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In June of 1915 Fargo, North Dakota seemed a well-run modern small city. A trip through the pages of the Daily Fargo Forum newspaper reveals Fargo to be…
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Early summer is always brimming with activities – graduations, weddings, and special events. Even in 1915, as reported in the Fargo Forum, June was alive…
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One fact we can probably all agree upon is that North Dakota enjoys a historical and essential partnership with agriculture. A small but vibrant example…
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This week in 1910, the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper revealed an interesting potpourri of life in the Red River Valley. At the Fargo Opera…
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A full page on a May evening edition of a 1910 Fargo Forum and Daily Republican was dedicated to local news. These news shorts included North Dakota…
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On a spring day in 1910, a story from the Garrison Independent newspaper boasted “The meanest man in North Dakota learns lesson!” The headline connected…
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War weary Americans in the 1940s here in the heartland were like the rest of the nation in the habit of following not only the WWII overseas battles, but…
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Banner newspaper headlines across the nation announced the sudden death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on this date in 1945. The country’s only…
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Normally, a New Year’s Eve observance means nighttime partying, silly hats, and cautious expectations about hangovers at dawn’s early light. But many…
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There have been no American presidents like Theodore Roosevelt for creating volumes of books and other written musings about nature, patriotism, family ,…