On This Day | The Myth of Lincoln

... after Paul Bunyon Lincoln is rapidly becoming America's greatest myth ... folks who knew Abe personally down in Illinois pronounce him odd ... different in his mental processes from most of us ...

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On This Day | Missouri Project Largest on Record

The plan of the army engineers for Missouri river valley flood control will be the largest single engineering project ever attempted by man, Col. Lynn C Barnes, district engineer, U.S. Corps of Engineers St.

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On This Day | Friday, February 14th

On this day in 1929, the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre took place in Chicago, where seven members of Chicago’s North Side Gang were murdered by associates of Al Capone’s South Side Italian gang, marking a significant event in the violent gang wars of the Prohibition era. On this day in 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

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On This Day | A Hospitable Trade Mark

And Sam has another trade mark, too: the glass of beer he buys his client after every deal is settled. Sure, it's a friendly gesture ... but more than that, it reminds Sam's clients

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On This Day | Feeding the World

We're certainly doing our part!

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On This Day | Caw Caw Caw

The business of government is being shifted from bureau to bureau so fast that mere man hasn't a chance of keeping up with it...

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On This Day | Funding for a New Dam (and More)

The house of representatives on Friday voted an additional $3,000,000 for the construction of the Garrison dam, according to word received from Washington Friday by Governor Fred G. Aandahl.

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On This Day | Rail Quiz

The earliest tracks in the United States were built of wooden rails capped with thin strips, or "straps," of iron to provide a running surface for the wheels. These were called "Strap-rails."

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On This Day | Thursday, February 13th

On this day in 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face trial before the Inquisition for advocating the heliocentric model of the solar system, which contradicted the teachings of the Catholic Church. On this day in 1945, Allied forces began the bombing of Dresden, Germany, during World War II, resulting in widespread destruction and

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On This Day | Bridgeman Creameries

The extra price we pay for quality sweet cream will add materially to your income. Bring us your next can.

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On This Day | North Dakota’s Corporate Farming Law

Every reader can examine the law as it stands and the new proposal for himself and determine which is the best policy. He can do so in the light of what he knows from

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On This Day | Wednesday, February 12th

On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a group of activists, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells, to fight for civil rights and combat racial discrimination in the United States. On this day in 1924, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered at

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On This Day | Lincoln’s Voice

I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women. But I must say, that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise

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On This Day | Minot Stores Adopt War Time

In the span of 25 years war time or daylight saving, as it was originally called, has risen from a state of “disgust, deception and confusion”—so classified in Britain’s house of commons when it

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On This Day | Doing Their Part

The Lazarus brothers are most certainly doing their share in the conflict in which we are engaged. Two other sons of Mr. Lazarus had previously joined the army. They are Andy and Francis Lazarus.

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On This Day | More Heads Leads to More Bureaus

The president’s idea of streamlining war effort runs counter to all that business has learned in the past centuries. More heads are bound to come with more bureaus.

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