 But Charles Watson Townsend's 1936 "New York Times" obituary claimed that he was the inventor, and a controversy developed.A "St. Paul Pioneer Press" reporter read Townsend's obituary and realized that the "Times" had incorrectly attributed the invention to Townsend.Wanting to set the record straight, on May 23, 1936, the "Pioneer Press" ran a story about how the dessert was really invented at a Superior Street restaurant in Duluth in the 1880s, and indicated that the restaurant served ice cream with blueberry pie specifically.