It was a Friday night in September 1917. As a matter of fact, it was Friday the 13th, a day known for bad fortune. Two young men from Lakevill…
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It was a soft autumn evening, and a stiff, southernly breeze wafted across the town of Plato. It was 5 p.m., and the good people of the commun…
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On a summer’s evening nearly 50 years ago, my siblings and I were playing on our front lawn after a long day of farm work. My parents sat on t…
Special train for McKinley’s speech
Known as the “steel highway,” the railroads linked America, coast to coast, and city to town. Prior to its arrival, people and goods were tran…
Looking through my attic the other day I found my old electric train that Santa brought me on Christmas Eve in 1944. It is an Army military tr…
10 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF OCT. 5, 2009
There was a mistake in the editorial on page A6 of the Aug. 28 Leader. Michelle Kiefer with the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota is leading the b…
