If there is anything in your town worth talking about 10 chances to one your own newspaper had a hand in putting it there. If anybody beyond the walls of your burg ever learns that there is such a place as Three[...]
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On This Day | A Fiery Tradition
The two large elevators of the Minot Flour Mill were completely destroyed by fire which broke out at six o’clock Saturday morning. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Fiery Tradition
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On This Day | Celebrating a New School with World Class Talent
Supt. L. A. White of the City Schools announces the good fortune of the schools and those interested in the opening of the new auditorium on Wednesday, January eighth, in the securing of Maggie Teyte, the great New York soprano, as successor[...]
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On This Day | Counting Only the Votes Cast
Ever since the canvassing board declared the amendments passed, on the strength of an opinion signed by Attorney General Langer, who held that the clause in the constitution required that an initiated amendment to pass must have “a majority of all the[...]
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On This Day | Hard Days for Restaurants
Some of the restaurants in order to catch up have closed for a day or for several days. A number of restaurants that formerly kept open all night, frequently close down at an early hour. Many of them do not open at[...]
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On This Day | The Over Seas Letter
Christmas packages haven't arrived. I don't know whether the mail service is just holding them up until Christmas or what. It will be fun to see what is in them. I wish I could send some pictures thru but they are taboo.[...]
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Listen: Building Community Power Starts With Cultural Infrastructure
When neighborhoods start losing their character—when longtime residents get pushed out and familiar gathering places disappear—the usual response is to fight back with policy. But what if the real power lies somewhere else entirely? A national learning lab backed by The Kresge[...]
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On This Day | Tin Can Tourists Convene
This "log cabin on wheels" is one of the unique travel homes seen in the new tourist camp at Tampa, Fla, where the Tin Can Tourists of America, a trailer camping organization founded in 1919 opens its annual convention Monday, Jan 16.[...]
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On This Day | North Dakota on the Cutting Edge of Crime Detection
There are at present only 18 polygraphs in the United States, 12 owned by the federal government. They were invented by Prof. Keeler and are manufactured in Oakland, California. North Dakota, Kansas, and California are the only states West of Chicago owning[...]
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On This Day | When We Didn’t Need National Pundits
And the power jag, like Herr Hitler is on. That is the one that leaves a real headache. The trouble is that the rest of the Germans will have the headache and Adolph will be the martyr. [...]Read More... from On This[...]
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‘Digital Detox’ Is a Trick. Here’s How to Actually Switch Off.
Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right.[...]
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This Rural County Is Taking Notes From Iceland’s Drug Prevention Model
Estill County, Kentucky, had the highest overdose death rate in the state in 2021. It’s since dropped to fifth—still grim, but heading in the right direction. What’s changing? A combination of harm reduction and a prevention model borrowed from Iceland, focused less[...]
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Dakota Gardener: The days are getting longer
It’s been a tough winter on my spruce trees, and we’re only in December! The heavy snow and high winds have pulled a lot of needles and smaller twigs from the trees. It doesn’t help that, when I clear the driveway with[...]
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Prairie Fare: Food allergies and gluten safety — What every cook should know
“Let’s move the flour to the basement pantry,” I said to my husband. Since one of our family members has celiac disease, food storage and preparation are special safety considerations. My husband has been a grain miller in the food industry, and[...]
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On This Day | Looking Forward to 1934
It is interesting and important to learn what folks are thinking about. It is heartening to feel and to know that after all they have gone through during this long period, the American people have shown few signs of bitterness, but on[...]
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On This Day | Getting the Mail Through
After his gasoline had given out, Underdahl, after trying to shovel his car out of a snow drift, walked to the Oen farm, his strength being nearly exhausted when he arrived there. His car had stalled in drifts several times that day[...]