On This Day | December 7

It was an infamous day indeed. It was also a first, and proof that it's never too late to say "we screwed up." In Minot, we were building our first new hospital. And a local hunter had some wise advice, and we speculate may have inspired another famous rabbit hunter.

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On This Day | On the Habits of Deer

It is no great trick to hun deer. You want to go where there are deer, have the right gun, and shoot straight ... Mr. Parker is perhaps the most successful deer hunter in

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On This Day | Minot’s First New Hospital

The new hospital will be modern in every way and will be fitted by the county. This is what we have needed for sometime and the commissioners have don right. Minot is coming to

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On This Day | December 6

On this day, human decency took a big step, an tragic explosion took close to 2,000 lives, and the civil rights movement had a small victory in court. In Minot, property taxes. We had a bona fide transgender chicken living at the zoo, and a we were invited to get to know North Dakota. You can too if you follow the blue link below.

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On This Day | Know Your State

He is a wise man who, when the outlook is depressing, the road rough, and the hills steep, to pause and res awhile on the journey, take stock and count his blessings one by

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On This Day | The Hen That Crows

A year ago last summer this hen was the usual industrious fowl, performing her house wifely duties in an exemplary way and assisting in filling Mr. Schwede's egg basket with regularity. Early this spring,

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On This Day | Awaken Tax Payers!

Perhaps the City is now being operated as economically as possible. Perhaps we are paying for things which we have bought in the past which we might have managed to get along without. Perhaps

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On This Day | December 5

On this day we finally got smart on booze, London had reason to get smart on the environment, and Sony had a winner on its hands. In Minot, the icehouse burned, good citizens changed their shirts weekly, and folks in Towner were done waiting for the train.

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On This Day | A Good Citizen

He will measure twelve inches to a foot every way, weigh sixteen ounces to the pound, will bath and change his shirt every week anyway, will see that his wife does not have to

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On This Day | Largest Fire in Minot History

The new building was located about half a mile east of the Minot flour mill, and altho the firemen were called out, they were powerless to do anything to save the immense building. They

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On This Day | We’re Not Waiting Another Minute!

Two prominent Towner citizens yanked the conductor and brakeman from a freight train from a caboose in that city and gave them a severe beating because they refused to cut their train in tow

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On This Day | December 4

On this day we discovered a real-life ghost ship, a couple countries decided to get together, and a new reign was sweeping through fast food. In Minot, our editor knew a thing or two about healthy living, and Minot's new Normal School was proving itself as a heck of a value. It's still true today!

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On This Day | Higher Education Inflation!

The Independent understands that each girl will be charged $4.50 per week for room and board, which is regarded as a very moderate price.

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On This Day | The Four Dont’s Said Nothing About Tango

Don't sit in a draft. Don't sleep in warm rooms. Don't avoid fresh air. Don't stuff at meals. We may add another. Don't be afraid of exercise. Sweep, dust, saw wood, shovel coal, walk.

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On This Day | December 3

On this day doctors gave us a new heart, "Merry Christmas" was the first message sent, the world was figuring out what to do about climate change. Around Minot, the Bowbells basketball team had a legendary defense and our editor was wise to how important the small towns around Minot are to the larger economy.

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On This Day | We’re Better Together!

An empire in extent of county lines is not essential to Minot's prosperity. I do not put stress to the assertion that Minot in a small county having good will of the people in

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