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Bygones: First white person born in Duluth died 100 years ago

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Published on 2026-11-03 12:11:00
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Bygones: First white person born in Duluth died 100 years ago

News-Tribune, Nov. 3, 1926

Julia A. Wheeler, 70, the first white child born at the Head of the Lakes and a Duluth resident all her life, died suddenly in the old Wheeler home, 3407 W. Third St. She was the daughter of

Henry W. and Sarah Caroline Wheeler,

and is survived by her sister Etta Merritt and four brothers, including City Commissioner Bert N. Wheeler.

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News-Tribune, Nov. 3, 1956

A Japanese Siki deer that escaped from the Duluth Zoo was rescued in Morgan Park after being slightly wounded by a duck hunter. Game wardens confiscated the hunter’s weapon, and he will be formally charged with shooting a deer during closed season. Recently, an African sheep also escaped the zoo and was shot and killed by a Proctor boy.

News-Tribune, Nov. 3, 1976

In Tuesday’s election, Duluth precincts kept running low on the forms used to register voters at the polls and other supplies, despite each precinct having a supply of 50-150 forms on hand. An estimated 5,000 people had been registered with several hours before polls closed. Meanwhile, Carlton County needed to augment original supplies of paper ballots in some precincts.

News Tribune, Nov. 3, 2006

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