The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
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We have improved farms for sale.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Miss Kathleen Crane arrived home
for the HOLIDAYS last Thursday.
Wait for Sanford Dodge, Opera
House, Jan. 4 and 5.
Supt. Clara Feiring is at Fargo this
week attending meeting of the
state teachers institute.
Editor and Mrs. Rearick and child
rem left last Saturday for Minnesota
to spend Christmas with friends.
Wanted-Capable girl to do general
housework. Apply to Mrs. G. T
Whidden.
Misses Lottie and Madeline Brown
field left Wednesday of last week for
Belleflower, Illinois, at which place
they will visit an uncle during the
holidays.
w. S. Hyde was up from Hannaford
Tuesday. He was in scorched con-
dition resulting from little explosion
he had in his engine room but was
not seriously hurt.
The new year would be a very ap-
propriate time to make resolution
to subscribe for the COURIER and
then to put that resolution. in Inn
mediate effect. This only applies to
those who are not already subscribers.
The early closing movement went
into effect Monday evening and the
stores now close at 6 p. m. from this
time on until April LIST. Saturday
evenings the stores will remain open
just as long as there is any business
in sight. ------=-.,.-----
4 A wrestling match has been ar
| ranged to take place in the opera
house in the near Future between Tom
Etland, Of Aneta, and Nels. Halvor-
son, of Cooperstown, for purse of
\ $50, Etland to throw Halvorson three
times in one hour. See bill later. 4
The COURIER takes this occasion to
thank its many readers and business
men for the favors shown it during
the year now about to pass into his
tory and to wish one and all A Happy
and Prosperous New Year. 1904 has
been good year for all and we hope
the coming year will be full Of pro-
mise and prosperity for all.
Call at r. S. Lunde:s Office for farm
loans and insurance.
They say that now the days begin to
lengthen 50 does the cold begin to
strengthen which is usually a true
saying about this time of the year in
North Dakota. Anyway winter is
half gone and SO far we have had no
bad weather and up to this writing
no snow. It has been splendid wealth
er and the long winter SO much dread
ed has been shortened considerably.
STATE BANK of Coopestown, has
money at all times for Farm
Loans.
The Congregational church held its
annual business meeting last Thur
day night. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Clerk, Mrs Eliza Crawford; Treasurer,
Frank Gladstone; Trustee, #. B.
King; Deacon, J. G. Hazard; Ushers,
A. NJ. Baldwin, Maynard Crane, Geo.
Eoss, Frank Gladstone; Organist, Mrs.
David Bartlett; Assistant Organfst,
Miss Signi Widlund. The financial
affairs of the organization are in good
shape and the church shows good
growth the past year.
MI. and Mrs. J. ~ Brown, Of North
Dakota, came in last week and are
stopping at Goodall, where they have
q cottage. Mr.. Brown In conversation
with the writer stated that they
were having exceedingly cold weather
in the DakOtas, and he was glad to be
in the land of sunshine and d0wers.-
Daytona, Fla, Gazette-News.
Tut, tut, Jack, when you left here
the weather was balmy and nice.
Don't be giving those newspaper
chaps talk like that-although just
at this writing we don't know but
what you are correct.
One evening the first Of the week
lady-conside rably inclined towards
embonpoint-was coming hurrfedly