Bowbells Classes and Games Highlight Week
The Bowbells basketball teams will face Flaxton Friday evening in Flaxton. Thomas Wiper becomes banker in the bookkeeping class with Douglas Campbell as assistant. The sewing class now knits wash rags for the Red Cross. Ida Ratzlaff from Fargo spoke to students on Wednesday afternoon, visiting several rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowbells
Flaxton
Thomas Wiper
Douglas Campbell
Red Cross
Club
George Lund
Misa Ida Ratzlaff
Home Economica Department
Agricultural College
Fargo
Miss Ratzlaft
Clerks sworn in. local notices mix with draft updates
The report lists C. T. Mahoney starting as a clerk in the Register of Deeds office, visits by Christian Larson and family, and travel plans to Gilroy. It notes Burke County draft enlistment options at Minot before Dec 11, and local market notices, obituaries, auctions, and street graveling in Bowbells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Mahoney
Office of Register of Deeds
Geo. Hansen
Burke County
Minot
From Little Acorns to Civil Service Supply Association
A London Tit-Bits writer notes clerks at St Maurtin's le Grand post office formed a co operative buying tea and later sugar for distribution. The venture grew into one of the nation’s largest businesses, later named the Civil Service Supply Association with paid up capital of £353,920. The initial deal spurred others to join, expanding from tea to sugar and creating the earliest civil service stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Maurtin's
le Grand
London
Civil Service Supply Association
Civil Service
Miss Sydney Fairbrother Reveals Stage Humbling Encounter
Miss Fairbrother recalls a Canadian officer she befriended at a military hospital. After his long leave and return incognito, he recognized her on stage despite her Mah Hudsh disguise, proclaiming he had seen her in the program. It was the biggest blow she ever received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Fairbrother
Ginger
Mah Hubsh
Choosing Employees by Test for Dexterity and Strength
The article surveys methods for selecting workers by testing manual dexterity and strength. It discusses transfer tests with matches, the ergograph for forearm strength, a dynamometer for grip, and notes that fine typists often have small fingers. It emphasizes shape of hands and fingers as indicators of dexterity.
Hay sale at Shockley hay slough a big success
The Tuesday hay sale at Shockley hay slough sold all but two stacks with prices from 15 to 18 dollars per ton. Auctioneer C. J. Kospriva oversaw the selling. A report notes regional feral animals like timber wolves and lynxes are now scarce since July, and Charles H Carlson of Bowbells township killed a raccoon last week, claiming it proves the presence of a new animal breed, though bones dry law is invoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carlson
John
The
Tribune
Emil Nehring
Shockley Hay Slough
C. J. Kospriva
Burke County
Bowbells Township
Bowbells
Carlson
Will and Clara in a Rural Courtship Mystery
Will Sinclair and Clara Engiteh quarrel over love and independence in a rural summer scene. A scheming farmer Jasper Stebbins offers blunt counsel and a protective rival arrives. Clara seeks independence yet faces a dangerous lane encounter. Will intervenes to defend her and asks to be her protector always.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Will Sinclair
Clara Engiteh
Will
Jasper Stebbins
Mandy
Clara
Indy
Durflog
Jasper
W. G. Chapman
Snake Charmer’s Powers Displayed With Cobras
Descriptions of a Hindu snake charmer who uses a tubri to compel serpents into performance. He carries them in large baskets and breathes features toward their faces while blowing medicated compounds onto them, an act observed during exhibition routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubri
Bowbells Danish Lutheran Social Notes and Thanksgiving
Danish Lutheran young people entertained at the Jacob Peterson home and a Thanksgiving sale by Bowbells ladies netted a sizable sum. Numerous visits and gatherings follow across Bowbells, Kenmare, Noonan, and nearby homes with families and friends sharing meals and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hangone
Pate
H. G. Hanson
Fred Hansons
Kirkelles
Knutsona
Lawrence Lareens
Arvid Erickson
Misa Sven Christopherson
Kenmare
Misa Christopherson
Merritt Home
Ingrid Thies
Alma Jensen
Jacob Englehardt
L. L. Hydte
Miss Midboo
Hip
Sam Knutson
Lawrence Larsen
C. Larada
Barr
Henry Thmels
Erickson
Anna Knuteen
Bowbells
Martin Petersons
Edward Kraft Returns From Alberta Threshing Tour
Edward Kraft reports returning Saturday from south of Edmonton Alberta where he spent nearly two months threshing and working in a garage. He left North Dakota after threshing, then reached Canada in 24 days. He notes little snow in Edmonton and threshing continuing until it ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kraft
Edmonton
Alberta
North Dakota
Canada
Ball. Com
Local Notes from Northgate Area Include Visits and Thanksgiving
Northgate residents share holiday visits and travel. Matt Schwoyen left for Pennsylvania to visit relatives for several months. Many neighbors—Huffman and Nichels, the McArdles, and the Browns—visited families in Bowbells, Flaxton, Kenmare, or Forung. Bessie Huff and Fritz Jensen wed last Friday in Bowbella. Thanksgiving gatherings took place at Tom Madden, Geo Felton, and Walter Lowe homes with several families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Schwoyen
Pennsylvania
R. F. Hadwen
Northgate
Milton, Huff
Columbus
Mark McArdle
Jessie Carter
Flaxton
Clint Nichole
Tom Robertsons
L. Moran
Small Son
Huff
Hensvark
Minneapolis
J. R. Wilson
Kenmare
Mira Merle Lowe
Minot
Mise Bennett
Harry Polly
Tom Madden
Mra
Jim Borat
Eons
Mike Flua
Misa Beasie Huf
Fritz Jensen
Oscar Amundson
Bessie Huff
Fritz Jennen
Bowbella
Plaxton
Jim Burke
Frank Bairs
Eleanor Skinner
Howard
van Dervoort
Rob Myles
Pete Koch
Walter Lowe
Thompson sells all property and plans to move to Oregon
Thos. Thompson of north of town sold all real estate and personal property to A. C. Viper and plans to leave next week with his family for Elgin Oregon, where he will make his future home. Thompson, a longtime Bowbells homesteader, has farmed there since arrival twenty years ago, with recent years running about 2000 acres per season. His son Sorn is drafted and scheduled to depart with the next county contingent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Thompson
A. C. Viper
Elgin
Oregon
Mr. Thompson
Great Bowbells
Sorn
Camp Dodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bchool
Christian Larson
Alexandria
Minn
Lawrence Larson
Jens Peterson
Geo. Dolphin
Seo
Gilroy
Cal
Gillroy
Twin City
Times
M. A
Jen- Ben
Joseph
Jos. Pfeifer
Woburn
Pfeffer
St. Joseph's Church
Bee
F. J. Glenn
M. H. Powers
Minor
K. G. Pearson
Sheldon, Mont
Hisse Olson
the Tribune
B. A. Stefanowicz
Notary Public
Clayton Township
W. B. White
N. D
Federal Land Bank
Kopriva
L. M. Hadwen
Mechanics
Mechanica
Ensa Atehitee Eames Sere
Ourling
Rogers
Donovan Brothers
H. L. Sterret
Jonathan
Bowbells Cash Store
N.L. Simonson
Mgr
Bowbells, N. D
Prom
Atall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!