Duluth Reader Weekly

Children working the midnight shift at an Indiana glass factory in August 1908. Photo by Lewis Hine while working for the National Child Labor Committee. What is Labor Day but a day off, the culmination of a long weekend. Oh, yeah, and the unofficial end of summer, one last cookout before the school buses return and autumn settles in. But that isn’t why Americans have Labor Day.

Lakehead Harvest Show Aug. 28-30 Esko 65th annual show that began in 1961 on the Watry farm, where it’s still held today. It started small, featuring a four-wheel drive Massey Harris tractor and a Case threshing machine, and since has grown to hundreds of tractors and stationary engines, blacksmiths, a petting zoo, kid’s games, tractor rides, rock crushing and more. Paddlin’ for the Boundary Waters Saturday, Aug.

“A Big Tent”? For those of you who have followed the primaries for the past few weeks in various States you may have heard a new phrase used by the many prominent Democrats talking about the DNC. The question asked by reporters “what are your feelings about the various DSA candidates in their races”?

Creepy attorney and Trump Mentor Roy Cohn with drunken Sen. Joseph McCarthy from Grand Chute, Wis.

In these days of fake news, misinformation, disinformation and just plain lies we can get overwhelmed by the cacophony. This article explores a few topics and commentary from interesting and reliable sources. It is a potpourri of things to ponder about our current situation. I begin with some uplifting philosophy for these dark and troubled times.

Cowboy Angel Blue at Mac's in Mountain Iron. Photos by Jill Fisher. Baby boomers are likely getting their fill of “Celebrations of Life” these days which have, to a large extent, taken the place of traditional funerals for our departed family and friends. The 14 years (1946-1960) of souls being born in record numbers accounts for the current flood of deaths amongst this cohort. A day doesn’t pass without the Internet informing us that yet another rocker has died.

It’s often tempting to write via narrative where I tell readers what to think based on what I think. That, along with use of big words, is a temptation I’ll try to avoid by giving a simple account and let you draw whatever conclusion makes sense to you. Easy for me to lionize Ingman, a person I worked with years ago. As Ranger, he was indeed one to look up to, which I did. Spending time each day in the Ranger’s red pickup, his left arm was as farmer-tan as any.

Tania Velia, the "Yugoslavian bombshell," arrives for an exclusive engagement on Dope Island. Can you name a movie that stars two different Olympic competitors? I’ll wager that’s a big no, especially the movie I’m thinking of, which stars Herman Brix and Tania Velia. I hear you, sounding very owl-like. Who? Who? olympics.com: After winning the 1928 Final Trials, 22-year-old Herman Brix from Tacoma, Wash., set a new Olympic shot put record on his first attempt at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Duluth Herald, Sept. 6, 1966. Duluth Herald Aug. 27, 1888 MARRIED WHILE SICK. Probably the most romantic marriage that ever occurred in Duluth took place at the residence of Dr. Cathill, No. 210 Third avenue east, last night, the Rev. Dr. Findley, of the Second Presbyterian church, officiating. The contracting parties were Dr. Taylor, a West Duluth physician, a partner of Dr. Geo. W. Davis., and Miss Maggie Hill, a pretty and aristocratic Philadelphia girl.

Juvenile common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, South Dakota. Photo by Sam Stukel/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. I stood barefoot, my heels and toes sinking in as if the shifting shoreline of Friendly Valley Beach was going to swallow me whole. The water of Lake Superior lapped gently onto shore, beckoning me in. A south wind pushed the warming water toward me and my new coworker and friend, Katherine.