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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
3
Gently jeweled effects dominate evening slippers with laborate buckles and cameos adorning satin shoes. Women embrace jeweled straps, heavy oriental ornaments, and delicate toe embellishments to harmonize with boudoir gowns, with some opting for stockingless extremes while others choose flesh or coordinating colors.
A fashion note highlights easing blouse designs using cotton net and lace for morning wear. It mentions kimono and raglan shoulder styles in sheer cotton crepe with velvet stripe, plus net sleeves. Also offers DIY advice to transform old stockings into bath and gymnastic slippers with cork soles and ribbon closures.
Soapends For the Garden advises against pouring soapsuds down sinks and recommends applying soap as a fertilizer to flower and vegetable beds. It warns that soapsuds are not suitable for drainage and emphasizes conserving resources while tending the garden.
The piece outlines a spring entertainment theme around Shakespeare to mark the 350th birth anniversary. It covers possible hostess ideas, from elegant menus and place cards to readings, quotations, and prizes, plus souvenir options and decorative touches including violets, primroses, and miniature plays. It also suggests hostess attire, guest selection, and decorative tabs like Japanese screens and testtube favors.
Polishing with papers describe their use beyond lighting fires. They are valuable for window cleaning and are quite excellent for cleaning a gas stove.
A compact critique argues men lack desire to vote, citing New York and Dallas rates, and asserts voting harms men’s business. It mocks pockets for women, listing eight reasons against them and notes Oklahoma political figures and party stances on woman suffrage.
A narrator recounts a college prank at Jones College involving cross dressing to visit the astronomy observatory. The plan spirals when a teammate blurts out for Venus, leading to an ejection but no discovery of the actors. The tale ends with reflections on coeducation and personal liberty, voiced by Edmond Chase and Hiscox.
The text argues against corporal punishment, claiming it harms a child by breaking spirit and provoking fear. It acknowledges rare necessity for brief, sharp blows but condemns constant slapping and nagging as more harmful, urging gentler, less frequent correction.
A quip travels through satire and wit about the Mongolian and European kisses, contrasting nose and mouth as indicators of appetite and preservation instincts. The text notes the two forms as variations of the same urge, then shifts to a brief rural joke about a grumbling farmer named James and a blessing about his wife’s health.
Boric acid appears in volcanic waters and gases, with Tuscan Italian fumaroles long serving as a major European source. The mineral boron is rare in rocks, comprising only a tiny portion of the earth's mass, yet boric acid is widely detectable in volcanic emanations.
Briggs says he has made a will leaving his brain to the hospital and received acknowledgment. Griggs asks if officials were pleased. Briggs says they wrote that every little helps. Scientists state the probable temperature of outside space is at or near absolute zero.
Practical old time guidance advises mothers to bathe infants twice daily with sea air and bran baths, plus attar of foxes in olive oil for soothing. it also recommends teaching a six year old not to bite nails, using a manicure set and bitter aloes on the finger tips to quicken memory.
A model mother recounts starting a plan to have children mend their own clothes as soon as they can sew. She says the method keeps garments tidy and praises children who follow it as particularly diligent.
From the Newdigate family archives as published by Lady Newdigate Newdegate, this excerpt shows Sir Richard Newdigate under Charles II recording fines for servants for various faults and a system of rewards. Examples include Nan Newton for breaking a teapot, Ri Knight for pride and slighting, and a cook punished for drunkenness, illustrating harsh disciplinary norms and limited rewards in that era.
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