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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
3
Courtesy of Newman Bros o offers four color ch studies calendar for adults only. Men planning to buy pianos or families with girl children who should study are invited to call and leave addresses in Bottineau North Dakota.
The Independent Daily proclaims itself as the only seven day paper in the state offering fair and free all the news all the time, signaling its role as a comprehensive source for local and statewide coverage.
The Fargo Courier-News Daily and Sunday pledges to give North Dakota readers a morning paper that helps build the state. It proclaims service "for North Dakota: first, last and all the time" as its core aim and policy.
The Courier-News promotes a bright snappy daily paper with progressive tendencies available across North Dakota year round. Subscription is four dollars per year.
The message argues against idle capital and get rich quick fever urging residents to invest locally. It touts domestic projects a house granary or barn and promises quick lumber orders with stock ready for same day fulfillment. It invites readers to visit and consider building now.
Gardena residents monitor the still-smoldering blaze with insurance adjusters visiting but not yet identifying who set the fire to the elevator. Meanwhile a Sunday church children’s program drew a crowded crowd, while weddings, visits, and local notes fill the community record amid wind damage and farm activity.
Messrs Gilbert Halvorson and Arne Dalen left for homesteads in Alberta while Christ Moum returned from Estevan with reports of moisture and good crops. A Carbury ball game win followed by a scrub loss to Boundary boys. Gran returns from Glasgow Montana with Mrs Gran staying longer. Anna Moum visits sister Carrie Moum in Landa. Willing Workers supper serves over two hundred.
The Lake Metigoshe opening day drew locals and visitors as the Botineau band performed to great enjoyment. Pleasant weather saw launches ferrying pleasure seekers across the lake while families, including Mr and Mrs Wilkinson of Deloraine, spent Sunday on the west side. A successful east side dance followed, with plans for a June 16 Hotel Metigoshe event and a steady influx of seasonal residents. An auto trip from Westhope illustrated growing lake activity.
Bottineau High School establishes a permanent baseball program under Prof. O. W. Fairbanks. Team play included four games with Willow City with scores Bottineau 7 9 7 25 and losses 2 17 along with two close intersquad games against the band team. The athletic association thanks local business leaders for support.
Government statistics show North Dakota’s death rate per thousand is 12.6 while southern border states reach 26.6 or more, indicating the northern state’s climate is healthiest for all ages. The Courant promotes North Dakota as the prime healthful state with a brisk, malaria free climate.
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