Bygones: 20 years ago, DNT parent company bought Telegram, Pine Journal, Budgeteer, News-Chronicle

30 May 2024

News Tribune, May 30, 1924

Duluth insurance man D.H. Costello estimates 15,700 people were killed in auto crashes in the United States last year. Since 1907, more Americans died in car crashes than in the World War, he said.

News Tribune, May 30, 1954

Duluth police disclosed that counterfeit half-dollar coins are circulating in the area. A milk delivery man reported that four counterfeit coins came into his possession while collecting in the Morley Heights neighborhood.

News Tribune & Herald, May 30, 1984

Police Chief Eli Militich cautioned Duluthians to be wary of suspicious pipes or cans in the wake of several incidents of homemade pipebombs found in St. Cloud, La Crosse and Stillwater recently.

News Tribune, May 30, 2004

Some Northland residents are expressing concern over News Tribune parent company Knight Ridder’s recent purchase of the Superior Daily Telegram, Cloquet Pine Journal, Lake County News-Chronicle and Budgeteer News.

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