News-Tribune, May 8, 1925
A Duluth man is advocating for the installation of ashtrays in automobiles after pleading guilty to a charge of throwing a lit cigarette out of his car while traveling on the North Shore, resulting in a $25 fine. The man says there is no convenient place to extinguish a cigarette while driving.
News-Tribune, May 8, 1955
William O. Hill, manager of special events for Dodge Bros. Corp., estimates that about 45,000 new cars would be shipped to Duluth this season to be distributed to northwest and north-central markets. The season's first shipment of cars has already arrived aboard the freighter James Watt.
News-Tribune, May 8, 1975
The Range Humane Society is fielding calls over a coatimundi, a long-nosed relative of the raccoon native to Central and South America, that is being kept in the pet department of the Gibson Discount Center in Hibbing. It had initially been kept in a container shorter than the animal's own length, but the enclosure has since been expanded. The coatimundi is marked as not for sale.
News Tribune, May 8, 2005
The Duluth City Council has scheduled a public hearing before voting on two issues: whether to ban deer feeding and whether to authorize an archery hunt within the city limits. The state DNR says the urban deer density is about 15 to 20 per square mile, similar to the average across Northeastern Minnesota.
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