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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
Public notice from Bowbells Tribune lists subscription prices and formats. Rates include 8 per year with Canada option at 2.60 in advance. The fragmentary text references periodical terms and solicitors are discouraged.
A wartime report notes America's pledge to the interallied food council and the impact on Allied nations. It says the American food effort sustained partners, with increased pork supplies, better farm output, and higher exports as rationing expanded.
Herbert Hoover urges faith in the average American and business leaders to correct postwar economic evils without drastic force. The quote, dated August 10 1917, reflects wartime confidence in gradual reform through enterprise and intelligent effort.
John Mickensie of the naval reserve, aboard U S S Remlits, held a several hundred pound depth charge during a violent gale. He sat on the bomb until it was secured, preventing a catastrophic explosion aboard the converted yacht patrol ship in European waters. For his bravery he earned the Medal of Honor and a $100 gratuity. Mickensie, a Massachusetts native, previously served four years in the regular navy and then returned to the Geet naval reserve.
Annales de Medicine reports, via Delile and Nico workers, that the malaria outbreak among armies operating to Macedonia is among history's most severe. The Malaria is marked by high fatal cases, quinine failure, malignant tertian malaria, and hemoglobinuria, with extreme gravity in the field.
Modeste Hanais Jordan argues in Humanitarian that proper child care serves the common good. Women, as caretakers, elevate housing, feeding, education, and shaping young minds toward citizenship. A childless home can still gain blessings by opening its doors to a child in need.
Major Jackson visits the British trenches on the Lee front and tells Private Perkins he is the most important soldier. The general declares Perkins the last man in the last unit of the army while the sergeant major warns he will be kept marching for life if the army forms on the left. The anecdote ends with a note that Moe 186 millest Jan won to Mail and Empire.
Sunday battles mark notable clashes and raids across eras from Towton in 1401 to Waterloo in 1815. The piece notes religious days fueling engagements, citing battles on Palm Sunday Hastier Sunday and Whit Sunday, with mentions of Shiloh and Ramillies and a Wellington order.
Bobby secretly ate a banana while his mother shopped. Reprimanded, he told a policeman he would not take more bananas, promising instead to take an apple next time. The exchange underscored a child's fear and a parent's caution.
Fireman James Robertson McGregor of the training station Newport R L plunged into dark bay without waiting to remove his clothing and saved an apprentice seaman who lay unconscious in the water. McGregor enlisted in Albany last May and has served since.
A clipped report describes Freddy’s claims about a Polish neighbor named Wredély Uyed living next door to newly arrived Pete siblings. The fragmentary text hints at mistaken or unclear events involving a mother overhearing odd phrases and unclear actions.
A lyrical scene describes townsfolk crossing a snowy square before Easter mass at St Isaac's. Child figures, lanterns burning, move from dusky cathedral shadows along dark streets like will o wisps, recalling ancestral East night rites with lotus lanterns and sacred candles.
Analysis argues Germany sought conquest, attacking Belgium and Serbia, sinking ships, and using spies to destabilize the United States. It claims prolonged German menace justified US entry, citing Lusitania, submarine warfare, and broken treaties as evidence of a threat to global democracy.
An eye witness describes the Chinese practice of feeding the dead as a propitiatory rite. Food, wine, tobacco, and rice are placed on graves with candles and incense while paper money and garments are burned. After offerings are displayed, items are returned to town.
Wartime shortages forced exemptions for paper workers in the Revolution era. Government demands led to refined paper sources being seized for cartridge wadding and gunpowder needs. A sermon printed in Benjamin Franklin’s garret was found in Rice printing and repurposed for Monmouth battle cartridges. The Civil War era saw pew paper rise to 25 cents per pound, dropping to 10 cents a decade later.
The fragment reflects Chuang Tzu’s teaching that life resembles a dream and awakening brings doubt about reality. It contrasts dreamers, whether rulers or peasants, with the idea that both Confucius and the speaker may be dreamers, questioning who truly awakens.
A fragment describes water birds that dive by expelling air from within feathered areas to alter density. The note suggests this mechanical trick is familiar to observers of kingfishers and related water birds.
A garbled OCR list preserves truncated quotations and attributions of famous last words from figures like Alexander, Thoreau, Keats, Napoleon, Pitt, and Scott. The fragmentary text mixes mis-spellings and incomplete phrases, offering a chaotic catalogue rather than a coherent narrative.
Tourists in Alaska encounter a buck Indian and a burdened squaw. An onlooker teases the man about carrying the load. The buck finally responds by pointing to his head and saying I think all the time in a moment of silent defiance.
A critique notes that the top safebreakers and counterfeiters possess talents useful in legitimate work and that even new car thieves show businesslike acumen. The piece argues crime stems from more than mere thrill and urges punitive yet proportionate action to deter persistent wrongdoing.
Fragmented OCR discusses when dreaming, women reportedly sleep longer and dream more vividly than men. It cites Teerwagn et al and De Sanctis with notes on age effects and emotional factors. The text is garbled but centers on gender differences in dreaming and possible bearing on dreams.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Enhaes and Sanit in a dated setting. The readable portion hints at a planned march or gathering near Lobaue Sqykn with unclear purpose and location details. No definite events or outcomes can be confirmed from the fragments.
Clarence Le When may discuss how the war for freedom transcends past conflicts. He argues freedom's defense requires continued resistance against Prussian autocracy and supports Russia's fight for genuine liberty amid revolutionary upheavals.
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