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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
8
An advertisement details a real china shop sale offering hand painted china and dinnerware at medium prices. Creamers and sugars 75c to 5.00, salad sets 1.50 to 4.50, plates 0.25 to 2.50, dinner sets 6.00 to 15.00, vases salts and peppers cups and saucers 0.25 to 2.00.
All hats going below vest. Hats at $1.75 and up. Mrs. W. C. Patterson and Rufus Brown with baby left yesterday for Witoka Minnesota to spend about three weeks with relatives. Mrs Patterson promotes Christmas presents and items in sale.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the editor and subscribers. Reports of basketball games, dances, choir practices, visits, marriages, travel to Minot and Bowbells, and local moves. Funeral for the Bloom baby. community sympathy extended to the bereaved.
Mrs. W Patterson advertises a holiday sale on fancy ribbons for handbags and corsage bows with a twenty five percent discount for Christmas presents.
Farmers in Maine Minnesota sold wheat to a local miller and received products worth over double the wheat price based on market value. Professor Ladd's experiments at North Dakota State College show rust-shriveled wheat yields flour worth about half the consumer price, prompting calls for inquiry and education in North Dakota to fix perceived market mispricings.
The piece urges North Dakota to educate housewives on better purchasing choices, arguing discrimination against quality floors. It notes hay for sale delivered by C. B. Irwin of Bowbells, N. D.
Obituary and community items recount the death of RE R Domrose, his family, and a large funeral in Larson at the German Evangelical church. The piece notes his German birth in 1859, marriage to Mary Vick in 1884, four children, and his civic spirit, followed by Christmas events, school activities, and extended jokes on bachelors and marriage amid talk of women’s suffrage and potential laws.
Claus Lundquist pleaded guilty to shooting Sigurd Gellestad with intent to kill near Williston North Dakota. Judge Frank Pick sentenced Lundquist to four years in the penitentiary amid domestic trouble rumors in the Lundquist family. Miller, accused of involvement, was found guilty with a ten percent deduction for a separate charge.
Iowa researchers report two groups of steers fed different rations. One received 17 pounds shelled corn 29 pounds silage 2 pounds oil meal and 1% pounds alfalfa at $9.57 per day. The other got 8% pounds corn 51 pounds silage 2 pounds meal and 1% pounds alfalfa at $7.67. Gains averaged 2.94 and 3.04 pounds per day, respectively, showing silage plus less corn lowers cost per gain. N. D. Agr. College Extension Dept.
The article advises protecting newly planted apple trees from girdling by mice and rabbits. It recommends a thin wooden veneer wrapper soaked to prevent breakage, bent around the trunk, and secured with a wire, with the wrapper pressed through a near-edge hole for better grip.
The article compares methods to deter rabbits and mice from fruit trees. It suggests coiled screen wire, yeaver wrappers, straw or grass bundles, tar paper around trunks, and warns paint or washes are unreliable. It also stresses removing loose debris and keeping soil around trees clean to prevent nesting and damage.
An expert urges immediate cleanup of cabbage, potato, and squash plant debris to kill over wintering insects and diseases. Gather, burn, or compost scraps. avoid waiting until spring as pests may spread. Composting destroys pests but burns waste reduces humus.
The piano pupils of Mrs Drinkwater, numbering over 100, will present a recital at the Royal Theatre on Thursday evening December 28. The event includes an invitation list and features music rendered by the majority of the pupils under Mrs Drinkwater’s tutelage.
Furnished by Burke Abstract Co. notes numerous transfers from December 12 to 16 including parcels in Flaxton Columbus Kenmare Portal and various NW SE NE and SW quarter sections. Buyers include Leslie Bough ton B H Bailey John Gee Iver Hallum Lorentz Rejtan Andreas Dahle and others with prices ranging from 400 to 4000 and mortgage-like dealings with Farmers & Merchants State Bank.
Daily greetings and local social items from Dale. Mrs Pete Johnson rests with a sore throat while Andrew Nelson and family spent Sunday with Emil Nelsons. Neighbors share stories, visits, and a large married couples dance at Woburn Hall with cake and coffee, featuring Kistler's music.
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