Bygones: Duluth’s Maurices tested online shopping terminal in 1984

News-Tribune, Nov. 21, 1924

After consolidating with The Wisconsin Sunday Times, the News-Tribune will begin publishing 10 pages of comics every Sunday, including “Barney Google,” “Reg’lar Fellers,” “Uncle Wiggly,” “Bringing Up Father,” and more.

News-Tribune, Nov. 21, 1954

Five hunters met violent deaths yesterday as deer season opened in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. The deaths include an 18-year-old Duluth man accidentally shot while hunting on Spirit Island in the St. Louis River. Meanwhile, Carlton County authorities are searching for a man reported lost in the Holyoke area.

News-Tribune & Herald, Nov. 21, 1984

A computer terminal known as the Shopping Machine at

Maurice’s

in downtown Duluth allows people to purchase anything from a Maine lobster to a Macintosh computer and have it delivered. It is one of 12 being tested nationwide by Comp-U-Card International and may offer a peek into what shopping will be like in the future.

News Tribune, Nov. 21, 2004

This year’s firearms deer season will be one of the most successful on record, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials said. Using preliminary data, the 2004 harvest is down about 8% compared with 2003, the highest harvest on record. It may exceed 2002, when 197,000 deer were registered.

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.