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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
2
A long discussion on how mothers should select hats for daughters, arguing daughters should defer to mothers in choosing millinery. The tale of a fourteen year old in a Chicago department store highlights parental restraint and the social pressures of Easter dress.
Julia Bottomley suggests simple home trimming using clusters of cherries or small bright flowers to decorate children’s outfits. She notes leghorns look handsome with ribbons and rosettes and recommends light colors from spring blossoms for a cute, easy finish.
A guide suggests equiping guest rooms beyond furniture with a neat desk stocked with pens paper ink envelopes sealing wax and stamps. A work basket and tidy storage add convenience for visitors who stay briefly.
An odd semi globular hollow dish with perforations and guttered rim preserves butter olives and desserts at a low steady temperature. The water from melted ice drains away through perforations while the bottom compartment holds melt water, preventing soggy food.
The article extols hand washing with soap and warm water as the best cleaning method for gold and silver jewelry. It advises a soft brush for intricate pieces, brisk rubbing on tissue paper, and boxwood sawdust for final polishing. It urges women to avoid dirty chains and necklaces and keep items clean to protect fabrics and skin.
The article offers a method to prevent lace curtains from tearing on a frame by covering a bolster roll with strong white cloth longer than the curtains. Pin the curtain by its lower edge along the roll and secure scalloped edges, dry, then roll in reverse to finish straight and hang neatly.
The text offers two recipe variants for gingerbread using common pantry items. One uses sour milk and cocoa with butter frosting, while the alternate substitutes coffee for milk and adds spices. Both rely on flour, shortening, sugar, molasses, and soda for structure and flavor.
A pantry tip suggests adding a narrow wood strip beneath a high pot shelf to hold tin lids. The cleat keeps lids from slipping by their handles and allows quick selection by size, reducing clutter and saving time.
A wartime style kitchen instruction describes mixing flour cornmeal and butter into boiling water then cooking in a double boiler for an hour and a half. Finish with a cup of milk or cream and serve with popcorn or croutons.
Detailed guidance for washing and preserving lace including soaking with borax, boiling water, soap, and rinsing. using starch or rice water for stiffness. dry cleaning with flour. magnesia and book press methods. blue paper storage. silk lace in hot milk. horizon lace caution. and careful brushing for color embroidery with spirits of wine.
The passage outlines a fish course with butter enriched cream and lemon juice, parsley and optional nutmeg. It describes garnishing with olives halved and anchored paste filled cavities, and suggests creamed salt cod on toast, with a rich white sauce and shredded boiled salt fish. Haddock is served similarly.
Slice and chop celery cucumber tomato and apple to half cup each. Mince green pepper radish and young onion to one teaspoonful. Mix all with French dressing and watercress until well coated. Lettuce may substitute for watercress if unavailable.
Boil macaroni in salted water for 20 minutes and remove carefully without breaking. Make a tomato sauce by finely chopping half an onion half a celery stalk and a bunch of parsley. Stir in olive oil half a cup can of diced tomatoes salt and cayenne. Boil until thick strain and pour over the pasta. Sprinkle grated cheese and serve immediately.
A simple dish uses two cups of chopped cold beef. Melt butter until almost brown, add a thinly sliced onion until yellow, stir in two level tablespoons flour, one cup boiling water, and cook until smooth. Add meat then heat and serve over hot boiled rice.
A leaf shaped sponge cake round with center scooped and filled with diced pineapple and whipped cream. Sugar seasons the filling and the top is decorated with cherries for a decorative dessert.
A reconstructed note describes treating a wire line by sprinkling a woolen cloth with coal and rubbing, then dusting with a cleaning powder and re wiping to achieve a perfectly clean line.
The piece describes the pastoral life of Palestinian shepherds, lambing seasons from January for two to three months, and the practice of making reed flute music to calm flocks. Folds, entry under the rod, and naming each sheep are explained, noting gender roles with girls tending flocks in southern Palestine and men otherwise.
Astronomers question Maedier’s center of the universe and suggest stars move along curved paths. Delauney proposes that nearer stars cluster around Sirius like inner planets around the sun. If valid, Sirius could be the master sun with Earth as a distant satellite.
Doctors report tetanus or lockjaw results from a microbe common in soil and street mud. The disease begins with jaw stiffness and progresses to violent convulsions, exhausting the victim and hindering feeding. Research advances include anti tetanic serum injections.
John Fiske notes that Alvarez de Pineda, in 1519, followed Florida's coast to Tampico, met Cortes, then entered the Mississippi, calling it Rio de Santo Expiritu. He spent six weeks traveling its course trading with the Indiens, and is described as the first European to sail the great river.
The fragment notes a widow and a man in a palm reading bid for predictions. The widow declares the future will be happy and hints at marriage as a key outcome, reflecting a sentimental vignette from the era in the Houston Post.
The Edinburgh museum showcases strange items including the embalmed body of Van Butchell's wife from 1776 and a plague victim boy from 1665. Also on display are preserved Macas Indian head skins sized as dolls, garments worn by the Irish giant O'Brien, and a cast of the head of murderer Deeming hanged in May 1892.
A Florence letter claims Italy refuses to save the Paganini treasures now owned by the violinist's granddaughter. It warns that medals, jewelry, a bow, instruments, and manuscripts could be sold at public auction in New York if no rescuer steps forward, amid calls of patriotic responsibility.
A New York Press report describes an English expert healing a crane's broken leg without destroying the bird. Linen bandages were applied, the leg regained function, and the bird remained self sufficient for weeks with a slightly deformed leg as the bandage was removed.
Dialogue captures a sharp exchange where Canara chides a poor man to brace up and consider society while Sandy Pikes retorts that he owes nothing to society and questions his own actions, accusing him of playing bridge whist.
The speaker contrasts the pyramids of Egypt and the pagodas of Hin, noting both served as excellent backdrops for their group’s photographs. The remark highlights the aesthetic appeal of historic monuments for portraiture and travel photography.
A brief opinion notes that many monuments rise soon after a man's death, while waiting a few years might prevent needless memorials. The Courant is praised for fine job printing.
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