Former paperboy remembers time at Globe
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Dean Gustafson of Mercer holds a tape measure he received from the Daily Globe when he was a paperboy in high school and living in Hurley. It is marked "Ironwood Daily Globe Christmas 1957."
By LARRY HOLCOMBE
The Daily Globe's 100th anniversary special edition of Nov. 18 got Dean Gustafson of Mercer thinking about a memento of his youth.
He grew up in Hurley and was a paperboy for the Daily Globe for a few years including his freshman year in high school. That year for Christmas, the newspaper presented each of its carries with a six-foot tape measure. On Tuesday, Gustafson brought the tape measure to the Daily Globe's office, offering it to be put on display.
The two-inch square, shiny silver case with a white metal tape inside is marked "Ironwood...
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