Barrett Chase

Duluth

Multimedia Editor at Duluth News Tribune

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

Articles

Bygones: DNT started running 'Beetle Bailey' 70 years ago

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News-Tribune, May 29, 1925Around 300 people watched as a Duluth police officer wrestled down a deer that had wandered into the area of Third Avenue West and First Street. The officer tripped the animal and sat on its head until it could be tied up and brought to the Duluth Zoo. News-Tribune, May 29, 1955The News-Tribune on June 12 will begin running "Beetle Bailey," a comic strip about a lazy GI written by Mort Walker.
Bygones: Duluth council rejected equal opportunity ordinance in 1975

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News-Tribune, May 28, 1925Paul R. Spencer of St. Cloud has accepted the superintendency of Superior's public school system. Grace Geary, whose superintendent term expires July 1, will explain in detail to her successor the system in effect. News-Tribune, May 28, 1955At least six Duluth and Cloquet Civil Air Patrol planes will search northern Wisconsin for a missing Air National Guard F-80 fighter that went missing last week en route from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Duluth.
Bygones: Vista Queen launched 20 years ago

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News-Tribune, May 27, 1925Birth records reveal that more than 200 sets of twins have been born in Duluth. The first twins in the city were born Jan. 18, 1870, to Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Miller. The most recent set was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Carlson, 707 S. 23rd Ave. W.
Bygones: In 1925, state Board of Health called Duluth's police station 'unfit'

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News-Tribune, May 26, 1925The Minnesota Board of Health has ordered Duluth to take steps at once to procure a new central police station, as the current station's cellroom is unfit for use. A year ago, the board ordered the city to close the West End police station. News-Tribune, May 26, 1955A proposal to change the location of the McGregor Liquor Store from Superior Street to Fourth Street sparked controversy in a Duluth City Council meeting.
Bygones: Underground gas leak caused Duluth fires in 1975

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News-Tribune, May 24, 1925Every telephone line leading out of Duluth was reported down due to 48 hours of stiff wind and a coating of sleet. Duluth's temperature throughout yesterday was 32 degrees, as much of the nation sweltered in a heat wave. News-Tribune, May 24, 1955At the rate of 10 per minute, first and second grade children from Duluth schools will bare their arms at the Jefferson School today to receive a shot of Salk antipolio vaccine.
Bygones: Minnesota broke heat records 100 years ago, but in Duluth, it was nice and cool

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News-Tribune, May 23, 1925Historic heat was recorded throughout Minnesota, with Hibbing setting a record temperature of 94 degrees, St. Paul hitting 97 and Minneapolis' temperature rising to 99. Duluth, however, maintained its reputation with a high temperature of 68 and a "fresh" 48 mph wind. News-Tribune, May 23, 1955An airman from the Finland, Minnesota, airbase armed with a .45 automatic pistol ordered a Silver Bay resident to drive him to Chicago.
Bygones: Hotel Duluth formally opened 100 years ago

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News-Tribune, May 22, 1925The new Hotel Duluth will be a scene of gaiety tonight as 500 Duluthians and out-of-town guests help celebrate the formal opening of the $2 million structure with a dinner dance and entertainment. A special train from Milwaukee will arrive in Duluth tomorrow bearing 125 VIPs and an orchestra. News-Tribune, May 22, 1955A new building, part of a substantial expansion, will be constructed at U.S. Steel's American Steel & Wire division in Morgan Park next month.
Bygones: Cohasset residents voted to dissolve city in 1975

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News-Tribune, May 21, 1925The West Duluth Business Men's Club approved plans for improvements to Memorial Park that call for a bandstand, fountain, cinder path, flowers, trees and shrubbery. The proposals will be submitted to Mayor S.F. Snively. News-Tribune, May 21, 1955District Judge Mark Nolan ordered $500 in county welfare funds to be paid immediately to a woman appealing to the Minnesota Supreme Court for the return of her child, who was born out of wedlock.
Bygones: Lake north of Ely disappeared in 1925 - Duluth News Tribune

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News-Tribune, May 20, 1925The disappearance of Bass Lake, near Ely, is no mystery at all, according to former forest ranger Ross Smith, who says the water "got away" over an old rotted sluiceway cut by lumber companies. News-Tribune, May 20, 1955The 18 members of the Two Harbors volunteer fire department have vowed mass resignation unless the City Council reconsiders acceptance of the resignation of Fire Chief Arthur H. Gravelle.
Bygones: Duluth hosted 'Twirling Sweetheart' contest in 1955

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News-Tribune, May 19, 1925The American tour of Signe Rintala, a 10-year-old Finnish music prodigy who speaks eight languages, came to an end in Two Harbors when her father was arrested on a charge of violating immigration laws. Authorities had ordered the father back to his homeland as the Finnish quota had been exhausted. News-Tribune, May 19, 1955The "Twirling Sweetheart of the Upper Midwest" will be chosen from the winners of a baton twirling contest on June 5 in the West Duluth YMCA.