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While mobilizing for World War I, the United States government realized that women had many skills that could support the war effort. Consequently, the…
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In 1919, farms and communities across the state had been drained of young men -- called into service during two years of war. Weekly casualty lists…
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After claims that the Spanish sunk the USS Maine off the coast of Cuba in 1898, no North Dakota newspaper called for a retaliatory strike. But once the…
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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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Even though World War I ended the previous November, mail service from Europe in early 1919 remained slow. The mail from troops still had to go through…
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On this date in 1914 war raged in Europe. America was not yet directly involved, but the conflict provided an economic opportunity. European imports would…
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On August 27, 1896, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jefferson welcomed a baby into the world. Earl Vincent Jefferson was born in the Steele County township of…
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November 18 at 5pm: Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems…
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Slightly over one year after the First and Second Regiments of the North Dakota National Guard departed from the State, the war was over. An announcement…
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By the end of October in 1918, the people of North Dakota held an apocalyptic view of unfolding events. The whirlwind pace of an incredibly violent year…