Barrett Chase

Duluth

Multimedia Editor at Duluth News Tribune

Online editor for @duluthnews; occasional podcaster; at two with the universe

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Articles

Bygones: Group advocated for elimination of downtown Duluth parking in 1975

1 week ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 11, 1925A neglected grass fire spread to St. Aidan's Episcopal Mission Church in Superior, destroying the southeast section of the building. Fire Chief Ole Norman said that drastic steps would be taken against persons found neglecting grass fires in the city's residential sections.
Bygones: Hotel Duluth was constructed 100 years ago

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 10, 1925The first pieces of furniture were moved into the new Hotel Duluth on Superior Street. Officials say the project is going faster than anticipated and that all interior decorating should be complete within two weeks. News-Tribune, April 10, 1955Duluth fire crews have fought more than 60 grass fires in the past two days. Many fires were set by vandals, but firefighters said several were set by people seeking to get rid of dead grass the easy way.
Bygones: Burning pants led to 1955 Virginia arrest

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 9, 1925Oliver Mining Co. has constructed a modern moving picture theater 250 feet below the Earth's surface at its Spruce mine in Eveleth. The theater is complete with an orchestra pit, several exits and seating for more than 200 people. Miners took to the space to view a safety film accompanied by music from two accordion players.
Bygones: Duluth's Buena Vista demolished 20 years ago

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 8, 1925Duluth voters returned S.F. Snively to the mayor's office in a general election over Dwight E. Woodbridge. Likewise, Bert N. Wheeler was reelected as the city's commissioner of public safety. News-Tribune, April 8, 1955 U.S. Rep. John Blatnik, Chisholm, is in Hamburg, Germany, where his marriage to Gisela Hager will take place tomorrow. The couple will spend a brief honeymoon in Germany before returning to Washington, D.C., to live.
Bygones: Advanstar laid off Duluth workers 20 years ago

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 7, 1925The St. Louis County Public Health Association revealed plans for two monthlong summer camps for undernourished children, supported from funds raised through the sale of Christmas seals. The location of the camp is not yet determined. News-Tribune, April 7, 1955The Rev. Fr. Cyril Pilon, the first native Duluthian ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood, died in Fort Frances, Ontario, at age 62.
Bygones: Superior dump sickened children in 1925

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 5, 1925Parents have filed a petition with the Wisconsin Board of Health demanding that Superior be compelled to discontinue the use of its dump at Catlin Avenue and North Sixth Street, two blocks from one of the city's largest public schools. The petition claims there are six cases of contagious disease within two blocks of the dump, which is infested with rats.
Bygones: Superior teens saved boy's life in 1975

2 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 4, 1925Arrangements are complete to entertain 500 persons at the annual Meadowlands Lettuce House Dance. It is the chief social function of the community each year and usually attracts a large number of visitors from surrounding towns. News-Tribune, April 4, 1955A 30-year-old Duluth Heights woman reported being bound and gagged by an intruder in her basement in the middle of the night.
Bygones: Masons planned to lay Denfeld cornerstone 100 years ago

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 3, 1925Euclid Lodge No. 198 will lay the cornerstone of the new Robert E. Denfeld High School sometime in May in a program including a parade by members of all Masonic lodges in Duluth and the Knights Templar, followed by a luncheon and a dance at the Euclid temple. News-Tribune, April 3, 1955A 27-year-old woman, and two of her children, one 3 years old and the other 4 months, drowned in the raging St. Louis River at Jay Cooke State Park.
Bygones: Bruce Hagen elected as Superior's mayor 50 years ago

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 2, 1925A Superior man's belongings caught fire in the back of his truck as he was moving them to his new home yesterday due to several glass crystals that focused the sun's rays onto a heap of blankets. The man at first laughed off the warnings of several children who noticed the fire, dismissing their yells as an April Fool's prank. News-Tribune, April 2, 1955Minnesota Power & Light Co. 1954 revenues totaled a record $20.7 million, according to the firm's annual report.
Bygones: Duluth saw efforts to reopen Coolerator plant in 1955

3 weeks ago | duluthnewstribune.com | Barrett Chase

News-Tribune, April 1, 1925A 29-year-old butter maker at the Barnum Creamery was instantly killed when the front wall of the building collapsed on him as he and several others were hanging a 300-pound electric sign. He leaves behind a wife and three young sons. News-Tribune, April 1, 1955Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman will seek to break the log jam threatening defeat of his tax reduction program, which may have a bearing on the reopening of Duluth's Coolerator plant.