Melvin Curtis Christianson, 71, of International Falls, Minn., died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at Knute Nelson Memorial Home, Alexandria, Minn. He was born April 13, 1937, in Manatoc Township in ...

Then there's the 1903 attribution to Senator Knute Nelson's appreciation of the soup — so who's to say? Either way, there are on-the-record interviews where some say the soup is a tad salty or t ...

Senator Knute Nelson exclaimed, "Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots." Henry Cabot Lodge declared that ...