Saturday, September 29, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 29


September 29, 1983 - Two Ruthton, Minn., bankers, Rudy Blithe and Toby Thulin,1 came to meet a potential buyer of a repossessed farm. “Instead, they were met by Jim Jenkins and his son Steven, the family they'd repossessed the property from three years earlier. And, the Jenkins were there for revenge.”2 Both bankers were shot and killed. Jim and Steve Jenkins escaped to Texas where the father committed suicide.

“Steven Jenkins, barely [18-years-old] at the time, professes his innocence but is convicted of the murders. Seventeen years later he would admit in an interview that he had killed the bankers.”3  

1http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/ruthton-reacts-to-murder-confession/?id=4401
2http://www.keloland.com/News/News/NewsDetail7807.cfm?Id=28228
3http://events.mnhs.org/bookofdays/?eventID=972




Steven Jenkins

http://www.keloland.com/News/News/NewsDetail7807.cfm?ID=4401
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Friday, September 28, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 28

September 28, 2010 - Hattie, Raegan, Lia and Shay Broskoff, quadruplets from Geneva, Minn., a small town just south of Owatonna, were born on this date.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/168162786.html?refer=y



Date of Birth: 9-28-2010 

About the baby: 

Quadruplets 3 girls and 1 boy. 


Public Name: 

Broskoff Quads 

City: Geneva 

State: MN 


Baby's First Name: 

Hattie, Lia, Shay, Raegan


http://myfox47.upickem.net/engine/Details.aspx?p=A&c=25024&s=6489428&i=1&m=X

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 27

September 27, 2014 – The Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the Michigan Wolverines at home 30-14, resulting in the return of the Little Brown Jug to Minnesota for only the second time in the last 24 games of one of the longest-running rivalries in college football.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2014/10/08/minnesota-golden-gophers-football-michigan/16917299/


Photograph of the "Michigan Jug" (which was neither little nor brown) from the 1909 Michiganensian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Brown_Jug_(American_football)

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 26

September 26, 1910 – Thomas Plototh, aged 27 and single, was instantly killed at the Dale-Uno Mine near Hibbing this morning at 9, when he was struck on the head by a big dipper of the steam shovel on which he was working. His skull was crushed. Plototh came to this country from Romania about a year and a half ago.

The Duluth Herald; “Instantly Killed. Steam Shovel Man at Hibbing Is Struck By Big Dipper.”; Sept. 27, 1910; p. 4.



An example of a 1910 steam shovel working in a Minn. mine

http://www.lakesnwoods.com/ColeraineGallery.htm
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 25


September 25, 1914 – Falling off a scaffold on the new Mesaba dock, No. 5 at Thirty-fourth Ave. West, Duluth, at 10 this morning, laborer Stans Senkoski, 36, fell into one of the pockets and down into the water, a total distance of 85 feet, escaping without the slightest injury. That he was not killed is considered miraculous by fellow employees who saw the accident.

After falling into the water Senkoski was saved from drowning by Lyle Clapper, superintendent at the dock, who jumped in after him. Senkoski suffered no injury whatsoever and after going to his room at the New Clarendon Hotel and changing clothes, he returned to his work this afternoon.

The accident happened when Senkoski was about to step on a scaffold off a small walk at the top of the dock, used by the workmen. He broke the scaffold and, grabbing one of the boards, hung for an instant and when the plank broke loose fell into the pocket and then down into the water.

Superintendent Clapper saw the accident and without hesitation jumped in after his workman and saved the latter from drowning.

Senkoski has been working on the dock for the last three months. He is unmarried.

The Duluth Herald; “Unhurt After 85-Foot Fall. Dock Laborer Drops From Scaffold But Strikes Water. Is Saved From Drowning By Superintendent of Dock.”; Sept. 25, 1914; p. 17.



Mesaba dock, No. 5

https://www.dot.state.mn.us/historicbridges/69829.html

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Monday, September 24, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 24


September 24, 1917 – Governor Burnquist was advised late today of the appointment of John F. McGee, Minneapolis, military affairs member of the State Public Safety Commission, as coal administrator in Minnesota, in accordance with his recent recommendation. The appointment was made by Chairman H. A. Garfield of the national price-fixing commission.

“The state coal administrator will be expected to investigate the coal situation from one end of the state to the other and report on the needs that supplies may be insured and a fuel famine avoided next winter,” said Burnquist.

Commissioner McGee became identified with the possible coal shortage problem some time ago and made a special trip to Washington, D. C. and other eastern cities to inquire into conditions and to appeal for measures to avert a possible shortage. 

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; McGee Named Coal Head in Minnesota. Appointment Made by Chairman of National Price Fixing Commission.”; Sept. 25, 1917; p. 1.



John Franklin McGee
http://www.mnopedia.org/person/mcgee-john-franklin-1861-1925

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 23

September 23, 2012 – “Cloquet [Minn.] native Jessica Lange won an Emmy Award on [this date] for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

“Lange won for her role as Constance Langdon, a dramatic busybody neighbor, in the first season of the FX series ‘American Horror Story.’ In its first season, the series was the story of a family that moved to a sketchy mansion in Los Angeles, a place where the dead interact with the living.

“It [was] the second Emmy Award of Lange’s career and fourth nomination. Her other win was for ‘Grey Gardens.’”

http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/244356/publisher_ID/36/



Jessica Lange

http://www.biography.com/people/jessica-lange-9373026
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