1991 – 25 years ago
• Mark Noble, who won the season's first four modified features at Dodge County Speedway, won Sunday's nights feature race during the MSI stock car racing card at the Kasson track.
• Former President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are scheduled to arrive in Rochester tomorrow for routine examinations at the Mayo Clinic. Rochester police will assist with security for the Reagans at the airport and at the Kahler.
1966 – 50 years ago
• Rochester State Junior College expects to open its doors to a record 1,576 students in September. Fourteen new instructors will join a faculty bringing the total to 59 teachers and four college administrators.
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• The Farmers Cooperative Elevator of Stewartville has purchased an option to buy Dill Co. Elevators at Elgin and Eyota. The price for these two properties has been set at $208,000.
1941 – 75 years ago
• Rochester High School football coach George Haun announced that equipment will be handed out to players this weekend and the first practice will be Monday. Two practices are scheduled daily and all boys hoping to make the team must participate in daily practices. The season opens in two weeks when Rochester travels north to take on Duluth Central.
• Two of the state's outstanding fast pitch hurlers will be in town for a double header at Soldiers Field. "King Carl" Toensing and Bobby Eggleton and their powerhouse St. Paul team will face the local O&O Sporting Goods Store.
1916 – 100 years ago
• Mrs. Sarah Gorton, one of the earliest pioneers of Olmsted County, has died in Eyota. She was born in New York in 1833 and came to Rochester when she was young. She had previously remembered that when she and her husband arrived there were but six houses to mark what has now grown to be a residing place of over 11,000.
• A Y.M.C.A. camp will be held at Lake Francis in Elysian, Minn. Any boy of good character is eligible. The cost of the camp is $10 for ten days which includes car fare, boats, food, etc.
• Farmers north of Mantorville seem to know how to grow the big corn. H.C. Culver showed a stalk which he had cut in his field, which was nearly 12 feet long.
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