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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
6
In Buffalo on Washington's Birthday Secretary Taft is to address the Ely Heart club at a dinner. The Democratic Society of Western New York joins Republicans in plans to honor Taft, praising the city for its presidential legacy of Washington and Lincoln.
Las Angeles Bow-Wow Show opens as the Southwestern Kennel Club hosts its fifth annual event in Los Angeles. Nearly every breed appears with numerous prizes and chips to be awarded, drawing strong social interest and promising a major society occasion.
At a city council meeting City Treasurer S Moores tendered his resignation after it was revealed he would be prohibited from contracting with the city due to his treasurer duties. The council appointed M N Mallory to fill the vacancy.
Sheriff Hunt took Henry C. Stone Frank Dunlop and Quist Nygaard to Braemarck Bra m ar ck for state prison terms. Stone receives two and a half years for burglary Dunlop two and a half years for embezzlement Nygaard one year for larceny. Convictions were at the current district court term.
New York February 19 Lewine Lewin and Jim Donovan headline the Sharkey Athletic tele club bout card. The bout was moved from Wednesday postponing a week for the event.
Contractors anticipate a busy season with schoolhouses churches banks and commercial buildings planned across North Dakota towns. Projects include a $12,000 Glen Ailing school, a $10,000 Congregational church, a four room Rolette school, a Woodman lodge, a $75,000 county courthouse, a $15,000 to $20,000 Zion Lutheran church, a Carnegie library in Devils Lake, an Osnabrock elevator, and expansion works in Fargo and Bismarck among others.
In Nashville at the Maxwell House at noon tomorrow the Tennessee Democratic executive committee will decide the date of the state convention for selecting delegates to the Denver convention. The panel will also determine plans for a gubernatorial primary amid anticipated lively debate over the governorship.
Anton Volse a 48 year old Bohemian farmer died within thirty minutes after taking poison at the home of Ed Waith seven miles east of Brocket following a despondent attempt to shoot himself. He left ten children and a wife in mourning after the quick death.
In Anamoose North Dakota on February 20 a kerosene can explodes as a woman lights a fire. A baby lying near the stove is badly burned and dies shortly after. The mother is injured and cared for by a nurse.
Henry A. Schmidt of Ash Ley North Dakota reports a roadside encounter while returning home four and a half miles northeast of town. He armed himself with a club when a dark object appeared ahead. A wolf leaped at the horses, Schmidt struck, the wolf fled, the horses bolted, and Schmidt walked home.
Bryan Ohio Feb 20 The Republican congressional convention of the Fifth district met here today and unanimously indorsed Secretary Taft's presidential candidacy. Taft's sentiment apparently animates the delegates to the convention.
Molders of public opinion to the number of over 100 are here today for the mid winter meeting of the Michigan Press association. Addresses on newspaper topics will be made by some of the state's leading editors. A banquet at the East Saginaw club will be tender ed the visitors. The convention will continue through tomorrow.
Fargo Feb 20 Secretary of State Alfred Blaisdell arrived on business and declined to discuss state politics. He has been in declining health for six weeks and contemplates a southern trip to regain health.
New York reports the premiere of The Enigma, a Paul Hervieu drama, at an English-speaking state tonight. Notable cast includes Olga Netheraole, Alexander Frind, and Lizzie Hudson Collier in major roles.
A regular teachers examination will be given at the school houses in Mi not and Mahal on the 13th and 14th of March. Teachers holding conditional certificates from the October examination will have a chance to complete by making up subjects they failed.
Judge Templeton in Fargo has issued a mandamus order to place Ward County division on the November ballot. The Montrail county proposal, contested as unconstitutional by the county commissioners, will be decided by the voters along with Ward County’s split plan. Attorneys Nash and Bosard & Ryerson for petitioners. McGee for the commissioners.
The thirtieth state convention of Virginia Y M C A opens in Lynchburg with delegates from all cities. Governor Glenn and Fred B. Smith among speakers. Virginia Y M C A totals 13,483 members with $1,259,590 in building funds and twelve gymnasiums.
The Kansas Democratic state committee met in Hutchinson to set dates for a state convention to nominate state officers and to appoint national delegates. The delegation favors Bryan as both first and last choice for the Denver convention.
Private London cables report the Great Northern Railway in the market for a two million dollar sterling loan. Surprises arise as analysts expect funds from a 60 million stock issue of 1906 to suffice for years. April 1 maturation of 4.7 million Eastern Railway of Minnesota bonds may drive refinancing with loan proceeds.
Sugar for the fleet of Admiral Evane arrives in San Francisco after the navy department completes a local contract for seven hundred thousand pounds of sugar and additional meat and canned goods.
The Evening Press of Grand Forks will suspend publication with the last day of the month. Creditors will be paid in full, subscribers will be cared for by another paper, and management explains the writer accepted a new offer. George E. Duls, president, and A. C. Reinecke, treasurer, sign the notice.
Mandan North Dakota February 20 twenty six barrels of beer were seized by Chief of Police Ruby after a raid with a search warrant on Hamm Bowing Company cold storage warehouse. The goods will be condemned as contraband and if claimed by no one will be destroyed under the new prohibition law. Previous seizures under the law drew no claims to avoid charges of violations. The new city government is enforcing all laws regardless of whom they affect.
A private view of the Nathan Hale statue model by William Otway Partridge was held in New York at the sceptor studio. Yale alumni plan a 20000 dollar statue for the campus, after ten years of sculpting, with Hale in a hero’s pose and captured in his schoolmaster garb.
College men from across the country gather in Minneapolis for the seventy sixth annual Alpha Delta Phi convention. The fraternity reports over 10 000 members and twenty four active chapters. It traces its founding to Hamilton College Clinton New York in 1822.
Minot, Feb 12 A young girl Jennie Thompson living near Williston is severely burned after mistaking gasoline for kerosene and igniting a fire. Physicians say there is life but little chance of recovery as authorities note the blast and flames spread through the kitchen and walls. Her parents reside in Norway with a brother en route from America to Finland.
Herman Geiseler a longtime James Town resident was found dead in his sitting room by his wife who had left the room briefly and heard him fall to the floor authorities reported no immediate cause of death andじ no signs of foul play were evident in the early account from Feb 21 in Jamestown North Dakota
Ohio voters in Warren gather for the Nineteenth district Republican convention to choose delegates for the national convention in Chicago. The event centers on distributing representation among candidates and setting the party slate for the national gathering.
Navy advices indicate the destroyer fleet will arrive at its next port of call, Talcahuano in Chile, today.
In Reading on February 21 Jimmy Bonner and Willie Fitzgerald square off in a ten round bout amid rumored vendetta over past clashes. Also in Boston Phil McGovern meets Jimmy Walsh in a six round featherweight bout at the Roanoke Athletic Club.
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