On May 9, 1754, the first newspaper cartoon was published in America. It depicted\ divided snake with the words “Join or Die” by Benjamin Franklin [1]. It was published in The Pennsylvania Gazette.
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May 9, 1916: A wind-blown fire in Ellendale, North Dakota destroyed three blocks of businesses, a church, and 21 homes.
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Today’s feature article is a guest post from our friend Brandon Smith, the editor of the Alt-Market.us [2] blog, which we highly recommend bookmarking. – JWR
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We still need entries for Round 124 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3]. More than $984,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the contest. Round 124 ends on May 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [4] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [5]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.