On this day in Duluth in 1914, Marie LeFlohic—aka “Madame Gain”—was found guilty of running an immoral house. She had been charged previously, but the case ended in a mistrial. Between the mistrial and the beginning of Gain’s new trial, State Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith began a probe into Duluth police misconduct, including malfeasance…

On this day near Crosby, Minnesota, in 1924, 41 miners lost their lives inside the Milford Mine. Experts believe the disaster was touched off shortly after 3 p.m. when the surface caved in at the mine’s easternmost end, creating a connection with a nearby pond called Foley Lake (and sometimes referred to as Lake Milford).…

On this day in Duluth in 1934 at approximately six p.m., liquor was sold sold legally in Duluth for first time since 1917. While national Prohibition had ended December 5, 1933, Duluth had voted to go dry in 1917—prior to national Prohibition—and the Duluth law had to be repealed before the Zenith City could follow…