Dakota Datebook: Tango troubles

September 4, 2018 — There’s always been something to blame for our marital problems. In the Garden of Eden, it was a juicy red apple, and later another fruit — the fruit of the vine — became the downfall of many-a-poor-marriage.

A while back, a Jamestown man decided the problem was something else. On this date in 1914 the Hansboro News reported, “The tango and other newfangled dances are blamed by...