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1944: Corn Thief Trades Knife for Corn
A corn thief left behind his pocketknife, which was worth far less than the corn he stole, in 1944. Theft victim Emil Olson decided to keep the knife, given that the thief was unlikely to speak up to...
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1959: Corn Picking Contest in Nobles County
David Vander Grift, 12, and brother Robert, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Vander Grift of Worthington, worked Tuesday afternoon opening the corn field on the Bob Burns farm, where the 1959 Minnesota...
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1960: Free Bacon
In 1960 Chuck Christensen at Ling Implement offered free bacon with every bushel of seed corn. I imagine this offer was very enticing; I know a lot of people who would probably swim the English...
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1960: Get Funk’s (Seed Corn)
Seed corn was available from Chuck Christensen of Ling Implement in 1960. Next post at 6 p.m., hopefully… I need to edit some 1985 images and we’ll see how far I get.
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1960: Tall Corn Blinds Corners, Sheriff Warns
Tall corn was creating blind corners on rural roads, Sheriff Harry Nackerud warned in 1960.
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1960: Pioneer Corn
1960: Pioneer Corn Pioneer corn could be bought from a variety of people around the southwest Minnesota area in 1960.
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1985: Corn Harvest
1985: Corn Harvest There was still corn on the ground in November 1985.
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1986: Corny Picture
1986: Corny Picture This corny picture is from the Wieneke farm in 1986.
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