150 Years Ago: From the July 8, 1875 Shakopee Argus
The Anti-Monopolist came out last week in an entire new dress, and pleasantly boasts that it is all paid for. This indicates continued prosperity, and we trust Mr. Donnelly and his paper will continue to thrive and improve.
125 Years Ago: From the July 5, 1900 Scott County Argus
The five-year-old son of John Stang of Marystown fell down an open well, thirty five feet deep, last Friday, and came through the experience with nothing worse than a cut in his scalp. The well was being cleaned, and the father was just about to descend, when the little tot took his tumble. There was but little water in the well, and the sides are curbed with stone; hence the child’s escape is little less than miraculous.
125 Years Ago: From the July 6, 1900 Shakopee Tribune
Kohls & Berens are nearly all straightened out again, after being crowded for some time owing to building the addition and now have a model store building.
100 Years Ago: From the July 10, 1925 Shakopee Argus
While Frank Hirscher was staging a private display of fireworks on the evening of July 4th, sky-rocket deflected from its intended course and landed in the so-called “dump” north of First street, setting fire to a heap of dry branches of trees which had been cut to help fil in the ravine. An unexpected bonfire of huge proportions was the result and a shower of sparks carried by the wind became so menacing to nearby homes that the fire department was called and put out the blaze.
100 Years Ago: From the July 9, 1925 Shakopee Tribune
St. Paul Globe of 1879 Found in St. Mark’s Steeple
J. M. Mathews, steeplejack, has been working on the steeple of the St. Mark’s church for the past ten days, painting the steeple and repairing the damage done by the recent tornado.
Mr. Mathews has handed to us a copy of the St. Paul Globe, dated October 13, 1879. This paper is addressed to George Reis at Shakopee. Several names are scribbled on it in pencil. Among those that we were able to decipher are Frank Buch, Julius A. Coller, and George Reis. Mr. Mathews found it in the steeple of the church. The paper is in a remarkable state of preservation, considering the fact that it is almost fifty years old.
75 Years Ago: From the July 6, 1950 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Sold Home
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Menden have sold their home on east Fourth street to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Arndt. The basement for the Menden’s new 3-bedroom home at 6th and Spencer, will be started this week. Until their new house is completed, Mr. and Mrs. Menden are residing in the Mill Pond home, vacated, by Mrs. Menden’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Laddusaw.
75 Years Ago: From the July 6, 1950 Shakopee Valley News
Goal of $325 Set For Annual Boy Scout Troop Fund Drive
The annual campaign of Shakopee Troop No. 218, Boy Scouts of America, to raise its share of the Minneapolis Area Council budget started July 1, the troop committee announced this week.
While Shakopee has not been assessed a fixed quota, the troop is attempting to raise $325 through a mail campaign. This money will be used to pay the local share of the Council’s $26,000 budget which covers the services of full-time field men, training, awards, and general administration expense…
50 Years Ago: From the July 9, 1975 Shakopee Valley News
Strike continues
Striking workers entered their fourth week of picketing job sites in Shakopee, a result of a construction strike. While some unions have tentatively settled salary terms and contract language, memberships have not voted on contract offers. Some workers, thinking the strike was over, reported for work Monday but were turned away. The new Junior High school, the Scott County Courthouse and several other job sites are affected locally.
25 Years Ago: From the July 6, 2000 Shakopee Valley News
Exhibit features history of prisons in Minnesota
An exhibit that traces Minnesota correctional history from the time of the territorial prison in 1853 to the recent opening of the state correctional facility in Rush City will be on public display July 10 in Shakopee.
The exhibit will be open to the public from 1 to 7 p.m. at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee. It also marks the 40th year since the state corrections department was formed…
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