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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On This Day | News Shorts from 1908

Bowbells defeated Columbus by a score of 5 to 0 in a game of basketball last week. No team has scored against Bowbells this yar. They shut out Kenmare by a score of 4

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On This Day | On Expanding Trade

The trade territory of a town is not all dependent upon the distance to neighboring trading points. The trade territory depends upon the enterprise of the merchants and the residents of the town. ...

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On This Day | Save a Starving Editor!

To save an editor from starvation, take his newspaper and pay him for it promptly. To save him from bankruptcy, advertise in his paper liberally. To save him from profanity, write your correspondence plainly

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On This Day | December 2

On this day an emperor ascended, America said "no more" to Europe, and Enrico Fermi really got something going. In Minot, we were not compromising when it came to public health, but we were optimistic about our future.

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On This Day | Minot Will Be The Largest City

We have no "knockers here. There is not a man, woman or child who will not stand up for the city. [...] Last but not least, the newspapers of Minot never let a chance

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