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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
4
A weekly Bowbells note column recalls Texas fining an oil company and preparing assets for sale, lauds firm action against lawbreakers, and criticizes sensational antiwar rhetoric from England. It also mentions an Indiana English slander case, a 116 year old Ohio woman attributing long life to large onions, and a quip about speeding records turning into broken necks.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kirchner visited friends at Mohall over Sunday. Albert Luckman plans a new 18 by 30 barn eleven miles northeast of the city with 12 foot posts. Mike Mertes planted 80 acres of potatoes south of town and expects a profitable harvest. Frosaker Bros from Medford will operate Minneapolis separator and tank for threshing, powering a 10 bottom gang on school land near Portal. Mrs. Jonathan Southward and her son Jack returned from New York where Mrs. S suffered poor health during residence. Jonathan has business in New York before returning to the country and the best of creation.
Local notes report seven week old spring pigs for sale and several residents visiting or returning from nearby towns. Herman Flaxton and others plan investment trips from Spring Valley Minnesota while Jack Emerson and Jim Southward bought DeLaval cream separators boosting local butter demand. Miss Ethel Young enjoyed a Moorhead visit and Duluth trip. A new office building will be moved near an elevator for a car shed. The Danish Lutheran Ladies Aid hold a sale and lunch on June 22 west of Bowbells. Chris Thies mourns the loss of a mare, Andrew Olson shops in Minot, and preaching at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening precedes a trustee election.
In a barn near the city Uncle Nick Siverling was kicked by a horse after tying it in a stall. He was found insensible and bleeding from the ears but no bones were broken. Dr Lenfest treated him and he is expected to recover in a few days.
Ed McIntee now lives on the Will Blaine farm. M D Kaser installs a well on his farm. Rob Emerson plants corn. Mrs Joe Lux leaves for a short visit east of Kenmare. George Brubaker travels to Bryne Sask to inspect the country. John Lohman digs a cellar for a new house. Miss Ora Lowe to complete the school begun by Miss Clara Dowd. Sam and Fred Emerson return from Bryne Sask soon. Bowbella race and Flaxton Pioneer Day planned for next week and on the 26th. Martin Paul’s new house improves his farm. Miss Clara Carter operat ed for appendicitis. sister Miss Katie teaches the Schwegen district.
The text notes a grand picnic at Des Lacs lake on the 11th as schools close for the term. Mentions local shifts in commerce and industry, including depot activity, drug trade interests, and new construction along Washington avenue. The Sentinel expands to six columns and eight pages this week.
Small furnished house for rent in good order near the school house. Inquire at The Tribune office.
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