On This Day | Season of Slippery Sidewalks

The city street department sand-scattering truck got out about 11:30 a.m. and sanded down the intersections.

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On This Day | November 19

On this day Americans heard a President who spoke for us. An Arab leader spoke spoke to Israel. Ford killed a car. In Minot, our editor waxed wisdom. Cars were killing people but not to blame, and the doctors going to war were leaving us short.

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On This Day | Doctor Shortage

The war to date has taken 61 out of North Dakota's 460 physicians, leaving 399 to care for a total population of approximately 600,000. This means there is

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On This Day | Blame the Pedestrians

Pedestrians need to give more careful attention to traffic rules when walking on highways or crossing streets. Parents need to give more attention to where their children walk

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On This Day | Cawing About War and More

When a big North Dakota Democrat said he thought Representative Maas from Minnesota should be shot for expressing his opinion on the way the war is being run

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On This Day | November 18

On this day we left it to the railroads to figure out time zones, a mouse got our attention and didn't let go, Massachusetts recognized human rights. In Minot, the turkeys were ready, we were remember a hard winter, and we all had a job to do to support the war effort.

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On This Day | Get in Your Scrap

DO IT NOW! Your Nation Needs Scrap Metal!

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On This Day | Minot Turkeys Ready For Thankgiving11/18

Despite the fact that Minot poultry processors report a serious shortage of help in picking turkeys and chickens, several carloads of these dressed birds have been shipped to

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On This Day | The Winter of 42

The department wasn't organized for such a complete state coverage of snow that showed 80 inches in the Hebron-Richardton district, 60 inches at Stanley, Palermo, and Blaisedell and north to Kenmare, 70 inches south

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On This Day | November 17

On this day the Queen of an era ascended, trade got a faster route, and our President swore he wasn't a crook. In Minot, we were talking government reform. Gambling didn't pay -- most of the time, and we were happy to be done with an election.

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On This Day | Same Old Same Old and Something Different

"Something unusual and very rare in North Dakota occurred during the start of the snow storm a couple of weeks ago. Moisture in the dry bottoms of Oak

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On This Day | Clear the Air

"Of the 12,563,757 radio sets in the United States, with their estimated 50,186,494 listeners there is not an operator of a single, solitary one who will not be glad that this campaign of 1932

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On This Day | Gambling With Poor Odds

And so reduced to its simplest terms, the jackpot was found likely to pay one nickel for every ten invested.

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On This Day | Planning for the End of Prohibition

"An appeal is to be made to the next legislative assembly to repeal all state laws enacted in pursuance of the prohibition clause in the state constitution, repealed

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On This Day | Government Reform is On the Wind

"Petitions asking for a special election in Minot on the question of changing from the commission to the aldermanic form of government were filed with the city auditor a few days ago by O.

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On This Day | November 16

On this day, an empire fell. A dissident was born. Political activism of the 1960s got a nudge. In Minot, one of our sons was achieving elsewhere. A war widow was representing us during our christening, and our local editor was talking elections.

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