This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
3
A reflective piece honors Berwell the gentle old lady, once central to family life, now fading into memory. It contrasts the traditional fireside social fabric with modern times, noting extended life spans and altered appearances while praising enduring influence of kindness and reverence for age.
A humorous London Tit Bits piece mocks a woman’s beauty as she walks in beauty like the night. The verse describes heavy preparation with hay, tin, wire, and many helpers including sisters mother and staff. The joke ends noting the effort just makes people cuss at her Sunday hair in public.
Roy H. Tyler, engineering expert, denounces canal criticism as unscientific and ridiculous. He recalls a hair grower faker who sells a false remedy and warns buyers to swallow the supposed last dose to “clinch the roots,” illustrating naive belief in quick fixes.
A traveling salesman, Frank Rogers, describes a nuisance shopper in provincial stores. The hangers on linger from morning to night, block shelves, and deter customers, prompting managers to eject the pest despite promises to spend later.
A Preston inquest lauds Roland Mitchell, 12, a mill helper and canal rescuer who saved five lives. He dived to save a child and was praised by the coroner and Royal Humane Society. Mitchell’s feats include rescuing youngsters from drowning and learning to swim by watching others. Royal salute and purse follow his bravery. Meanwhile a royal skating event in Rome features a quadrette in front of the king and queen.
Milas Agnes New detects a bat invasion at Mrs John Bellams boarding house as bats swarm through a window panicking 12 girl boarders. William Leyhe fights them off, is bitten on the hand, treated at Pennsylvania Hospital after killing two and driving off the rest despite a ferocious bat biting him.
Dublin. Sanderl and Malone owe their lives to a fox terrier that fetched help when Malone, bathing near Mullingar, was seized by cramps. The dog barked at a nearby woman artist who followed, entered the water, kept his head above water until rescuers arrived with Malone and his brother.
The torpedo boat Winslow will be stricken from the navy's active list and likely scrapped after fourteen years of service. The boat is notorious for Worth Bagley, the first American officer killed in the Spanish American War, having been the site of his death.
In a Bronx animal enclosure a monkey died after leaping within its cage following a neighbor's death from distemper. Doctor Blair notes a second monkey died soon after and the third related death may be added. the hyena dogs, imported from Africa by Dr Ditmars, are cited as complicating factors.
Pottstown Pa B Frank Saylor of Rome Ga has been granted a patent for a method to produce turpentine and writing paper from the same yellow pine stump. He owns 6000 acres in Georgia and the process boils post turpentine wood into pulp for fine writing paper, a practice not previously combined. Canadian turpentine makers have examined the method at Baylor farm to judge feasibility for their farms.
Mrs Josephine Dennis aged about 77 of 1007 Batreet N W was arrested by precinct detectives for playing poker and operating a game at her home. Authorities say she confesses a lifelong interest in the game and claims to have played it for 45 years.
Santa Rosa California hop growers are at work in their yards with cutting and priming progressing. They hope for a record year in prices and crop as harvest nears.
Advice on ventilating a sick chamber recommends keeping windows open for fresh air. A muslin screen fixed with thumb tacks blocks drafts and dust. When air is chilly, this method protects the patient while cooling the room. Saturate the muslin with cold water and place a basin nearby to aid sleep. rewet as it dries.
In the Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a polite quip battle unfolds aboard a streetcar. A man offers his seat to a woman who prefers the strap, citing southern stock and courtesy. The exchange underscores social etiquette and quiet insistence against public inconvenience.
A new instrument, the acleroscope, measures metal and mineral hardness by the rebound of a hammer with a fine pointed end, dropped from a small height onto the tested substance. Relative hardness differences can be expressed accurately, avoiding prior methods like diamond scratching or filing.
A series of Republican nominating announcements surface from North Dakota and surrounding areas. L B Hanna seeks renomination for Congress, Walter A Taylor declares for state auditor, Joan Frarerie announces candidacy for state auditor, H. Gaguier promotes district representation, H C Hanry seeks district 38 seat, and Tames Warrimann runs in district 28 promising district service and party unity.
A distressed 1910 primary notice from Bottineau County North Dakota invites Republican voters to nominate candidates for sheriff clerk of the district court county auditor and other offices. The mixed text lists several aspirants by name with pledges of support and urges participation in the June primary election.
A fragmented notice indicates W A Goldschmidt announces candidacy for county judge in Bottineau county subject to Republican voters will at June primaries. Other fragments mention re nomination and primary election timing and names Jorn Elfermi and similar garbled text.
The document states Harry D. Convit of Mount Rose will be a candidate for the Republican primary election. The author, Guo. O. Rustyod, State's Attorney, submits the filing and affirms the intent to fulfill duties of the office to the best of their ability.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.