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On This Day | Timeless Editorials

If there is anything in your town worth talking about 10 chances to one your own newspaper had a hand in putting it there. If anybody beyond the walls of your burg ever learns that there is such a place as Three[...]

Curio |

On This Day | A Fiery Tradition

The two large elevators of the Minot Flour Mill were completely destroyed by fire which broke out at six o’clock Saturday morning. [...]Read More... from On This Day | A Fiery Tradition

Curio |

On This Day | Counting Only the Votes Cast

Ever since the canvassing board declared the amendments passed, on the strength of an opinion signed by Attorney General Langer, who held that the clause in the constitution required that an initiated amendment to pass must have “a majority of all the[...]

Curio |

On This Day | Hard Days for Restaurants

Some of the restaurants in order to catch up have closed for a day or for several days. A number of restaurants that formerly kept open all night, frequently close down at an early hour. Many of them do not open at[...]

Curio |

On This Day | The Over Seas Letter

Christmas packages haven't arrived. I don't know whether the mail service is just holding them up until Christmas or what. It will be fun to see what is in them. I wish I could send some pictures thru but they are taboo.[...]

Curio |

On This Day | Tin Can Tourists Convene

This "log cabin on wheels" is one of the unique travel homes seen in the new tourist camp at Tampa, Fla, where the Tin Can Tourists of America, a trailer camping organization founded in 1919 opens its annual convention Monday, Jan 16.[...]

Curio |

On This Day | When We Didn’t Need National Pundits

And the power jag, like Herr Hitler is on. That is the one that leaves a real headache. The trouble is that the rest of the Germans will have the headache and Adolph will be the martyr. [...]Read More... from On This[...]

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What to Watch in Minot’s 2026 Legislative Races

2026 will be an important election year for the city of Minot. This column will not address the mayoral race because it is supposed to be a nonpartisan race. The jury is out on whether or not nonpartisanship will be fact or[...]

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The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance | WIRED

The dollar isn’t going to collapse in 2026. But it might start to matter less. Countries are building alternatives—new payment systems, digital currencies, trade deals that bypass the greenback entirely. China’s cross-border system now handles more than half of its trade. Central[...]

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Zelensky set to meet Trump in Florida to discuss peace proposal to end Russia’s war (LIVE)

Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Florida Saturday evening for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump—one his own delegation says they’re approaching ready for “all scenarios.” On the table: security guarantees, economic cooperation, and a revised 20-point peace framework that Zelensky says is 90[...]

Curio |

‘Digital Detox’ Is a Trick. Here’s How to Actually Switch Off.

Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right.[...]