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• Did a Northfield studio capture this 1903 "adding machine champion"?

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📰 News we're reading

• One of my ancestors was an "adding machine champion" (blogspot.com) — A local family history blogger shares a 1903 studio portrait likely taken in Northfield or nearby Faribault, tying the image to relatives who once studied at St. Olaf and worked in Minneapolis banks. The story reflects on an ancestor's unusual "adding machine champion" title and how those skills may have trickled down to today's long-running blog.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Faribault

• MN PRAIRIE ROOTS: Murals celebrate cultural diversity in rural Minnesota (southernminn.com)
• CUP denied for Cannabis Microbusiness (faribaultcountyregister.com)
• Master Gardener program at Buckham Memorial Library (southernminn.com)

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