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* If you haven't noticed, the "insurance company" pages have been slowly improving, with new information and images scanned from my archives. For your consideration: [[Pioneer_Mutual_Life_Insurance_Company|Pioneer Mutual Life]], [[Lincoln_Mutual_Life_and_Casualty_Insurance_Company|Lincoln Mutual Life]], and the [[Ancient_Order_Of_United_Workmen|Ancient Order of United Workmen]]. | * If you haven't noticed, the "insurance company" pages have been slowly improving, with new information and images scanned from my archives. For your consideration: [[Pioneer_Mutual_Life_Insurance_Company|Pioneer Mutual Life]], [[Lincoln_Mutual_Life_and_Casualty_Insurance_Company|Lincoln Mutual Life]], and the [[Ancient_Order_Of_United_Workmen|Ancient Order of United Workmen]]. | ||
| − | *[[Image:Everyday Science and Mechanics, November 1934 - Cover.jpg|right|80px]][[:Category:Everyday_Science_and_Mechanics%2C_November_1934|Everyday Science and Mechanics, November 1934]]: one of those excellent magazines that mix sci-fi with hard science. Modern magazines avoid this, but back in the day it seemed like nothing was going to keep us from our flying cars. | + | *[[Image:Everyday Science and Mechanics, November 1934 - Cover.jpg|right|80px]][[:Category:Everyday_Science_and_Mechanics%2C_November_1934|Everyday Science and Mechanics, November 1934]]: one of those excellent magazines that mix sci-fi with hard science. Modern magazines avoid this, but back in the day it seemed like nothing was going to keep us from our flying cars. <br/>[ [[:Image:Everyday_Science_and_Mechanics%2C_November_1934_-_Cover.jpg|Start of slideshow]] ] - [ [[:Image:Everyday_Science_and_Mechanics%2C_November_1934_-_003.jpg|Most Recent]] ]<br style="clear: right;"> |
*[[Image:John-Till-closeup.jpg|80px|right|thumb|John Till]][[John Till, the Somerset Doctor]] arrived in my life as a crushed-corner postcard bought at a Wisconsin antique shoppe. Who was this doctor, famous enough to get a postcard? To have extraordinary P.R. you need to do extraordinary things, and Till promised such magic. | *[[Image:John-Till-closeup.jpg|80px|right|thumb|John Till]][[John Till, the Somerset Doctor]] arrived in my life as a crushed-corner postcard bought at a Wisconsin antique shoppe. Who was this doctor, famous enough to get a postcard? To have extraordinary P.R. you need to do extraordinary things, and Till promised such magic. | ||
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* Do you know [[Ole_O._Sageng%2C_Minnesota_State_Senator|Ole Sageng]]? Schoolteacher, farmer, and representative of his neighbors in the Minnesota state senate; he tried for US Senate twice, but failed. | * Do you know [[Ole_O._Sageng%2C_Minnesota_State_Senator|Ole Sageng]]? Schoolteacher, farmer, and representative of his neighbors in the Minnesota state senate; he tried for US Senate twice, but failed. | ||
| − | * | + | * A place I didn't know existed, even though I probably passed it a million times when I was a kid: [[New_Palace_Hotel%2C_Fargo%2C_ND|The New Palace Hotel]]. Like oh-so-many 'second floor' flophouse hotels that existed in Fargo through the 1970s and 1980s, it lived hidden-away above retail storefronts. in 1990, it burned down; arson is the prime suspect. I found a number of clippings about it in a box of ephemera from The Rage, one of the stores destroyed in the fire. |
* [[Image:Removal_of_the_Pioneer_Mutual_Life_Sign_-_12.jpg|100px|right]]The big sign on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|Pioneer Mutual Building]] came down on July 12th and I was there; new pictures on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|PML building page]]. | * [[Image:Removal_of_the_Pioneer_Mutual_Life_Sign_-_12.jpg|100px|right]]The big sign on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|Pioneer Mutual Building]] came down on July 12th and I was there; new pictures on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|PML building page]]. | ||
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- If you haven't noticed, the "insurance company" pages have been slowly improving, with new information and images scanned from my archives. For your consideration: Pioneer Mutual Life, Lincoln Mutual Life, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
- Everyday Science and Mechanics, November 1934: one of those excellent magazines that mix sci-fi with hard science. Modern magazines avoid this, but back in the day it seemed like nothing was going to keep us from our flying cars.
[ Start of slideshow ] - [ Most Recent ]
- John Till, the Somerset Doctor arrived in my life as a crushed-corner postcard bought at a Wisconsin antique shoppe. Who was this doctor, famous enough to get a postcard? To have extraordinary P.R. you need to do extraordinary things, and Till promised such magic.
- Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales? Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- here's why.
- Do you know Ole Sageng? Schoolteacher, farmer, and representative of his neighbors in the Minnesota state senate; he tried for US Senate twice, but failed.
- A place I didn't know existed, even though I probably passed it a million times when I was a kid: The New Palace Hotel. Like oh-so-many 'second floor' flophouse hotels that existed in Fargo through the 1970s and 1980s, it lived hidden-away above retail storefronts. in 1990, it burned down; arson is the prime suspect. I found a number of clippings about it in a box of ephemera from The Rage, one of the stores destroyed in the fire.
- The big sign on the Pioneer Mutual Building came down on July 12th and I was there; new pictures on the PML building page.
- On a walkabout in Downtown Fargo on a quiet Sunday morning, we found ourselves in the midst of a half dozen interesting little buildings: the Marjorie Schlossman Roberts Street Chaplet Project.
- A new category, given the number of such objects I'm interested in scanning: Maps. Most are extremely large 300-dpi files, so that their information can remain useful.
- A variety of local print media: Forum, Howard Binford's Guide, Valley Midweek Marketplace, The FM Extra.
- The Category List allows you to view most/all content, and browse topically.
