By Wes Reinke
Below are historical news excerpts from the Shakopee area from this week in years gone by:
150 Years Ago: From the July 29, 1875 Shakopee Argus
Shakopee has been full of petty law suits during the past week or ten days—assaults and batteries predominating.
125 Years Ago: From the July 26, 1900 Scott County Argus
John Velz is in his new quarters in the Fred Scherkenbach building. The interior has been made as bright as wall paper and paint can make it, and the shop is a credit to the proprietor’s taste.
125 Years Ago: From the July 27, 1900 Shakopee Tribune
The people living along Fuller street both east and west side, from First to Fifth street feel sorely neglected in the sidewalk resolution. They are all citizens worthy of consideration by the council.
100 Years Ago: From the July 31, 1925 Shakopee Argus
Burning refuse in the dump in West Shakopee threatened serious consequences Tuesday evening and in order to prevent the fire from getting beyond control the fire department was called to the scene. While the fire was in progress the electric siren was tested and gave results, telephone calls being received from Prior Lake, Eden Prairie and distant farms to know if the town was burning, owing to the prolonged alarm of the siren.
100 Years Ago: From the July 30, 1925 Shakopee Tribune
No. 5 to Cross River Here
Highway to Run West of Town or Through City on First to Lewis Street.
A committee of Shakopee people, including Mayor E. K. Ries, John H. Moore, Donald Childs, H. C. Schroeder and J. J. Moriarty went to St. Paul last Tuesday for an interview with the state highway commissioner, C. M. Babcock, relative to the permanent routing of highway number 5.
This committee informed us upon their return to this city that in their opinion the highway will be routed in a northeasterly manner west of the State Reformatory for Women, making an under-pass under the railroad tracks west of town, striking first street some distance west of the business district, thence coming east on first street to a point five blocks west of Lewis street, just a short distance east of the John B. Heller property. From this point it would go in a northeasterly manner across the river, keeping west of the present city park and athletic grounds, and continue in the same direction until it reached the present Trunk Highway number 51…
75 Years Ago: From the July 27, 1950 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Offer $250,000 Toward Hospital
That the Sisters of St. Francis who now operate a hospital here are ready to provide $250,000 toward the construction of a modern 50-bed hospital to serve the community was disclosed Monday night at a meeting of the Commercial Club committee assigned the responsibility of working out a plan to assist in financing the project…
75 Years Ago: From the July 27, 1950 Shakopee Valley News
To Open School Equipment Bids
Bids will be opened at 8 p.m. Friday evening for much of the new equipment to be installed in the Shakopee school, Al Wurst, superintendent, reported this week.
Material will include desks, tables, shelving, cabinets and workbenches for the classrooms, special rooms, and library plus office furniture and equipment in the lunchroom and shops…
50 Years Ago: From the July 30, 1975 Shakopee Valley News
Midland Glass to distribute quart mason jars locally
Midland Glass Company has announced that they will distribute quart size Midland Mason Jars and regular quart size lids to stores in Shakopee…
25 Years Ago: From the July 27, 2000 Shakopee Valley News
Panel favors downtown site for new library
A committee charged with recommending a home for Shakopee’s new public library is favoring an unspecified downtown location, possibly even on the existing site at Lewis Street and Third Avenue. How to fund that expanded facility is a question that will likely stir debate at the city level…
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