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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
4
The Courant gives subscription options: three months 60 cents, six months 75 cents, one year 6.50 dollars. Nonpayment charges and Canada rental terms listed. Advertising rates include 18 cents per inch for space, six cents per line for special positions, ten cents for locals, and 5 cents per line for classified ads.
The Courant notes disruptions to work as the Bottineau Military band and baseball team miss duties for July events. It cites two home games, a primary election, and a national convention, urging charity in judging. It highlights civic clubs building the community and warns about dangerous street corner hugging by vehicles, urging rightward traffic and wide turns.
Even with rural telephones it is hard to secure complete results and full details will not be obtainable before next week.
Urges immediate action to battle invasive weeds before they seed. Emphasizes timely cultural and preventive measures to protect crops and roadside margins. Encourages farmers and communities to mobilize mechanical and chemical controls to curb weed spread.
A crowd of circumstances compels the omission of two interesting communications received this week. The snippet hints at withheld messages and the impact on readers awaiting further details.
The Bottineau County State Fair staff announce a bigger and better fair lineup this year with expanded exhibits and new attractions set to draw larger crowds. Local organizations welcomed the enhanced event and urged community participation.
State wide baseball ware and racing meets fill the papers with local updates. Kulm and Makoti gain improvements while Carrington adds a new baseball diamond. Fire destroys Minot Blue Goose cafe as Turtle Mountain Indians hold a sun dance. Ward county schools seek sanitation upgrades and many towns plan Fourth of July events.
A brief retro notes reflects on the twenty first year in the publication's column history. It traces changes in style and topics over time and hints at the era’s social themes.
Copious rains fell as Bottineau ball club traveled to Deloraine. A crazy man seen along Oak Creek. Presbyterians planning a church. St Anthony and Dakota elevator under construction. Railway water tank rising. Long wagon trains of immigrants arriving. Depot and roundhouse plans received. M E church held a successful ice cream festival. F M Woodward caught a twenty pound pike at Lake Metigoshe and James Dawson a eighteen pounder. Newly organized militia met. NCOs chosen: First sergeants W B Noble. sergeants J E Johnson P J Ferguson J H Simrall. corporals H C Dana H Hearonemus Archie McArthur F C Champlin.
A Fourth of July lacrosse game was planned between Boissevain and Deloraine. An incident left Alfred Charbonneau 15 with a bullet wound in the left thigh after a rifle mishap by his brother. Two marriages were recorded: Ernest Kinley wed Elma Boreson and William Kinley wed Henrietta Gorrill. The Courant endorsed the candidacy of Svenerrud for state senate. Mrs. John Boehnke, four miles northeast of Bottinejan, poisoned her four children and herself with strychnine. the oldest boy, 11, survived along with three others. authorities label the mother temporarily insane.
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