I love this picture. I wish I could have shown it to my Uncle Russell (the one with the Buelingos). This pair has been identified as the Dutch Belted breed. They have horns; Russell's were a polled breed. If I remember my history, teamsters wanted horns on their oxen so they couldn't slip out of the yoke. This picture will appear in my power point presentation next Wednesday. If the audience looks for a picture of an old-time teamster, this should make them gasp a bit. How lucky was this photographer to catch such a coordinated color scene?
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Darn birthdays keep coming. Of course, I should be glad cuz the alternative isn't good. Anyway, one of the cards I received was a booklet, "1942. Remember When...A Nostalgic Look Back in Time." Here are a few tidbits from it: General MacArthur vows, "I Shall Return,"...The Battle of Midway ends with the first major Japanese loss...Major Doolittle leads a bombing group over Tokyo...Gasoline rationing goes into effect...Kellogg's Raisin Bran and instant coffee are introduced...World Series Champion, St. Louis Cardinals...Life expectancy, 62.9 years...Auto manufacturers stopped producing cars to turn production to war materials; the next new car in the U.S. wasn't made until 1945...Average income $1885 per year...Movie ticket .30...etc.
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I never quite knew the meaning of the saying- throwing good money after bad. Our state legislature sure defined that lately. The new chancellor, less than a year, of the North Dakota University System already met with disfavor among many in the state, so much so that the state senate just voted to set aside over $800,000 to buy out his contract. Will the state house follow along? At any rate, if the chancellor is so bad, $800,000 of good money might just get thrown at him.
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Many stories come to light from studying the life and time of Willliam Wade. South of Bismarck in a town no longer in existence, six members of the Spicer family were murdered near Winona (across from Fort Yates). The reasoning really rankles. Some mixed-bloods came to town looking for liquor. The bartender told them it had been hauled into a nearby house. They went there and asked for it. For the fun of it, that man said no, it was stored in Spicer's cellar over there. Mr. Spicer was a religious, tee-totalling man who would have nothing to do with liquor. Nonetheless, all died at the hands of the thirst-crazed men. Those presumed guilty were arrested and placed in a jail cell. A vigilante group came, broke them out and lynched them near another town no longer in existence, Williamsport.
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The first newspaper printed in North Dakota originated from Fort Rice, Dak. Terr. In the issue of July 14, 1864 this article appeared: Our National Debt. One of the results of the wicked rebellion against our national government is the accumulation of an enormous debt, which on February 1, 1863, amounted to $815,000,000, and which it is supposed will reach $2,000,000,000...Things never change, do they.
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Darn birthdays keep coming. Of course, I should be glad cuz the alternative isn't good. Anyway, one of the cards I received was a booklet, "1942. Remember When...A Nostalgic Look Back in Time." Here are a few tidbits from it: General MacArthur vows, "I Shall Return,"...The Battle of Midway ends with the first major Japanese loss...Major Doolittle leads a bombing group over Tokyo...Gasoline rationing goes into effect...Kellogg's Raisin Bran and instant coffee are introduced...World Series Champion, St. Louis Cardinals...Life expectancy, 62.9 years...Auto manufacturers stopped producing cars to turn production to war materials; the next new car in the U.S. wasn't made until 1945...Average income $1885 per year...Movie ticket .30...etc.
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I never quite knew the meaning of the saying- throwing good money after bad. Our state legislature sure defined that lately. The new chancellor, less than a year, of the North Dakota University System already met with disfavor among many in the state, so much so that the state senate just voted to set aside over $800,000 to buy out his contract. Will the state house follow along? At any rate, if the chancellor is so bad, $800,000 of good money might just get thrown at him.
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Many stories come to light from studying the life and time of Willliam Wade. South of Bismarck in a town no longer in existence, six members of the Spicer family were murdered near Winona (across from Fort Yates). The reasoning really rankles. Some mixed-bloods came to town looking for liquor. The bartender told them it had been hauled into a nearby house. They went there and asked for it. For the fun of it, that man said no, it was stored in Spicer's cellar over there. Mr. Spicer was a religious, tee-totalling man who would have nothing to do with liquor. Nonetheless, all died at the hands of the thirst-crazed men. Those presumed guilty were arrested and placed in a jail cell. A vigilante group came, broke them out and lynched them near another town no longer in existence, Williamsport.
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The first newspaper printed in North Dakota originated from Fort Rice, Dak. Terr. In the issue of July 14, 1864 this article appeared: Our National Debt. One of the results of the wicked rebellion against our national government is the accumulation of an enormous debt, which on February 1, 1863, amounted to $815,000,000, and which it is supposed will reach $2,000,000,000...Things never change, do they.
