Looking Back in Time

September 27, 1894 Drayton Echo The Pembina county fair will be held at Hamilton next Tuesday and Wednesday Oct. 2 and 3. The Hamilton people are preparing for a big time, and no doubt all who attend the fair will pass a pleasant and profitable occasion.

A Peculiar Man

You drive from Drayton to Lincoln, Nebraska. It is a long day’s drive. When you arrive at your hotel you are more than ready to sleep. You check in at the front desk and head straight to your room. You open the door, walk in, and see that the room was never cleaned by housekeeping.

Dakota Datebook

Christian Science by Merry Helm September 21, 2020 — North Dakota’s first Christian Science Church was dedicated in Grand Forks on this date in 1905. The newly found religion of Christian Science had come about through the efforts of Mary Baker Eddy.

They bravely forged a path….

Have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if good people did not fight for equality? Around the turn of the century women banded together to ensure that women would have the right to vote.

Who had what…..

Anyone who has been to a medical appointment has had to fill out the paperwork requesting their own medical history along with family medical history. What happens when something comes up and a deeper family medical history is needed? This is not always an easy feat to accomplish.

Until then just think of me as Lucky Lyle, I do.

When I was young there were lots of things I wanted to be, a basketball player, a baseball player, a pianist, a drummer, these are just a few of the things that come to mind at this moment.

Measure No. 2 Will Make Initiatives Expensive

Measure No. 2 on the November ballot has been proposed by the Legislature to make the proposal and adoption of amendments to the state constitution so expensive that ordinary citizens will be ruled out of the process.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1742 Announcer: “Suspense.” Man in Black: “This is the Man in Black here to introduce Columbia’s program, Suspense.” (a typical opening in the early years for Suspense, an anthology program on radio; CBS, June 17, 1942, to Sept.

Grief and Grace

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” - Umberto Eco Love lives and breathes in the spaces we hold sacred within this ever changing journey.

Can I Claim My Widow’s Benefit at Age 57?

Dear Rusty: My husband passed away in 2001, and he paid into Social Security every year he worked, which would be over 30 years. If he were alive today, he would be 75 years old. I am 57 years old and still working full time.