On This Day | The Patient Plugger

He will listen to another who has everything to teach and he never wearies working for a cause. He may take a little longer with the task he has to do than the genius

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On This Day | The Original Seven Eleven

The old landmark is to be carefully taken down, the logs carefully tagged, and reconstructed on the grounds of the Country club, near the seventh green, in plain sight of the highway. It will

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On This Day | Going Gracefully

The unanimous decision of the North Dakota supreme court in denying the right of Thomas H. Moodie to hold the exalted office of governor of North Dakota for constitutional reasons, has been accepted by

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On This Day | The Governor Carousel

After being harassed since taking office by legal actions and threats of impeachment -- to which end the North Dakota house had voted action -- Governor Thomas H. Moodie was finally disqualified Saturday afternoon

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On This Day | Thursday, February 6th

On this day in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs in New Zealand, establishing British sovereignty over the islands and laying the foundation for modern New Zealand. On this day in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom following

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On This Day | Determined to Sled

A little three-year old boy, who can scarcely talk, hiked from his home on Second avenue Southeast Tuesday forenoon and his mother notified police. An hour or so later, the little fellow was seen

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On This Day | All The Local Happenings

The Season's Greatest CLOSE-OUT of Latest Winter SHOES

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On This Day | Fight Against Illiteracy

North Dakota may be well proud of the progress which it has made in the fight against illiteracy. As a result of the campaign which has been conducted in the state during the last

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On This Day | The First Back-to-the-Farm Movement

Young men, who have held good jobs in factories and elsewhere in the east for several years, are returning to North Dakota this spring, to try the more independent life out on the farm.

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On This Day | Traces of the First Settlers

In his pasture, Mr. Llewellyn found several Indian war axes. He found a number of rainbow shaped green patches which indicated that on these spots the Indians tanned the hides of buffalo and other

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On This Day | Checks for Gas With Lit Match

Halvor E. Rostad was quite badly burned Monday morning. While draining some gas out of a car he struck a match. The gasoline was ignited.

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On This Day | Wednesday, February 5th

On this day in 1917, the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917, also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, which imposed literacy tests on immigrants and barred immigration from much of Asia, reflecting the era’s nativist sentiments. On this day in 1958, a hydrogen bomb was lost off the coast of

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On This Day | Sisters of St. Francis

Olson & Orheim, Minot contractors, have been awarded the contract to build a convent in Minot for the Siters of St. Francis. The structure will cost $30,000 exclusive of the cost of the lot,

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On This Day | Poisoned Peas Kill Twelve at Grafton

IT was not until nearly 48 hours after the party that the poison's fatal effects became apparent. Then, one by one, afflicted members of the gathering, were stricken, the first fatalities occurring Saturday night.

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On This Day | Coloring the Story

The little boy, who later was to commit the most atrocious crime in the annals of North Dakota, played about he Hestikind farm yard. Mrs. Hestikind recalls that he played with the corn cobs

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On This Day | The Lynching

James F. Bannon, 54, who saw his son, Charles Bannon, 22, taken by a mob from the county jail at McKenzie county, early last Thursday morning, to be lynched, was brot to the Ward

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