Saturday, April 8, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 8

April 8, 1914 – The League of Minnesota Municipalities, appointed to name a town in Minnesota to be made into a model city, selected Herman, Grant County, at a meeting at the University of Minnesota today.

The committee went over claims presented by Herman, Janesville, Marshall and Park Rapids. The selection must be passed by the executive committee of the league before it is effective. This action probably will be taken within a week, said Prof. R. R. Price of the university this evening.

The town was named after Herman Trott, land agent of the St. Paul and Pacific railroad company.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Hermann Is Chosen for Minnesota Model City”; April 9, 1914; p. 1.

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 215.





http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Herman.htm

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Friday, April 7, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 7

April 7, 1969 – Minneapolis Patrolman Richard L. Bergquist was shot and killed while responding to a burglary in progress on Fremont Avenue North. As he and his partner drove down 36th Avenue North they spotted one of the suspects attempting to break into a car. Patrolman Bergquist jumped out to try to arrest the suspect but was shot twice. Other officers returned fire and killed the suspect.

Patrolman Bergquist had served with the agency for seven years and was assigned to the North Side Precinct. He was survived by his wife and two children.





Richard L. Bergquist 

http://www.odmp.org/officer/1780-patrolman-richard-l-bergquist

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 6

April 6, 1982 –The largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota, 52,279 fans, turned out for the inaugural Twins game at the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on this date. Rookie 3B Gary Gaetti went 4-for-4 with a pair of home runs, but Seattle won 11-7. The temperature outside that day was 28 degrees.

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http://www.onthisday.com/events/april/6
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/april_6.html




Gary Gaetti
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 5

April 5, 1917 – Mrs. Ida May Riley, a widow of Elk River, Minn., 55 years old, is no slacker. She is also no pacifist. She has three sons of military age and today she took these three sons to the railroad station at Elk River, kissed them goodbye and sent them to Uncle Sam with only one regret, that her one boy who stayed at home was three years too young to serve with his older brothers.

The Riley brothers, brawny and red-haired, appeared at the Naval Recruiting Station downtown Minneapolis today, and all were accepted. This evening they were on their way to the Great Lakes Training Station. They are William J., 27 years old, Nels G., 26 years old, and Frank B., 18 years old.



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The Riley brothers were born with a fighting strain, their mother said today, and will uphold the family tradition.  “My father served four years in the union army and my husband also served in the Civil War,” she said. “With that example to follow, I felt that if the country needed my sons, it would have them and I didn’t need to urge them to go. My husband died when the oldest child was 16, and there were nine in all, five girls and four boys, and all of them are living. I am glad the navy accepted all three of the boys. I wish my youngest could help the country, too.

In a letter of thanks and congratulations to Mrs. Riley, Lieutenant James D. Wilson, in charge of the recruiting station, said: “This nation will never die while it has mothers of your type. While we all hope that nothing will happen that will involve this country in the terrible conditions that exist in Europe today, you can be assured that the only thing that will prevent that condition is the fact that there are such mothers as you and such sons as yours.”

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Minnesota Mother Offers Nation Three Sons—Mourns That Fourth Is Too Young. Fifty-five-Year-Old Irish Widow Adjures Boys to Emulate Father and Grandfather, Veterans of the Civil War—Recruiting Officer Sends Thanks.”; April 6, 1917; p. 1.

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Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain April 5, 2017, 
as long as acknowledgement included.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 4

April 4, 1911 – Minnie Wegner, 23 years old, of St. Cloud, Minn., was shot and killed instantly this evening by Arthur Wold, who immediately turned the weapon on himself at the residence of Miss Wegner’s bother-in-law, C. A. Loudon, in Minneapolis. The shooting occurred close to midnight after Wold had spent his evening in the company of the young woman and her family.

Wold is said to have been desperately infatuated with Wegner, who frowned upon his proposals. Wegner and her mother, Mrs. Fred Wegner, came to Minneapolis Sunday for a visit with the Loudons. The family was at a loss to know how Wold knew the Wegners were in the city. He called this evening, and according to Loudon, spent the evening playing and singing.

About midnight Loudon says he was in the kitchen eating a small luncheon when Miss Wegner entered and said she wished that Wold would leave and that she had a notion to ask him to do so. As she returned to the parlor, Loudon said he overheard Wold say, “Come on in, Kid, I want to talk with you.” The answer and subsequent remarks were too indistinct to be heard, and then Loudon says he heard his sister-in-law say, “No.”

At that instant a shot rang out and Loudon rushed into the parlor. As he entered another shot was fired point blank at his head but he dodged and escaped unscathed. Another shot hit Wegner and she dropped without a moan. Wold then turned the weapon upon himself and fired twice, expiring almost immediately.

Wold, a street car conductor, was recently divorced from his wife. He was about 40 years old and the father of four children. He had been paying marked attention to Wegner for some time past and relatives blame the shooting this evening on unrequited affection.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Shooting Tragedy Enacted Over Unrequited Affection. Minnie Wagner, of St. Cloud, Meets Death at Hands of Arthur Wold.  Rejected Suitor Takes Own Life After Firing at Relative.”; April 5, 1911; p. 1.





Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 15, 2016,
as long as acknowledgement included.

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Monday, April 3, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 3

April 3, 2000 – TC Bear was introduced as the Twins new mascot on this date. The TC stands for Twin Cities.

A case could be made that TC Bear “bears” some resemblance to the Hamm’s Beer Bear, a mascot used in advertisements for Hamm’s Brewery, a sponsor for the Twins dating back to the early 1960s.




http://twinstrivia.com/2016/04/03/this-day-in-twins-history-april-3/




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Sunday, April 2, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 2

April 2, 1911 – Fire of unknown origin did damage to the amount of about $13,000, to the building in Eveleth that housed the Othello Theater, the Eveleth Star, and Home Electric and Heating Company early this morning.

The damage to the theater was $5,000. The newspaper suffered an equal loss on press and linotype. Theatrical people announced losses amounting to 2,000 in personal effects, and the heating company, $1,000.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Eveleth has a $13,000 Fire. Theater, Newspaper and Heating Company suffer Losses.”; April 3, 1911; p. 1.




Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 16, 2016,
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