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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
5
Train timetable details show arrivals and departures with connections, including a 9:20 a.m. departure and a 7:04 p.m. arrival, plus remarks about service hours. A restaurant sale is noted as Geo Handke selling to McCarroll Bros. Married couple William Howden and Phoebe Snider wed at Mrs. Spaulding’s home, and a Pleasant Surprise honors Miss Fern Field’s birthday with gifts.
The Maccabees schedule their annual sermon at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday at 7:30 p m. Members must gather at the hall earlier for preparations and inked notices.
Readable fragments describe a theater program at Griener's Hall with performances by the Devalee company including an "Arian" drama and a variety of acts. Mentions of El ree aly scenery, Brow 100, and hotel observations imply busy entertainment with popular priced attractions drawing full houses in Duluth. Also notes Bottineau area health claims and visiting performers from Andersenths and Harrie family in travelogue fashion.
The community notes a grand Foresters ball on Wednesday December 1 with supper and socializing expected to draw a large crowd after a period without such amusements. Details to come next week. William Williamson plans a visit to Harrison to attend the Golden Wedding of his parents on December.
In Peabody Rev P Mitchell married Mr. Alexie and Miss Eva Heighes on Tuesday afternoon in the union church. The bride, a popular young lady, brings prosperity as a farmer's wife. The couple will begin married life in the groom's ample well furnished home on his farm amid favorable circumstances. The event was celebrated with cheerful merriment and Courant offers congratulations.
The church annual meeting was held Monday evening with over 100 members in attendance. The Sabbath School enrolled more than 300 pupils, funds upstairs showed about one hundred dollars in expenses, and the Ladies Aid Society reported repairs and painting leaving a balance of over twenty six dollars. Elder seats were filled by Malcolm Cameron and A G Burr, trustees elected from among John Finlayson Alex Stewart Jas Cameron William Dinwoodie and Jack Moletosh. Music committee praise went to Alice Warner and H D Warner. A bountiful lunch followed the session.
Weather remains excellent with brief mentions of real estate activity. Delinquent tax salary on A G Buhr noted. John McPhes from Scotia visited. Satoadeg rateu com and Banke Sunder from Witow City in Bottineau. Schrader from pol was a business visitor.
A long local items page notes visitors and residents of Willow, Mrs. P.T. McCarrol, D. McLean, Mrs. P. M. Hall, A. A. Brothen, and others. Mentions farm loans by W. H. McIntosh, new firm Gagan & Mennie, church updates, Christmas preparations, subscriptions, and various everyday calls and travel among town residents.
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