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History

WORK ON SANCTUARY ST. PAUL CATHEDRAL

Plans for Edifice Promise Architectural Beauty to Rank With Finest in World. ———— COST IS GREAT-WORK HAS BEEN STARTED ———— Next Stage on Finishing Interior Includes Ambulatory and Six Apsidal Chapels. ———— Work on the St. Paul cathedral sanctuary, the ambulatory ...

Study group lists Hwy.15 bypass as priority item

MANKATO — A bypass for Hwy.15 at New Ulm has been listed as a priority item by a Region 9 group studying needed highway improvements in southern Minnesota. The Hwy. 15 bypass was listed along with other goals presented by Region 9 to Minnesota Highway Department officials at Mankato ...

Butterfield elevator ripped by explosion

BUTTERFIELD — “All I could think of was getting out of there,” said Zelda Hanson, who witnessed the Thursday afternoon explosion which ripped the top off Adrian Elevator, Inc., structure at Butterfield. The blast caused an estimated $100,000 damage and sent two men to the ...

Murky river cuts down ice fishing

The fish houses aren’t on the river as thick as they were a year ago because the darn fish are hard to see. The elements have combined this winter to leave a murkiness in the water. Spearing is the only kind of fishing that goes on down there in winter because, one angler says, for some ...

State orders end to bottle-buying

ST. PAUL — The state agriculture department has ordered competitors of Don Dannheim’s New Ulm Dairy to stop buying glass milk bottles on or before Tuesday. Commissioner Jon Wefald announced the action Friday. He said letters were being sent to Oak Grove Dairy of Norwood and the ...

GREATER ACTIVITY PLANNED FOR FT. RIDGELY GROUNDS

Special Meeting Of Park Historical Assn. Votes Drive. ———— RESERVATION OFFERED FOR MILITIA ENCAMPMENT ———— Special Effort Encouraged For Scenic Routes To Fort. ———— At a special meeting of the directors of the Ft. Ridgely State Park and Historical ...