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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
4
Notices detail second class mailing status for Bowbell North Dakota and Burke County official publication dates. It lists posting acts, appointment by the State Printing Commission, and subscription rates to U S and Canada, highlighting year 1919 and 1921 timelines.
An alarming coast to coast crime wave spreads across the country with bank robberies, hold ups, house breaks and pocket picking. Citizens are urged to guard against theft as bands travel by auto, striking small towns and fleeing to cities or across states. Lock doors and secure autos and spare tires to reduce risk.
A rural press tale jokes that a Tenesco editor quit with 200000 from a wealthy aunt only after a long string of funeral and obituary payments. The piece argues editors rarely get rich from subscriptions or events, noting typical funds go to ministers doctors undertakers and relatives.
A town recalls a past of few jobs and money tightness then notes lingering chronic borrowers. Prosperity nudged borrowing down as residents learned to buy rather than rely on others. The piece urges subscribers to support the home paper and discourages borrowing to avoid neighborly hard feelings.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS During the year through which have just passed we have tried give the people of Howbelis and
A message urges subscribers to contribute items and cooperate to improve the local paper. Editors emphasize the newspaper as a community institution and invite input on events or incidents to cover, stressing reader involvement and the paper's benefit to all stockholders.
A reflection on a neighboring embezzlement case shows a son spoiled by his parents and rewarded without effort. The piece argues self sacrifice and earning rewards prevent selfishness and future sorrows as children grow into adults. It urges parents to teach contentment and reasonable restraint.
A provocative suggestion argues for sending Villa to quell rising crime in major cities, proposing an external solution to domestically spreading lawlessness. The idea hinges on leveraging a famed figure to restore order amid urban crime waves.
A quip filled column jokes about liquor smuggling by air from Canada, early Christmas hints delight Bowbells women, theater names Grin and Rear it as successors to Tom and Jerry, and a Chicago man ponders a woman driven third party emblem. The piece riffs on death taxes politics Ford imagery and a spare rib political symbol with light satire.
A Bowbells man finds his fortune or misfortune echo another in town. The bald headed man cuts costs on haircuts yet skips buying hair tonic, illustrating frugality amid shared struggles.
The fragment muses on wheat price drops and the era’s mortgage pressures. It notes flour and bread as unlikely to hear of the price plunge and contrasts aristocratic mortgage holders with Bowbells men who quarrel as they age.
The speaker laments public talk about luck while predicting a one year immigration shutdown. The analogy compares it to locking the stable after the horse is stolen, noting wide citizen concern.
A sharp misplay in a poker game triggers wide hooting and a rash move to gamble funds on inexpensive oil or rubber stocks, illustrating risky, impulsive decision making under pressure.
Foothills notes recount visits and errands among Hatner Haines Remington and Reed families in Dec. J N Wood and Josh Reed shopped in Lignite and Bowbells. Several residents butchered pigs and beef, attended church, delivered meat, and helped with farm tasks. Multiple church and home visits documented across Lignite Bowbells Powers Lake and surrounding areas.
Wednesday morning a business trip to Minneapolis sent P N Johnson away while Eddie Haullid arrived from Canada to visit relatives. Miss Lenon Dahl, ill with paralysis, was brought to Minot for treatment last week. A basketball dance occurred at Lemm pool hall last Friday evening. A baby girl arrived at the Selins Ahrehome on December 17.
Westminster notes record Lillian Burke visiting Thelma Coons on Wednesday night and Mrs Joe Hamiston helping at the Dudley home for Dora illness. Dr Grogan of Flaxton attended the Dudley home with care for a sick child while Oscar Kalberg and Willis Coons shared a evening visit. The Happy Workers aid society met at the Hadwen home with W B Coons and daughter Gladya attending. Jos Hamiston accompanied by Dr Grogan visited the Art Dudley residence Thursday night.
Saturday and Sunday saw numerous visits among local families including Reed Brooner at John Romine’s, Jim Burke and daughters at W. B. Coons, and Pete Koch family at Jon Lux. Other notes mention shopping at Northgate, holiday travels, and family illness with Rosie Lynch improving.
Golden Valley Progress cites a farmer Mr. C. J. Haiseman case in Aberdeen South Dakota. A 46 pound green cow hide sold for 1.75 freight charged and 1.72 paid, leaving 3 cents owed after freight. The item questions why hides fetch high shoe prices and accuses subsidized interests of discrimination against farmers.
Walter Martin, a Piccadilly clear dealer, reportedly broke the bank at Monte Carlo in an hour and returned to London with honey in his pocket, claiming 15000 francs about $885. He played roulette with a self described defensive system, noting two standout sittings and remarking on crowding, women players, and a famed young Frenchman who won £250,000 before leaving.
Professor Francis Jager of the University of Minnesota farm division of bee culture states bees have language and a telegraphy system. He notes progress in bee culture but mystery remains in their communication. Jager has conducted experiments including removing the queen bee from a hive four to five feet high.
Working bees discovered their theater was missing and began crying audible four to five feet from the hive. Within 36 seconds after the queen was replaced at the hive bottom the crying subsided and the bees stood on their heads in joy, as per Professor Jager.
The monthly science note claims mosquitoes do not thrive in foul stagnant water and larvae die near decomposed vegetation. It speculates about bacteria or toxins but finds swamps not to blame for mosquito proliferation and warns that clearing swamps may harm.
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