150 Years Ago: From the Sept. 10, 1874 Shakopee Argus
On Tuesday morning a team that was standing unhitched in front of R. O’Dowd’s store became frightened and ran away, the wagon bed was off, and a little fellow about five or six years old was seated on the wagon at the time. He held on manfully and the team was stopped after running two squares, and no one was hurt. People should be careful to secure their teams whenever they leave them, and especially if they have children in their wagons.
125 Years Ago: From the Sept. 7, 1899 Scott County Argus
The new cement walk at the Jacob Ries Bottling works property is nine feet wide the length of the building. In front of the residence the walk is six feet wide, and the other three feet to the cement curbing is sodded.
125 Years Ago: From the Sept. 8, 1899 Shakopee Tribune
Treasurer Frank Huber purchased the Titus property in east Shakopee this week and will move his household effects there this week.
100 Years Ago: From the Sept. 12, 1924 Shakopee Argus
Boyd Bowdish bought out Steve Breimhorst’s confectionery this week and expects to take possession next Monday.
100 Years Ago: From the Sept. 11, 1924 Shakopee Tribune
Hardware Stock to Be Closed out in Big Sale
Anton Boegemann is putting on a Closing Out Sale to dispose of his entire hardware stock.
During this sale, which starts today, Mr. Boegemann will offer every article in his stock at special sale prices. He has a display ad on page four of this issue in which he gives some of the details of the sale.
75 Years Ago: From the Sept. 8, 1949 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
943 Pupils Enroll in City’s Schools
Topping all previous opening day enrollment figures a total of 943 pupils were registered in Shakopee’s three schools when classes were resumed Tuesday morning. Last year the opening day total was 898.
The public school reported an enrollment of 289 for the four high school classes and 215 for the eight elementary grades. The previous year the high school figure was 284 and in the grades 204…
The first grade and the second grade pupils in the public school are in separate rooms with individual teachers for each grade, but grades III through VIII are divided into three groups with an average of more than 45 pupils to a room, it was learned.
All available classroom space has been utilized, Al N. Wurst, superintendent said, and the staff is now considering the advisability of holding a grade school class in the gymnasium in an effort to relieve the congestion.
75 Years Ago: From the Sept. 8, 1949 Shakopee Valley News
Girl From Latvia Enters School Here
After traveling thousands of miles, a 15 year old Latvian girl got her first glimpse of an American high school when she started classes as a freshman at the Shakopee high school Tuesday morning.
Miss Rasma Kupers, daughter of a displaced Latvian family employed on the William Fisher farm at Prior Lake, is the young girl that traveled so many thousands of miles to attend an American high school.
Speaking in excellent English, she told local school authorities that her last school was in the Neustadt Displaced Persons Group in Germany…
50 Years Ago: From the Sept. 11, 1974 Shakopee Valley News
New monitoring system studied for courthouse
BOSS (Building Operation Service System) is being considered for installation at the new Scott County Courthouse here by the county commissioners.
The monitoring system, built by Honeywell and costing $119 per month, would be monitored by that firm from its Fourth Avenue plant in Minneapolis via a telephone cable.
The monitoring device relay information about all mechanical systems in the building and an alarm system would be coordinated with emergency agencies in the case of fire or malfunction.
While alternatives are still open to the commissioners, more study is being done into the monitoring system…
25 Years Ago: From the Sept. 9, 1999 Shakopee Valley News
Community Center to be referendum focus
Setting aside any pretense that it will be for anything but improvements to the Community Center, the Shakopee City Council Tuesday night decided to again ask voters to approve a bond referendum.
The council voted unanimously to put a referendum not exceeding $5.5 million on the Nov. 2 general election ballot. Unlike the $6 million referendum that voters rejected in May by 97 votes (53 percent to 47 percent), this fall’s referendum will include only improvements to the Community Center, enhancements the city believes could allow the facility to break even or even operate profitably for the first time since it opened in 1996. Revenue shortfalls in the facility are covered by the city’s general levy…
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