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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
1
Local notes from Willow City and Eidsyold include illnesses travels and holiday plans. Residents Jeanette Pepin Fred Perrin O. J. Stirk Louise Cook Andrew Cook and Crossettier family appear among social visits and Christmas preparations.
Notice calls all Tuscan Lodge and Masons in the city to assemble at the Masonic hall on Sunday December 29 at 2 p m to attend church in a body by order of John G Turner W M Also Tornado policies numbers 1001 to 1025 and 1 to 25 held by A Berthiaume are lost or stolen and void Northwestern Natl Ins Co agent McKenzie urges replacement or inquiry Prompt ad cadence in Courant for results.
Senator Hansbrough introduced a bill in the Senate to grant North Dakota 30000 acres of unappropriated public lands to support a forestry school at Bottineau. If the school closes the lands revert to the United States. The measure seeks passage to aid education.
A moral admonition urges readers to ignore defamatory rumors and gossip. It argues slander harms all, notes our tendency to listen to evil tongues, and calls for self discipline to prevent harmful speech and protect reputations.
A proverb warns that what fills the heart overflows the mouth and cautions against repeating every heard remark. It urges discernment in listening and silence in unverified speech.
Albert Carpentier died after a long illness from paralysis at age 83 in Bottineau. Born in Montreal in 1841, he lived in Chicago before moving to Wisconsin South Dakota and Iowa, finally settling in Bottineau County in 1896. He was married at 31 and fathered 13 children, three of whom predeceased him. Interment is planned at Oak Creek Cemetery with funeral arrangements undecided.
Burnett serves as treasurer with Dwight LaysSargentAtArms, and Clayton Russell as sargeant at arms as the society schedules monthly meetings on the first Friday after the first Monday. The group aims to uplift students through debates and public speaking with a Roosevelt third term debate set for January 10, led by Duncan McArthur Pred Medhurst and Lucy Woodward on the affirmative side and Dwight Sawyer Clayton Russell and Ethel Beyer on the negative.
Vernon P. Squires reports Superintendent Stockwell urges all state teachers to attend the annual rally in Grand Forks from January 1 to 3. The program promises strong organization with school officers and teachers from the region urged to participate for a representative meeting and concerted action.
Presbyterian Church invites all to Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday School and Friendly Bible Class at noon A C E Society meeting at 6 15 p m and a Christmas sermon Sunday night titled Christmas Message Good music featured.
The term ends today with forty six students enrolled this term and more to join the winter term starting January 6. A mass meeting reorganized the literary and debating society choosing Walter Nero as president Duncan McArthur as vice president Ethel Beyer as secretary and a new rubber tire buggy with full leather top is available for inquiry at the office.
Two sections of wheat land offered for sale direct from seller in Lethbridge district Alberta. Bargains available. For details write J W Bawden Lethbridge Alberta Box 305.
Readers submit letters to the newspaper debating the role of citizens in public affairs. The exchanges cover voting habits, party influence, and concerns about government transparency and accountability.
A Bottineau County insurgent message critiques Governor Twitchell and Cass County figures, questions party tactics, and seeks proper Bottineau recognition in state affairs. The letter defends independence from local political pressures and asserts personal commitment to Bottineau’s interests.
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