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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
2
The Bowbells area column details community news from Coteau and surrounding Burke County. Items include dances, visitors, school activities, Mothers Day plans, horse vaccination due to influenza, farm movements, family updates, and a Pleasant View school graduation program with two teachers, a Liberty band, and student speakers.
H Swenson called at Frank Gerarda last Thursday. Jom Peterson had feed at Bert Smiths last Thursday. Miss Grace Mather and Florence Degree called at Wiz Winemans last Wednesday evening. Leo Crow spent Thursday night and Friday forenoon at Bert Smiths. Kelleg of Flaxton called in Sloan schools Thursday afternoon. He minds the trip with a Ford car. Herman Hermanson called at Bert Smiths last Thursday. Leo Cron aided some repair with Chrie Rateren on his sear dey. Florence Degres and a neath went to Flaxton Friday evening returning late Belmar.
Northgate and surrounding locals figure in a bustling log of events. Martin Henson, thirteen, was operated on for appendicitis at Kenmare hospital and recovering well. Howard Ellis welcome a baby boy born last Thursday. Numerous trips to Bowbells and Plaxton filled weekends as vehicles struggled through mud. Social visits span Vandervoorts, Borsts, Madden and other families, with church and farm outlays noted. A baby boy was born to Ole Colbert and wife, and several residents are listed as sick or visiting.
Lignite H. H. Stahl of St. Anthony and Oak, Bly, Co. arrived as a business visitor Wednesday. Mr. Donovan of Avery Threshing Machine Co. called Thursday. Morace “Dad” Carpenter returned Wednesday from Osage, Iowa. Ed Manning came back Thursday from Phoenix, Athens. Mrs. Fred Johnson and Mrs. Chau Larson attended Floyd Anderson’s funeral near Coteau. Rumors say a wedding may be planned. Mrs. P. N. Johnson hosted Royal Neighbors at her home Saturday. Mrs. Wm. Galles, burned in a gas lamp explosion last December, is improving after hospitalization in Kenmare. Misses Hilde and Anis Hal visited Friday morning.
A large flock of white pelicans flew over the town Friday morning causing a stir. A train crewman shot at one, grazing its wing, bringing it down a mile north. Lee Dellage then brought the bird to town for display. Elsewhere, Nellie Nelson mourns in Hutchinson, relatives of Mrs Welsh visit from Spokane, and Mrs Henry Bly moves from town to the farm.
Liberty residents await warm and dry forecasts while local figures report transactions and travel. T Grubb transacted at Powers Lake Saturday. Otto Moe and E Bloom drove to Battleview Tuesday. county commissioner JO Grubb left for Bowhells Monday. Joan Guiles sold eighteen cattle to Lindquist and Anderson Monday. Dancers from Liberty attended Battleview events with Elva Johnson Harland Guiles Vernon Bykonen Helena Johnson Byron Sipe Freda Sipe. H Guiles and H Brundell visited Powers Lake. Lizzie Kouen works at C Blooms. John Erickson and Ernest traveled to Rochester Minnesota for a medical consult. Mr and Mrs Hauerman visited Powers Lake Friday. J Sipe went to Battleview last Friday.
Miss Alice Olson and brother Orine visited at the John Koppelstoen home. Miss Minnie Rude left for Fargo to begin work. Miss Olivia Koppelsloen visited from Saturday to Monday. Several visits occurred at the Keilhack home including Mrs. Arthur Keilhack and family. A Stampede dance drew a large crowd and good time. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Klegseth visited at the Martin Amundson home. Agnes Barduson spent time with cousins Mabel and Alvera Olson. Russell Moen returned to Wisconsin after a stay with his aunt Mrs. Bonsness. Mrs. Engebret Lataen visited John Leon’s home. Mr. and Mrs. M. Bardunon lunched with Columbus residents. Sevrin Shorvey had dinner at John Olson’s. Melvin Barduson visited Leo Post. Mrs. M. Barduson called on Nels Klegseth. Miss Olivia Koppelstoen began work at the John Green home. Ed Vigen repaired Sammie Olson’s tractor. Mrs. Gunt Brolin started to poison gophers. Julian Shefatagie works with Carl Larson’s well drilling rig south of Portal. Johnny Buseck and Helmer Hermanson visited Leo Post. Hill Bywater spent Sunday at Mrs. Lunsted’s. Mrs. John Linderson and daughter Mrs. Crandell visited Mrs. Nels Klegueth. Cor. B
Mrs. Garold Greenfield spent Thursday afternoon at the Fred Erdmann home with Nellie Pierce. Johnson of Lignite during house sleeping returned to her name Thurtiss. William Bywater moved at the ... in a hamlet, Mildred Ghevafeld and Mors Beckantoad to Lisnite Saturn Srecaaid.
Friday through Monday residents traveled and hosted visitors in Portal and nearby areas. Notable visits include Charley Baird from Des Moines, Henry Bly moving with family west of Riyal, and Anna Erdmann at H O Pierce home. Harold Greenfield bought a Percheron stallion and colt. Leonard Hunstad started a new farm job in Alkabo. Richard Glaspey hauled coal from Lignite.
Community notices recount visits and travels of residents including Miss Elsie Freed, Mr and Mrs Tom McIntee, and the McGillivrays. Birth of a baby girl to Will and Mrs. McGillivray followed by a bereavement. School staff, illness, farm work, and social calls feature notes on neighbors such as Eleanor Jacobson, Helen Condo, Lyle Clingman, and Olaf Strand with various trips to Northgate and surroundings.
Foothills reporters record J N Wood hauling wheat to Lignite and oats home. Gunt Mettler travels via Bowbelly to Clarion and Foothills, visiting Mrs Watt. Clarence and Glenden Bryan deliver hogs and cattle to Lee. Del lage in Liguite and cattle drives near George Allen, Lee Dellage, and Jack McDonald. J M Wood makes first Ford trip to Lignite after visits with Maud and Mrs Romine. George Alden drives to Coteau. Neila satellite.
The report records wet conditions delaying wheat seeding on Batarday while farming activity continues. It lists residents visiting Lignite Saturday and Sunday, with travel to Bowbella and Kenmare, and notes Mrs Wood's recovery on her trip home from hospital. Local plowing, feeding, and new pony purchases are mentioned among neighbors.
Farmers urged to compare prices before buying as Rugby Elevator Co lists stock of building material oats flour and mill feed at lowest available rates. Goods stored in yards at Woburn and Niobe North Dakota, with W. H. Barnett signed as agent.
Dr. Mellenthin, licensed physician, will visit Leland Hotel in Minot on May 28 for free examinations and consultations. He travels to major towns offering non surgical treatment for chronic conditions and will discuss his methods and potential life treatments, with costs only for any chosen treatments. Address: 926 Boston Block, Minneapolis.
A clipped chaotic classified page lists items for sale or trade including an Emerson gang plow in good shape, a Percheron stallion aged ten, a carload of barley at Rugby Elevator Co. Niobe, and stray livestock descriptions. Names and locations such as North gate, Battle View ND, Bowbella ND appear among disjointed lines.
A collage of classified notices from Bowbells North Dakota including farm equipment for sale a Heine engine and Stover mill details a Holstein bull listing pasture for cattle and several public legal notices detailing guardianship final accounts and estate sales with dates and locations in Bowbells Burke County North Dakota. The items mention Gerard vendors Leon Moore J. Briggs and John Sexton Co and reference Bowbells Tribune as the publishing outlet.
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