Bygones: Duluth saw rash of dog poisonings in 1925

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100 years ago, dogs in the city fell victim to arsenic.

News-Tribune, April 28, 1925 Gyp, a shepherd-Eskimo dog adopted by West Duluth post office employees, had to be shot by police due to illness caused by poisoning. Earlier this year, a German police dog owned by a West Duluth doctor was killed by arsenic poisoning. Several similar cases have been reported in the area in the last six months.

ADVERTISEMENT News-Tribune, April 28, 1955 Duluth AFL retail clerks accepted a $1 per week pay increase, with another $2 per week raise to take effect next year. The contract also gives medical coverage to dependents of employees. News-Tribune, April 28, 1975 Ralph S.



Knowlton, a leader in harbor and historical activities in Duluth, died at his home on Congdon Boulevard. He was 75. Knowlton was active in the establishment of the Marine Museum in Canal Park and was a director of the St.

Louis County Historical Society. News Tribune, April 28, 2005 Students from Ashland's Northland College will drive to Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge to learn how drilling for oil could affect the environment there. The students came up with the idea after the U.

S. Senate initiated a budget measure to open the refuge to drilling..