Tag: On This Day

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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Minot at the present time is having a siege with two dreaded diseases, scarlet fever and small pox. In both instances, the diseases are not very severe, but in the mildest cases, they are

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The apple is the most democratic of all fruits ... It breathes the free spirit of the American township and village. It has a flavor of old New England and yet a pungency as

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On this day, Ukraine said "no" to Russia the first time. Henry Ford finally got the line moving, and less than 70 years ago Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting on a bus because she was black. In Minot, a local newspaper was unpacking the idea of electoral college reform.

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By far the most important reason for reform is to encourage the growth of a responsible two-party system in all the states. If Republican presidential votes counted for something in Alabama and Democratic presidential

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On this day football went International, a woman in Alabama had some cosmically bad luck, and gun manufacturers got a boost from a democrat. In Minot, a service club was getting really creative with a membership drive, and a columnist had the pulse of our current times way back when.

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The rapid transfer of news leaves something to be desired. Maybe it would not do to go back to the old slower times. But it would mean greater peace of mind and less unrest.

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They got a deodorized skunk, gave it to a member. When he signed up a new member, he passed the skunk on to another member. The plan was effective. The Jaycees got 40 new

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