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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
8
A humorous fragment notes that one half of the world does not know how the other half lives while observing neighbors planning BeGied cabbage dinner. The text references a New Orleans States item and includes quirky dialogue about changing a fence and local conversation.
The text notes that tiny deep sea animals emit vast light, enough to illuminate large sea bottom areas and reveal their colors. It mentions cephalopods with a special organ, described as a spot bullseye apparatus, relevant to abysmal depths.
Fragmentary lines reveal a bride crying out about her ninety year old husband who avoids questions. The odd exchange mentions his habit of “hikes my biscuits” and a reference to a foreign journal, suggesting a humorous or surreal anecdote within a local page.
The tale contrasts Coal Oil Johnny’s excess with Pedro Alvarado a Mexican peon son who struck a vast silver vein earning about nine million yearly. His mania for pianos and lavish salaries drained the mine until it ran dry and wealth vanished. His wife secretly saved thousand dollar bills in a bed quilt, foreseeing ruin, and after discovery Pedro remade his fortune by selling the mine and living on current income. The wife’s foresight returns him to wealth while she dies.
An inventor adds oil stored in a saw handle with an accessible lever to discharge a spray of oil on either side of the blade. This mechanism allows continuous oiling without stopping work, easing sawing for carpenters whether amateur or professional.
New USGS estimates place Bonnifield lignite coal reserves in Alaska near 10 billion tons, about three billion more than prior figures. The assessment suggests Bonnifield holds more lignite than all other surveyed fields in the territory.
A brief old time recipe using one pound best white glue two pounds dry white lead one quart soft water and half jint alcohol. Mix into three articles in a dish boil until dissolved then add alcohol and boil again until mixed.
Engineering News notes a collapsible bridge design by the Bureau of Public Works for streams in the Philippine lands. The structure uses timber bents and short span girders on cables to banks, allows removal during floods, and reassembly after floods pass, with a test bridge built at Gapén over the Penaranda river showing good service.
A short dialogue centers on a job interview where a manager considers promotion prospects for an office boy. The applicant asks about advancement before accepting. The manager notes promotion depends on the individual, referencing a prior trainee who lasted two months.
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