Articles

Column: A walk in Luverne with President Truman

WORTHINGTON — Talk was of U.S. presidents. Man said he has “known” seven presidents in his life. The reason I write “known” is because we couldn’t find the right verb. What do you say about the presidents who have shared your lifetime?

Column: Jail stories have always made good reading

The boy who wondered if I looked at files also wondered what files I looked for. “How do you know what to pick from so many things?”

Column: Local cannon could mean easy money for some folks

WORTHINGTON — Let me tell you how you can make $10. Maybe even $11. It depends on what they charge for postage.

Column: Classic 1939 film inspires Worthington memories

WORTHINGTON — It’s a funny thing, memory. I didn’t think of this last fall when David Flynn died. Lately I was watching John Ford’s 1939 original version of “Stagecoach” on TCM. Good TCM.

Column: A Worthington hero in Minneapolis, 60 years ago

WORTHINGTON — With all our nation focused on more war heroes from more wars than any of us can easily recall any longer, heroes outside the ranks of the military are largely forgotten. I was reminded of this lately when I came on a Daily Globe clipping from Jan. 3, 1940 — 60 years gone by.

Modern-day driving may have shifted into gear here

WORTHINGTON — You know who invented the automatic transmission and left cars without a manual shift? I don’t either.

Column: Once upon a time, we traveled the region by rail

It has been half-a-century since the Chicago & North Western Railroad quit rolling passenger trains from the Twin Cities through Mankato, Worthington, Sioux City and on to Omaha. In the peak years, Worthington was serviced by 16 passenger trains every day.

Column: Remembering two Worthington vets who survived World War II

WORTHINGTON — Daily Globe readers are applauding Julie Buntjer’s interviews with World War II veterans from the local area. I hear people talking about the stories.

Column: 'Ref' still fun to sit down with, 80 years later

Ref could be an old crank. He would sit at his desk in his cardigan sweater, arms folded, surveying his colleagues at work in the Daily Globe newsroom with what might have been the original sour puss.

Column: A blizzard in Butterfield, and other storm stories

WORTHINGTON — I used to know old folks even when I wasn’t one. The old folks I knew all seemed to have wonderful stories, and they told them in wonderful ways. I wish I could do as well.

Columns

Columnist: A valentine to women who served our country

Ann Johnson was (I believed) a striking woman. Ann was tall. They use that word, “statuesque.” She was Scandinavian without challenge. Blonde hair. October sky-blue eyes. Rosy cheeks.

Trick or treat - Nobles County has fair share of ghost stories

WORTHINGTON — Ruth Hein has been ailing lately. Every Wednesday through many years Ruth wrote a column of local history for the Daily Globe.