Brekke and Goin Plan Saturday Rush
Ambiguity over Brekke and Goin and whether the rush refers to the campus event or the 3:45 train schedule on Saturday.
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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
3
Ambiguity over Brekke and Goin and whether the rush refers to the campus event or the 3:45 train schedule on Saturday.
A New York Telegraph report quotes Evan Astice on the Kaiser Wilhelm II express's five day North German Lloyd voyage. Crew and passengers totaling over 2,200 consumed massive quantities of food including 14,000 eggs, 32,000 pounds of meat, 15,000 pounds of flour, 6,500 quarts of milk, 11,000 oranges, 8,000 lemons, 800 pounds coffee, and 4,000 cans of vegetables, with provisions costing about 4.6 million dollars yearly.
A town called Orson in Sweden sustains itself without taxes. Over thirty years authorities sold trees totaling more than 5 million dollars and through replanting maintain similar income every thirty or forty years. This wealth supports free local railways and telephones, education, and many institutions.
A Lancet quote arguing that given better surroundings a large portion of detectives, especially higher grade imbeciles, could be trained harmlessly rather than harmfully, with ongoing external regulation and control deemed necessary.
W C Gilbreath announces the Grain Prize Contest J with prizes of 200, 120, and 60 dollars for the largest and best collection of grains and grasses raised in North Dakota in 1908. Exhibits must reach Bismarck by August 29 and be shipped by express to avoid delays, packed in light wooden boxes with ample air space to prevent damp or mould.
A petition circulates urging the school board to call a special election to bond 86000 for a new school house. Citizens express strong support and note potential funding from on hand funds, old bonds, district owes, and a future levy. The plan proposes a brick building on the current site, with sale of the old structure to aid payment. Supporters say a new building is badly needed.
The Duluth Daily Star announces a low cost daily subscription for new readers through January 1908. It pledges independent politics with coverage from seven special correspondents and photographers at national conventions. Lincoln Steffens and Brand Whitlock are secured as writers of unbiased opinion. Subscribers may arrange via the editor or direct to the paper.
The former president Grover Cleveland died on June 24 at his Princeton home from complications of diseases, with heart failure as the principal cause. Admission to the races will be 50 cents for the days listed. A public advisory warns that Consolidated Casualty Co. operates without authority in the state and its agent J Cunningham is soliciting business. readers are urged to report any evidence to the department. Also includes humorous anecdotes: a gossip line about a slow courtship and a quip about a mother reporting a daughter’s suitor.
The report notes 450 non warship vessels totaling 1 080 087 tons under construction in the United Kingdom as of September 30. The text includes a quip about missing something by a wide margin and a remark about hares.
Notice and details of foreclosure on a 1907 mortgage by Charles Earnest Felling and Bertha Felling to Northwestern Mutual Savings and Loans Association. Sale set for August 10, 1908 at Minot Court House to satisfy $194.33 plus costs. Power of sale and attorney's fees noted. property described as Lot 5, Block 5, Leershov's First Addition to Bowbells.
A reader recalls a humorous chat about summer plans and swimming while an Ath lete and a dyspeptic debate. The Onlooker ties the moment to a true tale of a royal visit, a Rotting dean bus and a passenger pointing to the duke of Fife’s house, joking he has the honor to drain it.
D C Black veterinary surgeon and dentist lists credentials from Ontario Veterinary College and Davidson's School of Equine Dentistry. Offers treatment of all domestic animals, tumor removals, dentistry and surgery with prompt day or night calls, moderate charges, office at Tate's livery barn, telephone connection.
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