4 October 2023
News Tribune, Oct. 4, 1983
Members of the Kitchi Gammi Club in Duluth will mark the club’s 100th annual meeting today and are expected to discuss whether women should be extended full membership. Tradition is a cornerstone among the current membership of 534 men, said member Robert Banks Sr., who will preside over the meeting. Duluth port officials learned that they’ll get $108,000 from the state to help pay for an international marketing program. The Minnesota International Trade Office’s contribution will amount to about one-third of the port’s marketing budget.
News Tribune, Oct. 4, 1953
John T. Netland, 19, of Tamarack died yesterday in a Superior hospital of injures received when he was struck by a locomotive at the Northern Pacific railway scale in Superior. He was employed as a car checker for the railway at the Stinson Avenue yards. A monument honoring men and women of Gary and New Duluth who served in the armed forces in WWII will be dedicated Sunday. The monument stands on the Stowe school grounds where it was placed with approved from the board of education.]]>