On This Date in Minnesota History: March 10

March 10, 1917 – Thirty-one cases of cerebrospinal meningitis and 10 deaths in Minnesota cities have been reported to the state board of health, according to Dr. A. J. Chesley, state epidemiologist. Of this number, 15 cases have been reported Minneapolis, six from St. Paul, five from Duluth, and one each from Austin, Albert Lea, Faribault, Blue Earth, Iron Mountain, and Martin Township, Rock County. Of the 10 deaths, seven have occurred in Minneapolis, two in Duluth and one in St. Paul.

One suspected case and one death were reported to the city health department today.

“There are four or five cases in the city at present, I cannot say exactly how many,” said Dr. Guilford, city health commissioner.

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“Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is difficult to control because it is spread by carriers in good health,” said Dr. Chesley. “I have made a study of the history of all 31 cases reported and I could find no association between known cases and any one of these. The situation is general and permits of no control. The only precaution is to quarantine all suspected cases for two weeks and keep them under close surveillance. It is difficult to isolate carriers in a civilian population because movements of persons cannot be controlled.

“Diagnosis can be made by means of lumber puncture and an examination of the spinal fluid. In case of doubt, this should be done immediately. Every case should be removed to a hospital and a trained nurse placed in charge. If the ‘Flexner’s serum’² is used immediately, the patient has a good chance to recover. Should this be delayed, the chances of recovery are small and in case of recovery, the after effects worse than death. Often special nerves are affected and the patient, if he recovers, is blind or dumb. In many respects, it is worse than infantile paralysis, especially the after effects.

“The disease develops very rapidly because of the short incubation period. Reaction is violent and its onset sudden—there can be no doubt in such instances.

“Every case should be regarded with suspicion and reported at once to the health department.”    

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “32 Cases, 10 Deaths From Spinal Disease in State Reported; Health Board Informed of 15 Cases in City Alone, Says Dr. Chesley. News of One Fatality Given Out Today; ‘Meningitis Difficult to Control Because Spread by Carriers in Good Health.’”; March 11, 1917; p. 22.

¹https://www.slideshare.net/EpidAlert/staysafe-alert-points-for-meningococcal-meningitis

²http://centennial.rucares.org/index.php?page=Meningitis

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 9

*March 9, 1915 – A nationwide fight against progressive methods of teaching deaf mutes forms one side of the triangle of opposition that resulted in the investigation of the State School for the Deaf at Faribault, according to a statement by Superintendent J. N. Tate to the Associated Press today.

Faribault School for the Deaf*

“For many years I have met the onslaught of the agitators who are opposed to my speech and lip methods of teaching,” Dr. Tate said. “But I am convinced that it is the proper method.”

He then outlined the method at some length, and tears flooded his eyes as he concluded:

“I have taken a child of eight who had never uttered a word, and when his parents visited him two months later, he rushed into their arms saying, ‘I love you.’

Accomplishments of that character certainly cannot be fairly combined with the charges of cruelty placed against me.”

That the Legislature erred in placing A. F. Teigen on the investigation committee was intimated by Dr. Tate.

“I have not criticism to make of the committee. But it seems a trifle unfair that a prosecutor should be acting as a judge on the committee,” said Dr. Tate.

“Mr. Teigen is embittered because a relative who was not in condition to remain at the school was discharged.

“Of all the pupils now at the institution, only two appeared who gave adverse testimony. They were spanked with a slipper for trying to break into the attic of a building with an ax.

“A. R. Spear, who was a student at the school many years ago, has been instrumental in bringing before the committee the many former inmates. Charges made by these witnesses have dated back ten and twenty years, and many of them were hearsay rather than actual experiences.”

Dr. Tate asserts that the nationwide fight against speech lip reading is encourages by those of the old school who fear the  sign language will be abandoned.

Dr. Tate said that he favored a combination of both.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Dr. Tate Defends Self, and Attacks His Critics; Deaf School Says Charges Part of Fight Against Progress. Says Much of Testimony Before Committee Was Based on Hearsay.”; March 10, 1915; p. 4.

*http://www.lakesnwoods.com/FaribaultGallery.htm

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 8

March 8, 1990 - After a night of heavy drinking, a Northwest Airline pilot, first officer and flight engineer “flew a Boeing 727 with 58 passengers from Fargo, N.D., to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The plane landed smoothly, but the authorities had been alerted by a bar patron who had seen the crew drinking. The three pilots were ordered to undergo sobriety tests, and all showed blood-alcohol levels higher than the Federal limit of .04 percent. Northwest dismissed the three men, the Federal Aviation Administration revoked their licenses and in August 1990 they became the first pilots convicted of flying a commercial jet while intoxicated.” 

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/14/us/airline-gives-ex-drunken-pilot-a-second-chance.html

https://www.weninchina.com/transpac-pioneers/northwest-mall-of-america-asian-flights

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 7

March 7, 1918 – Like in many other cities, towns and villages of Minnesota, Bemidji has many residents who have been exercising their vote at the polls when they are still subjects of foreign governments, and some of them have been posing as directors of political affairs when they were more entitled to do so than the sultan of Sulu.

But the recent registry of aliens, ordered by the government, is going to stop this practice, and in several instances the state authorities are going after the offenders.

Many who have taken out their first papers seem to believe that they are entitled to vote. That is not so. The declaration of intent to become a citizen does not give them the right to vote. They must have completed their citizenship and become full-fledged citizens. Hereafter, the list of aliens registered in Bemidji will be printed and made available for judges at all elections to be held in the future. In this manner, the list of “who is who” will be used as guidance to present illegal voting in the nation, state and city elections.

List of aliens registered under direction of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission will be printed by counties and by city wards for use in preventing illegal voting. The first lists will be printed for St. Paul, which has its primary election this month. Proposition to publish the lists in newspapers were voted down by the commission today, and S. Y. Gordon, state expert printer, is obtaining estimates on printing the lists for use by election judges.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “List of Aliens Will Be Printed to Check Frauds of Illegal Voting; State Authorities Taking Steps to Prevent Wholesale Practice Throughout Minnesota. Bemidji Also Affected; First Papers No Privilege; Many Mistake Initial Naturalization Papers as Giving Them Right to Ballot.”; March 8, 1918; p. 1.

 https://shop.mnhs.org/products/1918-alien-registration-record-search-request

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Ordered by the short lived Commission of Public Safety, all resident aliens age 14 and older were to register and declare property holdings during the Alien Registration Days (February 25 - March 1, 1918). German males were excluded from this registration as they had already been required to register with the Federal Justice Department. From a genealogical research standpoint, these records are invaluable, as they provide detailed information about many individuals including birthplace, children’s names, and date and place of immigration. They are also remarkable as they provide information about many women immigrants, who up until 1920 received their citizenship along with their husbands.

http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mnpine/alienreg.html

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 6

*March 6, 1857 - Dred Scott v. Sandford was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on this date.  “Delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, this opinion declared that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. In addition, this decision declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.”¹

Dred Scott and his wife Harriet’s lawsuit claimed that because they had lived from 1836 to 1840 at Fort Snelling in Minn. with their owner, Dr. John Emerson, Fort Snelling’s surgeon, and in other free territories, they should therefore be granted their freedom.<sup>2 

1</sup>http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DredScott.html

²http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/History/slavery-fort-Snelling

Dred Scott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DredScott.jpg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 5

March 5, 1934 – Gangster John Dillinger moves into the Santa Monica Apartments, 3252 Girard Av. S. in Minneapolis, after he escapes from an Indiana jail and eludes a nationwide manhunt. 

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/49452787.html?page=2&c=y

John Dillinger

 http://www.squidoo.com/johndillinger

Santa Monica Apartments, 3252 Girard Av. S. in Minneapolis, Minn.

http://www.hornigcompanies.com/property/photos.aspx?prop=64

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On This Date in Minnesota History: March 4

March 4, 1918 – Agricultural Agent S. B. Hostetter announced this evening that Duluth babies are being stunted in mind and body because there is not sufficient milk produced in the district to nourish them properly.

An investigation started by his department has revealed that babies are being fed tea and coffee because of the shortage of milk, Hostetter said. He intimates that milkless days will be inaugurated for the adults of the city that the supply may be conserved for the infants.

Milk is now retailing in Duluth for 15 cents a quart with dairymen clamoring for an increase in price. The supply is not nearly equal to the demand, many hundreds of milk cows having been killed last fall because of high feed costs.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Babies Fed Tea and Coffee at Duluth; Investigation Said to Show That Children Are Being Stunted By Lack of Milk.”; March 5, 1918; p. 9.

Dairy Cow

http://www.dairycowdaily.com/images/Gloria_Benedictine_BW_2.JPG

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