Saturday, September 19, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 19

September 19, 1970 - Garrison Keillor’s first fictional story was published in The New Yorker. Its title: "Local Family Keeps Son Happy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor




Garrison Keillor
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Friday, September 18, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 18

September 18, 2012 – The 2011 WNBA Champion Minnesota Lynx were welcomed to the White House by President Obama on this date, who congratulated the team on winning the WNBA last season. 

“Obama, who accepted a Lynx team jersey, heaped special praise on female athletes as a group. ‘As the husband of a tall, good-looking woman, and as the father of two tall, fabulous girls, it is just wonderful to have these young ladies as role models,’ the president said.”

StarTribune; “WNBA champion Lynx take it to the White House”; Minneapolis, Minn.; Sept. 19, 2012; pp. A1 & A10.




http://jaydeanhcr.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/can-you-hear-the-thunder/

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 17

September 17, 1923 – David Oreck, “founder of the Oreck Corporation, makers of vacuum cleaners and air purifiers,” was born near Duluth on this date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oreck





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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 16

September 16, 1904 – Falling without warning, a cave-in on the main level of the Sellers Mine near Hibbing early this morning, is believed to have killed two men. Relief crews, working madly on short shifts, are endeavoring to remove the debris and rescue the miners. The missing men are John Comisky and Carl Malovek.

Both are employed in the drift on the main level and had just gone on the night shift, when the walls and the top of the long tunnel caved on them. The other workmen escaped, but Comisky and Malovek were unable to get out from under the tons of earth and rock that fell upon them.

It is believed that their lives were instantly crushed out, but if they escaped death in that way, they probably died of suffocation a short time later. Although all of the men employed at the mine are now working with the rescue crew, it is probable that the imprisoned miners will not be reached until tomorrow, and hope of their safety has been abandoned.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Cave-In Imprisons. Two Minnesota Miners Have Probably Lost Their Lives.”; September 17, 1904; p. 1.




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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 15

September 15, 2008 – The Twins and Minneapolis-based Target Corporation announced that the Twins' new ballpark would be named Target Field.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Field






Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 15, 2015,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 


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Monday, September 14, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 14

September 14, 1917 – Mayor L. A. Fritache and City Attorney Albert Pfaender of New Ulm have filed their respective resignations with the city clerk, following orders by Gov. Burnquist suspending them from office pending an investigation on charges of disloyalty for having participated in an alleged anti-draft meeting in New Ulm.

Official notification of the resignation was given by Attorney H. M. Somsen to the Public Safety Commission while in session at the State Capitol.

Their resignation, Gov. Burnquist said, will end the pending investigation on charges of disloyalty against those officials.

The inquiry will be conducted on a similar charge against Louis Vogel, auditor of Brown County and ex-officio chairman of the local exemption board, the governor said, in the absence of any report of his resignation from office.

The governor’s statements followed discussion in the Public Safety Commission and a commission conference with County Attorney James Hall of Marshall, who was instructed to set a date at his convenience on which to begin hearings on the charges against Vogel.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “New Ulm Mayor Quits, Also City Attorney; Both Traitor Orators. Action Follows Order Suspending Them by Governor; Leaders in Anti-Draft Meeting. Public Safety Commission Notified; Ends the Probe. Auditor of Brown County Will Also be Subject for Probe of His Loyalty.”; September 14, 1917; p. 1.




Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 25, 2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 13

September 13, 1878 – A monument was dedicated on this date at the gravesite of the first five white victims of the Sioux Uprising. The two women and three men are buried in a single grave in the Ness Church cemetery southwest of Litchfield, Minn.

http://www.hmsoa.org/mn/meeker/item/92416-ness-lutheran-church-ness-memorial-cemetery




The first pioneers to settle in this area arrived by July, 1856, three months after their oxen-drawn prairie schooners left Rock County, Wisconsin. They were the families of Henrik H. Thoen, Ole H. Ness, Nels H. Colberg and bachelors Ole H. Thoen, Gunder Olson and Amos N. Fosen. They organized this community cemetery about one year later, with the first interment record in March 1858.

In late summer 1858, circuit minister William Fredrickson of Goodhue County organized the St. Johannes Lutheran Congregation of Meeker and surrounding counties at the home of Ole H. Ness. Three years later, in 1861, the twenty-five member congregation was reorganized as the Ness Norwegian Lutheran Church of Meeker County.

One of Minnesota's oldest monuments, dedicated September 13, 1878, marks the common grave of the first five white settlers killed in the 1862 Sioux Indian War, which began about six miles to the west. Also interred here is Andreas Olson, killed by the Indians in September, 1862.

In 1864 the Ness Congregation purchased forty acres of land, which included the cemetery, for one hundred dollars. In need of a church, since services had been held in a barn, a granary, and homes, they constructed the present church building in 1874 at a cost of $798.57. The church sill contains many of its original furnishings. The baptismal font, hand-hewn from a basswood log by Ellef Olson, dates from 1875. Also placed in the church that year were glass candleholders, now lavender with age.

Over the years, the Ness Lutheran Church has helped to establish more than twenty other churches. At the last Sunday service in 1968, the 110-year-old congregation disbanded, leaving the church and its contents to the Ness Memorial Cemetery Association to be kept as a memorial to its members and the early pioneers.

Erected by the Minnesota Historical Society
1970

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