17 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
1
A humorous miscommunication about knots aboard a ship leads to a prank where twenty knots become a joke about throwing them overboard. A Hebrew flower peddler brags of selling violets at a Yale Harvard football game, claiming high demand and fair profits.
A supervisor orders a wall to be whitewashed but an inmate delays beside a clock. A 60 year old woman and a conductor discuss the shah of Persia visiting the United States and possibly marrying many wives while on a crowded streetcar, creating a tense moment.
Governor E Y Sarles proclaims Thursday November 30 1905 as Thanksgiving Day in North Dakota urging gratitude charity and civic righteousness. The document notes no distress on that day and reflects Roosevelt’s national observance. Also mentions rail fare one and one third for round trip with tickets on sale November 29 30 and return by December 4 1905.
Auction notice from AUCTION SALEABT to sell farm assets on premises five miles south and one west of Bawbells starting at 1 pm Tuesday November 21 1905. Items include five mares drums wagons drill plows binders two cows and various farm implements plus twenty tons of hay and 250 bushels of oats. Terms Ten dollars cash or under cash. balance by October 16 1906 with five percent interest. Lunch for attendees. EAL Rest oweint B CU Mamoney Attotaddeer
A butcher pockets payment for three pig's feet as buyers haggle over a yard of pork and other rural goods. Dialogue shows villagers bargaining, with a van ready to move items and a mix of misheard phrases.
A Washington Star inspired tale describes a grandfather building a clock in a garden using a twelve-part flower bed marked by box plant rows and a central post. Flowers open and close by hour, forming a live daily schedule from dawn to night with blooms like morning glory, daisies, and night primrose.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a teacher and student exchange about a phrase “the fired knowledge.” Mention references to Grandpél and a phrase “Philosopher's Fling at women” with claims about women being formed by nature for consolation amid present troubles.
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