Saturday, June 1, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: June 1


June 1, 1913 – Miss Blanche Gray, St. Paul, and Louis Emmerich of Battery D, Fort Snelling, hung suspended over a sheer precipice of 80 feet by clinging to a tree, after they had rolled 50 feet down a steep embankment this evening. The tree saved their lives.

The two, with several other young people, went to a picnic near Cleveland Avenue and the River Blvd. They engaged in a “grass fight,” and while Miss Gray was bending over to grab a tuft of grass, she lost her footing and slid over the embankment.

Emmerich saw her as she was about to disappear over the edge of the cliff and made a desperate effort to save her, but lost his balance and fell after her.

Both rolled a distance of 50 feet, when their fall was broken by a tree, to which they clung. Miss Gray’s screams attracted the attention of the others in the party and two automobiles that were passing. Several attempts were made to reach them from above, but the embankment was too steep to offer any foothold and no ropes were available.

A hurry call was sent to the police and, by means of ladders, after half an hour’s work, they were finally taken down the 80-foot incline to safety. Miss Gray was taken to the hospital, where she was found to be only badly bruised, although she was hysterical from shock and fright. Emmerich was unhurt.

Had the couple fallen a few feet to either side of the tree, they would have been killed, as the total distance from the top of the bluff to the foot is about 130 feet.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Tree Saves Lives of Two Who Fall Over Steep Cliff; Girl and Soldier Hang Suspended Over 80-Foot Precipice for Half-Hour. Louis Emmerich, in Attempting to Save Miss Gray, Shares Her Fate.”; June 2, 1913; p. 1.




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Friday, May 31, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 31

May 31, 1863 – An upset lamp in Colbath Brothers shoe store started a serious fire in Anoka, Minn., on this date. George C. Colbath, in his store at the time, died from his injuries and the store and all of its contents were destroyed, including most of the county’s treasury books and papers as Colbath was county treasurer at the time. Herman L. Ticknor was appointed Colbrath’s successor as county treasurer by the county commissioners.1

Ticknor had arrived in Anoka in 1855 and went into the dry goods and grocery business. In 1864 he opened the first drug store in Anoka2; it is still in business today as Goodrich Pharmacy.3

Built in 1867, the Ticknor family home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1979. Today, it operates as Ticknor Hill Bed & Breakfast. 

1http://archive.org/stream/historyofanokaco00good/historyofanokaco00good_djvu.txtHistory

2
Williams, J. Fletcher; “History of the Upper Mississippi Valley”; Minneapolis, Minn.; Minnesota Historical Company (1881); p. 250

3
http://abcnewspapers.com/2012/08/22/anoka-county-history-rich-history-of-goodrich-pharmacy/



Herman L. Ticknor

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Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 5/31/24, as long as acknowledgement included. 
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 30


*May 30, 1915 - Two bloodhounds arrived in Bemidji this morning and were rushed immediately to the dense woods west of Red Lake where they will be used in an effort to locate Mrs. John Anderson, an aged woman of Jelle, who has been lost since last Wednesday. The dogs were secured through the efforts of Sheriff Johnson who has been giving every assistance possible to aid in locating the woman.

The hounds were taken to Red Lake by automobile and were soon working on the trail. Mrs. Anderson had been visiting at the home of a neighbor and became lost on her return trip. Searching parties have scoured the woods for her, one man reporting that he had seen her 12 miles from her home running through the woods. Mrs. Anderson is believed to be insane.

Bemidji Daily Pioneer
; “Place Bloodhounds on Track of Missing Woman”; May 31, 1915; p. 1.


Bloodhound

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 29

May 29, 1905 – Fred Coryell, a long-time employee and switch engineer on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, was run over and killed at Murray (a railway station five miles east of Tower1) this evening. He was taking a switch engine from Ely to Tower junction for the night’s work, and a hot box on the pony truck of the engine caused him to stop at Murray to cool it with water. While doing so he crawled partly under the engine, and while the fireman was carrying the water to him the engine started to move, and before Coryell could escape, he was run over and killed instantly. The remains will be taken to his home in Two Harbors tomorrow. The deceased was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and one child.

Duluth Evening Herald
; “Engineer Is Killed on Iron Range Road. Fred Coryell Run Over By a Switch Engine at Murray.”; May 30, 1905; p. 1.

1Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 22.



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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 28

May 28, 1916 – By running a mile and a half for shore on a single engine and beaching his blazing craft on a sandbar from which all aboard waded ashore, Captain William McLaughlin of the excursion yacht “The City of Bemidji,” today saved the lives of his 20 passengers. The boat was burned to the water’s edge, quantities of gasoline aboard preventing effectual fire-fighting.




"The City of Bemidji"*


“The City of Bemidji,” which carried two women and two children, along with 16 male passengers, had left Bemidji for the Mississippi Dam, about 10 miles from Bemidji. The fire occurred in Lake Bemidji just opposite Diamond Point, where the boat was beached and passengers leaped into the shallow water, after a thrilling and spectacular race of 10 minutes.

Gas from an open cap in the vessel’s gasoline tank on top of the boat was spurting fire high into the sky as if from a blow torch and other vessels in the lake at the time feared to approach, as there was danger of the big tank of gasoline exploding.

The boat was ignited from a “backfire” and one of the engines was ablaze, the second carrying the craft to shore.

No passengers were hurt. The vessel, valued at $5,000, was owned by the captain and was partially insured.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Wade Ashore From Flame Wrapped Boat; Blazing Craft in Lake Bemidji Makes Ten-Minute Run to Safety.”; May 29, 1916; p. 1.

*https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4281823-big-boats-lake-bemidji
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Monday, May 27, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 27


May 27, 1903 – In a suit commenced in the district court today, the American Hoist and Derrick Company is charged with violating the law by blacklisting an employee who was prominent in leading a strike that involved the machinists in the employ of the company. The plaintiff is Timothy Murphy, a union machinist, who sued the company for $20,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of the company’s efforts to keep him from securing employment after he had been discharged from their employ.


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Murphy was employed by the company during last Nov., when a strike of the 50 machinists was ordered after the request for a 25 cent increase per day was rejected. Murphy was one of the strike leaders, but in his complaint he says the company and the strikers came to an agreement during the month of Dec. 1902, at which time the company agreed to take the strikers back and treat them the same as if there had never been a strike, it being understood that the men who had been out on a strike were not to be discriminated against because of the strike.

Regardless of this agreement, the plaintiff alleges that the company entertained violent enmity towards him, finally discharging him on Feb. 23 of this year, without telling him for what reason he had been discharged. Following his discharge Murphy says he applied to another company for employment, and was given a temporary position in the company’s shops in this city, pending an investigation of his past record. He went to work March 4, but was discharged April 28, the foreman informing him that he could not work for the company, although it was admitted that he was a competent workman, and that he had performed his duties in a skilled manner.

Murphy charges that the cause of his discharge was the result of letters written by the American Hoist and Derrick Company, saying he was a labor agitator and “knocking” him in a general way. The letters are said to have stated that Murphy was a dangerous man to have in one’s employ.

The plaintiff contends that he has been blacklisted, and that he cannot secure employment by reason of the attitude of the American Hoist and Derrick Company towards him. He has been denied copies of the letters written by his former employers, but holds that he is aware of their contents.

By reason of the injuries done to him as a result of being blacklisted, Murphy demands judgment against the American Hoist and Derrick Company for $20,000.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Striker Claims He is on the Black List; Sues American Hoist and Derrick Company, Alleging $20,000 Damage as Result of Failure to Secure Employment Because of Letter of the Defendant.”; May 28, 1903; p. 2.

1http://gfglaeve.blogspot.com/2013/07/stearns-county-museum-and-granite.html

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Sunday, May 26, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 26

May 26, 1922 – The doctor known as the greatest living teacher on diseases of the eye, Dr. Ernst Fuchs of the University of Vienna, 72 years old, arrived in Minneapolis today for a three weeks’ series of lectures on his way around the world. The lectures are under the auspices of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology.

Dr. Fuchs has been in the United States since last October, visiting a score of cities, and lecturing almost continuously. But Dr. Fuchs appeared to be as fresh and animated as most European visitors are exhausted by the time they reach the West.

For many years Dr. Fuchs was associated with Dr. Adolph Lorenz in the general hospital of Vienna. The two physicians are friends of long standing.

Eye specialists from all over the Northwest have registered for the course in Minneapolis, many of them former pupils of Dr. Fuchs in Vienna. The lectures will be given in English, which the physician speaks fluently.

A committee composed of Dr. Horace Newhart and Dr. J. A. Watson of Minneapolis and Dr. W. W. Lewis of St. Paul will have charge of the course.

Dr. Fuchs will address the Hennepin County Medical Society on “Common Errors of Diagnosis in Ophthalmology” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 31. A dinner will be given in his honor by the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology at the Minneapolis Club Saturday evening, June 3.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Dr. Ernest (sic) Fuchs of Vienna Arrives in Minneapolis; Greatest Living Teacher on eye Diseases to Give Series of Lectures.”; May 27, 1922; p. 3.



Dr. Ernst Fuchs

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