On This Date in Minnesota History: May 28

May 28, 1916 - Miss Margaret Hausman, an inmate of the state sanitarium at Walker, Minn., was given a verdict of $10,000 damages by a jury in the district court of Park Rapids this morning against the Western Union Telegraph company and the Northwestern Telephone company.

Miss Hausman charged that she became tubercular as a result of working in offices of the companies at Luverne, Minn., which were too cold.

She was represented in court by Judge M. A. Spooner and Attorney Van. Coppernoll of Bemidji.

Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Woman is Awarded $10,000 Damages in District Court”; May 29, 1916; p. 1.

Aw-Gwah-Ching Sanitorium in Walker, Minn.

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