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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
3
A garbled collection of aphorisms on happiness, right and wrong, personal conduct, and social virtue. It references examining one’s heart, the value of integrity, prudence, and loyalty, with scattered allusions to marriage, gentility, and inevitability in life.
A long list of small notices from North Dakota towns reports fires, new businesses, road and school events, and local incidents. Highlights include a Methodist parsonage fire, new flour mill plans at Goodrich, railroad and mail route adjustments, and upcoming lectures in Lisbon with various civic and legal notes across Oakes, Crosby, Grand Forks, Minot, Jamestown, and surrounding areas.
In a Far Northland profile Peter Larson of Montana is described as perhaps the wealthiest Scandinavian in America and among the Northwest’s richest men. Estimates range from one million to twenty-five million, with profits from mines, banks, and ventures in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia cited. Larson’s humble beginnings in Denmark to America as a laborer, later a rail contractor, are recounted alongside talk of his health and a recent Rochester operation. Also covered is Norway’s new dairy-school programs for rural girls, detailing six month courses, hands on animal care, dairying, and free board and tuition under the Norge’s vel initiative.
Abandoned Swede’s church on the old 1638 Swedish colony site in Wilmington Delaware remains a landmark with a historic graveyard. Notable interments include Bayard family members: Richard Bassett Bayard James A Bayard Richard H Bayard Neanear and Thomas Francis Bayard, linking early colonial figures to state and national history. Also notes on Jonas Lie novel and Stockholm auditorium plans. Peat plants near Hedinge station and a proverb about sour apples.
The Stockholmetidningen denounces a wing of Swedish papers for stirring race hatred among Nordic nations. It warns sensational reports about Norway and Denmark risk harming Sweden and the peace of the Karlstad treaty. It alludes to rumors about Crown Prince Gustaf in Copenhagen and cites Allehanda comparisons of Norway and Denmark to England.
Two young daughters of a harness maker in Christiania were among King Haak and Queen Maud’s guests. Tordis and Hildur Anderson were struck by a royal carriage as the royal party returned from church. The king’s aide carried Tordis to the palace. the queen helped dress wounds. The girls were treated and later driven home in the king’s carriage, each with ten kroner notes. The incident boosts Norwegian pride in their monarchs. A Dagbladet contributor suggests restoring Christiania to its old name Oslo. Conrad Mohr of Bergen donates 26,000 kroner to Bergen theater pension fund, aiding beneficiaries once the fund reaches 100,000 kroner.
Washington reports two hours of Senate debate over whether to censure a senator convicted of misconduct and keep him on the rolls without committee work. Debate noted delicacy, with Burton of Kansas central to the discussion as credentials and seating were examined.
In Clarkburg West Virginia on December 23 W M Davis aged 45 and his brother Jefferson 20 sons of Geary Davis were burned to death when a fire razed their father’s home. They were asleep upstairs and could not be awakened. A aged woman is credited with stopping a hawk that attacked a hen in David Eastman’s yard. Mrs Eastman 67 years old captured the hawk with her apron and held it until help arrived.
London’s leading freworks firm ships vast quantities to India for a royal display in Bombay. Mar ships will carry pyrotechnic gear to be handled by London specialists as part of the Prince and Princess of Wales visit. The British Peace Society opposes rifle clubs, urging pacifist action.
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