to their automobile outside, driving rapidly towards White Bear. They were later seen there.  Carpenter struggled free of his bonds and gave an alarm. No trace of the bandits had been found by noon.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Bandits Bind Cashier, Customer and Get Away”; Dec. 12, 1922; p. 1.



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Monday, December 11, 2017

On this Date in Minnesota History: December 11

December 11, 1900 - The Exchange Grain Company’s elevator in Hutchinson, Minn., burned early today around 2 a.m.

About 13,000 bushels of wheat and several carloads of coal were destroyed. C. S. Tredway is the company’s agent. The origin of the fire is unknown. The high wind endangered surrounding property, but good work on the part of the fire department prevented the spread of the flames. This is the fourth elevator to burn in this city within two years.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Grain Elevator Burned.”; Dec. 12, 1900; p. 3.



Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 11, 2017,
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 10

December 10, 1915 – This afternoon Lester Park was selected as the site for Duluth’s new zoological garden.

The selection was made by Mayor William Prince, Commissioner Farrell and a committee from the Elks’ lodge, after an inspection trip through the park at Lakeside and the Fairmont Park. The zoo will be situated directly above the ball park and playground at the park and but a few minutes’ walk from the park entrance.

Engineers from the works division will go out to the park tomorrow and after a survey of the site, lay out the five-acre enclosure that will be fenced in for the zoo.

Robert H. Hanna, department manager for the Pittsburgh Steel Company, which has donated the steel fence and Mr. Hanna’s services in directing its erection, accompanied the city officials and the Elks today.

Local officials of the Great Northern Express today wired the game warden at Seattle to send the two elk that have been offered to the city of Duluth, and it is expected that the animals will arrive within the next ten days.


“Unfortunately, the warden gave [the elk] to Sioux City, Iowa, before Duluth officials agreed to allow the zoo. With no animals, the zoo didn’t open until the following year, and its first residents consisted of “a couple of deer and two red foxes” which had been donated by a trapper. By mid-May, a goose and a porcupine were added. In June the Lester Park Improvement Club objected to the zoo, saying the animals might cause a nuisance. The zoo did not open in 1917. When Duluth finally did get a zoo, it was at Fairmount Park. Its first resident was a deer.”*

The Duluth Herald; “Select Lester Park As Zoo Site”; Dec. 11, 1915; p. 3.


*http://zenithcity.com/thisday/december-10-1915-city-officials-approve-zoo-in-lester-park/


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