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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
6
A Chicago trend reports a new Greek-inspired sandal craze aimed at home wear and summer street use. Stylized buckled straps form a toe pocket, with three-strap support and a flat sole, appealing to women and children who favor cool feet. The piece traces the footwear from ancient sandaliums to modern fashion, noting prior London interest and potential lake resort uptake.
London letter details Mrs John W Mackay hosting a grand salon at No 6 Carlton House Terrace aided by Mrs Ronalds and other prominent figures. It notes the house’s beauty, wealth, and capacity for large entertainments, along with Mackay’s personal sorrows and charitable acts amid public attention.
December saw Representative Wilson propose buying an emergency case of medicines and instruments for minor operations for House attendees, cost not over 50 dollars. The plan, urged after Delegate Mark Smith’s illness, would place contents in the hands of three medical professionals, with Meyer and Robertson cited as supporting examples.
Washington residents watch as Minister Wu and Chinese legation attaches visit a downtown Rice Kitchen dining on rice in many forms. He uses an American knife and fork while conversing in his native tongue, his blue silk attire standing out among standard surroundings as diners enjoy the scene.
Grover Cleveland plans a summer at his Bus tard's Bay home in Massachusetts and has acquired exclusive fishing and oyster digging rights via a local superintendent. The move prompts controversy as Monument Beach and Mano Met River shores have long hosted diggers who protest the new privileges.
Bishop Burgess of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island bans women from the cathedral choir and pine mission singers saying surplices and cassocks belong to men. He orders retirement of the two male singers while noting women should be modest and not wear male church garments. The item also mentions Spain’s average yearly sunshine.
The 24 year old Frenchwoman once heiress to a noble estate was driven from high life to poverty after marrying Willard, a modest American bank clerk. Deserted by him and her family, she worked in sweat shops, then slept rough for two days without food before being arrested in Paris for vagrancy and sent to a damp cell awaiting relief.
From Bridgetown Barbados relief teams report nineteen bodies recovered after the St Pierre disaster. One man died while biting a crust, a captain named Muggah among the fallen, and scenes showed women with children and carts of wreckage as the town lay in ruins.
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