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ROOFERS DISCOVER HISTORY

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May 3, 2015 at 8:04 p.m.

A Brooklyn Park roofing company uncovered a piece of hidden history.

Earlier in April, Storm Group Roofing worked on a home in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis; the home was built in 1921.

"We've done a lot of old houses. Usually they don't have any insulation," said DmitryLipinskiy, owner of Storm Group Roofing.

While working on the home, roofing contractors recovered and saved over 250 pounds of newspapers found inside the attic.

Multi-Cell Sales Corporation, a Minneapolis manufacturing company, stitched the newspapers together and installed it in homes as insulation.

The newspapers printed by The Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Minneapolis Star, are dated between 1920-1930.

"You're talking about a newspaper from 1929 and then you see them, and they're just perfectly preserved," said Craig Koterba, sales manager for Storm Group Roofing.

Lipinskiy added, "I went to university for couple years to study history... I just couldn't pass it on."

A majority of the newspapers saved are from the late 20s to early 30s. Articles mention prohibition in the Twin Cities and the start of the Great Depression.

"I mean, 85-years-old and you can just look through them like a normal paper. That's the cool thing, I think," Koterba said.

The homeowner has saved some of the pages. Staff at Storm Group Roofing have also taken some of the newspapers and are housing the remaining papers at the company's warehouse.

Lipinskiy is hoping the rest can be donated to a museum or historical society.

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