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Duluth Herald, July 12, 1966

Duluth Herald
July 2, 1888
THE FOG RESPONSIBLE.
During the Thick Fog of This Morning Two Engines Collided in the Rice’s Point Yard and Badly Damaged Each Other.
This morning during the thickest of the fog engine 52 0f the main line and yard engine No. 36 came together while switching cars, both being badly damaged. The main line engine was broken so badly that it will have to be taken to St. Paul for repairs. The tank of the yard engine is stove in, but the other damages are slight. Neither of the engineers were responsible for the accident, as at the time it occurred the fog was so heavy that it was impossible to see the track ten feet ahead. Both trains were heavy ones, and it was impossible to stop them, as they were hardly ten feet apart when the engineers saw each other. The damage will amount to several hundred dollars.

Duluth Herald
July 3, 1896
“B.L. 294” WHAT IS IT?
Still those mysterious characters, “B. L. 294,” despite the cold fog and drizzling rain, appear each morning, freshly written on the sidewalks from Lakeside to West Duluth.
“What does B.L. 294 mean?” is the question on every tongue.
One wise man thinks it is an uprising of the A. P. A. A scared individual thought it a burglar’s sign and ran to police headquarters for officers to guard the house. When, how and by whom done, no one as yet is able to tell.
All are waiting to see if the sign appears afresh Fourth of July morning. It may be a sign for an industrial independence day.
(Editor’s note: The A.P.A. mentioned above was the American Protective Association, founded in 1897 to fight “papist hordes” invading America – aka, Catholics. The APA was a national nativist secret society that opposed Catholics, and was particularly strong in the Midwest – the APA opposed William McKinley in the 1896 presidential election because he wasn’t as anti-Catholic as they wanted a president to be; when he won, the APA went into a tailspin and died. McKinley ran against Democrat William Jennings Bryan, the first of his three failed presidential campaigns before he went on to prosecute the Scopes monkey trial in 1926. One of Bryan’s campaign themes was that criminal classes were being dumped on our shores – sound familiar you frightened Trump voters? The Catholic vote helped McKinley in his crushing win against Bryan.)

Duluth Herald July 4, 1906.

Duluth Herald
July 4, 1906
ENGINEERS TO
SURVEY HARBOR
Of Duluth and Report What Changes Should Be Made.
Washington (Special to The Herald) – Under the provisions of a concurrent resolution of congress, a board of officers of the corps of engineers, to consist of Col. Charles E. H. Davis, Major David Galliard and Maj. William V. Judsen of the general staff will assemble at Duluth to make an examination and survey of the harbor at that place with a view of determining what modifications, if any, should be made in the present plan of improvement.

They will report on the question of building a breakwater outside the present Duluth canal or construction a new canal in the center of Minnesota Point, or some other method of overcoming the present danger to vessels when entering the harbor during severe storms.

Duluth Herald
July 5, 1916
JOBS WILL BE SECURED FOR DISCHARGED “WET” EMPLOYES
Trade Union Dry League Already Active in Placing Men; Cigar Orders Fall Off and Factories Begin to Retire Workmen.
Although Duluth voted “dry” last month, no one is going to suffer from lack of work caused by the election result if the leaders of the “dry” fight can prevent it. While the business has been voted out, it is the desire to give the men work.
Efforts are already being made to help procure work for all who have been thrown out of employment as the result of the election. A committee consisting of Senator Richard Jones, chairman; Henry Dworshak, Jr., and E. J. Soltau has been appointed to represent the Trade Union Dry league. A committee to represent Duluth’s “dry” committee which led the fight against the saloons will be appointed in the new future and will co-operate in the work.

Letters have been sent to al employers of labor in the city asking them to help.
It is the wish of those who were in the dry fight that no employe will suffer in any way from the results of that election.
That the work of the committee will be successful is felt to be certain. Many of Duluth’s biggest men and corporations, employing large numbers of men, were especially active in their efforts to vote out the saloons. It is these men especially who are being appealed to, and indications are that there will be plenty of positions to fill.

The effect of the “dry” election is already being felt in Duluth and the cigar factories report a curtailment in orders from some saloons. For this reason some factories have already reduced the number of their employes and will continue to do so until the situation adjusts itself.
The Trade Union Dry League is on the job and it is its aim to secure other suitable employment for all these discharged employes as soon as they leave their present positions.

Duluth Herald, July 5, 1916

Duluth Herald
July 6, 1926
STRUCK BY AUTO;
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sterle Fatally Injured as She Steps From Street Car.
Mrs. Mary Sterle, aged 40, 4229 West Fifth street, was fatally injured when she was struck by an automobile driven by Gust Johnson, aged 33, 212 West Second street, at Forty-third avenue west and Third street, where Mrs. Sterle was alighting from a westbound street car. The mishap occurred shortly before 9 p.m. and the woman died at the Duluth hospital at 3:15 a.m. today.

It was the ninth automobile death this year.
The body of Mrs. Sterle was rolled forty-two feet by the automobile, according to measurements made by police detectives. Sergt. Perry of West Duluth police station tool the injured woman to the hospital in Johnson’s machine. She died of hemorrhage of the lungs caused by a crushed chest. She also suffered lacerations about the head and face.

Liquor Involved.
Witnesses told police that a bottle was thrown from the car. The bottle containing moonshine is in the hands of police. Johnson denied ownership, but police said that his breath smelled of intoxicating liquor. Two passengers were in Johnson’s car. One of them Erick Henrickson, aged 40, was arrested and booked at police headquarters on a charge of open drunkenness. The other, whose first name is victor, is being sought by police who hope to have him in custody by before night.

As to the speed of the automobile, some were saying it was moderate and others that it was fast.
An inquest will be conducted tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Crawford’s mortuary, according to Dr. C. F. McComb, St. Louis county coroner. Mason M. Forbes, county attorney, will conduct the inquest.
Mrs. Sterle, who had lived in Duluth about eight years, is survived by her husband, Anton; two sons, Tony and Frank; two daughters, Mary and Katherine, all of Duluth, and a brother in Austria.

Duluth Herald
July 7, 1936
DULUTH PREPARES
BIG WELCOME FOR
NORSE SONGSTERS
Host of Singers Invades City
for Three-Day Music Fete.
The vanguard of delegates and visitors to the 22^nd biennial sangerfest of the Norwegian Singers’ Association of America will arrive in Duluth tomorrow, with the convention formally opening Thursday noon. A parade, concerts at the Armory Thursday evening, Friday afternoon and evening , are high spots in the three-day program.
Registration of delegates will open Thursday morning in Hotel Duluth. Members of the 36 affiliated units of the association will march in uniform in the parade, with the procession assembling in the courthouse square. Six bands will be in the line of march. The parade will form at 11:45 a.m., with the procession beginning at 12:30 p.m., marching west in First street to Sixth avenue west, then south and eastward in Superior street to London road, thence to Leif Erickson park. There the sangerfest picture will be taken.

The delegates will then go to the Armory for the official welcome, with Mayor S. F. Snively, Judge C. R. Magney and Axel Ruske, Duluth, national president of the association, as the principal speakers. The Normanna male chorus, Duluth, host organization, will sing the “Song of Welcome.”
Norse folk songs, favorite classical selections for choral singing and several compositions by Grieg are arranged for the closing concert Friday evening at the Armory.

Duluth Herald, July 7, 1936

Duluth Herald
July 8, 1946
‘Donkey Game’
Billed Tonight
It’ll be a case of from bucking bronchos to balking donkeys at Municipal stadium tonight.
Now that the rodeo has moved out of the sports arena, the donkeys will move in tonight when the Tri-Sports Sports and Coolerators play a comedy game aboard the animals at 9 p.m.
All but the pitcher and catcher will ride the trained donkeys for the team in the field. The base runners will also be mounted.
The funny business begins when the riders try to move the stubborn beasts.
Preceding the donkey game, the two teams, both strong leaders in the two divisions of the Senior Class A Softball league, will play a regular game which starts at 8 p.m. The teams are in different divisions of the league.
Proceeds of the game will be turned over to a fund to help pay for floodlights which will be installed at Wheeler field.

Duluth Herald
July 9, 1956
County Studies Bid for Aid To Build Animal Hospital
St. Louis county commissioners today took under advisement a request for aid in constructing a Duluth animal shelter.
E. F. Hauglid, secretary, Minnesota Animal Protective association, asked the board for financial help in completing a dog and cat shelter in Duluth. It will replace a city pound formerly operated at the incinerator.
The association, Hauglid said, had hoped to raise $15,000 to build its shelter. However, only $1,400 was raised by public subscription and $1,000 from the city. Both city and county animals would be housed.
He said a veterans housing building has been acquired and work started to build pens in the structure, but funds had run out.
Commissioner Leonard Theobald, Duluth, told board members that an intended $1,000 appropriation in the 1956 budget had been overlooked.

Duluth Herald, July 9, 1956

Duluth Herald
July 12, 1966
Leaders Launch
Chun King Parley
Chun King Corp’s key purchasing and quality control executives discussed the latest advancement in the canned and frozen food industries today as they opened a five-day conference and seminar in the Holiday Inn.
Dr. Wilbur A. Gould, head of the department of food science at Ohio State University, was today’s main speaker. He discussed weights as related to quality control.
Also speaking today was Robert H. Beeby, Duluth, Chun King executive vice president.
Representatives of Chun King plans in Jackson, Ohio; Cambridge, Md. Windsor, Ontario and Duluth are attending the sessions, which are in the form of separate seminars for quality control and purchasing executives.
Among other speaking to the groups will be Terry M. Butorac, director of industrial relations, and Ross Fleischmann, assistant director; John Morrison, director of data processing; Dr. Jac Roberts, manager of research and development; and Richard Schwartz, assistant manager of quality control.
Also appearing will be representatives of suppliers who deal with Chun King.
The meeting, an annual affair, is the fifth to be held by Chun King.