The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-09-18
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tuIne0 20 C0OperstOwn last Saturday
Afternoon.
III. III. Bateman has laid away his
soda fountain for this season and his
clerks are greatly pleased tllereat.
Born Ito Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. johnson
Of Romness, fine baby girl last We'd
nesday. The cigars are now up On
y Ed.
Lieut.. Coy. BARTLETT has been con-
fined to his home by sickness forseveral
days past, but is getting around again
much to the delight'of his numerous
friends:
The threshing machines arc telling
the story these days. Wheat yields
average from 20 to 80 bushels per acre,
the most of them being from o to25.
The grain is Of a good quality.
MI. and Mrs. o. w. Kerr are rejoic-
ing over the birth Of a fine baby girl
born Wednesday morning. The
young lady is a bouncer and Weighed
81 pounds. The Courier offers con-
CALCULATIONS.
Lost-a gray colored macintosh
cape between Cooperstown and Zim-
merman's south of town. Finder
please leave at Courier office or with
the owner, Clara Lunde, 81 miles
south Of town.
A barrel of fun! A whirl-wind of
mirth! A veritable cyclone of laugh
ter! .,ewmann the popular and sue
cessful hypnotist. Cooperstown opera
house, Sept. 26 and q. Popular prices
-25, IS and scots.
Col. A. p. Peake, of Valley City
was in town Tuesday working up
trade for his famous Lehigh and New
Salem Ignite coal. He sold the Gull
River Lumber Co., a car load. 1t is
called thewhite ash coal and is said to
be the best Ignite coal in the state.
Rev. c. H. Hughes sewers his pas
torate with the NJ. e. church at this
place this week and will leave on
Saturday for Delaware, O., where he
will take up his theological studies.
He is not going to be a lawyer as many
people think, but will continue in the
ministry.
The city of Lisbon, N. D., is to be
lighted by an eAcetylene gas plant,
the mayor and board of alderman be-
ing responsible for having the plant
put in. Acetylene gas is the whitest
light produced and is strictly all right
There is no reason why the town of
Lisbon should no be well lighted.
Now is the time to get your winters
supply of wood. e. w. Blackwell will
sell it to you, sawed and delivered to
any part of the city.
Married at Valley City, N. D., on
Sept. Il, 1902, by Rev. Halling, Mr..
Carl Bonde of Cooperstown to Miss
Mathilda Petersen, of Valley City.
The groom has been in the employ of
Mr.. j. III. McDermott for some time
.and is an Industrious young man. The
Courier wishes he and his bride a hap
py and long life.
Last Saturday afternoon lady left
a parcel to be sent through the mails,
paying thirty-four cents thereon for
postage. She forgot to address the
package so the postmaster is unable
to send it along. Will the party own
ing same please call at the postoff1ce
and address the parcel so that it can
be sent to it's destination.
The State Bank makes loans on i'm
proved farms. Money paid over at
once If title is o. K.
Prof. G. w. Hodge has been tend
cred the principalship of the Sumner
schools. The members of the board
Of directors are to be congratulated on
their selection, providing they can
hold him. The professor is easily
worth considerable more than the
Sumner school usually pays. Sumner
should, by this time, profit by its ex-
periences and pay good man well. =
Puyallup Independent.
DR.. L. S. Platou, of Valley City.
graduate of Christiania University.
Norway, will be in Cooperstown Sept.
Is and q for the purpose of practicing
his profession. Regular visits last
Friday and Saturday of each month.
Several thousand dollars worth OF
groceries have been purchased from
outside firms from parties soliciting
orders within the last few weeks that
should have been bought from home
merchants, and we are told that men
in business have also bought from out
side. This is not right and the same
men who do that would put up the
12.,aoo+ 900, ~ ofhor ponn1o hOJ1phf