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Bygones: Duluth's Casa de Roma opened in new location 50 years ago

Duluth News Tribune 22 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 22, 1926. St. Louis County deputy sheriff Luther Gronseth, 31, has been arrested after confessing to participating with Albert Slonim, 25, in a blackmail plot to extort $1,500 from Slonim's uncle. News-Tribune, Jan ... .
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Bygones: Duluth eyed new library construction 50 years ago

Duluth News Tribune 21 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 21, 1926 ... News-Tribune, Jan. 21, 1956. Albert Woolson, the last surviving member of the Union Army in the Civil War, smoked a few cigars while his daughter visited him at St. Luke's hospital in Duluth ... .
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ByGone Muncie: Once upon a time on Twelfth Street

Star Press 21 Jan 2026
MUNCIE, IN — On April 21, 1922, hundreds of Munsonians gathered at Heekin Park to celebrate the renaming of Plum and Twelfth streets to Pershing and Memorial drives. The commemoration honored Muncie’s efforts in the First World War ... I do know this.
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Bygones: Duluth's municipal internet plan took a backseat in 2006

Duluth News Tribune 15 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 15, 1926. More than a score of Duluth churches are preparing to observe the sixth anniversary of the adoption of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the sale of alcohol ... 16, 1920. News-Tribune, Jan ... .
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Bygones: 2 pubs, restaurant opened in downtown Duluth 20 years ago

Duluth News Tribune 12 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 12, 1926. Graduates of Duluth's Morgan Park High School have organized an alumni association. The first formal affair of the association will be a banquet at the Spalding Hotel on Jan ... .
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Bygones: Duluth looked into 'youth problems' in 1956

Duluth News Tribune 11 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 10, 1926. After news of a bill that would bring $650,000 to Duluth for a new federal building, Minnesota Rep. William Carss plans to introduce a bill in the U.S ... News-Tribune, Jan. 10, 1956. Duluth Mayor George D ... 10, 1976 ... .
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Bygones: 50 years ago, a Bayfield ski hill and marina sold for $367K

Duluth News Tribune 08 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 8, 1926. In 20 years, Duluth's motor vehicle population has increased to 19,940 machines, according to the Minnesota secretary of state ... News-Tribune, Jan. 8, 1956 ... News-Tribune, Jan ... .
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ByGone Muncie: Jacob of Wysor’s Bottoms

Star Press 07 Jan 2026
MUNCIE, IN — I’m loving Muncie’s new YMCA. I go as often as possible. It’s not easy being a ruggedly handsome public historian. Which is why, as I age, I place faith in the Y as a hedge against physical decline ... Frazell just wasn’t very good at milling.
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Bygones: Minnesota, Wisconsin moved to buy Arrowhead Bridge in 1956

Duluth News Tribune 05 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 5, 1926. Officials placed their seal of approval on the newly completed St ... The building can house 22 girls along with the matron, the second matron and the help. News-Tribune, Jan ... .
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Bygones: Fedo, Brooks, Dougherty, Peterson joined Duluth council in 1976

Duluth News Tribune 03 Jan 2026
News-Tribune, Jan. 3, 1926. With the annual holiday vacations coming to a close, 500 teachers will return to Duluth schools along with 37,000 students ... News-Tribune, Jan. 3, 1956 ... Constitution. News-Tribune, Jan. 3, 1976 ... .
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Bygones: 20 years ago, Minnesota outlawed cellphone use while driving for minors

Duluth News Tribune 31 Dec 2025
News-Tribune, Dec. 31, 1925. A new wing, three stories in height, will be added to the Hotel Duluth in early 1926 ... News-Tribune, Dec. 31, 1955 ... News-Tribune, Dec. 31, 1975 ... 4 mayoral election ... News Tribune, Dec. 31, 2005 ... .
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Bygones: Lincoln Park buildings came down in 2005

Duluth News Tribune 29 Dec 2025
News-Tribune, Dec. 29, 1925. Rev. Fr. Peter Crumbly declared in an address before the Duluth Council of the Knights of Columbus that immorality and the irreligious attitude of today are plunging America into a state of chaos ... 29, 1955 ... .
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Bygones: 20 years ago, Duluthians gathered to laugh

Duluth News Tribune 28 Dec 2025
News-Tribune, Dec. 27, 1925. Plans were announced for the construction of a three-story apartment building on Second Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues east ... News-Tribune, Dec. 27, 1955 ... News-Tribune, Dec. 27, 1975 ... News Tribune, Dec. 27, 2005 ... .
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