WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM, August 19, 1892: Please meet Godman and two little waifs afternoon train. It is an archaic word, that word “waif.” So I must page through my Webster’s New World Dictionary to ...
AS WE HURRY ACROSS the hilltop campus toward Cottage 11 at the former Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children, the raw wind slapping our cheeks, Silvan Durben advises us to ...
Harvey Ronglien knows not everyone has fond memories of the former Minnesota State School for orphans. That's why Ronglien, who lived at the school in Owatonna for 11 years, is careful not to step on ...