2014 Mark Twain’s Hannibal, Missouri
In 2014 Andy and Bill Bowe joined an outing of the 20th Century Railroad Club. It was a day trip from Chicago to Quincy, Illinois in an antique dome car attached the end of Amtrak's regular service. From Quincy [...]
Mary Gwinn Bowe (1960): Hosts Sisters of John F. Kennedy During the U.S. Presidential Campaign
Mary Gwinn Bowe (1960): Hosts Dinner for Kennedy Kin, Mrs. Wendall Green & Ms. Helen Touhy On September 16, 1960, shortly before John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon for the U.S. Presidency, the Chicago Tribune pictures Mary Bowe at [...]
2021 The Thompson Chronicles: Don Thompson Talks to Rob Bowe
2021 Don Thompson Talks about the Thompson Family and the Bowes Editor's Note: In the complete 38-minute interview above, Don Thompson answers questions posed by Rob Bowe about Don's Canadian-born parents, Dr. Willard Owen Thompson and Dr. Phebe Kirsten [...]
Honesty in Kindness – Augustine J. Bowe, The Poet, Presiding Judge
In this profile of Augustine J. Bowe, Justice Michael B. Hyman paints a portrait of Gus Bowe, the poet, while also noting his other lives as a distinguished lawyer, civic leader and Cook County Presiding Judge.
2011 Andy Bowe in Abu Dhabi & Dubai
In 2011, on their way to see northern India by train, Andy and Bill Bowe stopped in Abu Dhabi, the Capital of the seven emerates that make up the United Arab Emerates.
Julia Bowe, 85, A Savior of Poetry Magazine
Savior of Poetry Magazine In her Chicago Tribune Obituary, the headline writer focused on Julia Lecour Bowe's central role in the survival of Poetry Magazine. This was was worthy mission because Poetry Magazine in the first decade after its [...]
Julia Bowe Spins a Bedtime Tale for Her Grandchildren
Magic World of Yesterday Article from Chicago's American In 1960, shortly after the publication of her family history in The Generations, Chicago's American, a Hearst newspaper of the day, reports on Julia Bowe reading from her work to [...]
2011 Acra and The Taj Mahal
Andy and Bill Bowe's last stop on their 2011 train tour of northern India was in Acra, in western Uttar Pradesh state. There the all marble Taj Mahal mausoleum complex stands on the southern bank of the Yamuna River. [...]
1989 Lunch in Paris with the Ribouds, Lacombes and de la Chapelles
1989 Lunch in Paris with the Ribouds, de la Chapelles and Lacombes Bill Bowe first visited France to visit his Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jacques Riboud in 1963, his junior year in college. Stationed in the Army in Washington, [...]
