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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
5
A motorist is stopped after the officer notes an extinguished car light. The driver hands over a card reading G. J. Smith, prompting the constable to demand a proper name. The motorist then declares William Shakespeare of Stratford on Avon, and the officer apologizes while recording the details.
A horse owned by Isaac Duncan west of town was stung to death by honey bees today after a swarm settled on a tree while Dun can plowed. A veterinarian arrived but could not save the animal.
In a dialogue about engagement a friend group discusses postponing marriage. She vows to influence household finances once engaged, while the others question the plan and its timing. The exchange hints at social expectations and economic considerations in courtship.
A peddler suggests saving the top or flipping a box to access strawberries, while advising a mother to examine Castoria bottles for the safe signature. The exchange hints at familiar household goods and the claim of a trusted remedy for infants and children.
An early 20th century advertisement from St. Paul promotes a range of metal goods. It touts fire escapes bank railing iron stairs and benches as manufactured items. It also contains fragmented moralizing text and scattered marketing rhetoric.
North end residents oppose the Lake County plan and push a counter proposal to carve Lake County into two, creating Burke and Renville counties while sparing Ward County. The petition redraws lines near Kenmare and Montrall, aiming to balance towns around Kenmare and submit to county commissioners soon.
State Engineer Atkinson returned to Bismarck from the West where he met Garfields and Newell at the Shoshone project in Wyoming. Surveys will begin on the Washburn and Bowman county districts this fall with construction planned next season. He also visited Huntley Montana and irrigation districts near Billings noting profitable beet production and strong potential for North Dakota irrigation.
Tom Jones a coal miner in Kenmare was bound over to the district court by Judge Harland of Stanley in $2000 on a mayhem charge. He allegedly chewed Peter Streiss’s cheek during an argument at John Rocke’s home four miles west of Kenmare. The incident occurred while Streiss and Jones visited Rocke, drawing a crowd as the case proceeds.
William Wilson a well known Minot porter with consumption died in his river tent. A milk delivery found him lifeless in bed, without attendants. He worked at Ripley's barber shop and was a single man about thirty. relatives in Fargo could not be located.
D Coroner reported to Melville on the Rosa Hertel case a ten year old girl who accidentally shot herself with a twenty two calibre rifle. The child was alone in the house when the gun went off and the bullet entered her mouth. She died shortly after from the wound.
A Milwaukee lineman, twenty six, Young Liveryman Pause, is found murdered in Bowman Wisconsin near railroad yards. Investigators report brutal beating and throat wound with severed head left near track. Suspects allegedly fled with Pause’s papers as two men watched a train pass, attempting to stage an accident.
A drenching storm over McLean County spawned a young tornado that cut a six mile wide swath for about thirty miles. The same day a westbound Canadian Pacific train collision at Homio Station injured seven and killed two, with survivors hospitalized. Prof Hobbs of Ann Arbor reported a record Mont Blanc ascent taking seven and a half hours.
Reports from Minot to Williston describe railway expansion, hospital efforts, and county division debates. Farmers, weather, and farm equipment gains shape the season with damper rains and grain damage noted in Pembina and Ward counties.
A Burma feature notes bull racing as a popular sport with a native owner who rejected 10 000 rupees for a bull valued at 25 000 rupees and rumored to earn 12 000 to 15 000 annually. It also reports Burman boxing, where fighters often strike with eyes closed, making matches chance driven.
A letter from Lily Hedge of Camberwell Green England describes her son Owen's severe eczema starting at three months and worsening to near whole body infection. After four hospital admissions and futile treatments a Cure with Cuthurn Remedies led to a dramatic improvement and full recovery.
An ad style fragment shows Miller and Holmes of Saint Paul Minnesota claiming to pay for prices for cream. The text references poor planning for a girl relying on a father fearing lending money and mentions a self made man valuing foreground beauty.
Mrs Herman Smith of 90L Bad Street Athens reports kidney disease began with sight irregularity and weakness progressing to dropsy. She says back ache and leg swelling worsened until taking Deans Kidney Pills at a critical moment. She credits the pills with saving her life. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N D 50 cents a box.
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