Saturday, May 14, 2016

On this Date in Minnesota History: May 14

May 14, 1910 – In a momentous effort to reveal the strength of the prohibition movement in Minneapolis, tens of thousands of temperance workers paraded the downtown retail district this afternoon with the results that practically all business was temporarily suspended, street car lines were tied up, and citizens turned out en mass for more than two hours.

An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people participated in the event. The line of the parade was several miles long. Grand Marshal A. A. Kelley declared that there were fully 50,000 people in the procession.

At 2:15 p.m., the first division started. When the head of this section reached the end of its journey at the Armory, the rear division had not yet left the assembly point at 8th Street and 3rd Ave. S. The distance was about two and one-half miles.

Enormous crowds witnessed the parade. All along the line of march, from the beginning to the finish, throngs gathered upon the sidewalks and even crowded onto the streets, only to be shoved back by the police. Nicollet Ave. from Washington Ave. to 10th Street was so congested that pedestrians could barely shove their way through.




Businesses and department stores along this way found themselves without customers during the progress of the parade and were compelled to give their employees a temporary holiday. With scarcely an exception, every window was filled with spectators, while in many cases the people had crowded out over the cornices and on the sills.

It appeared as if the entire population of Minneapolis was out. It was suggested that had the census man been about, he could have completed his work in a single afternoon.

Scarcely a more spectacular parade was ever witnessed in the Mill City. The unique design of floats, the bands and drum majors, the flying pennants, prancing horses bedecked with ribbons and draped with ensigns that bore inscriptions, the automobiles, the marshals wrapped in their red and white sashes—all combine to form a scene that has had few parallels.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Temperance Parade Includes Thousands. Greatest Anti-Saloon Demonstration Ever Held in Minneapolis Is Over. Procession Several Miles in Length of Men, Women and Children. Downtown Streets Thronged With Spectators Who Stand for Hours.”; May 15, 1910; PP. 1 & 6.
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Friday, May 13, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 13

May 13, 1951 - The first African American and first female mayor in Minneapolis’ history, Sharon Sayles Belton, was born in St. Paul on this date.

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



Sharon Sayles Belton
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=tree/Geography%3A+United+States/Minnesota

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 12

May 12, 1975 Built in 1872-73, the Nicollet Hotel in St. Peter, Minn., was named to the National Register of Historic Places on this date. It cost $30,000 to build.

President Grover Cleveland gave a speech from the balcony of the Nicollet Hotel when he campaigned for president.

http://genealogytrails.com/minn/nicollet/town_stpeter.html

http://www.saintpetermn.gov/welcome-saint-peter-continued




Nicollet Hotel, St. Peter, Minn.
http://streets.mn/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-11-02-at-13-43-52.jpg
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 11

May 11, 1858 - Legally known as the Town of White Bear, White Bear Township is formally organized at John Lamb’s Hotel on the north shore of Goose Lake -- the same day Minnesota becomes a state.



http://www.ci.white-bear-township.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7B801D228F-081F-4123-B371-0DC5894FC6D6%7D/uploads/%7BC459BB85-FE9B-48EF-BD64-4A2FA70A3744%7D.PDF

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 10

May 10, 1917 – Sheriff Andrew Johnson received an advance announcement of the coming draft registry of all males in Beltrami County from the adjunct general of the state, under the act of the government authorities. All registry will be in the various voting precincts of the county and under control of a board consisting of the sheriff, county auditor and county physician.

The polls will be at the regular polling places and the one in charge of the registry must be a qualified citizen and competent to perform duties required of him, and the following are the necessary requirements:

Registrar Qualifications
(a) The Registrars selected must be competent clerks whose handwriting is neat and legible.
(b) Registrars shall be selected with regard to their qualifications for the duties prescribed herein.
(c) Registrars should be residents of the precinct for which they are appointed and they should be persons who have lived long enough in those precincts to be well acquainted with the inhabitants thereof.
(d) Registrars must be citizens of the U.S. or persons (not alien enemies) who have declared their intention to become citizens of the U.S.

Patriotic Service
One thing called attention to specifically is that the man in charge of the registry poll must be willing to perform the service free, as a part of his patriotic duty to his country. The same is to be done throughout the U.S.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; Registry of Males Coming; Sheriff Receives Orders; First Call For Registrars”; May 10, 1917; p. 1.




http://www.american-historama.org/images/wwi-us-poster.jpg

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Monday, May 9, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 9

May 9, 1997 – Cemetery caretaker William Reese became serial killer Andrew Cunanan’s fourth victim when he was shot at work in Finn's Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, NJ. Cunanan stole Reese’s truck and left third victim Lee Miglin’s Lexus behind. Cunanan’s killing spree began April 27, 1997, with the death of Jeffrey Trail in the Warehouse District of Minneapolis.

http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Cunanan




FBI Wanted Poster for Andrew Cunanan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Cunanan_FBI_Wanted_Poster.jpg


Andrew Cunanan began his spree of murder and robbery in Minneapolis; see April 27, 2013 blog.

Chicago developer Lee Miglin was tortured and murdered in his home by serial killer Andrew Cunanan; see May 4, 2013 blog.

Serial killer Andrew Cunanan murders his fifth victim, fashion designer Gianni Versace; see July 15, 2013 blog.

Serial murderer Andrew Cunanan committs suicide aboard a private houseboat; see July 23, 2013 blog.
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 8

May 8, 1998 – “The tobacco industry agreed to pay $6.6 billion to settle a suit with the state of Minnesota as the state's lawsuit was about to go to a jury. The settlement included restrictions on sales and marketing with payments spread over 25 years. Minnesota became the fourth state to settle with the tobacco industry over the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses.”

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




http://www.google.com/search?q=public+domain+images+of+cigarettes&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7WrsT4WoIoeC2AWQ8NHAAQ&ved=0CFoQsAQ&biw=1166&bih=555

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