the grandest thing the government could do for the people this Christmas is to quit piddling with things the people can take care of for themselves and get back to the business of governing [...]Read More... from On This Day | All[...]
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On This Day | Milk Market Meddling Draws Comment
To break up the dairy herds and go back to total dependence on wheat farming would be a major disaster to farming in this country. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Milk Market Meddling Draws Comment
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On This Day | Once More Dear Home
…I with rapture behold thee.” What better words could be chosen to express the happiness of American servicemen who are home this Christmas than the opening lines of the Pilgrims’ Chorus? With hundreds of [...]Read More... from On This Day | Once[...]
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On This Day | The Dam Money Comes With a Cap
Upon hearing of the limit being placed on the height of the dam, North Dakota’s water commission objected stating that the state’s entire water conservation program will be in danger should the amendment be [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Liquor License Limits Appear
The city council of Minot at its December meeting held Monday evening passed an amendment to the Minot liquor ordinance, increasing from 15 to 18 the number of retail liquor licenses issued by the [...]Read More... from On This Day | Liquor[...]
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On This Day | Around the State in 1940
THE TOWNER PRESS IS AUTHORITY for the statement that John Ellingson of that city discovered a dandelion in full bloom along a sidewalk in that city on November 18, a week after the big [...]Read More... from On This Day | Around[...]
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On This Day | One of North Dakota’s First?
Mr. La Trail was born in Walhalla, N.D., when this state was all vast wilderness, and he had fought Indians, and hunted bears and buffalo on the plains. [...]Read More... from On This Day | One of North Dakota’s First?
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On This Day | Meeting Demand and The American Genius
It may take us till 1942 to get building enough airplanes to satisfy the demand but our experience has been that demand is a great challenge to American genius. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Meeting Demand and The American Genius
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On This Day | The UND Student Body
Grand Forks, Dec. 4 — Students from 52 of North Dakota’s 53 counties are attending the University of North Dakota this fall, according to R. O. Wilson, UND registrar. Ward county is represented by [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | Local Dairy Thriving
Washington, Nov. 29. — Creameries in North Dakota produced 50,708,000 pounds of butter last year, the agricultural marketing service said in its preliminary report on 1939 dairy manufacturers. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Local Dairy Thriving
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On This Day | What Roamed Long Before Us
Washington, D. C. — A rhinoceros skull 28 inches long and the skull of a huge pig that when alive measured fully eight feet from snout to tail are among trophies bagged recently by [...]Read More... from On This Day | What[...]
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On This Day | Bread Wins Wars
While the United States is amply supplied with food and can easily provide sustenance for an army of millions, there is much malnutrition in this country, according to the writer. One way in which [...]Read More... from On This Day | Bread[...]
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Getting Set For Spear Fishing Season
What makes darkhouse spearfishing stand out from other types of fishing — especially in the winter? Is it more challenging? Absolutely. Does it bring a unique kind of success and satisfaction? No doubt about it. Fishing in winter already comes with its[...]
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On This Day | The Wrong Kind of Hunting
A Minot man, Dr. Palmer Wood, member of a party of three Minot hunters who made their headquarters in Willow City, shot his deer on the Lower Souris game reserve the first day of [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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On This Day | A War on Waste
WAR ON WASTE IS AID FOR DEFENSE. IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THIS: EVERYBODY WHO PREVENTS A FIRE — EVERYBODY WHO PREVENTS OR AVOIDS AN ACCIDENT — EVERYBODY WHO CONSERVES OR PRESERVES — IS DOING [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | Death in a Jar
A dramatic six-day battle to save the life of Anton Weigel ended in failure early Sunday when the victim died. A son, Eddie, 20, remains in a serious condition. The iron lung rushed from [...]Read More... from On This Day | Death[...]