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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
7
North Dakota and Minnesota items report diverse events from a deadly shooting in a Harvey area to shattered granaries and hail storms across Jamestown and Mandan. Voters, legal actions, weather impacts, and local business notes highlight community upheavals and resilience with names like Floyd Hosmer, Adolph Graf, and Mrs. Butler connected to broader local stories.
A 19th century notice touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for rectal ailment and piles at 23 cents a box, with a local seller listed. It also previews Hoyt’s Texas Steer at the Atheneum on Saturday, describing a Washington political comedy plot and social life among officials and a congressman's daughter.
The piece features James McCann as Maverick Brander and Will J. Gray as the Minister from Dahomey, with Florence Nossland Bossy Lizzie Kendall Goo Ty Meve Brassy Gall Gustave Newville Major Yell. The AMWH production, a famed Hoyt creation, promises a popular stage comedy. Also reports a life and death tale from W A Hines and notes on water system work and an artesian well study by Col Pond in St Paul with Northern Pacific switch work to the post site.
In Jamestown, on a August afternoon, 14 year old Floyd Hosmer was fatally shot when a shotgun carried on a mower discharged. The gun slipped, both barrels discharged, pellets struck his arm and bowels, and he died minutes later after being found by a companion driving ahead to the fields. The incident occurred while they were en route to hay fields after 1 p.m.
A vintage ad touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as an absolute cure for chronic constipation with a fifty year sale record and guaranteed results. It lists E. S. Beardsley, druggist, on Fourth Street, offering the product at 25 and 50 cents.
Col Geo E Pond chief quartermaster of the Department of Dakota arrives in the city from St Paul by noon train to prepare for beginning work on the new military post. He is accompanied by Engineer Broscius who will replace T H Humphreys as engineer in charge. an appropriation is noted.
A vintage ad by Beardsley, druggist on Fourth Street, touts Tara Clover Rout Ten laxative as a half century cure for constipation and related ailments. It promises refunds if results are unsatisfactory, with price points of 25 and 50 cents.
A Mandan sheep rancher offered four dollars per head for his flock, with talks of Bryan’s possible election altering prices. J Johnson of Grafton promised to buy all Mandan sheep at two dollars per head should Bryan win, while Rea Bros. advertised selling Johnson with WKE sheep at two dollars per head for next day delivery after results. The piece notes political chatter and a fall in wool and sheep prices during the last Democratic administration. It also mentions unrelated items about Kodal Dyspepsia Care, a bicycle-toreador accident in Mexico, Jamestown considering dynamiting an artesian well, and a carrot-based beauty tip.
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