Newspaper article and headline published after Kid Cann’s 1936 acquittal

Newspaper article and headline published after Kid Cann’s 1936 acquittal

Minneapolis Tribune headline and article reporting on the acquittal of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) in the murder of Walter W. Liggett, February 19, 1936.

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers printed in the Minneapolis Tribune

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ry-Krisp workers printed in the Minneapolis Tribune, February 13, 1949.

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing

Newspaper coverage of Lydia B. Angier’s 1896 commitment hearing: “Will Be Cared For,” St. Paul Globe, November 14, 1896, page 8, col. 4.

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Newspaper headline and article announcing Kid Cann’s 1960 conviction

Headline and article in the Minneapolis Star (February 23, 1960) reporting on the conviction in the Minneapolis Federal District Court of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) for participation in a sex trafficking racket.

Newspaper headline announcing Kid Cann’s 1934 conviction

Newspaper headline announcing Kid Cann’s 1934 conviction

Front page headline and article from the Minneapolis Star (March 13, 1934) reporting on the conviction of Isadore Blumenfeld (Kid Cann) and sentencing to the workhouse for his participation in an illegal alcohol syndicate.

Black and white photograph of a National Farmers Organization checkpoint in Clontarf,1964.

NFO checkpoint in Clontarf

Photograph of a a National Farmers Organization checkpoint in Clontarf printed in the Benson Swift County News on August 25, 1964. The original caption included with the photograph reads, “A photo of an NFO checkpoint at the highway 9 curve in Clontarf. Checkpoints and picketing posts are spotted along major highways in this area and wherever the NFO meat withholding action is in force. Manning the checkpoint were Wesley Benham (left) and Walter Gades.” Image is from the Benson Swift County News (vol. LXXI), August 25, 1964.

Black and white photograph of NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck out to milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.

NFO farmers and creamery employees

NFO farmers and creamery employees ride a bulk truck to a milk dumping site on the Martin Lampi farm near Annandale on March 7, 1963.

Black and white photograph of a crowd of more than a thousand people gathered on March 7, 1963, in front of the Albion French Lake Creamery.

NFO meeting

A crowd of more than a thousand people gathered on March 7, 1963, in front of the Albion French Lake Creamery, five miles southwest of Annandale, to listen to NFO (National Farm Organization) president Oren Lee Staley express gratitude to supporters and warn of a fight against those who did not support the NFO.

Black and white photograph of milk is dumped ankle deep from a 1,500-gallon bulk NFO truck on the Martin Lampi farm field near Annandale, March 7, 1963.

NFO milk-dumping action in Annandale

Milk is dumped ankle deep from a 1,500-gallon bulk NFO truck on the Martin Lampi farm field near Annandale, March 7, 1963.

NFO representatives at a press conference held on October 16, 1963.

NFO press conference in Melrose

At a press conference held on October 16, 1963, at Melrose High School, Oren Lee Staley, NFO president; Msgr. E.W. O’Rourke, director of Catholic Rural Life Conference; Rev.Arnold Salchert, Mankato; and Andrew Francis Julig, pastor of St. Mary’s parish, Melrose (left to right) answered questions before a rally supporting organizing farmers in order to compete in the marketplace.

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