Saturday, February 4, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 4

February 4, 1930 - Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Snickers bar on this date. The candy bar was named after one of Mars’ favorite horses, Snickers.

Today Snickers are sold in more than 70 countries and annual global sales total more than $2 billion, making it the best-selling candy bar in the world.

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Friday, February 3, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 3

February 3, 1906 – Streak thieves entered A. Meyers’ saloon in Bagley this evening by a rear window, broke open his three slot machines, cash register and cash drawer, and relieved him of about $120 in cash, besides taking enough liquor and cigars to last them several days, if not months. The slot machines and cash register were so badly wrecked that they will have to be returned to the factories for an overhauling before they will be fit for duty. Suspicion points to several well-known characters about town that are being closely watched. No arrests have been made so far.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Robbers Make A Good Haul. Saloon at Bagley Broken Into and $120 Taken—Number of Men Suspected.”; Feb. 05, 1906; p. 4.



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Thursday, February 2, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 2

February 2, 1912 – Fire of unknown origins completely destroyed the Cloquet hospital today and four patients on an upper floor had narrow escapes from suffocation, three of them being carried down a ladder in an unconscious condition. The fourth patient, a powerful lumberjack, was so crazed by fright that the combined efforts of several men were required to get him out of the building. All were soon revived, however, and no serious effects are anticipated.

The fire was first discovered at approximately 2:45 p.m., by Dr. Dolan, one of the owners, who smelled smoke. He was unable to find the fire and went outside the building just in time to see a flash of flame through the roof.

There were 11 patients in the hospital, seven on the first floor and four men upstairs. Those on the first floor were removed without trouble, but the fire spread so rapidly that a ladder was necessary for those on the upper floor. Before they could be carried away, three of them had succumbed to the smoke, while the woodsman referred to was almost a raving maniac. Local businessmen looked after the removal of the patients while the fire department devoted its energies to the flames.

The building, which was formerly a Catholic church, was all frame-construction and one of the earliest landmarks of the city.

It is thought that the fire started from the chimney in the walls and floors, but it burst out so rapidly that it is hard to determine the exact cause.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Fire Razes Cloquet Hospital. Four Patients on Upper Floor Are Rescued With Great Difficulty.”; February 3, 1912; p. 1.

The Pine Knot; “Bad Fire in Hospital. Blaze in Cloquet Hospital Yesterday Afternoon, But All Patients Are Rescued”; Feb. 3, 1912; p. 1.

The Pine Knot; “Doctors in New Locations”; Feb. 2, 1912; p. 1.




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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 1

February 1, 1918 – Driving squarely into a school bus loaded with 25 children near Barnum late today, a southbound Northern Pacific passenger train crashed through the bus, killing seven and injuring all the others.
The driver, Carl Mueller, was slightly injured. Mueller was inside with the children, and said he did not see the train.

The force of the impact derailed two rear cars of the train, but none of the passengers was injured. As soon as the nature of the accident was learned, passengers descended from the train and assisted in caring for the injured. Within a short time, a special train from Carlton and one from Willow River arrived with physicians and nurses who dressed the injured and hurried the children to a hospital in Moose Lake. The seven children killed could not have known what occurred, according to the physicians.

Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “7 Children Die when Bus Is Hit. Train Crashes Into Second School Vehicle in Two Days.”; Feb. 2, 1918; p. 1.



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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 31

January 31, 1912 – Professor Karl Larsen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, who is touring the U. S. as a representative of the Danish government to study the social condition of the Danish-American, has arrived in Minneapolis. Although has not been long in this country, he holds some very distinct impressions of the customs here that are both amusing and interesting.



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When the professor was asked today in his room in the Dyckman Hotel what impressed him the most in America, he shrugged his shoulders, thought for a moment, and replied:


“I do not know when I am in America who is servant and who is master. Last night I left my shoes outside of the hotel door to be shined. This morning they were in the same place unshined. The American servant revolts at such work. You must go to a special place for such work.

“If a man wants his shoes shined or his clothes cleaned in America he either must do it himself or pay for it to be done. What is the result? The shoes of the average man are not kept in good condition.

 “I find the difference is the servant question disagreeable. When I arrived I found that every man must look out for himself. In Denmark it is different. We have our servants. They do all the little things for us without being told. They shine our shoes, clean out clothes and do other little tasks that help to make life easier.

In American you must pay for everything. Everybody wants to be master. None wants to be servant. It is a great danger that this country is facing. The development of individuals leads to socialism and that means calamity.
“On the farm in Denmark the servant must remain at home. In America on Saturday afternoons and Sundays the hired man takes a horse and buggy and drives to town with his best girl. The master has to do the work. Bah! That is not right. The servant should stay at home. The master should all master and not part servant.

“We are facing the same question of master and servant in Europe, but not to such a serious degree as in America. In fact the issue does not exist there. There are no servants—all are masters.

“Imagine a servant in Denmark using the telephone, entertaining her friends in the home she is employed in, or, refusing to do the washing.

But America is a great country. The hotels are magnificent. They are the best in the world. The fine hotel just created in Berlin, Germany, was patterned after American hotels. Everything is so conveniently arranged.”

Professor Larsen will speak Friday night in the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He will talk on “The People of Denmark and Their Attitude During the War of 1864 With Austria and Prussia.”


Professor Karl Larsen


The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Shoes Left Out for Shine Go Unnoticed by Servants. Danish Professor Is Surprised to Find Boots Unpolished in Morning. Says Everybody Is Master Here, With None to Serve.”;  Feb. 1, 1912; p. 6.

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Monday, January 30, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 30

January 30, 1957 – An external pacemaker with internal heart electrode was used on this date for the first time. “To maintain a patient’s heartbeat rhythm an electrode was sewn to the wall of the heart and connected through the chest to an external desk-top pulse generator. A team of scientists at the University of Minnesota, led by Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, made this medical advance. However, such bulky equipment was not a good long-term solution since infection often occurred along the electrode wires, and the device required no interruption in the house electricity. So Dr. Lillehei also initiated research on the use of small portable external pacemaker for these patients with heart block. This ultimately led to the development of the billion-dollar pacemaker industry.”

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 Dr. C. Walton Lillehei
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