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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
8
A dense local page lists ads and notices from Bowbells and surrounding towns. Items include store ads, rent notices, coal prices, furnaces and repairs, hotel and cafe mentions, stray animals, auctions, and social notices. Multiple residents and businesses named, with dates around December 1907 and January 1908.
Letters for Ty Hdl Knutson Henry Mrs C Y Miss Gertie Mes El Varties await pickup at Bowbells post office for the week ending Friday. Please say advertised if claimed.
The Clayton community sends New Year greetings to Mrs Mary Jolson now in Idaho after her marriage to a young man there. Krist Hagen recently wed a Minneapolis woman. Mr Will Clark and family visited the Devaneys. Residents rode to the Woodman event in Cotetu Saturday with a supper served by royal neighbors. Mr and Mrs Geo White visited Nistler, Miss Gertie Olmine recovered from illness, and Misses Gertrude and Isable Wylum returned to Minnesota. Jim Mylum attended Bowbells Monday.
A Washington miner recounts how a American bride visiting the Jesus Marlay Anexas silver mine in Sinaloa sparked a three day strike. The bride insisted on touring underground workings triggering superstition among miners and mass desertion until a parish priest blessed the shafts. The incident ended only after the miners relented and returned to work. Also mentioned is an electric bath promising cures for arterial and heart conditions.
A health column blasts butter as a germ rich product. It cites Good Health claiming milk teems with 2 000 000 to 10 000 000 germs per teaspoon and argues cream removal concentrates germs in butter. It estimates a pound of butter from twenty pints of milk could hold five to ten billion bacteria.
An old man reads his newspaper as his daughter in Sables explains she is engaged to five football players at once. She jokes she will wed the survivor at season's end, leaving the father stunned before resuming his reading.
Ben A Easley of Baton Rouge Louisiana explains rabbits have white tails to help young spot their mother during pursuit. He notes the tail acts like a distant beacon enabling young to follow the parents across ground where fur blends with soil.
A brief exchange on etiquette humorously contrasts instinctive eating with learned manners. The dialogue features Bil debating whether etiquette teaches people to eat properly, asserting that eating comes naturally to everyone.
S having suffered the total loss of my drug store in the late threy must re quest all parties knowing themselves indebted for me to make prompt settlement of their accounts and there by help me in this dimeniiy. E.G. Kroeger.
R. B. Burger & Co. demands all indebted parties settle at once as cash tickets for wheat are issued and no extra costs for collections should be added. Donovan Drug Co. urges prompt payment to meet immediate cash needs.
A brief item notes a prayer message by 4.G. Jinkins from Capel Hill North Carolina and promotes a drugstore patent remedy claimed to heal sores burns and wounds. The ad highlights Buck len’s Africa Slave Known to all as part of the wartime era rhetoric and mentions Krueger's drug store selling a 25 cent item.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm is presented as a reliable liniment for sprains swellings and lame backs. A dampened flannel cloth with Pain Balm is said to be superior to a plaster for back or chest pains and it relieves rheumatic pains aiding sleep and rest. Available from all dealers.
Notice to creditors calling for immediate settlement of debts to G O Gaye or Lyon Land and Lawn Co. lists a sale of a residence barn and three lots on easy terms. Also notes a white pointer dog taken up by A N Miller Bowbells N D and a church notice recommending Chamberlains Cough Remedy with testimonials from Rev James A Lewis Milaca Minn.
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