On this day in 1995, 1970, 1945, 1920
Written By:
Loren Else | ×
1995 – 25 years ago
Two Rushford men are recent graduates of World Wide College of Auctioneering. Rodney Darr and Bruce Darr each completed 96 hours of training to earn the title of colonel. The top three hardcover fiction bestsellers are “The Christmas Box,” by Richard Paul Evans; “The Lost World,” by Michael Crichton; and “Five Days in Paris,” by Danielle Steel.
1970 – 50 years ago
An umbrella once owned by the late Dr. William J. Mayo, one of the Mayo Clinic founders, turned up when employees were cleaning out the recently closed J.C. Penney store at South Broadway and First Street. The umbrella has been turned over to the Olmsted County Historical Society. No one is quite sure how it ended up there.