On This Date in Minnesota History: January 11

January 11, 1916 – Half a carload of British mail enroute to Australia, via San Francisco, passed through Mankato, Minn., today. Since the submarines have made navigation dangerous in the Mediterranean, much mail that formerly went by way of the Suez Canal is being sent across the Atlantic, across the U. S. and to its destination from San Francisco.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “British Mail Crosses U. S. For Antipodes”; Jan. 11, 1916; p. 1.

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