We wonder whether the time will ever come when the city of Minot will have a city minister. The city now has a manager, a police chief, a street engineer, a city engineer, a [...]Read More... from On This Day | Calling[...]
Category: Curio
On This Day | The Brains Behind Operating Reservoir and Other Dam News
Intelligent planning and scheduling of water releases to accomplish these results requires long-range planning as well as day-by-day decisions on details of operations. Because of the voluminous mass of data which go into these [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
On This Day | How to Divide Equally
There were five of us kids in the family, and when we divided anything into portions, the one who cut it up into portions, was the last to make his choice. In this way [...]Read More... from On This Day | How[...]
On This Day | Laying Down the Law on Parking
There is no cut and dried plan which will work to the benefit of everyone, and is acceptable in every city. Each city has its own peculiarity in design or layout of streets, alleys [...]Read More... from On This Day | Laying[...]
On This Day | Wolves on the Prairie and Other Dangerous Things
Gossip. Letting the chat out of the bag. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Wolves on the Prairie and Other Dangerous Things
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On This Day | The Politician That Got the Editor
Then he goes on to smear the individuals, one by one, so that it is perfectly plain to his friendly audience that he does not really think anything of the Republicans and doesn't stand [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
On This Day | An Unpopular Plan
City Manager R. B. Riddle Friday recommended to the police and fire committees of the Minot city council that the police department and fire department of the city be merged into one public safety [...]Read More... from On This Day | An[...]
On This Day | The Empty Prairie Empties School Houses
To those interested in the stability of the agricultural economy of North Dakota and the rural community of Ward county and North Dakota, these statistics bear heavily on the kernel of the problem. Several [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
On This Day | Harassing High Third
District court jury term opened in Minot Monday with the first case on the docket being a civil case in which the state sued to enjoin Mrs. Mary Jackson to close the Parrot Inn [...]Read More... from On This Day | Harassing[...]
What Nordic people do to cope with the winter blues
As daylight fades and winter stretches on, the Nordic countries offer lessons in how to stay grounded when the season feels long. Experts across Norway, Sweden, and Finland say the key is structure—protecting sleep rhythms, staying connected socially, and keeping movement part[...]
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On This Day | Activist Local Media Continued
Just now we are spending time and money in an attempt to redistrict Ward county . . . 60% of the people in the county have 20% of the representation on the county board [...]Read More... from On This Day | Activist[...]
On This Day | DDT Kills Everything
Sad note from a Neighboring paper, "DDT Kills other insects which have similar brooding places." [...]Read More... from On This Day | DDT Kills Everything
On This Day | Activist Local Media and Government By the People
There is no group effort behind the circulation of these petitions that are now being signed. The Independent feels that it is among its duties as a servant of the public, when others do [...]Read More... from On This Day | Activist[...]
On This Day | Liquor License News Continues
Minot aldermen Monday night denied the application of William Pfaffengut for licenses to sell beer and operate a dance hall. Twice the aldermen have taken Pfaffengut’s liquor license away from him and they are [...]Read More... from On This Day | Liquor[...]
Sinking speedboats with a supercarrier: the lopsided cost of Operation Southern Spear
The United States is waging an unusually one-sided campaign in the Caribbean, and the numbers are staggering. Operation Southern Spear has sunk boats tied to drug-smuggling networks, but at a cost that dwarfs the value of the targets themselves. Billions in naval[...]
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On This Day | City Business Results in Throwing “Dead Cats”
He said Minot is doing the right thing by putting in a complete plant and Layne hopes to bid on selling Minot part of the machinery therefor and continue to drill wells for the [...]Read More... from On This Day | City[...]