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Archives of "Looking Back at Waseca History" articles
Below are links to recent "Looks Back at Waseca History" we've published. Every week Waseca Alums emails a free "Looking Back at Waseca History" email to everyone who has subscribed to our "Looking Back at Waseca History" mail list.
The weekly email contains headlines and links to articles compiled from articles published in 25, 50, 75, and 100 year-old Waseca newspapers. The articles included are personnally selected by us, short and cover a wide range of history, and sports history, of interest to Waseca alumni and expatriots.
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 12/29/08 - 01/04/09
1909/ AKTA banquet held at Grant Hotel; Pfaffs host young people on German M. E. church; Leuthold's new store building nearly ready for occupancy; Eaco mill lab has new electric oven; Waseca High School Alumni Association to meet; Preston & Stucky store suffers fire; 1934/ Jackson County Farmer Hired As Bureau Agent; County Board Sets Salaries for 1934; Brisbane Ends 24 Years of Faithful Service to County This Week at Age 75; 1958/ Over 400 Turn Out to Honor Cletus Murphy's 25th Anniversary Here; Sleigh & Cutter Event Promises More Thrills Than Ever Jan. 16-18; 1984/ Tropical medicine - For Wasecan it means carrying and communicating. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 12/22 - 12/28/08
1908/ Students return from Creighton Law school for mid-year vacation; Students home from school; Supt. C. E. Payne and Mrs. Hartley to attend M. E. A.; Students respond to the call of "Christmas at home"; Electric street lights installed and working; Rethwell to re-open Gallien's drug business; 1933/ Registration Opens Here for Unemployed Women; Heights Inn Destroyed by Morning Fire; 1958/ Bowling Alley Transfer Set for Jan. 1; Miss Westby Holds Open House for Pupils; 1983/ Home for handicapped axed; Skating rinks to open; Grant allows county park improvement. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 12/15 - 12/21/08
1908/ Clear Lake Ice company shipped 26 car loads of ice last summer; Arlington club choses officers; Grapps has large line of dolls and toys; E. A. Everett residence is being remodeled; 1933/ Smith Leases Hotel Waseca; $7,500 Will Be Spent on Airport by Government; 1958/ Christmas pageant at Central HS Thursday Night; 1983/ School board considering a stricter graduation policy; Finnish AFS student tells of homeland; Minnesota snow amazes exchange student. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 12/08 - 12/14/08
1908/ Miss Vida Debar entertained class and teachers at a tea; Wall Street is flooding people with invitations to invest; 1933/ Complete Dental Examinations in Waseca Schools; "The Stables" to Open Saturday; 1958/ Skating Rink; Trowbridge Park Skating Rink Open; 1983/ Christmas business is booming for Cabbage Patch-like dolls! . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 12/01 - 12/07/08
1908/ Alumni wins Thanksgiving Day football game 23 to 0; Local boy ill of scarlatina; Clear lake ice provides excellent skating; Mankato Normal student spends Thanksgiving with brother; Adolph Passer begins course in the Medical College; 1933/ Elmer Groebner Honored in West; 1958/ November Report Shows 26 Births at WM Hospital; Private Duty Nurse Fee Rise Effective Now; 1983/ Headlice a common, ongoing problem in area schools. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 11/24 - 11/30/08
1908/ Amended Spelling; High school graduates make more satisfactory teachers; Local men go to the northern part of the state to work in the timber; Home quarantined for smallpox; Local photographer perfects machine for developing and printing post card views; 1933/ 76 Men of Makework Payroll Here; Slot Machine Taken from Philips Station; New Fourth Grade Teacher Is Elected; 1958/ Recalls Early Life at Bustling Resort at Maplewood Park; 1983/ Band has sun, fun in N.Y.C.; Zahn exchange student. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 11/17 - 11/23/08
1908/ Compulsory school law to be enforced; Street lighting to be in working order soon; High school boys to play football game with alumni Thanksgiving afternoon; 1933/ Artist Visiting at Meriden Home; 25 Men Go to Work Today Through Government Aid; 1958/ Central's Junior Class to Present "Gramercy Ghost"; 1983/ Waseca Marching Jays await New York Macy's Parade experience. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 11/10 - 11/16/08
1908/ Rural School Notes. Supt. H. A. Panzram; 138 republicans, 40 democrats in next legislature; All county schools now open; Letters within city now cost 2 cents to mail; 1933/ Teacher Resigns, Goes to Rochester; Traffic Paused on Armistice Day; 1958/ Artist Ray Stewart, Meriden, Won't Spoil His Show by Attending; Open House at Central on Thursday; Postmen Will Deliver Christmas Seals This Week; Sacred Heart to Give Two-Piano Concert; Two Girls on 'A' Honor Roll at Sacred Heart; 1983/ Unopposed candidates win in lowest voter turnout; Waseca schools given 'B' in survey of local parents. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 11/03 - 11/09/08
1908/ Rest Room of Waseca; D. E. Perrin to open moving picture show; Connecticut oysters handled by L. W. Sterling and Mrs. Coddington; Oyster supper at Norwegian Lutheran Church; 1933/ Ask Parents Visit School During Week; Theatre Reduces Admission Prices; 1958/ Gallagher Gains Court Re-Election; E. J. Lorig Wins Close Auditor Race as Sheriff Stan Bailey, Mrs. Engebretson Re-elected; Central to Have Living Window Exhibit at Pfaff's Friday Night; 1983/ Rendering plant set afire. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 10/27 - 11/02/08
1908/ In Regard to the Fourth Amendment; Water and light board hope to install new dynamo; The question of the guarantee of bank deposits to be debated; The bank depositor that does NOT desire to be insured against loss should vote FOR Tawney and Taft; D. E. Perrin and Otto Herbst have returned to Waseca county; 1933/ High School Homecoming Friday, Nov. 3rd; Hagen of New Richland is County Champion Husker; 1958/ Council Protests M&St.L Train End on Railways OK; Halloween Party Set for Children; Barbershoppers Conquer Town in Sparkling Parade of Quartets Show Saturday; 1983/ Three WHS student's commended by program; WHS class of 1928 holds reunion. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 10/20 - 10/26/08
1908/ Bishman brothers finish threshing season, try plowing; Local men drive to Albert Lea Sunday; Local college men attend Minnesota-Nebraska game; 1933/ Johnson Makes Statement on School Budget; Bang-Board Artists Will Compete for County Title; Sergt. York of War Fame Will Visit Waseca; 1958/ AKTA 'Boys' End Club's Life Monday; Homecoming Royalty at the Southern School of Agriculture; Waseca Teachers to Attend MEA Meet This Week; 1983/ Susan Anderson and Tom Duxbury reign over homecoming at UMW. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 10/13 - 10/19/08
1908/ Sterling's to carry Connecticut oysters this season; Postoffice employees appointed based on civil service examination; Latter-Day Saints missionaries to hold street meetings; EACo mill to install dynamo for running elevators; 1933/ First Two Pastors of the North Church Later College Heads; Coughlin is Named Acting Postmaster; Dentists To Give Free Examinations; 1958/ AKTA Leaves Memorials in Disbanding; Dale Hawkins and the 'Hawks' Here Thursday Night; Central Science Teachers Complete Civil Defense Sponsored Radiological Course; 1983/ Wasecan honored at school; Carlson WHS Student of the Week. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 10/6 - 10/12/08
1908/ Rev. R. Carleton to remain in Waseca; The Peoples State Bank to become the Farmers' National Bank of Waseca; D. E. Perrin and Otto Herbst leave for Tacoma, Wash. 1933/ Nine Boys Leave for Army Camp; Recommend Elimination of Drainage Into Clear Lake; 60 Septic Tanks Not Connected to City Sewer; 1958/ County Pupils Will Get TB Tests Oct. 14; Congregational Church to Note 90th Anniversary; German-Speaking Methodists Note Centennial Here; Central Homecoming Proves Successful; 1983/ Kozan files for Waseca council seat. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 09/29 - 10/05/08
1908/ Free delivery of mail will soon be in operation; Brick yard property for sale; Johnston & Sheehan sells 300 tons of ice to C. and N.W. railway company; Law requires children under the age of 18 to attend school; Teachers Association meeting to be held in Mankato in early November; 1933/ Rev. Lee Returned to Local Church; Many Enjoy Band Concert and Outing; 1958/ Southern School Opens Monday to Full Enrollment; Festivities Set for WHS Homecoming Friday; Kristen Iversen and Judy Wynnemer Semifinalists in Merit Scholarship Tests; 1983/ E. F. Johnson celebrates 60th year in business; Sacred Heart students step into pioneers' shoes; Waseca students busy preparing for Homecoming. . . . Keep reading
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Looking Back at Waseca History - 09/22 - 09/28/08
1908/ Waseca band to play at Donovan's moving picture show; McLoughlin Bros. putting in a cement walk; County fair baby show winners; Sewer system being installed; 1933/ Sewer Outlet Required for Septic Tanks; See Doe and Fawn at Hawkes Farm; 1958/ Philip Nelson Named College Music Professor; Homecoming Royalty at Sacred Heart; 1983/ Waseca High School Marching Jays win at Tri-State; Teahouse of August Moon in production at WHS. . . . Keep reading
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