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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
7
The Tribune will mail to any U S address at $1.50 a year and can follow readers wintering in the east or visiting distant friends. Subscriptions can be changed as often as desired to keep informed about Bowbells and nearby country news.
Excerpt from Agnes C. Lant in Outing compares wheat harvest to a gold rush, describing a stampede of people seeking profits. She argues wheat yields surpass historic gold outputs, naming varieties like red fife blue stem durum and noting high dividend potential for investors.
The Republican National Committee releases a preliminary count for the electoral college in the upcoming presidential election on November 3. It claims 307 votes for Taft, 158 for Bryan, and 18 in the doubtful column with Kentucky and Missouri among the uncertain states.
The piece notes Indiana and Nevada shifting in the doubtful column with Bryan given the benefit of the doubt, cites past election margins, and predicts Taft chances in Missouri. It spoofs Prohibition and whiskey jokes, Emma Goldman’s Australia trip, Roosevelts and Taft accusations, and sportingly lampoons Hearst and political tactics in a brisk, satirical roundup.
Judge Taft stated he cannot strike a man who is down and out. Observers doubt the claim, noting his habit of bending over with that bay window of his'n.
Judge Taft closed his Nebraska tour on the 2d inst and declared he is convinced he will carry every western state. In the same interview he denounced as liars those who charged him with favoring cheap labor.
The two cent postal rate operates between this country and Great Britain and should spur more frequent letter writing, despite warning about its impact on a habit seen as costly to health.
The United States and Great Britain agreed to lower postage on letters up to one ounce to two cents effective October 1 1908, with unpaid or underpaid mail subject to double deficiency charged to the addressee. Albert Klaus, owner of Bowbells area farms, left for Montana after praising returns and rejecting price offers. C R Pake will crop Klaus land next season following a successful partnership.
National ticket lists Taft for president and Sherman for vice president. Senator Marshall and Johnson to seek U S Senate. Gronna Hanna and Johnson vie for federal representatives. State officials include Johnson for governor and Lewis for lieutenant governor. Justices and secretaries of state are named along with auditors treasurer and superintendent. County roles cover auditor, deeds, treasurer, and sheriff with clerks, jurists, and education officials listed.
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