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On This Day | Before Vaccines? Quarintines

Officer Kimball was ordered to the home of Mr. McHenry in this city Saturday morning to quarantine the residence. Several members of the family have bad cases of small pox. There are quite a number of cases of small pox in the[...]

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On This Day | Before We Stared At Screens

Mark Nelson and a pugilist from Iowa named Kinney, gave a fifteen round sparring exhibition in the opera house, Friday night after the theater, a crowd of 200 attending. The spectators say they got their money’s worth, and the fighters did too.[...]

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On This Day | The Best Commuter

The dog, when he reaches the Grand Central station, bounds off the train and disappears in the crowd. In the evening he returns, and by watching for the Mount Vernon commuter, manages to find the train for that city. [...]Read More... from[...]

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On This Day | Starts for the Pole

The Gjoa is classed as being one of the strongest and best vessels of the arctic fleet. It has a crew of seven men, is fitted with an auxiliary petroleum engine, and is equipped for a four years’ stay in the arctic[...]

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On This Day | Local Leadership in League of Nations

Dear Mr. Colcord:— It is a long time since I first thought of writing to you and endeavoring to tell you and your readers, if you think they would be interested, of my experiences with, and view point of, the League of[...]

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On This Day | A Splendid New Attraction for Minot

The splendid new animal house has been completed in Riverside Park and it was opened to the public Sunday at 2 o’clock. It will be opened each day from 9 until 5 o’clock and on Tuesday and Sunday evenings from 7 to[...]

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On This Day | A Curious Piece of Naval History

Photograph of the new U. S. submarine S-48 standing on her bow near Bridgeport, Conn., with rescue tug standing by. The submarine sank during a trial trip and her crew, shifting ballast until she stood on end, escaped through the torpedo tubes.[...]

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On This Day | A Christmas Message

And so we say, may we all continue to display this unselfish spirit during the year to come — the spirit first shown by our Saviour, more than two thousand years ago. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Christmas Message

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On This Day | Courtesy is the Cheapest Commodity

"Courtesy" has been called one of the cheapest commodities in the world. It can be handed out at all times, and on every occasion, without the slightest loss to the dispenser. It ranks at the top of every successful business, and is[...]

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On This Day | Farmers Want Wives!

"If I can find a nice Chicago girl built kind of large," said P.G. Melby, who owns 7,000 acres at Hatton, and is a director of the Famers and Merchants National bank, "I'm certainly going home a wedded man." [...]Read More... from[...]

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On This Day | North Dakota Appreciation Week!

It means that 2,000,000 newspapers will be sent out of the state during the week, bearing the glad news of the state's natural resources and prosperity. It means that 100,000 essays on North Dakota will be written by the school children of[...]

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On This Day | Rebuilding Again

Carpio was visited by a disastrous fire at 4 o’clock last Thursday morning, the blaze starting in a shed at the rear of the building occupied by the Carpio Free Press. The fire spread quickly to the adjoining buildings, completely destroying Conrad[...]

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On This Day | News that Never Ages

Hair which is dark has a good deal of pigment in it and light hair has but little of that substance, which is secreted by the body. When the shade of a person’s hair begins to turn gray it means that the[...]

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On This Day | A Case for Color

If your motorcar was stolen, Mr. Motorist, could you describe it in such a way that the police could readily recognize it if they saw it? There are thousands of black cars and yellow cars, cars with nicks in them and cars[...]

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On This Day | A Christmas Toast That’s Relevant Again

To the day when wise, far-seeing, patriotic men representing these warring nations shall gather in council to negotiate and conclude a lasting and honorable peace that will guarantee true Democratic freedom of thought and action to all nations and all peoples; to[...]