Search Results Header
1 - 9 of 9 results
Search Results
1. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume III, Number II, Lincoln High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1927-10-07
- Description:
- Highlighting this edition is a story of the success of the opening of a Cloquet Co-Operative Store at Esko's Corner. Lincoln students competed in the essay contest on Consumers' Cooperatives. A Luther League business meeting, program, lunch, and community sing-a-long and games was held at the school. Seniors were in charge of a freshmen initiation party. Mr. Street, State Inspector, visited the all the grades and modern history classes. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist attended the Eighth District State High School Athletic Association meeting held in Duluth, along with representatives of Duluth high schools, Morgan Park, Two Harbors, Cloquet, Lincoln, Carlton, Moose Lake, and Barnum teams. The French II class was still corresponding with their French pen pals. The Arrowhead Aces girls' basketball team practice had begun, as had the Arrowhead boys' basketball team's practice. Poor attendance at school was the result student being needed at home to pick potatoes. Also included was Washington School News and grade school news.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
2. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume III, Number VIII, Lincoln High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-13
- Description:
- Lincoln School students won three out of five prizes in Cloquet Cooperative Essay Contest. The Juntti Brothers established a branch store at Esko's Corner in the building formerly used by the Esko Brothers. The District Declamatory contest was announced. Finally the roads had improved enough to enable motor buses to transport Washington students to Lincoln High School. Two basketball games with Moose Lake High School were cancelled due to Scarlet fever, at the request of the health department. Barnum basketball teams beat both the girls and boys teams. A library fine of two cents per day overdue fees was announced.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
3. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume I, Number IX, Lincoln High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1926-05-07
- Description:
- At the end of the school year Vivian Anderson is valedictorian and Mabel Johnson is salutatorian. Jane Lindholm won the written part of the Carlton County spelling contest and was therefore eligible to represent Carlton County at the State Fair's spelling contest. The vote totals for four best male athletes were listed. Mr. Carlson's chemistry students took a field trip to the Morgan Park Steel Plant and Cement Plant. Items were given about Lincoln school students as well as sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. The lower class girls won the volley ball championship. An interesting article was written on the growth of Esko's Corner over the previous fifty years, with mention of a one room schoolhouse, Hjalmer Mattinen's Store, a blacksmith shop, Arrowhead Creamery, a garage, a shoemaker's shop, and two new homes. Scarlet fever ravaged the area, as evidenced by an article reporting on Anna Norman, the county nurse, and Superintendent A. L. Winterquist visiting houses to check for Scarlet Fever and to quarantine as many houses as needed.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
4. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume 3, Number 11, Lincoln High School, Esko's Corner, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1928-03-01
- Description:
- For the first time there is a section with Town of Thompson [sic.] community news, which included the following; Oskar Johnson, Albert Johnson, and Arthur Wilde were to represent the Arrowhead Co-Op Creamery at the annual meeting of the Land O'Lakes Creameries at Minneapolis; dividends and shares were distributed to share holders of the Cloquet Co-Op Society, with a large percentage of the proceeds distributed at the Cloquet Co-Op Store Branch Number 3 at Esko's Corner; and there was an announcement that Miss Hilda Lehtonen was home from her employment at Cloquet. Seven motion pictures were to be shown on Friday nights at Lincoln School and Saturday nights at the Washington School, given by the Luther League and the Calf Club. Adoption matters entered into the news when Miss Johnson as a representative of the State Board of Control visited Lincoln School to censure Town of Thompson [sic.] records. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist attended two national conventions in Boston, including the National Conference of the Department of Rural Education and the National Conference of Superintendents. The active Bread Club started their yearly work. English III students, who were juniors, organized their English III Club. Representatives from the Duluth Teachers' College visited Lincoln School and spoke to the students about entering Normal School. The first advertisement in the newsletter was for the Johnson Bros. Ready To Wear Store in Cloquet. The Lincoln girls' basketball team lost to the Proctor girls' basketball team.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
5. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume 3, Number 13, Lincoln High School, Esko's Corner, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1928-03-29
- Description:
- The senior class made plans to publish an annual, chose staff, and secured several ads to help finance it. A one act play was presented by English IV students. Maymie Nygren won an oratorical contest in English III. The freshmen class published a newspaper for their class, with Miss Mauseth as a faculty advisor. An Easter program was to be presented by the high school students and the eighth grade students. In news notes, the north bus students' bus driver took the road through Scanlon and the North Road in transporting them back to Washington School. Bus students enjoyed seeing races between busses and farmers going to the Arrowhead Creamery. The 4-H Club met, and their program was listed. In Town of Thomson news, Mrs. R. Korby and Mrs. M. Forstie made a business trip to Duluth; trips to and from the township by various residents were noted. There were advertisements from the following businesses; Esko's Corner Garage; Cloquet Co-operative Society Number 3 at Esko's Corner; Juntti Bros. Stores at Harney and Esko's Corner; Johnson Bros. in Cloquet; and the First National Bank and East End State Bank of Cloquet.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
6. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume 3, Number 12, Lincoln High School, Esko's Corner, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1928-03-15
- Description:
- In Thomson Township news, the monthly Luther League program was listed. An election for the township supervisor was set to be held at the Town Hall. The first moving picture entitled The Heart of a Coward was to be shown under the auspices of the Calf Club. Funerals were held for two aged residents named Elias Juola and Herman Skarp, Sr. The board of directors of the Local Fire Insurance Company met at the Washington School. The board of directors of the Arrowhead Co-Operative Creamery Association met. The Arrowhead Aces played the Proctor Rinkydinks basketball team at West Junior High School in Duluth. Arrowhead Creamery basketball team played the Carlton city team at the high school gym. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist spoke to an all school assembly about his trip to Boston. The Lincoln boys picked an all district team. The basketball season ended with games between Moose Lake and the Barnum. Elections were announced at a forthcoming 4-H Club meeting. The all male Bread Club baked bread for a Luther League luncheon. Advertisements included one for each of the following businesses: H.F. Skarp's Garage at Esko's Corner; Juntti Bros. Stores at Harney and Esko's Corner; First National Bank and East End State Bank of Cloquet; Johnson Bros. Store; E.J.Maunu's Countryside Garage; Cloquet Cooperative Society No. 3, Esko's Corner; Home Cooking at Huima's Cafe; Arrowhead Co-Op Creamery; H.J. Mattinen's Barber Shop and Confections; Kuite and Mattinen of Cloquet.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
7. Lincoln Spotlight, Volume 3, Number 16, Lincoln High School, Esko's Corner, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Lincoln High School
- Date Created:
- 1928-05-25
- Description:
- The school year end edition announced that Lincoln Won Honors on the Achievement Day held at Barnum, with Lincoln winners to have trips to compete at the State Fair. The Lincoln girls team won the championship in volleyball and baseball. Fourteen seniors were to graduate on May 30, 1928, with the address to be given the University of Minnesota's President, Lotus D. Coffman. The Baccalaureate sermon was given in the Lincoln gymnasium by Reverend Wargelin of Duluth. Seniors were honored at the junior-senior banquet. Eighth grader Emerth Nynas wrote about his trip to Barnum. News notes included an item noting foul smelling smoke coming from the Creamery that forced the closing of windows. The Echo, the senior annual, was deemed to be well worth its price of twenty cents. The State Home Economics Supervisor, Miss Keever, visited Lincoln School. In Town of Thomson news, the Luther League of Esko's Corner gave a program at the Finnish Lutheran Church of Cloquet; and comings and goings of residents were noted. There were advertisements for the following businesses: First National Bank and East End State Bank of Cloquet; Kuitu and Mattinen; Arrowhead Cooperative Creamery; Huima's Cafe; Johnson Bros.; Juntti Bros.; and J.H.Mattinen Barbershop.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
8. Plat map of Thomson Township by J. Raymond Mattinen, with locations of various features added, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Mattinen, J. Raymond
- Date Created:
- 1980
- Description:
- This is a plat map of Thomson Township in 1903, showing locations of Esko's Corner (Esko), Thomson Township Schools, Thomson Reservoir; pilings for the Minnesota & North Wisconsin Railroad bridge (popularly known as the Brooks-Scanlon line) still visible in the St. Louis River near the Highway 61 bridge in Scanlon, drawn in 1980 by J. Raymond Mattinen, (April 13, 1914 to September 18, 1987), a local historian and author of the first book of the history of Esko and Thomson Township. It was drafted from the official Carlton County tax rolls of 1903 and platted from the county soil map of 1905. Also shown are Elm Creek, Midway River, St. Louis River, Hay Creek, Crystal Creek, Village of Thomson, Northern Pacific Railroad, Minnesota and North Wisconsin Railroad, and the Great Northern Railroad.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Cartographic
- Format:
- Plats (maps)
9. Thomson Road near the village of Thomson, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
- Date Created:
- 1890 - 1920
- Description:
- This is a photograph of Thomson Road in its early days, near the village of Thomson, with Henry Ruikka's fields and hay shed in the background. Note the fence posts, rocks piled along the fence line, and the horse's tracks in the middle of the wagon's tracks in the road. This was the first road linking the then Village of Thomson to what would become known as "Esko's Corner," and was a challenge for both man and horse in the early days.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Black-and-white photographs
Download JSON