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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
6
Paris pattern No 2527 for a girls one piece dress in natural colored Mercerized cotton. Describes slow mat collar, turnback cuffs embroidered in golden-brown, full back tucked to yoke, wide Gibson tuck at waist, belt through straps, front button and buttonhole. Six stages, sizes 2 to 12 years. Fabric yardage given for different widths.
A fragmented notice asks readers to mail patterns to Medinah Temple Cheam and include name address and size. It requests 14 cents for a catalog featuring 1008 spring and summer styles for ladies misses and children.
In a Chesapeake Bay era reminiscence, Captain Thomas A. Scott leads a schooner with a crew that includes a twelve year old enslaved boy, supplying wood to nearby towns in exchange for seafood. Years later Captain Wiener and the forged look of fear some sailors carry echo battles and truths from a past voyage aboard the John. A subsequent voyage features the schooner Thomas Nelson under Scott as part owner, bound for Barbados with a cargo of staves and a Maryland girl wearing a wedding ring.
Three weeks prior, an eighteen day voyage battled storms and fever aboard a ship. The navigator died reaching port, leaving a slender girl to steer with shifting hands and two strong helpers. After a risky journey, they anchored at Casper and then Roanoke, weathering poverty and sorrow yet finding harbor and hope together.
The article argues that most coin designs use idealized feminine symbols rather than exact portraits. It notes Martha Washington, Lady Hamilton, and Irish New Jersey women as rare exceptions on the Gaudens double eagle. It laments the lack of a true native model and compares American coins to Greek and Phoenician originals, praising Renaissance influences and late monarchy engravers.
A Balkan dinner tale recounts a diplomat accusing the justice minister of theft. The prime minister dismisses the claim, promising restitution. The host warns the thief should not hear of the watch’s recovery, while the watchman later reports finding the owner.
Remington, an art critic, admires Wilhelmina a young American painter living in New York who echoes English refinement. He discovers her talent and aims to blend English architectural love with American life, until a harsh note arrives: Daniels ejects her from class, saying the course isn’t for someone of her age.
In a dramatic scene, Remington asks Daniela to marry him and proposes a lifelong partnership in design. The couple discusses future homes and projects across New York harbor, while a dinner for Daniela’s arrival prevents an immediate answer.
A dispatch from New London reports a timber deal selling 100 million feet of Oregon lumber to Chicago buyers with local names cited. It notes city developments including a moved elevator project, leased warehouse, and a new motor car service, plus a September fair date and Peculiar Tidisa on tribal marriages with cultural customs and practices.
Chicago reports payment of bends delayed as the Indiana bond issue faces postponement. The debt amount remains 950,060 with drafts and cash details noted in the dispatch.
Classified notices list many help wanted positions and services from Omro area including clerks salesmen farmers and carpenters. Ads request applicants by street addresses and phone numbers with varied job specifics and rewards. Local businesses highlight opportunities from sash work lumber to farm labor and traveling sales with contact points and deadlines.
Numerous items advertised including boats lunches planing mill work and household goods for sale. Listings mention Morrheon & Son 74 Grant Street Masterson's Park BELL-extythinsa sale details Scott E. Bernat 1007 Oregon 42 Eleventh Street and 441 Grand Avenue. Rentals include a nine room modern house at 419 Wisconsin Ave and a Pleasant avenue unit near the post office.
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