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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
7
The Bottineau Courant editorial urges the town board to install street sprinklers to combat dust on windy days, arguing it would benefit taxpayers and business. It discusses advertising rates, local commentary on politics, education, and notable national figures, plus notes on subscriptions and a catalog from North Dakota Agricultural College.
A chaotic mash of notes from North Dakota towns reports Granville moving wheelward, local fires, court sessions, and political chatter. Mentions Minot Stock, Jamestown, Cooperstown, Grafton, and Fargo with floods of small events, municipal debates, and social gossip across Ward, Stutsman, and surrounding counties.
The author recalls Tolstoy and a governess tale where a girl offers jam to a peasant boy instead of whipping him. The allegory argues that true Christianity rejects violence and war, urging love over hate to make a Christian war or murder impossible.
The piece argues for science based temperance education through public schools and physician supervised materials. It cites laws from 1882 to 1902 mandating physiology and hygiene, noting reduced per capita alcohol use and longer life. It describes a graded three to four lesson plan over ten years and emphasizes tax revenue costs from liquor versus crime.
The fragment argues that nothing comes free and people pay for freedoms with duty and effort. It cites a bishop and a minister in an English parliament quote about every man having a price, condemning insistence on getting without paying.
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