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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
7
A casual comic montage shows customers and staff in quirky exchanges. A Brooklyn Life strip reveals a maid’s mischief over morning water, while a proprietor insists on cheese and a shopkeeper touts unapproachable dairy. Other vignettes describe a jealous daughter and a heated reaction to anger.
A comic quip about women's progress in society and a sister’s haberdashery gains. A brother pleads for a testimonial, joking that his sister could say his shirts and collars made him a new woman. The exchange highlights changing gender roles in a light, humorous vein.
In Fargo North Dakota J H Rindlaub a medical specialist promotes advertising and includes a humorous anecdote about a wife reading a lost dog notice for Fido. The ad notes a mangy lapdog with one eye and no tail answers to Fido and returns stuffed for a large reward.
North Dakota notes report market day ideas spreading to Devils Lake and Ray, new creameries, burglaries at Wilton, a new physician at Mooreton, hail damage near Courtenay, and hay shortages amid heavy rains. Reports of fires, deaths, horse thefts, and hunting issues appear with farm developments, banks, schools, rural delivery routes, and county actions across the state.
Deputy J. Ross aided Arthur officers to arrest two colored men who held up a man and robbed him of $14. They fired on officers but were overpowered with a rifle and handcuffed. At Casselton they were bound over for district court. One man, Ed Simpson aka Diamond Joe, carried a loaded .44 revolver. the other, Lem Lindsey, had a nine shot automatic. Officers believe both are wanted elsewhere. They were sent to Fargo and imprisoned.
At Arcade restaurant in Jamestown an employee spilled gasoline on his shirt and sparked a flame after striking a match. George Cashion quickly wrapped a coat around him, smothering the blaze and saving the man from serious injury. The worker escaped with minor injuries.
Langworthy Company purchases four yards from Imperial Lumber on the Flaxton Ambrose branch. Yards at Columbus, Kermit, Crosby, and Ambrose transfer to Langworthy for 75000 dollars. Company transaction closed at Ambrose on the Ambrose line.
A mother recounts her baby’s eczema, saying Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the child in three months after doctors failed. The note cites Alice L. Dowell of St Louis and a date in 1907. The second line mentions an obesity doctor charging $200 for a consultation with no prescription, implying a scam.
List of patents issued last week reports on inventors from Minnesota and neighboring states. Rail chair by H P Eller Carlton Minn and manure spreader by A A Fokken Raymond Minn noted along with grain car door by N P Nystrom Roland Minn and trace buckle by J B Schultz Donnybrook N D.
A brief note records careless handling causing an anchor to be dropped and left hanging outside for hours, drawing mixed reactions from Mrs. B and others nearby. The incident centers on a vessel’s anchor being deployed unexpectedly and remaining exposed throughout the morning.
An elderly white man on a northbound train at Charlottesville Virginia asks a young Black boy a series of questions about his mother faith and studies. The boy answers yes and receives five cents for apples. The exchange highlights implied social dynamics of the era.
A Sunday school scene shows a superintendent drawing the path to heaven and a man growing larger until barred at the gate. A child in the infants’ department quips that he is “60 puffed up with sin” and should be tried sideways, delivering a sharp, humorous response.
In a Kentucky colony scene, residents accuse a man across the street with contempt. They claim Simpson has a heavy flour sack, but accuse Tibet of lacking any liquor in his house.
A humorous quip on freshness and perception in a seaside market. A lady complains the last fish was not fresh and the fishmonger retorts about salt water. The line plays on expectation and wordplay between buyer and seller.
The article extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe effective laxative. It claims it cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or escalating doses and notes physicians approve its components. It warns to buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product and lists courtship as costly wisdom.
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