On This Date in Minnesota History: May 21

May 21, 1882 – “Mark Twain visited St. Paul while compiling research for his book Life on the Mississippi that was published the next year.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf

Mark Twain

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1244.Mark_Twain

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 19

May 19, 1904 – Because J. S. Bangs, manager of Swift & Co.’s plant at South St. Paul, refused to dismiss a nonunion butcher who was employed in the pork department, 229 union butchers went out on strike today at noon. The men say that they will not return until the man has been put out, and the management insisted today that he would remain.

Swift & Co. meat packing plant in South St. Paul. Swift’s Silver Leaf (far left) was a lard manufacturing plant.¹

J. S. Bangs said today that the trouble only concerned the men in the pork department, and that he did not think the strike would extend to the other departments.

The strikers are members of the Amalgamated Butchers and Meat Cutters’ Union of America, which was organized last year, and which includes all the butchers at the South St. Paul plant. The union was formally recognized a year ago, when schedules were adopted and the packing plants of Chicago, Omaha and South St. Paul were placed under union regulation.

The local union has a membership of 1,200, all of whom are employed at South St. Paul, and if the trouble in the pork department is not adjusted within a few days a general strike may occur.

The Saint Paul Globe; “South St. Paul Butchers Strike; Men in Pork Department of Swift & Company’s Plant Walk Out.”; May 20, 1904; p. 10.

¹http://www.lakesnwoods.com/images/SouthS1.jpg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 18

May 18, 1911 – Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state changing the name of The Dayton Dry Goods Company to The Dayton Company and providing for an increase of $100,000 in the firm’s capital stock. No change in the management or service will be made.

The change was deemed necessary because of the growth of the business of the concern, the recent now additions to the store and the plans to make further additions on the corner of Eighth Street and Nicollet, now occupied by the Chapman-Basting Company.

Dayton Dry Goods Company¹

Speaking of the policy and plans of the company today, George D. Dayton said:

“It is only a little over nine years ago that the Daytons bought out the Goodfellow Dry Goods Company on lower Nicollet and moving to the corner of Seventh Street on Nicollet, occupied the new building built there for them. Each year the volume of business has grown, and each year more space has been added, new varieties of merchandise have found their way to the store, and while dry goods are still the foundation stone of the institution, and always will be, yet the other lines are becoming so numerous that it has been deemed wise to drop the words ‘Dry Goods’ from the name and so, after July 15, the legal name will be ‘The Dayton Company’ instead of ‘Dayton Dry Goods Co.’”

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Daytons Change Firm Name; Term ‘Dry Goods’ Dropped From Title—Capital Increased by $100,000.”; May 19, 1911; p. 12.

¹http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Minneapolis/retail.htm

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 17

May 17, 2011 - American baseball player Harmon Killebrew, Hall of Fame First-Baseman for the Minnesota Twins, lost his fight against esophageal cancer on this date.

http://voices.yahoo.com/famous-people-died-may-17th-8488925.html?cat=37

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

Harmon Killebrew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harmon_Killebrew_1962.png

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 16

May 16, 1980 — “Ming Sen Shiue kidnaps former missionary Mary Stauffer and her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, and holds them [captive] for seven weeks. Ming Sen Shiue is apparently seeking revenge for a bad grade Stauffer gave him 15 years earlier at Roseville High School. The mother and daughter are rescued when Stauffer frees herself from a shackle and contacts police. Shiue is later convicted.”

http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/part-2-150-minnesota-moments-wed-just-soon-forget

Ming Sen Shiue

http://www.123people.com/s/ming+shiue

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 15

May 15, 1981 – “The Vikings moved into a new facility in suburban Eden Prairie that houses the team's offices, locker room and practice fields. The complex was named "Winter Park" after Max Winter, one of the Vikings founders who served as the team's president from 1965 to 1987.” 

http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-the-minnesota-vikings

Winter Park

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain May 12, 2014,

as long as acknowledgement included.

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On This Date in Minnesota History: May 14

May 14, 1997 – TV sitcom Coach ends its nine season run on this date. “The series [starred] Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles. The program also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam and Bill Fagerbakke as Michael "Dauber" Dybinski, assistant coaches under Fox. The role of Hayden's girlfriend (and later, wife) Christine Armstrong, a television news anchor, was played by Shelley Fabares.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)

http://sharetv.org/shows/coach

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