Today in Minot | Dec 16, 2024

Today is Monday, December 16th. The sun will rise on the 86th day of fall, and the 351st day of the year at 8:30 AM. We will see 8 hours 21 minutes of daylight before it sets at 4:51 PM. See What's Happening Today in Minot! #SupportLocalMedia #SavorMinot

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On This Day | December 16

On this day, Boston was swimming with tea. The earth quaked in Missouri, and the Germans made one final push. Locally, we were touting monorails, rollerskating wasn't good for women, and the Swedes were suffering from outmigration.

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On This Day | Monorail Monorail Monorail!

The car used was forty feet long, ten feet wide and thirteen feet high. It is said that such a car can easily travel 100 miles an hour in comparative safety.

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On This Day | Alarmed by Outmigration

Sweden is becoming greatly alarmed over the emigration of her sons and an effort is being made to make conditions such they they will not want to leave the old country.

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On This Day | Local Spending Comes Back Again

... had always gotten satisfactory work at satisfactory princes in Minot and desire to continue to give the local pinteries their work, realizing that a dollar spent here for printing would more than likely

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On This Day | Female Skaters Beware!

According to the Scientific American, roller skating has a serious effect on our young people, noticeably upon girls. It has been demonstrated that one of the effects of roller skates is to make flat

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On This Day | Minot’s First Church Turns 25!

Perhaps Erik R. Ramstad's house on the present site of the Great Northern Round house and Peter Ramstad's house just east of present city limits were the one most frequently used as meeting places.

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The best science images of 2024!

Take a moment to explore a wonderous world exposed through moments of photographic brilliance. The full story is freely accessible through Nature.com at the link below.

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Today in Minot | Dec 15, 2024

Today is Sunday, December 15th. The sun will rise on the 85th day of fall, and the 350th day of the year at 8:30 AM. We will see 8 hours 21 minutes of daylight before it sets at 4:51 PM. See What's Happening Today in Minot! #SupportLocalMedia #SavorMinot

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On This Day | December 15

On this day, we got our rights. They later led to a movie that that isn't "Gone" at all. It was a good day for towers. In Minot, we were proud of helping new citizens, we were instructed on how to run whiskey, we supported a role for government in developing new industry.

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On This Day | Pride in Educating New Citizens

The night schools everywhere are doing great good. Foreigners are given an opportunity to learn to read and write. With night schools held about the state, it will be but a short time until

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On This Day | A Prescient Position On Many Levels

Our own state has carried on extensive experiments and the government has carried out the work of experimentation to a considerable extent. The Independent believes that the government should bear the cost of these

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On This Day | How to Run Whiskey

Frequently they trade stolen cars for whiskey, sometimes that turn over American money and frequently issue bad checks. Joe's partners lost $20,000.00 worth of whiskey through poor checks.

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People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. What’s their secret?

As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, winter often feels like a season of hibernation. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? Researcher Kari Leibowitz ventured into the depths of the world’s most frigid winters, not just to survive the cold and darkness, but to discover how people actually

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Today in Minot | Dec 14, 2024

Today is Saturday, December 14th. The sun will rise on the 84th day of fall, and the 349th day of the year at 6:00 PM. We will see of daylight before it sets at 6:00 PM. See What's Happening Today in Minot! #SupportLocalMedia #SavorMinot

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Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why it endures

It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched into traditions across generations like decorating the tree or sipping hot cocoa. But this beloved TV special almost didn’t make it to air. CBS executives thought the 25-minute program was too slow, too serious

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