On This Date in Minnesota History: March 1

March 1, 1932 – The baby of aviation hero (and Minnesota native) Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne was kidnapped on this date from the Lindbergh’s “20-room stone mansion in the secluded Sourland Mountains outside Princeton, N.J.”

The baby’s nurse discovered around 10 p.m. that 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh, Jr., was not in his second-floor room. “A note demanding $50,000—a huge sum at the time—was found in his place.”

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/lindbergh1.html#ixzz26pyakI6H

Charles Lindbergh, Jr.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 28

February 28, 1883 - In the spring of 1956, Herman Pelzer, a local St. Cloud electrician, found an old and yellowed piece of paper in the walls of the Grand Central Hotel. It turned out to be a page from the hotel’s 1883 register. Imagine his surprise when he read the name “Buffalo Bill”! “Apparently William Cody, aka: Buffalo Bill, stayed the night at the Central House Hotel on this date. His first Wild West show wouldn’t take place until May 19, 1883, in Omaha, Neb., so this stop was prior to his show. The newspapers of the time didn’t mention his visit, and this registry is the only evidence that this famous man stopped in St. Cloud.” 
http://98country.com/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history-february-28th-1883/

Photo of the Central House Hotel where Buffalo Bill stayed, courtesy of the Stearns History Museum.

http://98country.com/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history-february-28th-1883/

William Frederick (Buffalo Bill) Cody

http://listeningreading.blogspot.com/2011/03/buffalo-bill-cody-from-voice-of-america.html

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 27

February 27, 1905 – “Please mister, buy a paper.”

Attracted by something in the boy’s voice, the man to whom the appeal had been made turned just in time to see the little newsboy collapse in a pitiful heap on the sidewalk. Faint from an illness of over a week, his little body completely exhausted by a strain it was in no condition to stand, sheer weakness overcame the boy’s grit. Something seemed to snap as the newsie took his old stand at Fourth and Minnesota Streets this afternoon and he fainted dead away. Tender hands carried the little fellow into a nearby building and the police ambulance was called. The still unconscious boy was carefully placed on a stretcher and hurried to the city hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a long-neglected case of tonsillitis.

Example of a young newsboy¹

The boy is Sammy Applebaum. For over a week, although too ill to be out of his bed, the plucky little fellow has refused to quit work, but from early morning until late at night has taken his stand downtown St. Paul. Sammy’s companions noticed his growing paleness and advised him to “chuck it for a few days,” but he refused.

The physicians at the hospital say the boy’s system is completely run down and that he will be unable to leave the hospital for some time. “That boy needs days and days of solid rest,” said one of the doctors, “and he is going to get it if I have to sell his papers myself.”

The Saint Paul Globe;  “Newsie Gives Up; Little Sammy Applebaum Falls While Selling Papers”; Feb. 28, 1905; p. 2.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 26

February 26, 1998 – The Anne C. and Frank B Semple House, a “Renaissance Revival stone-and-brick mansion and carriage house designed by Long and Long, [was] built in 1899–1901 for a prosperous hardware merchant and his wife.”¹ The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.

“Its first owner, Frank Semple, was a partner in Janney, Semple, and Co., a wholesale hardware firm. The entry on Franklin Avenue has a balustraded entry porch with Ionic columns, a detailed Palladian window, and a rounded bay. The interior has a reception hall with mahogany paneling, a hardwood floor with marble inlays, and a frescoed ceiling. Interior spaces include a 1,000-square-foot (93 m²) living room and a ballroom.

The mansion is now available as a reception site for weddings and other events.”²

¹http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=98000151

²http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_C._and_Frank_B._Semple_House

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 26, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 25

February 25, 1916 - Mrs. Leora May Brabetz, wife of Albert Brabetz, the Nymore barber who several weeks ago became intoxicated and lay down in the snow, freezing his hands and feet so bad that he may not live, has commenced action against Emory Jarvis of Nymore for $10,000, alleging that he sold liquor to Brabetz, causing the unconsciousness and the injuries.

Jarvis is reported missing and no trace of him has been found. It is believed that he has gone to Canada. Before leaving he transferred his property to his wife, and Attorney Carl L. Heffron, who is acting for Mrs. Brabetz, has placed an attachment on all property belonging to Jarvis.

Brabetz is near death at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Should he die, it is stated that a case of manslaughter will be brought against Jarvis.

Brabetz was found in the snow near his home on the morning of Feb. 1 with his hands and feet frozen. He is alleged to have stated that he had been drinking whiskey at Jarvis’ soft drink parlor. Brabetz is the father of two small children.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Wife of Albert Brabetz Brings Big Damage Suit. Commences Action for $10,000 Against Emory Jarvis on Booze Selling Charge. Nymore Dealer Reported Missing. Asserted in Charge That Liquor Caused Husband to Freeze Hands and Feet.”; Feb. 25, 1916; p. 1.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: February 24

February 24, 1905 – A freight train on the Chicago Great Western road was wrecked near Claybank today. Several cars were piled in a heap, others are in the ditch and a bridge about 150 feet is gone. The cause of the wreck was the breaking of a flange.

The broken flange struck the ties and tore up the bridge, and as a result seven or eight cars and the caboose were wrecked. One gondola is in a ditch some distance away and several cars loaded with grain and coal are smashed. No one was injured. It took all day today and will take most of tomorrow to clear away the wreckage and rebuild the bridge. Freight traffic on this division is abandoned until the track is fixed, but passengers are transferred.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Wreck Near Claybank; Great Western Road Loses a Bridge and Several Cars.”; Feb. 25, 1905; p. 8.

https://www.republican-eagle.com/news/1157623-signs-mark-
local-towns-past

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