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The year was 1918, and the United States was heavily involved in the Great War -- World War One. To feed soldiers overseas, federal and state governments set limitations on the amount of certain foods Americans could eat at home. For example, North Dakotans had meatless Tuesdays. However, on this date, North Dakota’s food administrator Dr. E. F. Ladd changed that by announcing that all restrictions on meat would be lifted for 30 days.

This Datebook is darker than usual, but history is not always a happy story. So, a warning: The topic of this Dakota Datebook could be distressing for some listeners. On September 13, 1993, a woman named Sarah was raped in her condominium in Boulder, Colorado. The complex was called Tantra Lake. She managed to call 911 that night and get a full sexual assault examination. Sadly, it would take 11 years to find her assailant and in that time, he would go on to rape four other women at the Tantra Lake complex between 1993 and 1998. He became known as the “Tantra Rapist.”

It’s a small town with a big art show. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Hawley Art Show is coming back April 7. Brandi Malarkey visits with Rodney Haug, one of the volunteers on the Hawley Art Show committee. The FM Arts series is funded in part by The Arts Partnership, with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

Thursday, March 24, 2022 – Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Eli Saslow, author of Rising Out of Hatred, is coming to Fargo in May and Humanities ND is looking for help for the event. We learn about what it takes to be a table facilitator with Sue Skalicky, program coordinator for Humanities ND. ~~~ Biologist Chuck Lura has a Natural North Dakota essay, Enjoy Spring. ~~~ Sue Balcom stresses the importance of spacing your garden. ~~~ Joy Harjo is the Poet Laureate of the United States, the first of Native American heritage. She was recently in North Dakota – The Spirit Room of Fargo organized the visit. The North Dakota Humanities Council funded it. Today we share one of her poems, Crystal Lake.

Friday, March 25, 2022 – Glynn Washington, host of Snap Judgment, is being inducted into the podcast hall of fame. We reair a conversation he had with Doug Hamilton in October 2020. ~~~ It’s a small town with a big art show. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Hawley Art Show is coming back April 7. Brandi Malarkey visits with Rodney Haug, one of the volunteers on the Hawley Art Show committee. ~~~ We have our weekly news debrief with Dave Thompson. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews The Lost Daughter.

When, a full generation ago, I published my book about harvesting and threshing in the days of steam, Bull Threshers and Bindlestiffs, I devoted some pages to the work of women in feeding threshing crews. Now I review that work and realize how blinkered my view of the subject was.

Forum newspaper readers on this date in 1910 were teased by bargains in downtown Fargo that appear amazing by today’s standards.

In March 1912, North Dakota was the first to vote in the Republican Party’s presidential primaries. Theodore Roosevelt, who was president just four years before, was one of those challenging incumbent president, William Taft.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - We have lots of identities – sons and daughters, employees, artists, Americans, or athletes to name a few. Border Boys: How Americans from Border Colleges Helped Western Canada to Win a Football Championship explores national identity through the lens of football. Author Ryan Christiansen visits with Matt Olien. ~~~ The Great American Folk show is moving to a weekly format! We share an excerpt from the upcoming episode.

Monday, March 7, 2022 - Author David Grann is coming to Concordia for its last National Book Awards event. We visit about his book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI which was nominated for a National Book Award when it was released in 2017. ~~~ The Moorhead Friends Writing Group, thanks to the pandemic, has members across the region and even the globe. They critique each other’s work and are out with an anthology of short stories. Guest interviewer Brandi Malarkey visits with organizer Chris Stenson.