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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
2
Worway churches are described as 700 years old yet in excellent preservation due to tar coatings protecting timbers against frost and Arctic winters. A German postal reform proposal seeks standard envelope sizes to speed stamping. Also notes about copper coins used as slave passports and Irish lineage claims of war generals.
A study notes girls surpass boys in height by ages seven to nine then boys regain lead for two years and again girls overtake until age fifteen. A German doctor reports a blondbound man with extraordinary smell able to identify a price at distance and that family members share distinctive odors. Helen Gould donates 10000 for a Ft. Monroe YMCA headquarters, kept secret at first. a second 10000 gift by Thomas Sladding funds Ft Hathcock HQ. Cork bottle experiments travel corks 6000 miles to Western Australia over about 2.5 years.
A coffee cup bubbles forecast fair weather while ring-form bubbles predict rain or snow. A silent alarm clock via electric light could wake sleepers. Bremen’s Hotel de Ville cellar holds holy wine for 250 years costing enormous sums per bottle. Australia boasts iron tin sands copper coal and $160 million in silver plus precious stones.
Mrs Madge Connell of San Francisco becomes a member of a firm of undertakers and embalmers after a initial refusal. She then sought endorsements from friends and public figures, receiving strong support which led to her being hired.
Kate Gardner surveys spring and summer fashion, noting dainty skirts with glove fit and flare, boleros, and blouse bodices. She highlights lace and embroidery, taffeta bases, crepe de chine, satin foulard trims, and new hat shapes in nut brown and flame pink with trimmed flowers and foliage.
The baroness Burdette Coutts learned a clerks passphrase in Paris meaning Keep your eyes on her ten fingers. A porter was asked to explain and a boy declared the phrase warned against theft, revealing the shoplifting ruse.
The Italian ambassador Baron Fava is recalled amid sharp debate over the padrone system in the United States. The piece links his departure to earlier crusades by Celso Caesar Moreno, a hawkish advocate against Italian slave labor in America, and recalls Moreno’s life, influence, and dramatic fall from grace.
Delegates Thomas Regan and C Collins of Eden Valley Minnesota toured Western Canada in December. They reported warm, snowless Calgary with cattle and sheep thriving and vast fertile lands. wheat yielded 25 bushels, oats 60. They favor Yorkton district and Assiniboia Saskatchewan for settlement, urging readers to pursue government ads for district details.
A broad recap touches Vesuvius active eruptive states, a needle factory output of 1,350,000 weekly, and social trends among single adults. It notes plans for thirteen new beet sugar factories, career aging in Manuel Garcia, and varied statistics on land, housing, and military life.
Benton May 2 open letter by H Duna way M D asserts diabetes cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills after taking five boxes reporting dramatic improvement in one week and permanent relief over ten months. He, as a physician, endorses the pills as best medicine for kidney disease and urges public trust in the remedy.
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