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4/8/2010: "E'en though a cross it be, Nearer, my God to Thee," This was the hymn Libbie Custer and other officers' wives sang on June 25th, 1876 as they gathered together at Fort Abraham Lincoln, lamenting the absence of their husbands. Little did they know that at that moment their worst fears were coming true at the Little Bighorn.

4/10/2010: LaMoure's Leland Hotel caught fire on this date in 1899 shortly after midnight.

4/11/2010: By this date in 1952, Nettie Belle Torgerson of Washburn was named North Dakota Mother of the Year.

4/12/2010: William Murray of Minot was a renowned judge in Ward County. He started off in railroad work, but studied law on the side, and in 1906, he passed the exam at Grand Forks and was admitted to the bar of the state.

4/18/2010: World War II was wrought with sacrifice. As men and women fought overseas, those back home planted Victory gardens, collected scrap metal and rubber, and went without silk and nylon fabrics. The war eventually ended, but change to normalcy did not happen quickly, and with the influx of returning soldiers, there was a shortage of housing.

4/28/2010: Sugar: the sweetener of kings. Today that slogan is perhaps a little outdated. The sparkly white substance is easily obtained with spare change or even free with a cup of coffee. However, this sweet situation was not always the case.

4/30/2010: Residents of Fargo were surprised to learn of an underground cavern within their city limits on this day in 1917. Fargo City Commission President Alex Stern called an emergency meeting of the commission after a portion of sidewalk along first avenue north collapsed, revealing a giant hole beneath the street.

5/1/2010: These days, household tips, the kind you might find in your local newspaper, might include new ways to use your pop-up disinfecting wipes or advice as to when to change your plug-in air freshener. Seasonable cleaning tips found in a May 1913 issue of the North Dakota Advocate newspaper were a little more basic.

5/5/2010: If one were looking for a little action in the Grand Forks area the weekend of May 5th and 6th, 1933, one only need look in the Thursday May 4th edition of the Grand Forks Herald newspaper.

5/9/2010: On this date in 1946, the car industry was in trouble. Labor issues led to a shutdown of the Ford Company and suspension of production at GM and Chrysler. Production and profits dropped.