On This Date in Minnesota History: November 13

November 13, 1891 – Minn. Governor Floyd B. Olson was born on the north side of Minneapolis on this date, the only child of a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_B._Olson

Statue of Gov. Floyd B. Olson on the north side of Minneapolis

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 6-29-2012, 

as long as acknowledgement included. 

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On This Date in Minnesota History: November 12

November 12, 1889 – U. S. magazine publisher, Dewitt Wallace, was born in St. Paul on this date. He co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Wallace and published the first issue in 1922. 

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

Reader's Digest first issue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest

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On This Date in Minnesota History: November 11

November 11, 1913 – “With two wives living a few blocks from each other [in Minneapolis], neither one knowing that they are living with the same husband, Arthur D. Carter, aged 39 years, today confessed to Chief Martinson, it is said, that he is guilty of bigamy. Carter is a son-in-law of Hon. F. M. Nye, former congressman from Minnesota.”

Red Wing Daily Republican; “Nye’s Son-in-Law Alleged Bigamist, Arthur D. Carter Confesses to Police That He Has Two Wives”; November 11, 1913;
p. 1.

Representative Frank M. Nye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nye#/media/File:FrankNye.jpg

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