Saturday, May 4, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 4

May 4, 1984“During a Minnesota Twins baseball game, Dave Kingman hit a ball into the roof of the Metrodome where it lodged in a pocket. He was awarded a ground-rule double.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf




Oakland’s Dave Kingman hit a pop-up through a drainage hole in the roof May 4, 1984. The ball didn’t fall, and Kingman was awarded a ground-rule double.

https://www.twincities.com/2013/12/27/10-unforgettable-moments-in-metrodome-history/
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Friday, May 3, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 3


May 3, 1916 – Minnesota Governor Burnquist received a letter from Kenton, Ohio, asking him to warn the police of Minneapolis and St. Paul regarding a resident of Kenton who makes an annual visit to the two cities on a begging tour. According to the complaint this particular beggar is wealthy. Governor Burnquist turned the letter over to the police authorities of the two cities.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune
; “Governor Burnquist Warned Against Visit of Rich Ohio Beggar”; May 4, 1916; p. 2.



Gov. Joseph Burnquist

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JosephAABurnquist.jpg

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 2

May 2, 1878 – “The Washburn "A" Mill, the largest flour mill in the United States at the time, explodes in Minneapolis, killing 18 workers.”1

“At around 7 p.m. – flour dust in the air ignited and the mill exploded. The blast blew the roof off the A mill, leveled five other mills and engulfed several city blocks in flames.”2

1http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/150-minnesota-moments-wed-just-soon-forget

2https://blog.generalmills.com/2012/05/the-explosion-that-changed-milling/


Washburn "A" Mill explodes

https://blog.generalmills.com/wp-content/uploads/millexplosion2.jpg




The memorial in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., for the victims of the explosion.


Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Dec. 1, 2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 1

May 1, 1951 – The debut of now baseball legend Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers happened on this date. “Just a year out of high school, 19-year-old Willie Mays took the field [on] opening day at Nicollet Park. More than 6,000 fans watched the rookie notch three hits and make a ‘sparkling catch’ against the flagpole.”

“Two weeks later, the New York Giants called up the hot-hitting Mays and made him their center fielder.”

http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/119570269.html




Willie Mays

http://www.radioshowcds.com/cd_tops_in_sports.html
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 30

April 30, 1905 - The St. Paul Globe went out of business today. The usual Sunday paper was issued and there was little said to indicate that the end had come.



Tom Thurby’s cartoon on the first page represented a hand, presumably the hand of Death or Time, writing the familiar “30” (used by journalists and authors to designate THE END of a story or article) while the cartoonist in cap and bells, his worldly goods done up in a bandanna handkerchief slung over his shoulder on his crayon holder, was trudging into the cold world.




Fifty or more men and a few women will have to find new jobs by the suspension of The Globe. The mechanical force of the paper, belonging to the typographical union or to one of the allied printer trades, will gradually be absorbed by other Twin City printing concerns. Many of them, being single and footloose, will probably seek work in other cities.

The counting room force will probably seek work in other cities.

Several hundred city carriers, mainly young fellows in school, will find their sources of income curtailed considerably. A newspaper route, particularly a large one in a good residential district, has a reasonably fixed commercial value, in many instances old and well established routes commanding several hundreds of dollars when offered for sale. The owners of The Globe routes will find themselves deprived of snug incomes while their routes are now worth nothing.

The editorial and reportorial staff of The Globe will mostly be scattered far and wide if they choose to remain in the newspaper business. Most of the Twin City newspapers having their forces unable to add this extra force will be thrown on the mercy of a cold world.

The Saint Paul Globe
published its first issue on January 15, 1878.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Finis; St. Paul Globe Ends Its Earthly Career As Metropolitan Newspaper. Many Employes (sic) Are Out In Cold World Looking For Steady Jobs. Editorial and Reportorial Force Scatter To Four Corners of the World.”; May 1, 1905; p. 6.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul_Globe

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Monday, April 29, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 29

April 29, 1861 - The 1st Minnesota, the “state volunteer regiment formally tendered to the Federal government under Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops in 1861,” was organized at Fort Snelling, Minn., on this date.1 Company B was comprised “of 101 men from Washington County. This unit, captained by Mark Downie and [Louis] Muller, [included] three command officers, five sergeants, eight corporals, eighty-two privates, two musicians, and a wagon master. Of these 101, only twenty-seven safely return home following the war.“2

1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry

2
http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/company-b-first-minnesota-organized/



Captain Mark Downie

http://firstminnesota.net/1st.php?ID=0147

 



Captain Louis Muller

http://firstminnesota.net/1st.php?ID=0193


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Sunday, April 28, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 28


April 28, 1907 – Three-year-old Mabel Hanson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peterson Hanson, of Smithville, was killed instantly at 4 p.m. this afternoon by a switch engine at the Smithville crossing about eight miles from Duluth. Her skull was fractured.

Another small playmate that was with her had a narrow escape. Both of them were standing between the tracks and the locomotive was running towards Duluth. It was coming around a turn close to the crossing and neither of the children were aware of its approach until it was almost upon them.

The two small girls, with an older sister of Mabel, were on their way to visit a neighbor, and for some reason they stopped at the tracks. The older Hansen girl saw the engine as it rounded the curve, and screamed at the top of her voice. She tried to rush both of the girls out of danger, but the foot of her sister caught on the cattle guard. She pushed the other child over the rails and tried to free little Mabel, but did not have time.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Killed on Way to Make Visit; Little Girl of Three Years Run Down by an Engine.”; April 29, 1907; p. 2.



St. Louis County Railroad Map

https://www.west2k.com/mnstations/stlouis.shtml

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