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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
OF
B0NDS.URCED

Friends last year "a corpora
tions in the United States made
81, 900. 100000 greater profits
than they did before the war.
This is blood money, money coin
ed from want and misfortune.
Yet, when our own boys were
ordered to the front, these same
corporations refused to bear the
share they should Of the burden; !;
they refused to give up their pro
fits to aid your boy who is ready
to give up his life.
1--WE are at war now. Someone
must give the money to equip
our men. If the profiteers wont
do it we will. It is just as though
your house was on fire and your
children in danger Of burning to
death. The first thing to do is
to put out the fire.. So you all
start pumping water. on the
flame all but one brother. He
thinks it is going to be cold day
tomorrow and he wants to make.
a skating rink so he can enjoy
himself. So instead Of helping
fight the fire, he draws off water
to flood the old slough so he can
have q skating rink. That is just
what the profiteers are doing.
But our house is on fire; we can
not stop to attend to them now.
We must put out the fire first.
Then we will attend to their case.
$50, regardless Of what these
selfish profteers do, we must all
buy Liberty bonds to sustain the
boys at the front. This money is
needed to force the war to a sue
cessful conclusion. It is up to us
to buy these bonds and we will
do it. They are a good invest
ment and q patriotic service.
They are needed to put out the
fire. Conclusion Of speech by
President A. C. Townley Of the
Nonpartisan league made at all
organization meetings through
Southern Minnesota.
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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
SAVE ALIFE FOR XMAS

Our French comrades have
been steadily sweeping back the
enemy by concentrating in one
spot more guns and larger guns
than he enemy could gather
there. After a furious lombard
ment Of the enemy trenches, the
French infantry sweeps for
ward gaining trench after trench
with very little loss Of life.
We must provide for our Am
erican Army guns greater in size
and greater in number than the
enemy can oppose to them. It
will save many of the million
American boys just entering the
conflict.
Save a life for Christmas by
helping to buy one of these
great guns. Give United Statse
War-savings certificates instead
of money for Christmas gifts.
They cost $4.12 each in Decem-
ber. They are little five-year
United States Government bonds
bearing A per cent compound in
terest-worth $500 at matur-
lity.
Have written on them the
names Of the persons you give
them to and on Christmas morn
ing they will have the evidence
that in their respective names,
help has been given toward pres
erving-perhaps some American
boy spared for many Christmas
days. And you will be giving as
q Christmas present the safest,
best investment in the world to-
day something better than
gold.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

'rmers and repudiates the pro-
%x rs who tried to .camouflage"
"unrestrained selfishness"
BY e., 'ng a patriotism they
were q BILE Of feeling-for
patriotl4 e all other virtues,
speaks lon> II through actions
than by words,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

Farmers who are interested
in grain grading are invited to
attend a meeting in the CONNER
cial- club rooms at Bottineau on
Saturday, December 22nd, at 2
o'clock P. M.
All wheat farmers o1ght to be
interested and attend this nleat-
ing.
F. w. Cathro,
i. I. Stair,
a. +. Hqndsrson.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
Vinje Lutheran Church.

Services at II 700 Sunday.
Christmas services at 1900 on
Thursday, Dec. 9th (3rd day oe
Christmas.) Immediately aftHE
dinner there will be a Christmas
tree program in the church. Take
dinner with you and come pre-
pared to stay all day.
Joseph Lunde, Pastor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

The farmers nopartsan Canada modelled
the Nonpartisan league Of the United States getting
striking cartoons IN cennectnn nth work of organizing the
people OF the northern @syture the The
above cartoon sample Of the put people
Canada by Canadian applies with
equal force this de Of the line The og people
and split rty inesto pull the fire Of
party politics ths nuts Of privilege and benefit
~ net the psopl& i fine appieaon y - sa
1k GAs nenkey And ths M. @ a.
The Springdale news., 1917-07-06
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY

In an age charged with beine sci
fish, sordid, and commercial there has
grown up and developed the greatest
organization for unselfsh service the
world has ever seen-the American
Red Cross. The growth q the Red
Cross Society IS evidence not to be
controgerted that the spirit Of service
IS strong n the hearts Of the people
Of today The work Of Ire society
demonstrates that there ars thou
sands who are willing to dev2te their
services 70 humanity, and the support
give. themGby voluntary =eontribu-
tons shows that there are hundreds
Of thousands more who are wiling to
devote portion Of their means % the
alienation of suffering.
The activities Of the Red Cross
always have been generously supper
ted By the American ubl.e, but only
since our oWn" soldiers baean 70
take place II the trenches aloHaside
our allies ms this support become
bountifA It IS the suffering and
comfort q the men from or oen
neiqbboshao5s as well as TIE III. seal
needs Of our allies for VII Oh the Red
Cross IS now modifying. The re-
ult-a greater and more imperative
duty no. eoafronts the gers il
America
No appeal to the generosity & the
American people has ever keen I'M
answered. Let one part of the world
be visited By some calamity like the
Mount Pelee and Italian earthquake,
China foods, the Johnsto~n foods,
the San Francisco earthquake or any
greater or lesser calamity, and the re-
Spouse from the Nation immeGiase
and generous 70 a degree. The ser
vices Of the American Red Cross So
ciety to both sides in the BoeE war
and IN other wars was liberal and self
sacrificing. Fresher in or iajnds is
the work the American unit has been
doing n Europe in the Ia. three
years. especially the relief sisea the
Belgian population.
To meet this new and ere.fly en-
lareed demand-tAis demand that has
the added force Of patriotism IA a
dutp Ne one our own soldiers there
was a campaign 70 raise SI8ee49.a00
for the Red Cross work. The results
The Springdale news., 1917-07-06
SONORA

Several from Sonora attended the
iee cream supper at Friendship Sat
urday night.
The farmers around Sonora are
very thankful for the good ram
which fell Sunday night.
There vii be an ice cream supper
at Heads Ford Saturday night, July
:. Every one invited to come
Sunday School IS progressing nice
y at this place under the leadership
Of Bro. Walter Donaldson as super
intendent
Misses Myrtle Patton and Lille
Pace. accompanied by Isom Pace Wis
tied the latter part Of last week with
Hr. and Mrs Everett Lloyd.
Miss Nellie starns If johnson has
been employed to teach the fall term
q school - Heads Ford School viii
begin On Monday Of next week.
Mrs. Bonnie Jones and little SON
Nho had been visiting With relatives
here for some time, left last week for
Oklahoma City to visit her mother,
Cora Knowles.
Mrs. Fred Reed and two little boys,
accompanied by Miss Ollie Reed Of
Springdale, visited Saturday and Sum
dag With Mrs. Reeds mother, Mrs.
Neil, Of Goshen.
The Springdale news., 1917-07-06

Nation down to the smallest boy scout,
and the women of the nation were
particularly alive
Red Cross Week should not be the
only week or time in which one cen
assist the work of the society. Ev-
cry week should be a Red Cross week
with those who are able to contribute
to the work of this greatest agency Ct
mercy. It's work is pressing and will
continue long time. It needs con-
tinued support and will not appeal in
van . a people as generous as the
American Nation.
The Springdale news., 1917-07-06
SPRINGDALE'S CONTRIBUTION TO The RED CROSS
by Gene Fowler

America couldn't send mothers
Where the sons Of the nation have bled.
America couldn't send brothers
Where the shells are a-screaming oerhead.
But Americas mothers and brothers
Have sent the RED CROSS instead!
Out where the brave ones are fighting,
There's story Of gain and of loss.
Out where the hell-fre is blighting
A life iss coin in the toss
But there in the heavens we're writing
The merciful SIGN OF THE CROSS.
It's a cross for the living and dying,
And today it is noble and fair
It's cross for the ones who are lying
With feverish blood on their hair
It's cross for the lone widow, signing,
For it answers humanity's prayer!
The Springdale news., 1917-07-06

Miss Agnes Bryant daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. ] W. Bryant Of Rogers and
W. H. Wood Of Bristol, Tenn were
married last week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
A REAL DILEMMA
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DE
/ slREs STATE! SUPPORT WITH
/ OUT STATE CONTROL.

DIR. Gore, the Protestant Bishop OF
Oxford, England, does not conceal the
pain he experiences in considering the
spectacle presented by the Church OF
England. In his speech at, the Church
House, Westminster, he deplored the
loss of respect for the Church which
it produced. There was, he said, only
one remedy, and that was the restora-
ton to the Church of the free exercise
of autonomy If the Church was to
survive and was not to be put among
those bodies which were stamped in
history as having missed their yoca-
ton, the Anglicans must at once take
steps to secure their power OF cor
.porate action and corporate self-asser-
ton.
Bondage to the State, the Bishop
may be reminded, was one OF the
penalties which the Church OF England
paid for renouncing the supremacy of
the Holy See, and during its existence
as a. Protestant institution it has re-
manned in that condition of servitude.
Nor will it, be allowed to enjoy the
liberty of managing its own affairs so
long as the connection with the State
lasts. BY giving up that connection
it can procure autonomy, but the
Bishops and clergy are, unwilling to
pay the price. They desire to possess
all the advantages ensured to them by
the connection and whilst crying out
for freedom. are content to bear their
chains.
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years before the beginning of this
war; appealed to all the nations for
aims with which to build the grand
Christian temple of st. Peters.
1t is an indication of the strange
loss of identity incident to reformed
doctrine when in Plymouth church, to
quote Plymouth poet:
"Tndulgences were set to sale
Like ballads at a country fair.
When DR.. Parker says: I'VE must
give till it hurts to repay the sin,
and that there is an opportunity Ito
save yourselves from hell" he is put.
ting seriously what was said derisive
of indulgences 400 years ago:
When the coin in the box doth ring
Then the soul into Heaven shall
spring.
But not only, does DR.. Parker's in
diligence propaganda strike at the
raison d'etre of the Reformation. he
goes beyond the shameless traffic
of indulgences as Tetzel preached
them. He saves from hell, whereas
the. indulgences of the Catholic
Church touch only temporal punish
ment.
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A SOLDIERS WONDERFUL CURE

Sunday about two o'clock I woke
up and felt very thirsty. The night
nurse was at the top of the ward, and
couldn't call out to her for drink,
and she went out by the door. turned
over on my elbow to wait until she
came back, and saw. white form,
all dazzling light, and a wreath OF
flowers on her head, STOPPING over the
bed to me, and she said something to
me, which l can't remember. 1t was
plain English, but I'll think of it when
| get my senses back properly. Then
she said, Say three Hail Marys MORN
ing and evening, and she went over
to that little table with the crucifix~c1l
it, and stood there and looked over at
me for a minute or. so, and then she
went out of that door,"
A short time afterward the nurse
came back to the ward and the sol
der on the impulse of the moment
shouted, Nurse, nurse The poor
nurse fell back with fright against the
wall, and, as she herself said, she felt
she was stuck to the WALL when she
heard this man, deaf and dumb for
six months, crying out to her in the
silence of the ward. She went over
to him and gave him a drink, and
found not only that he could speak,
but could hear everything she said
to him.
The poor soldier was very excited
and beads of perspiration showed on
his forehead. He told her all he had
seen. The vision he said, was like
one of the pictures in the Little Flower
book
(Which one was it?" asked the
nurse. There were several pictures
of her in the book, taken at different
periods of her life.
''This one," he said, opening the
book and pointing to the picture of the
Little Flower as first communicate,
with wreath and veil, only" said he,
"she was all dazzling light"
That is the story, as it came from
the lips of this good, simple soul, who
assured us he never thought of such
a possibility of the Little Flower APP.
pearing to him. Il didn't think my
self worthy of such," he said to me.
Neither did he seriously think he
would ever be cured. IF it was God s
holy WILL he said. But he was in his
normal senses that night, wide awake,
and there was nothing remarkable to
account for any terrible excitant of
the nervous system. He can speak and
hear now as well as ever he did, and
he only began to speak and hear after
he saw the vision The piano and
gramaphone beside his bed made mu-
sic and noise for days, but the sounds
fell on deaf ears. AS I was speaking
to him the gramaphone was screech-
ing out Britannia Rules the Waves
but thought that God rules over all.
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Episcopal Anniversary
ARCHBISHOP CHRISTIE OF ORE
CON WILL CELEBRATE THE AN
NivERsARY OF HIS oRDiNA-
TON. 3&

Most Reverend Alexander Christie,
Archbishop of Oregon City, Ore, will
observe the fortieth anniversary OF
his ordination on December 4. The
religious observance of the occasion
will be a Pontifical Mass celebrated
by the Archbishop in the Pro-Cathe-
dral of the Immaculate Conception,
Portland. Plans are being made also
for civic celebration.
Archbishop Christie was born in
Vermont and was educated at st.
Johns University, Minnesota, and the
Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada.
He was ordained to the priesthood in
1877 For twenty-one years he labor
ed in the Diocese of st. Paul, MINI.
On June 20, 1898, he was consecrated
Bishop of Vancouver, and became
Archbishop of Oregon City in Febru-
ary,-1S99.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
SPEECH AND HEARING RECOVER
4 Ed AFTER NovENAf TO THE
LITTLE FLOWER - REMARkA-
Bile INCIDENT In WHICH SOL
DER rs FAVORED AFTER SuF-
FERlNG FROM SHELL SHOCK.


The remarkable recovery OF hearing
and speech by Private Stephen Con-
roy, Leinster Regiment, at present a
patient in st. Lukes ward, Jervis
Street hospital, in exciting keen inter-
est in Dublin, Ireland. The Rev.
Miles VI Roman, &C. c., Pro-Cathedral,
makes the following statement in ref
erence to the case:
In the following account of this re-
markable cure, / wish merely to state
the facts of. the case as they were told
to me by the soldier himself. and by
the sister in charge. Whatever my
private opinion of the case may be,
/ do mot wish publicly to draw any
inference from it. AS the case OF the
Little Flower is undergoing official ex-
animation in Rome, / do not wish to
say anything that would not be law
full under the circumstances. The facts,
however, Of this. cure are worth re-
leording. The soldier, a man of "a
years, simple and pious, was struck
deaf and dumb six months ago, the re-
suit of she'll shock. He had been in
various hospitals, but no treatment
brought him the slightest remedy. He
was then sent to Jervis Street hospital
to be examined by the ear and throat
specialist, DR.. J. P. KeOgh. After some
days the specialist considered his case
a very bad one, that there must have
been some extensive damage done and
especially as both hearing and speech
were affected. In fact, the man was
pronounced practically incurable, con-
sidering his age and the extent Of the
functional disorder. The military au-
thorities then said he was to be sent
hack to St. Georges hospital. How
ever, the Sister in charge phoned to
the military authorities for permission
for; him to remain where he was few
days longer for the purpose of observa-
ton, which permission was granted.
Meanwhile, the simple, unimagina-
tive. pious soldier went to Mass every
morning. The Sister in charge of the
ward suggested to- him that he should
make a Novena to the Little Flower,
and she gave him the Life of the Little
Flower to read. 1t was something new
for him. II often heard tell of the
Sacred Heart" he said to me, but I
never heard about the Little Flower.
It was lovely and read it over and
over again.
But how did you get back your
speech?" / asked him.
'.I'll tell you, Father. I was as wide
awake as I am now. This morning
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returned to France in August. De-
scribing the scenes he witnessed and
the places he passed through, he
closes with this passage:
Readers of this article may wish
to know whether I have seen any
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin is celebrated here in Lyons, on
September s, with extraordinary dis
play. The great central feature of the
celebration is this:
cat 6 o'clock in the evening the
sound of cannon shot announces
that the Cardinal Archbishop, stand
ing on the balcony of the lofty shrine
of Fourviere, which almost overhangs
the city, is raising the golden mon
STRANGE containing the Sacred Host in
benediction over Lyons. Before the
echo has died away thousands of de-
vout Catholics, following an old ira
ditional custom dating from hundreds
of years, drop on their knees and bow
their heads, on the streets along the
banks of the Soane.
"On this occasion among those who
devoutly knelt were a number of
strangely uniformed men. The can
non doomed again, and when the long
lines of kneelers arose the Yankee hat
and the bronzed faces at once reveal
ed the identity of the strangers. They
were Irish-American Catholic soldiers.
These men, thought, and thou
sands like them, will give an account
of themselves in this country not only
as soldiers but as Christians"
N
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
The Plymouth Indulgence
MODERN PREACHER GOES
FURTHER THAN TETzEL-He
WOULD SAVE SOULS FROM
HELL FOR A CASH coNsfDERA-
TIoN. ts I.

DIR I. Albert Parker, speaking on
'sThe American Red Cross and the
World Crisis in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, on recent Sunday, said
among other things: eff they (the
soldiers) go to give their lives and
we refuse to give them money, then,
/ say, we are damned. The Red Cross
is offering you an opportunity to save
yourselves from hell. We must give
until it hurts, to repay the sin of all
our days. We must give and give and
give, for the American Red Cross is
the agent of humanity
Nobody has thus far undertaken to
tack 95 theses to the doors of Ply
mouth Church; on the contrary, some.
body in the audience shouted: He's
right observes the Brooklyn Tablet.
He's right today, but yesterday
Tetzel was challenged by Luther who
laid the cornerstone of the Reforma-
ton. Tetzel, too, said we must give
and give because the Church is the
agent of humanity.
DR.. Parker says: 1--WE must give
till it hurts to repay the sin of all OF
our days In Cambridge Modern
History we read this calunny
Some bought their spiritual treasure
from the Pope for so much cash.
DR.. Parker says. come buy your spir
litual treasure from the Red Cross for
$50 much cash. if you don't you are
damned.
Dr. Parker is actually preaching an
indulgence. He is wearing the shoes
| of the agents of Pope Leo X, who
in 1914 (just exactly four hundred
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ole missions have sbeen established,
and the growing number of converts,
led by the holy Pope Plus x to give
them the first Catholic Bishop in the
person of Rt. Rev. l. Papadopo ulos,
the aforementioned confessor of the
Faith.
The influence especially of Russian
autocracy in the Turkish empire. in
which Russia was considered as the
protector of all the schismatics, sup
ported strongly the efforts of the ec-
clesiastical schismatic authorities to
destroy our community from its be-
ginning or at least to prevent its de-
velopment.
War May Be Providential.
The present war Cid not appear in
it's beginning destined to exercise any
good influence in favor of our work
on the contrary, many were afraid
that if the Russians were to occupy
Constantinople and the Balkans, the
efforts already expended in beginning
and developing the work would be am
initiated When, therefore, some
months ago it was said that the pres
ent Holy Father Benedict XIV was con-
sidering the, opportunity Of new efforts
for the return of. the schisnatical
churches, it was very difficult to UNI
derstand how it could be possible UNI
der such unfavorable circumstances,
But what difficulties can stand before
God when Gods appointed time has
come? So, when altogether unexpectr
eddy, the Russian revolution came to
change entirely these fearful circum-
stances by overthrowing the Russian
autocratical Government, and by
granting liberty of conscience. An
immense field is now opened for work.
The one hundred and thirty millions
of Christians who during ten centuries
have been carefully kept in the dark
ness of schism and ignorance, will be
finally able to see some light and to
revive, if they wish, the truth among
them and. the spirit of faith which
formerly animated their fathers. and
which the pride and the fanaticism OF
their chiefs had carried away from
them, plunging all these millions OF
souls of good faith into ignorance and
superstition. i
In the great religious awakening
which is delineating itself in the East,
the work of Rt. Rev. Papadopoulos APP
pears really providential and destined
to have a great part in the return OF
millions of schismatics, because it is
the only existing work in the Patriart
chate of Constantinople with unique
direct object: the conversion OF the
Greeks and the union of the Churches.
The great interest the Holy Father
Benedict XIV takes in favor OF this
work by recommending it so warmly
proves it's great Importance in the In
terest of the Church and for the reall-
cation of his plans for the reunion OF
the Churches; and the fact that the
Sacred Congregation of Propaganda
decided to give to it the greatest pos
sible development, through the foun-
dation of a special Seminary to null
tiply the number of missionaries, the
building of churches and schools and
the establishment of new missions,
and that she makes an extraordinary
appeal to the charity and generosity
of the Catholics of the United States
in favor of this work, is another proof
and assurance that great good is ex-
pected.
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when we find him telling the Small
caldic League that Purgatory is IAN
invention of the devil
Some Catholics take off their hat in
passing a church; others do not.
What is the reason?
The explanation is that some Cath,
o1ics are more devout, more courage;
Gus, more full of faith than others,
The, practice of lifting the hat when
men pass a Catholic church springs
from belief in the Blessed Sacrament
and from a desire to give public pro-
fession of their faith.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01

When angry passions rise in the
heart it is well always to pause be-
fore we give expression to our
thoughts A delay of a few moments
has set many. seeming affronts in "a
juster and kinder light. 1t will often
lessen, If not annihilate, the supposed
injury, and may prevent violent and
revengeful words and deeds. Anon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01
New Bishop Of Kerry

Very Rev. Dean O'Sullivan, P. p,
v. G., of Tralee, County Kerry, Ire
land, has been appointed Bishop of
Kerry, in succession to the late Right
Rev. John Mangan.