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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
5
July 1 marks two cent letters and one cent post cards, with a 30 day grace to exchange old stamps. Community notices cover local visits, hail damage claims, church events, picnics, theater shows, seat sales, and town updates from Bowbells and surrounding areas.
WOBURN Staff Correspondent reports Oscar Benson came from Columbus to hear A C Townley at Bowbells while Ed Marks hosted visitors. Carter School closed for vacation. Woburn Farmery Club met with light attendance due to farmers finishing spring work. The Woburn Rural Telephone company elected officers and barbs about the dry law surfaced during Bowbells speech. Frances and Vera Marks joined the Bowbells show trip, with other locals attending reunions and travels near Flaxton and Portal.
John Conway informs JB friends cattle and horses may be pastured during the Hearts of Humanity screened nine times in Kenmare and Donnybrook. The local lodge MWA plans Memorial Day events next Sunday assembling Fraternity Hall at 10:00 a.m. for procession to the M E church, then returning at 1:30 p.m. to decorate graves at the cemetery.
Minnesota correspondents report on visits and health updates. John Sloan went to Flaxton to the mill, Bert Smith called at Frank Gerardsland's, and H Swensons were in Kenmare. Mrs Hadwen and daughter visited, Frank Gerard sick with heart trouble, and Mrs Gerardsland’s condition noted. R F and L M Hadwen shipped a car of wheat to Minneapolis. Several local names appear with dental work, baptisms, and farm activity amid a rainy spell and house work.
Neighbors and many from Flaxton joined Mrs Swenson and her husband for a June Sunday celebration. About eighty guests attended. gifts included fifteen dollars and a silver gravy ladle. Names of attendees and local events are noted, with updates on farm life, visits, and hospital recuperation following.
An old classified item states buyers for cream and farm loans in Bowbells territory. Names mentioned include Hanson and C. R. Hurly from Minot and Bowbells, North Dakota, with references to a savings loan trust company and a need for ten or more farm buildings.
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