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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
3
Through the courtesy of Newman Bros. Co. famous for their sweet toned high grade pianos we present four lovely art studies in full color as a calendar for 1911 for a small service. Only the names of three friends or seven families with girls who should study music. Adults only to call at display rooms and leave addresses on cards.
The Courant highlights its experienced workmen, strong presses, quality stock, and ability to produce high grade job work promptly at reasonable prices emphasizing reliability and value.
The Independent Daily declares it is the seven day paper of the state offering fair and free news all the time. It positions Courier News as a morning paper for North Dakota readers and as a factor in building up the state.
The article contrasts First Lady duties during retirement to a summer stay at Beverly Massachusetts detailing packing, wardrobe considerations, and rest for Mrs Roosevelt. It also argues for varied road construction methods and strong maintenance as essentials for a sound transportation system led by trained supervision to curb contractor abuses and preserve road quality.
Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim, a Baltimore-born heiress and former wife of Dr. Smith Holmes McKim, is famed as New York society’s beauty. Recently granted a Reno divorce, she courts attention from Alfred Vanderbilt and other social leaders, with whispers of a leadership role in New York society after Mrs Astor’s era.
A provincial note extols road building as a beneficent epidemic. It lauds the spread of improved highways as contemplated under way or completed, framing a good road as an effective obstruction to transportation barriers.
A farmer attends John Wesley's sermon drawing out his gospel topics on Industry and Giving All, while a naturalist notes sea ash mimicry by leaflike flies and a trick that ends with a fish darting away as a leaf sinks. The tale juxtaposes thrift and charity with a vivid example of camouflage in nature.
A column recounts the tragic ends of well known writers including Don Quixote author Cervantes and Milton while noting poets who died in poverty. It also mentions early horse race prizes such as the brights dor gold bridle and sixpence bel rewards in England.
The St James Gazette notes a cavalcade led by a bell bearing creature nicknamed the best arse among five horses of due rating. On dark nights at dangerous spots the vender’s Wherentuals were used to identify the procession. At Carlisiy sliver wells troopers and datesmen raced, with Kiev tens attested in a fawn ball.
Card playing began in India in the ninth century. It reached Europe before the thirteenth century via the Saracens. Spain popularized the game, then Germany around 1275. France records note its appearance by 1499. Hernadi cards emerged in 1600s.
A tramp claims to work in precious metals and stones while the kingly lady questions his trade. He asserts he is a worker in those crafts, but she asks if he finds any job, noting the police and jewelers are everywhere.
An old wartime note requests setting a police dog after a villain who caught and kissed someone in the dark. It mentions giving Nero a kiss as scent trace and cites Fuegende Blatter.
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