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Bygones: 2005 Duluth art show promised chaos, overstimuation

A look back at local news from years past.

A man in a white shirt and an American flag bowtie wears an arrangement of wires on his shoulders.
Duluth artist Jim Richardson wears his "UFO Hunting" device, which he constructed out of copper.
Amirali Raissnia / 1999 file / Duluth Media Group

News-Tribune, Feb. 3, 1925

For the second time in three days, the Douglas County clerk has paid out a bounty for a wolf killed within the Superior city limits. One of the animals was killed in the Allouez area, and the other in Itasca.

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News-Tribune, Feb. 3, 1955

A move by legislators to increase and equalize pension benefits of Duluth policemen and firefighters fell apart for the second time. Lawmakers disagreed over two plans that would cost the city a difference of about $6,000.

News-Tribune, Feb. 3, 1975

Lester Park Golf Course was the site for the start and finish of a snowmobile marathon to benefit the March of Dimes. Riders went over a 40-mile course in about four hours after soliciting donations from individuals and businesses, contingent on finishing the race.

News Tribune, Feb. 3, 2005

Duluthians Jim and Allen Richardson this weekend will stage the "Free Republic of Duluth Cultural Exhibition, Presidential Debate and Election" at Washington Studios, an intentionally chaotic, satirical response to politics that extols "creative Duluth." Food will be served on top of a man covered in Saran Wrap, and various puppeteers, musicians, artists and clowns will add to the overstimulation.

Barrett Chase has been web editor for the News Tribune since 2015. You can email him at bchase@duluthnews.com or call him at 218-723-5310.
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