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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
4
The article reports broad belief that a new prosperity era is underway as tariff measures open trade and boost revenue. Officials and business leaders expect stability, accelerated industry growth, and a long period of betterment, with confidence rising nationwide.
Article notes a surplus of urban labor and a shortage in harvest fields across North Dakota South Dakota and Minnesota with 10000 workers needed today. It highlights wage offers from $2.75 to $3.50 daily for westward migrants and implies broader Northwest labor strain and potential benefits of relocating labor to farms.
Gov Johnson of Minnesota urges the transmississippi states to seize influence in Congress and national affairs by electing capable men and holding them to tenure. He cites Senator Allison from Iowa and Senator Nelson from Minnesota as examples of effective representation, noting New England's large veteran senator presence shapes tariff policy. He argues ability and length of service trump geography in building clout. The editorial urges persistent effort by states to secure usual legislative impact.
The 50th anniversary of the first drilled oil well in Titusville Pa will be marked on the 28th. The piece traces oil’s rise from Drake’s 1859 bore to a world fuel and light source, noting vast global production, varied fields in the United States, Mexico and Peru, and Roosevelt’s Africa expedition signaling a new frontier and potential East African settlement boom.
Article argues obsolete Sunday laws cause annoyance and persecution, suggesting they be enforced or repealed. It notes such statutes, like prohibition, damage public respect for law and invites sporadic enforcement and public dissatisfaction.
The Mexican Herald notes a striking celestial display described as sinister fulgurations that synchronized with yesterday morning's quake. The piece likens the lights to the vermillion glow over a mournful shore of Acheron as Dante descends into the Inferno.
In a Massachusetts town several women urged police to surrender a baseball umpire to the crowd that sought to harm him. The episode is described as showing women fully capable of participating in the principles of popular government.
A fragmentary report recalls a short lived Spanish republic in Barcelona amid rioting. Bystanders heard cries of Long live the republic as unrest flared briefly before intervention.
Iowa Senator Cummins threatens to bolt the party faction urging caution before pursuing uncertain paths and advises colleagues to think twice before venturing into unknown political moves.
A Pittsburg girl aiming at a rat with a rifle shot her mother by accident. The odd remark notes that had she aimed at her mother she would have fared better. Other snippets jest about contraries and remarks on dogs, wealth, and politics conclude with a wary hope that the tariff law may ease living costs.
A remark suggests Thaw, if freed from the lunatic asylum, would write books. This is presented as an extra reason to keep him confined.
The Tribune notes various local items including a newborn at the Adamson farm southeast of town, a for sale 8 ft McCormick binder near Coteau, and O M Peterson finishing a new farmhouse west of the city with a fine grove. It mentions Geo Strawbridge praising the best area, horse goods, and Herman Endresen and George Bemerken visiting. E F Harms touts winter rye for land cleanup and crop value. Nels Nelson of Ambrose Mercantile Co. visits Bowbells progress, Ambrose building growth, and a trip with Mrs Hendrickson. Also discusses health remedies and general well being improvements.
Local notices recount water delivery by T. C. Barker and visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Keller, Church of God meetings at Coteau school, notes on August Smedeen near Epping, and a glowing summary of Rev. Kingston’s farm. Leona Taylor arrives from Wells and comments on Enid, Oklahoma. Wesley Peters begins building a cottage east of the First National Bank. Wheat and oats yields praised across Bowbells, a Greaves Telephone Co. suit against Geo. Strawbridge ends in judgment for the plaintiff.
Threshing big for sale. A Huber separator 60 by 70, complete and running, plus a Minneapolis 27 shp engine nearly new, all for 7501. Ready to go in the field. See Geo. Nelson, 4 miles west of the city.
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