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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
7
A 1860s New Orleans tale recalls a high stakes poker game on Royal Street with four players a merchant a railroad superintendent a St. Tamany planter and an exJudge. The judge believed his four sights held and risked $500 while a spectator spotted flyspecks on indicators altering the hand.
Andrew Lang is praised for quick intelligence and golf talent. A celebrated critic recalls a dinner where a “budding funny man” and a “diabolically deaf socialist” caused unintended amusement. The socialist revealed he feigned deafness to endure the verbose golf chatter.
Admirers of Stevenson receive assurance that his grave at Samos will be respected under German control. Count von Bulow vows the resting place will be treasured by Germany and honors Stevenson as a stern yet respected critic, acknowledging some of his words may have merited censure.
A collie named Major was buried with pomp in a new dogs cemetery at Tarrytown. The coffin was dark wood and draped in black. Mrs. John T. Stephens of New York paid the mortuary bill of several hundred Soltar and enters mourning.
The Rev. W. Pope Pledger of Beaumont Texas resigns after a storm of criticism for attending Sunday bull fights during a Monterey excursion. He says his visit was for knowledge not brutality and condemns ministers who dictate how others live. He attacked narrow church leadership and rejected a public repentance demand, calling such clerics hypocritical.
Denver Post reports Coal Mine Inspector argues miners rely on practical cues not superstition. He cites rats fleeing sections and mule behavior as alert signals and warns against ignoring warning noises that precede mine slides.
The Ethnological Museum in Berlin secured a premier Maori carving ensemble from New Zealand. Mr C H Nelson assembled and restored pieces to form a complete Maori houge and the owner accepted a four thousand dollar bid, with the work to be shipped to Berlin and placed under the museum’s care.
Fersconiky of Males Gould Helen Miller Gould pledges her fortune to establish a Hall of Fame on the NYU campus overlooking the Harlem River. Tablets will honor many distinguished Americans and the descendants of those named, with the human heart as the tablet bearing her own inscription.
Joke Brown's Bietes and Mrs. Davis join Brown's only mitster the youngest of aiy teen children in St. Jone Michigan as new centenarian age figures.
A dramatic tale from New York describes a woman who purchases a hat that proves too tight and causes severe headaches. After three expansions fail to fix it, she tears the hat apart, discards it, and orders a new one while a friend contemplates trying the same act.
A stark warning that a united yellow race could threaten white nations. The article links rising Chinese and Japanese ambitions, Boxer tactics, and a hypothetical united Eurasian power capable of marching 50 million soldiers, potentially reshaping global dominance.
A historical note discusses sun spots as solar disturbances with energies affecting Earth. It links solar activity to electrical storms in New England and over the past five years notes coincidences with major wars and financial panics. It cites cycles in 1889 1878 1867 1856 and links periods of outbreaks to global events and economic swings.
Edinburgh university awards an honorary LL D to Eleanor A. Ormerod, famed entomologist. She has spent over two decades studying insect pests, supports inquiries worldwide, and speaks multiple languages.
A 19th century view portrays China as insular and proud, claiming world centrality. It cites beliefs in Western hostility to modernization, railways, and foreign influence, warning of empire demise and imperial threats from outsiders.
Washington night officers complain of heavy mosquito activity around the White House. They say the electric front porch light draws the pests, though the residence area is protected with gear. Mosquitoes enter when doors open, seeking to propagate overnight.
The piece notes women cover their heads and sleep despite fear while men deny fear, pushing clothes away and remaining wakeful. It mentions church experiences and a mention of strawberry tests in a fragmented line.
A period piece extols a mother's duties and physical vitality. It praises feminine grace, home care, and education while urging use of Peruna as a purifying invigorating tonic to combat a weary world. Potentially promotional language appears throughout.
An advertisement extols Perina as a universal remedy claiming to cure catarrh and related mucous membrane inflammations. It asserts the medicine targets any organ affected and can cure congestion described as catarrh wherever it appears. It emphasizes women's ailments and broad disease coverage.
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