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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
3
Poem honoring a fallen soldier, noting stern days of service, marches and rations, and the peace of death. It recalls Manila Bay, a family left behind, and a loyal woman grieving as the flag remains aloft. Margaret B. Sangster, in Woman's Home Companion.
Anecdotes recounted from a recent volume about Pickett and Longstreet at Gettysburg. The tale includes a farewell note to a child and morale moments before battle, alongside notes about a bridal mishap and a Gettysburg relic factory hiding in old clamp trees.
The article, with Capt. L B M Kelley cited, tallies Civil War engagements by state. It notes Missouri with 417 battles, Virginia 627, Tennessee 478, Mississippi 284, Louisiana 181, Georgia 162, Kentucky 153, Alabama 105, North Carolina 102, and others, totaling 3 125 engagements from 1861 to 1865. It contrasts Civil War battles with those of earlier conflicts, highlighting regional prominence and a note on the heroine Lizzie Vanlew aiding Grant and Libby Prison.
The Philadelphia Record reports on English officers pushing bullet proof shields for troops in Africa. A proposed roller mantlet would be a 15 foot long steel cylinder on wheels weighing about 200 pounds, covering six men with two paces between, usable in attack or retreat and able to roll and be broken down for transport. Also shown is a modular steel shield system that can pair shields to create larger defenses, with various weights and protection ranges.
A two story wooden structure treated to be fireproof was tested in a New York tent under the city boards of fire prevention and the building departments. A strong blaze burned beneath the house while visitors stayed inside, yet the claim of fire resistance was supported by observers. The test aimed to show wood could endure fire without significant damage.
A novel rolling boat design from Canada described in Scientific American features a cigar shaped steel hull wrapped by a revolving outer cylinder with helically wound metal plates as a propeller. Built at Walter Dean’s Toronto yard, the craft uses a four horsepower gasoline engine and keel guidance to limit inner cylinder rotation as it awaits a trial roll.
Discussion notes the boat weighs about 125 pounds and has a shallow keel that may hinder stability. A deeper keel with a cizar-shaped weight, akin to the bulls keel racing yacht, could improve performance. The craft includes deck space at each end protected by coamings and connected by a bridge over a revolving cylinder.
An article explains how raising the Great Lakes to sea level would shrink lakes such as Michigan Ontario and Superior dramatically and alter depths along the Chicago to St Joseph corridor. It notes hydrological contrasts among Superior Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario and mentions a Montana sapphire and ruby mine on Yogo Creek.
A fragment from Youth's Companion by Louise Edgar depicts a child longing for a bicycle. The narrator watches swift bicycles pass with doubled riders, while the child, still small, questions when a bicycle will come for them and imagines riding like others.
One instance of a remarkable war dog named Maine belonging to Battery D First California artillery U S V. A Great Dane nearly three feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. She accompanied the unit from its start to its return a year later. She survived bullets and hunger, served as a frontline messenger, and earned the affection of soldiers at Cavite and Luzon.
A polar bear cub named Juneau is brought aboard the steamer Pomona at Juneau Alaska, chained on deck for passengers. Olga, a young Indian girl, tames the cub with an apple feeding ritual, earning its trust and a close cuddle by voyage’s end in San Francisco. A subsequent account notes the cub’s bond with Olga and the captain’s decision to unchain her.
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