150 Years Ago: From the June 10, 1875 Shakopee Argus
The Committee appointed by the State Medical Society to investigate the alleged violation of the Code, by Dr. C. Lord of Shakopee, in having presented a bill against the estate of the late Dr. Wakefield for professional services, have decided that, under the circumstances, it was no violation of said Code, and therefore remove the bar to its collection.
125 Years Ago: From the June 7, 1900 Scott County Argus
Mrs. Katherine Yost has made a valuable improvement upon her residence property on First street. A neat front porch has been erected, and the ground enclosed with a new fence.
125 Years Ago: From the June 8, 1900 Shakopee Tribune
A strange case is baffling our physicians at the poor house. One of the inmates named Thomas Dunn, a young man of about 28 years, has subsisted on clear water exclusively for 4 weeks, without eating a morsel of anything, his nature being so constituted that even stimulating drinks are nauseating.
100 Years Ago: From the June 12, 1925 Shakopee Argus
Colonel John C. Coolidge Given Sanico Range
Especially Manufactured Product Of American Range Corporation Shipped To President’s Father In Plymouth, Vermont
Noting from a recent interview with Colonel John C. Coolidge, father of President Coolidge, which appeared in a recent issue of the Literary Digest, in which he expressed a liking for a stove in preference to other methods of heating, the American Range Corporation of Shakopee was prompted to present him with a specially made Sanico wood and coal range.
The presentation was made at the State Fair grounds in front of the grand stand last Monday afternoon before a vast concourse of people assembled to celebrate the huge Norse-American Centennial in the Twin Cities. The nation’s Chief Executive Calvin H. Coolidge, and the presidential party were on the platform when the presentation was made by Miss Elizabeth K. Ries, mayor of Shakopee, to the President, through his secretary, for his father, Col. John C. Coolidge…
100 Years Ago: From the June 11, 1925 Shakopee Tribune
Semi-Pro Team to Play Sunday
Belle Plaine To Oppose Local Semi-Pro’s at Riverside Park June 14.
The 1925 baseball season will be officially opened at Riverside Athletic park in Shakopee next Sunday, June 14, when the local semi-pro team will oppose the strong Belle Plaine semi-pro aggregation. Wm. Ries, president of the Shakopee Baseball association and manager of the team, has informed us that the semi-pro team that will represent Shakopee this year will consist of many players who will be new to the local fans and that all of these players come to Shakopee highly recommended as being able to display a good article of the national games—baseball.
Mayor Elizabeth K. Ries will throw the first ball which will officially open the season at Riverside Athletic park next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock sharp…
75 Years Ago: From the June 8, 1950 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Fire Hits Old School House
Razing of the old public school structure here got a “near assist” Friday afternoon when fire broke out in the athletic equipment room in the basement of the old structure.
The blaze was discovered by M. L. Regan who that day began his duties as night watchman on the project. Regan had been on the premises only a short time when, at 5:45, he noticed smoke pouring through the gaping widow holes of the old building…
75 Years Ago: From the June 8, 1950 Shakopee Valley News
Historical Group Makes Fall Plans
Plans for the fall meetings of the Scott County Historical Society were formulated at their regular monthly meeting Monday evening in the courthouse. Mrs. Robert Ferru, chairman of the fall tour, announced the names of the speakers and historic sites to be visited on the tour. Mrs. Donald Ries, president of the society, will open the meeting with a historic summary. Mrs. Roman T. Schumacher will speak on the old Pond mill, William Duffy will relate the history of the Faribault house and Julius Coller will sketch the colorful past of the old Murphy house.
50 Years Ago: From the June 11, 1975 Shakopee Valley News
Lack of law library at MCIW draws legal action from MCLU
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union (MCLU) today announced that it has filed suit in United States District Court in Minneapolis, challenging the fact that women prisoners at the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women in Shakopee do not have access in law library facilities at the institution…
25 Years Ago: From the June 8, 2000 Shakopee Valley News
County census count a success
With apparent ease, the counting of Scott County residents is expected to be completed this week. But appearances can be slightly deceiving.
The ahead-of-schedule completion of field work for the 2000 U.S. census in the county is the result of the job done by a group of “enumerators” – paid employees who go out into the field and collect census forms that were not mailed back. They have logged long hours and are staunchly determined to make sure every address they have is included in the decennial census.
This week, local census officials said the count of county addresses is 95 to 98 percent complete, with just information from a relatively few to be gathered.
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