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A Minnesota Minnesota Minute Minute

Have you ever wondered how a thriving community becomes a ghost town? It doesn’t happen overnight. Some of the most common reasons towns fade away are because businesses close, natural resources dry up, or railroads cease stopping. That’s certainly the case in Minnesota, where more than few towns have come and gone over the course of a few hundred years.

Taconite Harbor

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Little remains of this once-booming community off Highway 61 near Schroeder. Back in the 1950s, the town started to grow when Erie Mining began processing taconite in the area.

Because it is so remote, they set up housing and facilities for employees to use off the clock.

Taconite Harbor grew into a thriving community until the demand for iron or decreased sometime in the 1980s. With few other employment options in the area, residents had no choice but to pack up and leave. But old lampposts and other remnants of Taconite Harbor are still visible if you go looking for them.

Dorothy

Here is a town that had a promising beginning. When the Northern Pacific Railroad extended their line through Red Lake County, Dorothy rose up along the tracks. A grain elevator, an oil company, a post office, and several other establishments grew up along with the small town.

There was even a touch of culture - actors in Dorothy drew crowds from miles around, and a Catholic church added to the population every Sunday. But by 2000, the church was no more - and the town faded away with it. Today, there are a handful of homes still in the area, but Dorothy is nowhere near what it was in the early days.

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At one point, this ghost town in western Minnesota had a jail, a town hall, a post office, and a grain elevator. But the population declined, thereby causing the post office to close in 1971. Today, Dale consists of a few old buildings and not much else.

Pitt

Like many ghost towns, Pitt met its fate because of limited job opportunities and lagging population growth. But when it was still around, it was a station on the Canadian Pacific railway. Other than the sign marking its existence, little remains of Pitt other than an old boarded up general store.

Radium

Across the United States, many towns have come and gone alongside the railroad lines that once crisscrossed the country in great numbers. Now that passenger rail travel has declined, little towns like Radium meet their fate as ghost towns. This place was once big enough for its own post office, but there is little evidence that anyone ever lived there today.

Huot

Not much is left of Huot today, but by the time it was created in 1879, it already had quite the history. In the mid-1800s, the area served as a trail for those crossing western Minnesota into North Dakota. Messages and goods were exchanged along the trail, making Huot a hub of communication. But given the limited job opportunities, the population declined. The historic store, which enjoyed over 100 years in business, closed in 1976. Today, Huot's remains are located near the Old Crossing State Wayside Park.

Winner

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Ironic name aside, Winner was once a thriving community that built up around a central store. The tight-knit community even had its own newspaper, The Winner Northern Minnesota Booster, which operated from 1916 until 1919. Unfortunately, the population faded, with the post office closing in 1937. Today, only a silo remains.

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Especially Lucy.

The hotel’s most notorious “permanent, unregistered guest,� resides in Room 17. Guests can sit in one of the two high-backed chairs facing the bed, but not both, not at the same time. Why? It forces Lucy to the mattress. And she doesn’t like that, says Freese,

“because of what her employer made her do there.�

Legend has it that Lucy was a prostitute working at the Sauk Centre House, a grim frontier brothel that occupied the current site of the Palmer. The Sauk Centre House burned down in 1900, and the Palmer was erected in its place the following year. But the new joint couldn’t shake the legacy of abused and murdered women. Lucy is said to dislike men. She reacts to male guests by slamming the room door so hard it rattles the artwork on the wall and aggressively dropping the temperature. During a recent investigation, a Chicago ghost-hunting outfit allegedly recorded a temperature of negative-onedegrees Fahrenheit during their stay. “My favorite is when guests complain about how noisy the people above them were,� says Freese. “Then I remind them: you were on the top floor.

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A SACK OF SEEDS • In 1851 a Japanese junk foundered in the ocean off the coast of Japan. A ship called the Auckland bound for San Francisco rescued the stranded sailors.

When the ship arrived in California, port authorities forbad the Japanese sailors from leaving the ship for fear they would spread disease.

• Dr. Benjamin Edwards was in the area waiting for a ship to take him the round-about way back to his home in Alton, Illinois. He examined the Japanese sailors, pronounced them healthy, and allowed them shore leave. He received a thank-you gift from them. The gift was a package of soybeans.

• Edwards took the seeds to Illinois with him and gave them to a horticulturist in town named John Lea. They grew so well that Lea began passing seeds out to other people interested in horticulture and agriculture, who in turn passed seeds onto others.

SOYBEANS CATCH ON • In America, soybeans were thought of only in terms of hay and forage for livestock. Nearly all kinds of livestock thrived on nearly all parts of the soybean plant. But by the late 1890s, western scientists experimenting with soybeans began to make new discoveries.

• Researchers found that soybean plants, like all legumes, improve the quality of the soil they grow in because they are able to take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form of nitrogen that

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• George Washington Carver began studying them along with the peanut, and found that the oil in the beans could be used in many different ways. Health food advocate John Kellogg promoted the use of soybeans at his health spa in Battle Creek, Michigan. His chef, Jan Willemse, used them in as many ways as possible.

Many of Willemse’s recipes were even showcased at the 1934 World’s Fair.

People finally began to think of soybeans as more than just livestock feed.

• In the 1900s, a man named William Morse, a researcher for USDA, devoted his entire 42-year career to promoting the soybean. He founded the American Soybean Association; he wrote books about soybeans; he published papers; and he lectured. By the time he retired in 1949 he had earned the title of “The Father of Soybeans.”

• In 1922 in Decatur, Illinois, the Staley Company built the first major soybean processing plant, giving Illinois farmers a guaranteed market price for soybeans. By 1938, the U.S. was exporting soy meal to other countries.

• When World War II began, soybean production soared. Soybeans fed millions of starving refugees. Soybean oil replaced imported fats and oils needed to make glycerin, which was used in many ways as a solvent and lubricant. Soybean meal increased animal production. Soybean protein was used as a meat extender.

HENRY FORD’S MAGIC BEANS • One of Henry Ford’s interests was to improve the lot of the American farmer.

He became fascinated by the soybean and sent one of his researchers to China to investigate the ways the soybean was used there. In the early 1930s Ford had 300 different types of soybean planted on 8,000 acres of farmland he owned, and his scientists began to experiment. The experimentation, which cost his company over a million dollars, paid off.

• Soybean oil was used to make a superior automobile paint; it was used to oil the casting molds in the same way a cook oils a baking pan; soy fibers were stuffed into seat cushions; and soybean meal was molded into buttons and knobs for use as handles and horns. Eventually it was estimated that a bushel’s worth of soybeans went into every Ford car that rolled off the line. They were used in the window trim, the accelerator pedal, the timing gears, and many other small parts.

SOY JOY • Today soy products are used in hundreds of ways: car wax, chain oil, cleaning solvents, fuel additives, hydraulic oils, paint strippers, grease, lubricants, motor oil, spray foam insulation, ink, crayons, odor reducers, nail polish remover, lawn fertilizer, hand lotion, hand cleaners, hair care products, candles, fire extinguishers, bug sprays, disinfectants, linoleum, soaps, varnishes, tape, explosives, leather softeners, and more.

• About 80 million acres are planted in soy every year in the U.S., mostly in the Midwest. Many areas average 50 bushels per acre. Each bushel of soybeans (which weighs 60 lbs) can be processed to produce 10 lbs. of soybean oil, or 39 lbs. of soy flour, or 11.8 lbs. of isolated soy protein. The U.S. grows more soybeans than any other nation, supplying half the world’s soybeans.

Soy also supplies more protein meal for livestock feed than any other source.

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• The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America, growing to 2.5 feet (76 cm) long and weighing up to 200 lbs. (91 kg). An appendage on its tongue looks like a worm and acts as bait to draw prey straight to the turtle’s mouth.

• Some turtles can make noises, such as a South American species that clucks like a chicken, an Asian tortoise that whines like an electric motor, a Central American species that yelps like a dog when attacked, and the leatherback sea turtle which makes a belching sound.

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• The only known instance of turtle-napping occurred in 1978 in Brooklyn. A 75 lb. (34 kg) show turtle named Little Rock was snatched from his motel room while his circus owner was gone. The next day, the owner received a ransom demand of $650. He was particularly concerned, because the turtle suffered from a sinus condition and required daily steam baths to keep his nasal passages clear. Two detectives hid out at the drop-off spot, and arrested a woman who came to collect the money. She led them to the turtle, who was suffering a severe sinus attack. Four more people were arrested in connection with the turtlenapping. While they were being booked, Little Rock recovered from his sinus condition in the police station shower room.

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The Virginia Department of Veteran Services has found a personal storage locker in the Richmond area where for years a former employee was stashing boxes of veteran claims. It came to light only after the contents of the storage unit were auctioned off. Thankfully, the winning bidder called the sheriff.

Piles of paperwork are still being checked, but it appears that the time period runs from roughly late 2011 through June 2015. The 20 to 30 boxes of documents came from McGuire VA Medical Center and include everything from correspondence to claims.

If your information is found in any of these documents, you'll be contacted at some point. If you have a claim that seems to have vanished, contact veteransassistance@dvs. virginia.gov or call 804-7860286.

Also in the news, the Phoenix VA now has its seventh director in three years. That's the center where 35 veterans died while waiting for care because of secret wait lists.

The new director comes with a history: She managed another VA facility where 1,800 veterans were in danger of HIV infection due to lack of cleanliness of equipment.

As a reward, this director was sent to the Department of Veterans Affairs' only overseas clinic: the outpatient clinic in Manila, Philippines, where she lived in a condo on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy and most of the medical services were contracted out in the community. But that's OK, because the facility's actual mission is to process veterans benefits paperwork.

Now, having apparently pounced swiftly on the previous cleanliness problem, she's thought to be the ideal person to whip Phoenix into shape.

This new director will have her to-do list waiting for her, because the VAOIG just released yet another investigation report on Phoenix that included 14 recommendations. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Since November 13 is National Spicy Guacamole Day, what better time to learn about its main ingredient, avocados! • It’s believed that guacamole was first created by the ancient Aztecs in present-day Mexico. The Aztec word ahuacamolli literally translates “avocado sauce.â€? Avocados, which are a fruit, not a vegetable, are native to Central and South America, and have been cultivated there for over 10,000 years. The avocado is also known as the “alligator pear,â€? because of its pear shape and rough skin. • Mexico produces more avocados than any other country. The state of California is in second place, with more than 7,000 avocado groves, with nearly 5,000 of those in San Diego County. Other large producers of the fruit are the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Colombia. • While most of us think of avocados as guacamole or to serve in sandwiches or on toast, other countries prepare them quite differently. Folks in the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, and India make avocado milkshakes and serve them with ice cream.

Another dessert drink in those countries is made of sugar, milk, chocolate syrup, and pureed avocado. Those in Morocco mix avocado, milk, powdered sugar, and orange flower water. • The avocado tree reaches a height of about 66 feet (20 m). A tree takes between four and six years to bear fruit, and when it does, it can produce anywhere between 150 and 500 avocados per year. The fruit is referred to as a climacteric fruit, which means it matures on the tree, but ripens off the tree. An avocado can remain on a tree for as long as 18 months. They are picked when they are hard and green, then kept in coolers until they reach their destination.

Once picked, it takes between 7 and 10 days to ripen. • Do you want to speed up the ripening process? Put your avocados in a paper bag with an apple. If you want to slow down the ripening, put it in the refrigerator. • There are several stages of ripeness and retailers can actually request differing stages. For example, avocados tender enough for guacamole are at Stage Five, and those considered “slice-readyâ€? are classified as Stage Four. • Because all avocadoes are picked by hand, labor is a large cost for growers.

A long pole with a clipper at the end and an attached pouch is used to harvest the fruit. • Once an avocado is peeled and cut, they will quickly turn brown. This is because of polyphenol oxidase in the fruit’s cells, which, when exposed to oxygen, produces an enzymatic reaction. This can be prevented by adding lime or lemon juice to your guacamole, or by wrapping tightly in clear plastic wrap. If it does oxidize, the solution is simple – Scrape off the brown layer, exposing the green guac underneath! • A mailman named Rudolph Hass discovered a variety of avocado growing in his back yard in the 1930s and patented the Hass variety in 1935, although it took until the 1970s before it became popular. It is now the most common avocado in the U.S. and the only one grown year round. That first tree is still alive and producing avocados today. • Because they are high in fat, avocados sometimes get a bad rap. But this is monounsaturated fat, the “goodâ€? kind of fat that may help lower cholesterol levels.

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• When Henry Parsons Crowell bought a small bankrupt oat mill for a few thousand dollars in the mid-1800s, he soon found that he had a major competitor whose name was Ferdinand Schumacher.

Schumacher had a near monopoly on oats, having invented a better oat-milling device which allowed him to produce oats faster and cheaper than anyone else. He was ruthless in his business dealings and sent many other oat dealers out of business by undercutting their prices. • However, Crowell discovered that Schumacher sold oats only in 180-pound (82 kg) barrels, which were kept, usually without lids, in the back of stores. Crowell knew he couldn't out produce Schumacher, so he decided to compete with him by adding new features. • Crowell sold his oats in two pound (.9 kg) packages, advertising that his re-sealable cartons kept his oats free from dirt, disease, animals, and insects. Cooking instructions were printed on the package, as well as recipes. Crowell's oats became the first food product boasting a four-color printed carton, and it was the first product to offer sample miniatures. • Crowell’s was also the first business to add another new feature: premiums, in which boxtops could be redeemed for dishes and kitchen items. Soon Crowell’s oat company was a food processing giant, and he eventually bought Schumacher out. By the time Crowell died in 1943, he was one of the wealthiest men in Chicago. • His company, whose name summons images of honesty and integrity, still sells oats in familiar round cartons. What’s the name of Crowell’s company, now one of the largest manufacturers of breakfast foods in the world with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? (answer at end of article) • In 1955, Quaker Oats offered a special prize in every box of Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereal. The cereal company sponsored a TV show called "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" and the prize was a deed granting the holder ownership of one square inch of property on the Yukon River, 12 miles north of Dawson. Quaker had actually purchased a 19-acre tract and split it into 21 million subdivisions of an inch each. • One man collected 10,000 of the deeds which he said entitled him to a 75-foot square plot, although the company pointed out that his one-inch deeds were not adjacent to each other. • The Canadian government eventually reclaimed the land for failure to pay $37 in back taxes. Today the deeds are worth about $40 for their value to collectors. • The promotional stunt was so successful that later Quaker offered one cubic inch of genuine Yukon dirt in each box of cereal. • About 95% of oats produced in the world are fed to livestock, with only about 5% of the world crop being consumed by humans. • 80% of American households have oatmeal in their pantries. • January is the top month for oatmeal sales. • For steel-cut oats, the grains are sliced thin by a set of steel blades, while old-fashioned oats are steamed and then rolled to produce a flattened shape. Steel-cut oats take longer to cook and may have a bit more fiber. The more the oats are flattened and steamed, the quicker they cook – and the softer they become. • Studies have shown that eating 3 grams of oat fiber per day (about the amount in a one-cup serving) can lower total cholesterol Answer: Quaker Oats. by 8% to 23%.

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● The seahorse is the only animal whose head is positioned at a right angle to its body.

● Twilight is often defined as the period of time when day is ending and night is beginning -- a pretty vague definition. There are more precise versions, though: Civil twilight is the time when streetlights come on, nautical twilight occurs when the horizon disappears, and astronomical twilight is when the faintest stars become visible.

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• By the late 1700s soybean cultivation had spread to Europe. Soybeans were one of the few types of beans available in the Old World, until Columbus and other explorers visited the New World and brought back the beans the natives were growing there: string beans, kidney beans, and lima beans.

SOYBEANS IN THE U.S. • In 1765 a sailor named Samuel Bowen came back to the U.S. from China with a sack of soybean seeds. He gave them to Henry Yonge, the Surveyor-General of Georgia.

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