On This Day | December 21

On this day pilgrims ran aground in Massachusetts, Marie Curie discovered something that later made her sick, and a newspaper began playing around with words. In Minot, local farmers participated in the first episode of the The Bachelor, being decent was still free, and we were gearing up for a little self love.

Read & Share  

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

Read & Share  

On This Day | Harsh Words For Inflation (And Those Who Contribute to it)

Like the proverbial worm that turns when it is trodden upon, the public unable to any longer endure the extortions of trusts, combinations and conspiracies, is turning against the excessively high price of living

Read & Share  

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

Read & Share  

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

Read & Share  

Subscribe to Today in Minot!

It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.

On This Day | December 20

On this day, we closed a pretty big real estate deal, Lewis & Clark got the commission, South Carolina said slavery over country, and Elvis got drafted. In Minot, the sacrifice of war was being romanticized, we were encouraged to live life fully by trying new foods, Vaudeville was on stage, and prohibition was coming.

Read & Share  

On This Day | Prohibition is Coming!

Nation-wide prohibition won in the house of representatives 282 to 128. The margin for prohibition was just 8 votes more than necessary two-thirds.

Read & Share  

On This Day | Try New Foods!

Be willing to try new foods. Certain plentiful and nourishing foods widely used and enjoyed in one section are practically unknown in other sections of the country. Learn to know all the good things,

Read & Share  

On This Day | Vaudeville Thursday

Vaudeville Thursday! @Hip O Drome

Read & Share  

On This Day | Minot Markets

Wheat _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _$2.05

Read & Share  

On This Day | Prohibition is Coming!

Nation-wide prohibition won in the house of representatives 282 to 128. The margin for prohibition was just 8 votes more than necessary two-thirds.

Read & Share  

Subscribe to Today in Minot!

It's the free, easy way to stay informed about what's happening in Minot, and it helps support independent local news and journalism.

On This Day | An Honest Mistake

There is a story in connection with a certain paper which tells how it referred to two learned gentlemen as "bibulous old flies" instead of "bibliophiles."

Read & Share  

On This Day | Romance of War

On day he squared his shoulders. One day she set her lips tightly. Then the both felt the force of the war coming on, for he was called. Then both of these young folks

Read & Share  

On This Day | December 19

On this day, George Washington and his troops were suffering for their desired independence, a Christmas classic was first published, and we left the moon for the last time, so far. In Minot, we were drilling for oil and had hit 1350 feet, we won the war by being better at food, and a the Spanish flu was proving difficult to figure.

Read & Share  

On This Day | A Strange Flu

In several cities where the disease had subsided, the epidemic broke out shortly after the reopening of the public institutions, but it is hoped that the disease has been so checked in Minot, there

Read & Share  

On This Day | Well Drilled to 1300 Feet

The drillers are down 1350 feet in the well of the Des Lacs Western oil well near Lone Tree. They have struck something as hard as flint and drilled only ten feet from Friday

Read & Share