On This Date in Minnesota History: January 5

January 5, 1914 – Because the assessor of Hibbing overlooked the fact that the Albany Mine, an 80-acre tract, had been detached from the township of Stuntze and added to the village of Hibbing in 1910, owners of the mine have escaped paying taxes under the village rate. The assessor levied only the township rate on the mining property. The difference between the two rates is approximately $2,000 a year.

An accountant who examined the books of the village of Hibbing recently found the omission and called it to the attention of the county taxing officials. Application was made today to County Auditor Halden to extend the tax for the omitted years for the difference between the village and township rates. The auditor, acting upon an opinion furnished by C. E. Adams, attorney for the county board, today placed the property on the 1913 tax books.

The back taxes will be collected with the regular 1913 taxes and the village of Hibbing will receive its overlooked revenue at the apportionment following the tax collections.

The Duluth Herald; “Overlooked Big Mine Assessment. Hibbing May Get Back Taxes From the Albany Mine.”; Jan. 6, 1914; p. 11.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 7, 2015,
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On This Date in Minnesota History: January 4

January 4, 1922 – J. M. McConnell, Minnesota commissioner of education, has submitted a portion of the 1922 report of the state department of education regarding teachers’ salaries. The average salary paid to men in high and grade schools in this state is $192 a month, and the average for women is $132 per month. The ratio is one man to 6.8 women.

The rural schools’ average salary for men is $126 and the average for women is $103. The ratio is one man to 20.7 women. The figures submitted to the joint legislative committee on education today placed the average salaries for men at $89.60 and for women at $74.62.

The correctness for the report was under fire by Rep. Theodore Christensen of Dawson and other members and Mr. McConnell attained the most recent figures.

The average salary paid to men teachers in Minneapolis is $280 a month and to women $180 a month; in St. Paul, men $235 and women $160. For the fiscal years ending July 1, 1921, there were 505,681 pupils in Minnesota schools as compare to 503,597 the year before. There were 19,960 teachers for the fiscal year 1921, as compared to 19,575 for 1920.

McConnell averages the school year at 10 months in cities of major size and nine months in smaller cities, while in rural communities it is from six to nine months.

The Duluth Herald; “One Male to 6.8 Women Teachers in Gopher State”; Jan. 5, 1922; p. 7.

Henriette, Minn., 7th and 8th graders in 1922

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Not only did women teachers make much less money than men teachers, most district contracts included rules for women teachers that did not apply to men teachers:

1. Not to get married. This contract becomes null and void if the (female) teacher marries.
2. Not to have company with men.
3. To be at home between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless in attendance at a school function.
4. Not to loiter downtown in ice cream stores.
5. Not to leave town any time without the permission of the Chairman of the Trustees.
6. Not to smoke cigarettes.
7. Not to drink beer, wine or whiskey.
8. Not to ride in a carriage or automobile with any man except her brother or father.
9. Not to dress in bright colors.
10. Not to dye their hair.
11. To wear at least two petticoats.
12. Not to wear dresses more than 2 inches above the ankle.
13. To keep the schoolroom clean, including scrubbing the floor weekly with soap and hot water.
14. Not to wear face powder, mascara or to paint lips.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: January 3

January 3, 1913 – Nerve and grit saved the life of Duncan Finlayson today.

With his leg mangled and the bones splintered so that they protruded from the flesh, Finlayson, despite his 72 years and the awful pain, extricated himself from a fallen tree and crawled a mile through the wood to his cabin near Arnold in St. Louis County, Minn.

Fortunately, a neighbor chanced to pass as he neared his shack, and Finlayson called out to him. The neighbor helped him to his home, where the services of a nurse were secured. After the injured man had been made comfortable as possible, police headquarters was notified. Dr. C. W. Taylor answered the call with Patrolman William Perry. Dr. Taylor dressed the wound and set the leg, and had Finlayson removed to St. Mary’s Hospital. He is resting comfortably and it is stated that he will probably recover despite the heavy loss of blood.

Finlayson was injured as he was chopping trees for wood in a clump of timber about a mile from the shack where he has been “batching.” A falling tree was shot out of its course as it struck the branches of another and pinned the aged settler to the ground. Regaining consciousness in the face excruciating agony he managed to free himself and get to the road, where he was picked up by his neighbor. Had he not shown an unusual degree of courage, he would have frozen to death before being discovered. He was living alone and might not have been missed for several days.

The Duluth Herald; “Saves Life by Courage. Aged Settler With Broken Leg Crawls Mile Through the Woods. Was Cutting Firewood When Falling Tree Crushed His Leg.”; Jan. 4, 1913; p. 2.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: January 2

January 2, 1903 – James N. Castle, one of the leading attorneys of Minnesota, was found dead shortly after noon today in the chicken yard at his home in Stillwater. The condition of the body indicated that death had occurred several hours earlier. He had not been in the best of health for some time. This morning he started out to feed his chickens, Castle having devoted much of his leisure time lately to the raising of high-grade poultry. From that time on no one saw him until his nephew, Jay Castle, found Castle lying cold in death. Dr. Clark was summoned, and pronounced him dead and said that death was unquestionably due to heart failure.

Born in Shefford, Canada, Castle was 65 years of age. He received a common school education, and after reading law for a few years came to Minnesota in 1882. He taught school in Afton, Washington County, and later studied law with Smith & Gilman in St. Paul. He was elected Washington County Attorney in 1865 and in 1868 he was elected to the state senate, serving two years. He was again elected to the state senate in 1878 and served four years. He was elected a member of congress to succeed the late Edmund Rice, and was nominated for a second term, but was defeated by S. P. Snider, of Minneapolis. Deceased was always an ardent Democrat, and was his party’s nominee for county attorney in the last campaign, being defeated by J. C. Nethway of Stillwater.

He was president of the Washington Bar Association, and was held in high esteem. He was an able lawyer, and at the time of his death had important law cases pending in the district and supreme courts. He was a widower, his wife having died some years ago, and is survived by a half-brother, Luke Castle, of Stillwater. He was a member of St. John’s Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and was also a Knight Templar. The deceased had a very wide acquaintance in Minnesota and also had a large number of intimate personal friends in Washington, D. C.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Ex-Congressman Castle Dead. Body Found Cold and Rigid in Chicken Yard at Stillwater.”; Jan. 3, 1903; p. 6.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain March 19, 2017, as long as acknowledgement included. 

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On This Date in Minnesota History: January 1

January 1, 1890 – Peter Gooden, Northfield, Minn., was celebrating the advent of the New Year at an early hour this morning by firing a revolver. One shot struck A. Freling in the back, inflicting a serious wound. Gooden admitted the shooting, and claimed the wounding of Freling was accidental. No arrest was made.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Shot in the Back.”; Jan. 02, 1890; p. 1.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 31

December 31, 1894 – Roseau “county was established [on this date], and received an addition from Beltrami county [on] February 10, 1896. It is named from the Roseau Lake and river.”

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 470.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseau_County,_Minnesota#/media/File:Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Roseau_County.svg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 30

December 30, 1995 – Anne Barber Dunlap went missing on this date after purportedly telling her husband Brad that she was going shopping at the Mall of America in Bloomington. Her body was found January 1, 1996, in the trunk of her car in the K-Mart parking lot on West Lake St. in Minneapolis. She had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and the throat. Her murder has never been solved. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Anne_Barber_Dunlap

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 30, 2012, 

as long as acknowledgement included.  

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