Bygones: Duluth mayor's salary was $25,260 in 1976

Bygones: Duluth mayor's salary was $25,260 in 1976

News-Tribune, April 16, 1926 It cost Duluth's St. James Orphanage 75 cents a day to care for a child during 1925, according to a recent audit. An average of 130 children were cared for at a cost of $35,753. The children range from 2 to 15 years old. News-Tribune, April 16, 1956 A test net dropped on the bay side of Minnesota Point yielded 800 smelt, but fisheries officials believe the catch may have been a premature run. Another test net will be…