On this day, Teddy's war ended. The Swede's cornered the market on the whole "prize" thing, and a young United Nations was weighing in on fundamental human rights. In Minot, pool players were being persecuted by the police, we were building a[...]
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On This Day | Anne Street Bridge Approved
An ordinance providing for an overhead viaduct from the south end of Anne street over and across the right of way, tracks, and station grounds of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railway company, [...]Read More... from On This Day | Anne[...]
On This Day | Petty Crime Was Rampant
A couple of traveling men who playing pool at one of the local pool halls, for 25 cents a game, were placed under arrest by the ever vigilant police. They secured the service of [...]Read More... from On This Day | Petty[...]
On This Day | Chickens Gone Home to Roost
You may take the world as it comes and goes, And you will be sure to find that Fate will square the account she owes, Whoever comes out behind; And all things bad that [...]Read More... from On This Day | Chickens[...]
On This Day | Where We Came From
Let a consumptive drink from a cup, and nine chances out of ten, he will leave some of the deadly germs lurking in that cup. A healthy person drinking from the cup may or [...]Read More... from On This Day | Where[...]
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On This Day | The Woke Media
She was a citizen and entitled to equal protection of the laws and to deal with trade on equal terms with anyone else, and yet she finds that because of her color she is [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
Today in Minot | Dec 9, 2024
Today is Monday, December 9th. The sun will rise on the 79th day of fall, and the 344th day of the year at 8:24 AM. We will see 8 hours 26 minutes of daylight before it sets at 4:50 PM. See What's[...]
On This Day | December 9
On this day the French followed our lead and put the church and state in different places, a spy's chickens came home to roost, and Charlie Brown had a holiday party on T.V. In Minot, our local newspaper was growing, we were[...]
On This Day | How About a Spelling Bee?
Arrangements have been completed for a series of old-fashioned spelling bees, to be inaugurated in the direct schools all over the state under he auspices of the department of education and it is proposed [...]Read More... from On This Day | How[...]
On This Day | A Growing Newspaper Business
The press will permit us to print a much larger paper and the increase in circulation made it necessary for us to go to this additional expenditure in equipment. The press is a No. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A[...]
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On This Day | Correcting a Mistake
Mr. Tracy is to be congratulated upon using his good judgment in coming back to our state, and in acknowledging his error. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Correcting a Mistake
On This Day | Before Rinos
We'd like to know the difference between an Insurgent and a Stalwart Republican as applied to North Dakota politics. It is will known fact that the average politician would not hesitate in climbing on [...]Read More... from On This Day | Before[...]
On This Day | A Gambling Crack Down
At the order of President LeSeur, all slot machines of whatsoever nature were ordered out of all places of business Tuesday afternoon. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Gambling Crack Down
VIDEO: The Last Viking Mystery: How Leifur Eriksson Found and Lost America
Did the Vikings really beat Columbus to North America? Dive into this mystery with historians Valur Gunnarsson and Jón Trausti Sigurðarson, hosts of The Reykjavík Grapevine’s series “The Last Viking Mystery.” In Episode 2, they unravel the tale of Vinland and the[...]
What Happens When ‘Play’ Is Left Out of the School Curriculum
Sometimes, the best lessons aren’t in the plan. When two birds turned a high school classroom into an impromptu aviary, the chaos seemed like just another exhausting day. But the unstructured time that followed—a break from the grind of curriculum—revealed something profound.[...]
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Today in Minot | Dec 8, 2024
Today is Sunday, December 8th. The sun will rise on the 78th day of fall, and the 343rd day of the year at 8:23 AM. We will see 8 hours 28 minutes of daylight before it sets at 4:51 PM. See What's[...]