Saturday, September 8, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 8

September 8, 2012 – The Twins former manager Tom Kelly’s No. 10 jersey was retired on this date in a pre-game ceremony before Minnesota's game against the Cleveland Indians.

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120908&content_id=38103368&vkey=news_min&c_id=min



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Friday, September 7, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 7

September 7, 1926 - Detroit Lakes was originally named Detroit, which “came about when a French Catholic Priest camped on the shore of the lake with a view of the sun setting across the water. The water was low and revealed a sandbar, creating a narrow strait that glistened in the light of the setting sun. The Priest exclaimed, ‘What a beautiful strait.’ The word strait in French is detroit. Consequently, the city was named Detroit.”

“As a result of continuous postal mix-ups between Detroit, Minnesota and the better-known Detroit, Michigan, a special election was held on [this date] to change the city's name to Detroit Lakes. This befitting title has remained ever since.” 

 http://www.visitdetroitlakes.com/relocation/history





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Thursday, September 6, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 6

September 6, 1905 – Slipping its moorings on a Ferris Wheel operated at the Minnesota State Fair, a wicker car fell 50 feet to the ground this afternoon resulting in the almost instant death of Mrs. Ida Sebenthal of Eau Claire, Wis., and serious injuries to her husband, Frank R. Sebenthal, which will probably maim him for life.


Mrs. Sebenthal1



Mr. Sebenthal1



A defective steel fastening on one of the wicker cars released it when at its highest evaluation. Before the passengers in the ill-fated car realized their danger, one end of the car became unfastened and the occupants rolled out over the side of the wheel with parts of the car thundering after them.

Both Sebenthals were struck on their heads. The wife received a severe gash back of the ear that severed her spine and she died on the way to the state fair emergency hospital. Her husband, who was rushed to St. Joseph Hospital in St. Paul, had his right leg broken above the knee, his right thigh broken and he sustained severe injuries about the head. It was reported at the hospital this evening that he would recover.

The couple, both about 50-years-old, entered the car “to get off the earth,” to use the expression of the noisy barker by which he induced people to enter the fragile looking cars about 3:30 p.m. and had not made one revolution on the wheel when the accident happened.

Every car on the wheel was full when the accident occurred, and men, women and children clung to each other thinking that any moment they would meet a like fate. The crowd about the wheel was so dense that the fair police could hardly restrain it and the feeling against the operators of the Ferris Wheel ran high.

Stretchers from the emergency hospital bore the forms of the couple to the hospital. The wife, however, had died before she was placed on the stretcher and attention was centered on the husband. After his operation, the husband revived and insisted upon seeing his wife; when he was taken into the room where she was laid out and learned of her death, he collapsed completely.

A thorough examination of the wheel where the accident occurred indicates many defects in its mechanism, such as rusted and bent bolts and ramshackle joints.

When C. N. Cosgrove was asked concerning the liability of the state fair management in case of accident and said that a recent act of the legislature had put the state fair into the same relation with the individual as the state itself. The state fair cannot be sued. Action can, however, be brought against the proprietor of the wheel for damages. This is the first fatality that has ever occurred on the fairgrounds.


Minnesota State Fair
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The Minneapolis Journal; “Fatal Accident At State Fair. Mrs. F. R. Sebenthal, of Eau Claire, Wis., Instantly Killed, And Her Husband Terribly Injured And Maimed For Life By Breaking Of Ferris Wheel—Thrown From Car At Top Of Circle And Plunging Fifty-Five Feet To The Ground. Device Said To Be Defective; Rigid Investigation To Be Made.”; Sept. 7, 1905; p. 1.

1The Minneapolis Tribune; “Body of Unfortunate Mrs. Sebenthal Is Taken to Eau Claire Home by Son. Husband Travels On Same Train, Resting on Cot In Baggage Car. Building Inspector Houghton Examines Wheel and Finds It Rotten From Long Use.”; Sept. 8, 1905; p. 9.

2Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Aug. 27, 2017, as long as acknowledgement included.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 5

*September 5, 1904 – Miss McPfau of Duluth had the top of her head blown off by the accidental discharge of a gun today while with a party of eight who had gone out to spend the holiday.

Mr. McMillan, a member of the party, raised his gun to shoot at a duck and in some manner the trigger caught and the weapon exploded, Miss McPfau receiving the full charge, blowing the entire top of her head off and killing her instantly.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Head Blown From Body. Miss McPfau of Duluth, Member of Holiday Party, Shot and Killed.”; Sept. 6, 1904; p. 3.



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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 4


September 4, 1884 – After tonight’s performance of “My Partner” at the St. Paul Grand Opera House, as the audience passed out of the theater, a great number of people tarried in the grand entrance way for the purpose of catching a glimpse of Sitting Bull and his braves who had occupied one of the boxes. As the Indians reached the door leading to the hallway, the crowd in waiting closed in on the party and at this moment, a man stepped to the rear of Sitting Bull and, drawing a revolver, he aimed at the big man’s head. It was done in a flash, but before the trigger had time to click, a half dozen arms had reached for the gun and it was wrested from the hand that held it. In the excitement the would-be assassin mingled with the crowd and got away without being detected.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Trying to Shoot Sitting Bull.”; Sept. 5, 1884; p. 2.

http://www.mnopedia.org/thisday


Sitting Bull

https://www.biography.com/people/sitting-bull-9485326

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Monday, September 3, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 3


September 3, 1998 - In St. Paul, Khoua Her (24), a Hmong refugee from Laos, reported that she had strangled her 6 children ages 5-11. Police took her into custody after finding the six bodies. During the course of the investigation, police learned that Her had her first child at age 13 in a Thai refugee camp. In a plea deal, Khoua Her received 50 years in prison on six counts of second-degree murder.

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

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/05/us/6-children-found-strangled-after-mother-confesses-to-911.html



 Khoua Her

http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Minnesota/Ramsey-County-MN/Khoua-Her.4757923.html

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On This Date in Minnesota History: September 2

September 2, 1974 – “Sisters, Mary (15) and Susan (12) Reker, left their St. Cloud [Minn] home at 11:30 a.m. on Labor Day to walk to a local store. They were last seen at the store at 1:30 p.m. and never returned home. Their bodies were found 26 days later in a quarry three miles outside of St. Cloud. Susan was found on top of the quarry stabbed 13 times. Mary was found unclothed 40 feet below the surface of the water, and had been stabbed six times. The quarry was a place known for kids to play or swim. Police have reason to believe the killer or killers may be from the local area.”

http://www.spotlightoncrime.org/case_reker_marysusan.cfm




https://dps.mn.gov/entity/soc/Documents/poster-spotlight-on-crime-
mary-and-susan-reker-acc.pdf

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