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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
2
The piece warns young men entering work to expect and manage dips in mood after initial elation. It stresses balancing longing and realism, diagnosing faults between apprentice and employer, and finding a golden mean between disaffection and contentment to commit to a life work.
Berlin is a large city without slums where workingmen are decently housed. The municipality cleared slums and now many workers live in hinterhous es near well kept apartment blocks with bright rooms and kitchens. Wages and job security are described as favorable compared with other nations, perhaps only rivaled by the United States.
Letters claim disasters will strike Chicago and the world with doom. Writers foretell events from fires to riots, many lacking any real basis. A New Jersey forecast even names an assassination attempt on President Taft.
A Baltimore Sun notice ridicules corn on the cob hooks that pierce the ear to aid eating among races. It argues traditional eating preserves flavor and romance, condemning mechanical devices as impractical and tiresome.
The article urges proper brushing after meals and before bed, warns against rough scrubbing that pushes gums, and stresses gentle rotary motions. It recommends keeping a clean toothbrush, disposing of loose bristles, and safely cleaning between teeth to prevent decay.
A recipe note covers pumpkin pie with stewed pumpkin eggs sugar soda salt and spices plus butter and cream. It also includes a tomato salad with onions garlic green chiles cucumber and vinegar served on criep lettuce. Dutch sauces describe butter flour milk yolk and vinegar for a plain white sauce.
A vintage recipe outlines Cauliflower Timbale with a cupful of cauliflower beat into a puree, mixed with bread crumbs two eggs and a yolk, salt and pepper, milk, then poured into a buttered mold. Bake in a pan of hot water until firm, unmold, and serve with drawn butter or tomato sauce.
A June veranda scene between Miss Carraway and Mr Wigtree features flirtation and a playful hammock setup. He boasts strength to win her trust as they swing, sharing intimate questions about Sunday plans amid a moonlit, vine sheltered night.
H. C. Spaulding of Colebrook recounts retrieving hen Elizabeth known as Bess who, by instinct, gathers worms for bait. She collects more worms regardless of ground conditions and even retrieves a broken worm to complete the set. Spaulding plans to bell the hen to signal each catch.
President Taft and President Diaz will arrive October 16 for a joint visit in El Paso and Juarez. A 20 000 student display will feature national anthems, with Mexican bands and U S military bands. Taft will be met by two U S regiments in Rincon New Mexico and will dine and parade with officials in Juarez before returning to El Paso for a banquet.
The federal court of appeals upheld a lower court judgment awarding Russell Johnson of Lockridge Iowa thirty thousand dollars against Dr Charles Ruth formerly of Keokuk. Johnson was operated on for appendicitis March 30 1907 at Keokuk Iowa. the wound failed to heal and caused much pain. A second operation revealed a nine inch by one inch instrument fragment left inside the patient.
John Townsend near St Paul reports a two year old rooster that walks erect in the Townsend farm yard. The bird struts with chest out head high and tail down, appearing to be the only fowl looked up to by the flock. Townsend says the rooster was deformed at hatch.
Aged 100 year old town Prattsville plans to add its first church as Rev William L Hooper prepares to build the edifice in the small community.
Marie Labarthe confronts a failed marriage centered on her violin and missing affection. After destroying the instrument she clings to Maurice and confronts Jacques about love, art, and a rekindled bond. Jacques reveals he wrote music for her, and they reconcile as the candlelit room calms.
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