On this Date in Minnesota history: July 26

July 26, 1906 – Arndt Reton, a Norwegian, 45 years old, who has made his home in Bemidji for five years and has been in the employ of the Crookston Lumber company up to a year ago, has been pronounced a leper by City Physician Morrison.

The victim has lost two or more of his toes, and his whole feet and several fingers show unmistakable signs of the disease.

Dr. Morrison has placed the man under quarantine and has reported the matter to the state board of health. Reton’s father and brother died of the disease in the old country.

Minneapolis Journal; “Genuine Case of Leprosy at Bemidji”; July 26, 1906; p. 2.

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