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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
4
The Tribune urges residents and friendly travelers to subscribe to receive weekly Bowbells and tributary news. It offers mail delivery across the United States at $1.50 per year and allows address changes as needed.
Dr. Weir Mitchell praised nurses who graduate from Philadelphia universities as the best paid women’s occupation. He stressed nursing as a true profession with dignity, nearly as important as the medical field, marking the end of nursing’s era as an inferior job. The trained nurse brings honor, education, and a humane boon to society.
A sharp feud between two titled fortune-hunters over a multi million inheritance exposes the murky motives behind international marriages and a cautionary tale for American women. The piece also notes Taft as president and Roosevelt’s London address, along with light political and health anecdotes.
The piece notes strained relations between England and Germany and warns that national passions could sever family ties. It mentions Taft's honesty in tariff revision, calls Roosevelt’s fleet stance on Japan a matter of concern, and observes fears of a yellow peril as Carrie Nation sails to Europe for safety.
Complete figures from the recent ward county election are announced by the canvassing board. Names listed include Clark Hovey for President, Taft and Debsal Chaffin among candidates, and several state officials such as U S Senator T F Marshall, Supreme Judge Burleigh Frisseven, and Secretary of State Alfred Blatedell. Also shown are State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Agriculture Commissioner, and multiple county and district seats with scattered results.
Local column invites readers to solve two geometry puzzles about melting brass plates to form a single circular plate. It asks for the diameter of the new plate and the diameter if four plates are melted into one. Also includes ads for a physician and a clerk service.
Letters for Beebe C W Brush Dion Fullher Gould Isdwin R. Shave remain unpaid at Bowbells Post Office. Addressees should claim by the date shown to avoid return.
Mrs Geo P Herlov died after a lingering illness at her Bowbells home last Saturday at 8 pm She came with her family to Bowbells in 1900 and lived on the homestead She leaves husband six children and many friends The funeral was held at the Danish Lutheran church southwest of Bowbells with Rev Peterson of Flaxton officiating and burial in the nearby cemetery sympathy is extended to the bereaved family
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