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The Grand Forks area saw a smallpox epidemic in the fall of 1878 that killed the city’s first physician. Few newspaper accounts exist about the outbreak,…
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Typhoid is caused by bacteria associated with human waste. In the fall of 1893, Crookston had several dozen cases of typhoid, and as a precaution,…
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News from around the state on this date:In 1894, Fessenden was itching to take over the Wells County seat, which they took from Sykeston ten days earlier.…
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Disease outbreaks in schools have posed challenges for decades. During the 1952-53 school year, school and health officials took hard measures to fight a…
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North Dakota is no stranger to visiting dignitaries. In addition to presidents and first ladies, foreign and royal officials have visited the Peace Garden…
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It is a well-known fact that Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball in December of 1891 because his students in Massachusetts needed a way to…
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Another round of testing for COVID-19 was held Thursday for the Grand Forks region. The goal for the day was to perform 500 tests. Reporter Todd McDonald…
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World War I transformed airplanes from a novelty into a deadly weapon. Pilots served as aerial scouts at first and then challenged enemy planes in…
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In April 1909 the Jamestown Alert issued the following public service announcement: “George E. Bates of Grand Forks, a lightning rod man, registered at…
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The turkey is king of conversation around Thanksgiving, but it was also a hot topic in North Dakota around this time in 1924 because Grand Forks would…