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Bygones: Tony's Trading Post held Duluth auction 20 years ago

A look back at local news from years past.

Woman loads statue of a man holding a gun into a car
Sandy Wegleitner, of Floodwood, lifts a wax statue of Bob Ford, who shot Jessie James, into her and her husband's SUV, after buying the statues at Tony's Trading Post Auction in the Duluth Armory on April 4, 2004.
Amanda Odeski / File / Duluth Media Group

News Tribune, April 5, 1924

A citywide campaign to bar motor buses from Superior Street began yesterday when a committee of mostly suburban residents opened an office. The committee will manage a petition to eventually eliminate buses from all streets and avenues.

News Tribune, April 5, 1954

The movement to recall Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy gained momentum as 300 people attended a "Joe Must Go" rally at the Superior Labor Temple. Sauk City newspaper editor Leroy Gore, who originated the movement, said McCarthy is no longer the same person people elected in November 1952.

News Tribune & Herald, April 5, 1984

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Four Iron Range hospitals have been x-raying boxes of Girl Scout cookies after reports of metal and possibly glass objects were found in cookies across the country, including northern Minnesota.

News Tribune, April 5, 2004

About 250 people wandered in and out of the Duluth Armory, bidding on items collected by Tony Sheda during 40 years of traveling the world. Sheda is closing his Tony's Trading Post at 2 W. Superior St. Among the items was a wax statue of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Barrett Chase has been web editor for the News Tribune since 2015. You can email him at bchase@duluthnews.com or call him at 218-723-5310.
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