150 Years Ago: From the Oct. 1, 1874 Shakopee Argus
A. Logefeil has purchased a lot north of the Union Depot, and is preparing to erect a hotel thereon.
125 Years Ago: From the Sept. 28, 1899 Scott County Argus
G. S. Lander has added greatly to the equipment of his extensive hardware store by the purchase of a cash register of the most complicated and useful type. The register cost him $325, yet he is of the opinion that its use will save him more than that in surcease from trouble with books and bookkeeping. He will also increase his cash trade by giving trade checks of a certain percent of each purchase.
125 Years Ago: From the Sept. 29, 1899 Shakopee Tribune
The coopershop made a slight change as to proprietors this week. The firm Ketterer and Dieken dissolving. Mr. Ketterer is now sole proprietor.
100 Years Ago: From the Oct. 3, 1924 Shakopee Argus
Mrs. H. C. Schroeder had the misfortune to fall and break her left arm last Wednesday afternoon. On Thursday she went to St. John’s hospital and had an x-ray taken. She is under the doctor’s care and the injured member is doing well.
100 Years Ago: From the Oct. 2, 1924 Shakopee Tribune
M. J. Berens & Sons had a new plate glass window put in the front of their store last Saturday to replace the glass broken by the storm a week ago Sunday. The plate glass was put in by the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. of St. Paul.
75 Years Ago: From the Sept. 29, 1949 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Two Petitions in Circulation
Two petitions are reported to have been circulated among Shakopee residents the past week. One it was said calls for the public examination of city records and accounts and the other is said to be an expression of on the question of employing a third policeman.
The audit petition is intended for submitting to the state public examiner; the police matter is expected to be presented to the City Council.
75 Years Ago: From the Sept. 29, 1949 Shakopee Valley News
PTA Is Told Of School Crowding
Nearly 75 persons who attended the first Parent-Teachers Association of the fall term at the high school Monday evening learned at first hand of the crowded conditions facing the local school children this year.
The large group heard Superintendent Al Wurst describe the measures they have taken to relieve the congestion in the grade rooms including the establishment of an annex in the Presbyterian church basement and the changing of a long, narrow cloakroom into a primary grade.
Mrs. Grace Sweeney, principal of the high school, sketched briefly the conditions in the upper grades. The parents were particularly interested in the report of the state fire marshall condemning the older portion of the building as a “fire trap”…
50 Years Ago: From the Oct. 2, 1974 Shakopee Valley News
Toro to build in Valley Center for Industry, phase II launched
Toro Manufacturing Company will locate their national dye casting operation in Valley Center for Industry, formerly Valley Industrial Park, it was announced Friday.
Making the announcement was Stephen J. Nardi, president of Nardi and Company, a Chicago based industrial real estate firm.
Nardi stated that Toro has purchased a 10 acre site here and that construction of the plant will begin immediately.
A 100,000 square foot warehouse will be built on an additional 10 acre parcel and an option on another 10 acre parcel has been taken by the firm…
25 Years Ago: From the Sept. 30, 1999 Shakopee Valley News
Work on old river bridge to close northbound lane
The northbound outside lane on the Bloomington Ferry Bridge will be closed Monday and Wednesday so work crews can unload beams for construction of a pedestrian/bicycle bridge to replace the old Ferry Bridge. The lane was also closed on Tuesday this week for the project.
The old bridge, over the Minnesota River, was closed nearly every spring from flooding and was replaced by the new structure in October 1995. The old bridge has been used since then for pedestrian and bike traffic in the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Demolition of the old bridge began in mid-February and, weather permitting, the new bridge is expected to be completed and open by late fall, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
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