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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
4
Legal advertisements priced at 76 cents per square with space set 12 lines to an inch first insertion 50 cents each subsequent. General ads 1.00 per inch or same column rates for double column. Local notices 10 cents per line first insertion and same for following lines. First class job printing done. Thursday December 26 1904.
Bottineau residents and the News debate a sacred concert by a colored troupe. Local sentiment condemns the event and questions the News editor’s stance while noting the troupe’s disputed legacy and prior reputation. The piece criticizes local critics and defends the performers as historically respected, urging community uplift.
The Lisbon Free Press Christmas issue honors Briton Harrison in the President's official circle. Report notes political figures in the British administration are increasingly present. exit plans for Wiech are unclear, whether voluntary or requested.
Tan Grafton News and Times releases a fine holiday edition praised as top quality by readers. Wm H Brown and Co of Devils Lake issue a calendar regarded as a state standout, while Souris Republican also appears. General Miles faced a pointed Roosevelt lecture after Schley court decision, drawing public reaction.
Mrs. Russell Sage urges women to read good books and follow leading thinkers, join a church, and spread Christian truths. She stresses homemaking as a wife and mother’s role, warns against marrying for wealth or status, promotes love based on respect, frugality, and helping husbands save monthly earnings, noting honest poverty is not disgraceful.
New Year's in Paris centers on Rue des Lombards where wholesale confectioners stock wagons with sugar forms and bonbons. On January 1 Paris sights large bonbon and jewelry sales as locals exchange visits, with $100,000 reportedly spent on sweetmeats alone.
A poetic note from the Cincinnati Enquirer writer E L Aultmeg laments a silent year ending. It contrasts nature’s cycles with human neglect and missed deeds as the speaker sits alone at midnight reflecting on what was accomplished.
A. G. Barr, a Hillsborough agent, asserts pain from coins and torture, while claiming Bucklen's Arnica Salve fully cured him. the ad promotes arnica for sprains bruises sores burns and skin ailments with a dubious guarantee from D. H. McArthur at 250.
The article recalls rural central west customs on New Year Eve forty years ago, noting watch night as the sole Christmas contrast. It describes practices like New Year calls, reverent dooryard actions, and plant growth lore, plus the religious shift to watch night with altar prayers, songs, and renewed vows. It mentions African American adaptations, and the spread of calling on New Year’s Day among Chinese and Americans.
A Springfield Republican summary notes German exporters funded floating commercial exhibitions to sell $5,000,000 of goods for a $200,000 expense, with space-based contributions and a 10 percent sales commission. Ships carried trained staff and visited harbors to attract buyers.
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