The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-24
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WANTED-Two apprentice girls.
Inquire of Mrs. Julia Stevens.
Attorney A. NJ. Baldwin returned
home from Chicago last Monday, after
an absence Of three weeks.
WANMED-Girl for general house
work. Must understand cooking. APP
ply to MRS. n. A. PATTERSON.
Poison the gophers early and save
the growing crop. Strychnine in any
quantity at II. h. Bateman's.
North Dakota sends more children
to Sunday School according to popula-
ton than any state in the union, and
1t is nothing to the discredit of the
state, either.
The town board met Tuesday night
and approved Of the bonds of the new
ly elected officers. Jacob Arnold now
wears the marshal's star, so look out
and give him no back talk.
Ben Anderson and wife returned
from Velva last week and will again
make Cooperstown their home. Ben is
now employed by VIM. Davidson as a
drayman-and he makes good one.
W. H. Allen, the optician, will be at
1. D. Aliens jewelry store until March
80. Errors of refraction corrected by
the most up-to-date methods. Exami-
nation free.
]. n. Brown sends the COURIER a
card from Tijuana, Mexico, on which
he says: "Here is where you could en-
Joy life." The scene represented on
the card is one of those famous Mexi-
can bull fights, so that Jack must have
been taking In the sights.
d. The true standing of an editoc. is
appreciated after death, If not before.
A lawyer recently sent the following
words of consolation to the widow
Of an editor Of a nearby town: "Dear
Madam cannot tell you how panied
l was to hear that your husband has
gone to heaven. We were bosom
friends, but can never meet again."
The Hannaford base ball boys will
give another grand ball for the benefit
of the club at Groven's Hall, Hanna.
ford, on the evening Of March %, 1904.
Ticket for dance 81. Supper 75c extra.
Everybody is invited to help swell the
tally list on this occasion and help the
club cross the rubber with nice neat
sum to the good.
FOR SALE-Hotel and livery barr
at Hannaford, N. d. Apply to Nord
ing & Aim, Hannaford, n. d.
The ghost deal out west of town is
all of. After the splurge made las,
week the perpetrators of the deal con
cluded that the joke had gone fal
enough and gave the snap away. Char
lev Cork and Rier Anderson are the
only ones who got into the game right
Rier is out $40 and Cork is that ahead
When Charley starts out to do ul
spirits they get done to a finish, you
c2n bet your last nickle on that.
We have improved farms for sale.
\ FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Ex-County Commissioner Howard
Wilson, who is now a bonanza farmer
of Barnes county, was in the metropo
lis of Griggs county last Saturday, at
tending to some business matters, ant
was kept busy shaking hands with hi
numerous friends. Howard is lookin,
well and says that his family has beer
added to since he was here last-th,
late arrival being daughter. He nov
has four boys and a girl-the finest il
the land, he says.
Erick Erickson, successor to Berl
Bros. & Co., Cooperstown, N. D., i
still in the machine business at tn
old stand, and will be glad to see al
the old customers Of the late firm an,
also new ones.
Who said we coulden't raise lemon
In North Dakota? Just to convinc
US of that fact B. f. Elliot brough
to this Office Monday a lemon that h
raised himself and there are more t
follow. This particular one weighe'
l6} ounce, tile circumference one wa
was III inches and the other l3} inches
These lemons have been tested an
found to be Of superior quality TO
both pastry and lemonade. Mr.. Ellio
expects to send few of these Nortl
Dakota lemons to the Worlds Fair a
St. Louis this year.-LaMoure Chron
icle
Farmers Attention.! Bring in you
harness repairs before the spring rusl
opens up. We have a large stock o
all kinds Of light and heavy harness
also harness oil. Prices low and worl
first~class.