150 Years Ago: From the Oct. 21, 1875 Shakopee Argus
The school house in East Shakopee is undergoing repairs. A new floor has been put down, the two small rooms made into one for a recitation room, and a cloak room built on in front of the main building. New patent desks are being put in the main school room. The appearance and comfort are greatly improved.
125 Years Ago: From the Oct. 18, 1900 Scott County Argus
Miss Yost finds that her present quarters in the Ries block are too limited for the proper display of her millinery goods, and will within a week or two remove to the store in the Lander block recently vacated by S. L. Hill.
125 Years Ago: From the Oct. 19, 1900 Shakopee Tribune
J. C. Marx installed a handsome new safe in his jewelry store last Wednesday. It is a big bit of furniture, standing five feet high, with a width and depth of four and three feet. Its weight is 3000 pounds.
100 Years Ago: From the Oct. 23, 1925 Shakopee Argus
Dr. F. H. Buck is remodeling his home and will add a breakfast nook, install a hot water plant to replace hot air heat and make other improvements. Among these will be a glass enclosure for the south porch, transforming it into a heated sunporch for the winter months.
100 Years Ago: From the Oct. 22, 1925 Shakopee Tribune
Bowdish’s Install New Electric Sandwich Machine
During the past week the Bowdish Confectionery installed a new Butter Kistwich sandwich-toasting machine. This machine is electrically equipped to toast sandwiches of all varieties. It takes only a minute and a half to prepare a ready-to-serve toasted sandwich on this machine…
75 Years Ago: From the Oct. 19, 1950 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
County Must Build or Close Old Jail
Faced by the choice of either closing the present county jail or building a new and adequate structure to replace it, the board of Scott county commissioners has chosen the latter course and on Nov. 7 residents of the county will be afforded the opportunity to vote in a bond issue to determine what action is to be taken by the commissioners…
75 Years Ago: From the Oct. 19, 1950 Shakopee Valley News
Homecoming Fire Touched Off Early
Shakopee’s annual homecoming celebration got off to a premature start when unknown persons touched off the Homecoming bonfire at 2:15 Wednesday morning. Only a few hardy individuals that got to the fire saw the configuration instead of the hundreds expected when the fire was to have been lit tonight. However, the entire student body at the school moved yesterday to help the freshman class assemble another pile of burnable material, and the bonfire will be held tonight as scheduled.
50 Years Ago: From the Oct. 22, 1975 Shakopee Valley News
Gifted education program sought by school district
At their last meeting, the School Board of District 720 took another step toward developing a program for gifted education in Shakopee.
The proposal, presented by David Anderson, Senior High English teacher and Robert Kieber, Senior High Social Studies teacher, calls for a three year program in English and social studies for the senior high and supportive programs throughout the district.
If plans go well the program would begin in the fall of 1976…
25 Years Ago: From the Oct. 19, 2000 Shakopee Valley News
Replica of Lincoln’s coffin to be on display
A replica of Abraham Lincoln’s coffin will be on display at the Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home in Shakopee on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A historic presentation by the Scott County Historical Society is planned from 7 to 8 p.m., as they will discuss the Lincoln funeral as well as funeral customs and rituals of that time period…
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