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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
7
A compact survey of midcentury ad snippets and odds and ends. It references CASCARETS candy cathartic and warning about substitutes, Civil War era distribution notes, a Minnesota adjutant general memorandum, and casual dialogue jokes. The collection preserves local voice and period tone.
July and August schedule offers Home seekers excursion tickets on the Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad to Alabama Arkansas Florida Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Quebec with a $2 add on. Round trips limited fifteen days from sale date with stopover privileges in Home seeker territory returning tickets valid twenty one days from sale. New through train service between Chicago and Waco Fort Worth daily at 1:80 p m with Pullman sleeping cars and reclining chair cars. For details contact agents of the Chicago and Western Illinois Railroad or G F T A Chicago. The item also includes assorted humorous and medical notices from various sources.
Marcia Carton receives an ornate mahogany desk as an anniversary gift from Matilda Carton Dobbs after an auction sale of the Carton family heirlooms. The pricey keepsake travels to Marcia's home despite Robbie's discovery that the items were sold. The gesture sparks tension with Matilda while Marcia cherishes the heirloom.
A contemplation on primitive sun dials starting with a simple spear stuck upright. Observations of noonday shadows reveal direction and length changes, suggesting early measurement that likely spurred astronomy. An upright plumbed stick with a knob atop aids shadow observation. Knowledge.
London here is described as having the largest commerce of any city, with Liverpool second and Hamburg a close third, though Antwerp closely approaches Hamburg in activity and prominence.
A historical note on cipher codes used by correspondents during wartime. It discusses how simple some codes appear to experts, yet newspaper work rarely has a perfect code. The piece cites blind codes and their practical use to convey sensitive information despite censor rules.
A 19th century survey notes private codes used by business and government to secure telegraphic messages. Commodore J Pierpont Morgan and John W Mackey among those with elaborate family codes, with a mining operator and abroad wife and children exchanging daily gossip via 325 page code books updated by mail.
List of inventors and patent topics includes Richard Cuddley of St Paul Minn with a cinder proof cap, James Davidson of Butte Mont with an electric arc lamp, Herman Grams of Dexter Minn on a traction engine, Stephen Huntley of Elk Point D with firearms, John Ober of Kibbey Mont with a gate hinge, Michael Bangen of St Matthias Minn with wagon box and bay rack lifter, and P Wend Johnson with other details. The passage ends with a stray train stop joke from Indianapolis News service.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case of catarrh that fails to respond to Hail Catarrh Cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and lists endorsements from West & Trusts Wholesale Proprietor Toledo and Mary Drege Teheds Ohio. The copy claims the Catarrh Cure is taken internally and not by blood or mucous surfaces and mentions testimonials with a request for free samples. It also touts Cheney’s Family Pills as the best and notes nationwide druggist availability.
A dialogue showcases Mr Seekrox with earnest concern about happiness beyond wealth. The Brooklyn Life tongue promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder claiming relief for tight shoes and foot complaints. Trial offer and mail address included for purchase.
A fragment from the Chicago Record notes a police interaction described with unusual phrasing about someone speeding home with ice cream. The readable text implies a lawful or dismissive stance by officers, referencing a man taking a brick of ice cream home to his wife.
The North Coast Limited of the Northern Pacific pleases travelers heading to the Twin Cities Duluth Superior or visiting friends in these areas or heading East. The daylight train runs through Minnesota and much of North Dakota both east and west bound. Regular ticket covers first class day coaches with optional Observa tion Car access for a small extra fee.
A damaged OCR style notice comments on a front porch owning woman and airs, mentions J. H. Rindlaub and a th roat medicine claim. Dated February 10, 1000 from Vanburen Indiana, mocks age and kittenish behavior amid scattered fragments.
Mrs Clara Gates of Johns Post Office Mississippi and Mrs Cooka Gates of Johns Post Office Mississippi send letters praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring health after long periods of weakness and illness. Both describe severe pain chills feeble condition and improved strength after following advice and using the product.
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