Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Jan. 1, 2019 — In the start of a new year, it is nice to step back and think about what has happened and what is to come. Many cities publish information summing up events and statistics of the old year. On the first day of 1948, the Fargo Forum published a forty-page newspaper, filled with description of the previous year’s progress and with predictions for the coming year in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The baby boom was definitely well under way; among the top articles in the many, many pages, the Forum listed reports of increased pop...
May 16, 2018 — On this date in 1905 in Mayville, Traill County, baseball was in the air. In fact, the sport was on the minds of the local youth to such an extent that they decided to form not just one team, but two! The second nine called themselves the Mayville White Caps, and, according to the local newspaper, they “meant business, having ordered a complete set of uniforms and ball paraphernalia.” Although they were the second team to form, they had every intention to play against the teams of all the surrounding small towns, “and make ‘e...
February 26, 2018 — In 1907, North Dakota was hit by a winter so bad, it almost surpassed the imaginations of friends and relatives back east — “almost” being the key word. There was no doubt that it was cold. The old-timers called it a “regular old-fashioned winter.” In fact, since mid-November, the temperatures had remained below freezing, though there were mild spells from time to time. The hard winter brought with it reports of a coal shortage and winter deaths, setting off a Ward County woman who decided to report back to family and...
