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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1902
Page
5
Official county notice lists bottineau post office arrivals and departures for towns including Dunseith Antler Scotia and lin with tri weekly schedules. Train connections via Jun Junction and timing windows noted.
The Great Northern will run a special Devils Lake Chautauqua excursion from Souris on Sunday June 29, with round trip by special train at 2.00. The departure from Souris is at 6:00 AM and from Bottineau about 6:30 AM. A large turnout is expected and information is available from agent C W Exuur.
Fragmentary note mentions ponies for domesticated animals and a spring connection. Reader-friendly tease hints at a local curiosity or novelty idea without concrete details or dates. The fragment lacks clear names, places, or outcomes to anchor a full card.
Applications from horse owners flood in for July 4 races with entrants from across the state and Manitoba. The Bottineau football team seeks a showcase match here. Also, talks of events and local matters swirl as buildings and visits stir Bottineau and nearby areas. Sheriff Nelson reports busy days around the lake as farm sales shift activity and Mr Cromar plans a move to Canada. The Lakavian hotel adds to the bustle with a fine advertisement.
Sunday with parents and travels cited, plus local updates from Willow City and Bottineau. Mentions Rev McGlauchlin, trains to Grand Forks and Rugby, a horse loss, new birth omitted, rainfall notes, and estray notices including a pony and a calf with details and contact requests.
Purely personal items from Bottineau region include real estate broker ads by Scott and Bowen, bicycle sales and loans, visits by residents from Souris and South Dakota, and a doctor traveling to Menominee for weeks. Local church events, summer visitors at Lake Metigoshe, and fixture shipments for M. W. Fawcett are noted along with an estray mare and colt advertisement near Bottineau.
The tenth annual North Dakota Chautauqua assembly runs June 28 to July 20 featuring musical numbers by Ft. Totten Indian band and others, lectures by Robergon Beauchamp Cattern and Peters, entertainments by Sanford Dodge company and others, plus outdoor recreation. Also notes cholera infantum warning and local pasture sale near Bottineau with Thomas Gieson listing terms.
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