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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
8
An old style advertisement touts Rexall antiseptic tooth powder, tooth brush and toothpaste along with Pearl and Harmony mint options. It promises germ killing benefits and health, notes other Rexall products and Liggett’s candy, and claims consistently low prices and never underselling quality.
From the Columbus Reporter a traditional picnic is planned a half mile east of the Seger farm next Sunday with ball games horse races and broncho busting. Residents are invited to bring lunch and enjoy a day with neighbors and friends as the community marks the Fourth.
Powers Lake residents report Lars Gravholdt drilled a successful water well at 253 feet on Ledonolndquist stock farm. Creamery returns exceed a hundred dollars daily. Voters circulate a $6,000 school bond election petition. Powers Lake boys beat Villa 19 to 3 in a first game of the year. Farmers complain of cattle and bogs roaming, risking crop damage and possible county action to enforce stock control.
Flaxton officials confirm state high school board has classified Flaxton as a state high school. The designation brings $250 in state aid for the first year and reflects ongoing recognition of the district's academic program. The news appears in the Flaxton Times.
Tony Wegener quits movies for a month and J S Leary will appear midweek and weekends. A wedding in St James church unites Madeline Smith and William Shard. Burke County Carmion School Spelling Contest set for Flaxton June 5 at 1 pm. Holmes visits Minneapolis and notes Park appropriation. Durke County Sunday School convention June 27-28 at Foothills church. Portal Creamery stockholders report encouragement as farmers agree to haul cream. butter making to start Tuesday. farmers shipping elsewhere may get express rates. Portal Creamery invites cream for sale with fair treatment.
In a playful letter Billy Wise describes a dry farming region frustrated by lack of rain, noting Lake Michigan’s rain overflows and the area’s grain bursting from the ground. He mentions Bertha and a nearly finished new house built from Rogers Lumber Plan Book 243 with help from Mr. Pontius and the company's Architectural Department, urging Tribune want ads.
The fragment describes an 1820 painting of Daniel Boone by the artist Chest Harding, done at Boone’s residence near Marthasville in Warren County. Rev James D Welch, father of Missouri attorney general Aikman Welch, supported the scene, with Boone too feeble to sit alone. Harding’s Boone portrait now hangs in Kentucky’s state capitol at Frankfort.
Despite high political passions in Blanchefontaine eastern France polling remains peaceful as only one citizen appears on the electoral roll. French law requires each commune to have a separate polling station though nearby communes may share one. The Blanchefontaine elector asserts full voting rights and uses the polling station set for him.
Dialogue snippet from the Loston Transcript features Miss Elderleigh and Jack Spott discussing age comparisons with the Hill twins. Katherine is referenced, and the exchange hints at social commentary rather than a full news event.
Bowbells Hospital has been balsemined and painted throughout the interior with new furniture. Automatic stock fountains offered for sale. Bowbells Implement Co announces a safe cheap survey. A Bowbells Coteau orchestra dance at Northgate opera house with piano updates and interior improvements. Mrs Irene arly offers residence for sale or trade in Bowbells with two 50 foot lots and barn. C R Hurly and Irene arly listings noted.
An advertisement-style piece touts Peruna as a remedy for loss of appetite and listless mood. It says a tea spoonful before meals restores interest in food and life, with claims of thousands testifying and a tablet form now available.
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