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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
The ad lists clothing and home items with limited quantities and tomorrow-only discounts. Featured goods include undergarments, dresses, lace hose, towels, pillows, and fabrics, with caps on per-customer purchases and several items offered at half or reduced prices. Major floors highlight bold price cuts and limited stock on a wide range of apparel and textiles.
The report from Teheran says after thirty five days of street fighting in Toberia Tabriz casualties reach about 800 from mortar and shrapnel. Looting in Razsara area tops 44 million with many fine homes harmed while American missionaries escape injury. A bitter feud grows between constitutional progressives and reactionaries as the shah’s support remains mixed. Teheran ships quick firing guns to bolster Tabriz forces as new units form.
At Camp Douglas on Wednesday, marksmen faced bright light and a gusty eleven o'clock wind. Lt Gaartz led with 158 total across two runs, while Trooper Nagler and Sergeant Lund posted strong marks. many scores fell short of regimental camp records due to higher targets and windage.
William Mill Millian president of the McMillan Lumber Co. of Pittsburg Chicago and Baltimore was robbed of all his clothing while sleeping in a Baltimore and Ohio pullman car en route from Baltimore to Pittsburg. He woke near Pittsburg with only an athletic undershirt and a gauzy vest, weighing 200 pounds among lighter train mates, and borrowed the conductor's trousers and a baggage-room sheet to phone for aid.
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes that after long illness and an unsuccessful operation she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women with backache bearing down pains and irregularities to try the remedy. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice and guidance to Lynn Mass.
The Wisconsin Geological Survey releases a book by Prof. Leonard S. Smith detailing about 600 miles of rivers, 18,000 dollars worth of data, maps, and charts on hydrography and climate. It notes 140,000 horsepower currently developed and envisions extensive future power across rivers like the Fox, St Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin. It urges continued surveys to map developable sites and assist manufacturers in locating plants near power sources.
On the main floor a Friday sale offers lawns and batistes in light and dark colors at 16c 12c and 15c regular price per yard 8c sale price.
A lyrical fragment describes a delicate, silvery music that feels childlike and buoyant. It praises a light, airy tune that dances like a butterfly on a breeze, sparkling with merriment and freshness. The piece cites Richard Butter Glaenser in a metropolitan magazine.
Madison Wisconsin reports the state board of control completed its annual meeting and announced the officers for the upcoming term. Details on names and positions were released by the board, outlining leadership appointments and responsibilities.
The board elected Lester B. Dreaser of St. Croix Falls as president with Dr Alma J Frisby of Milwaukee as vice president and Elmer Grimmer of Marinette as recording secretary. Prof Atlan D Conover of Madison previously served as president. The Schwarzs child Sulzberger Co of Chicago won a contract for data for ten state institutions at about 6500 per month for three months, and Northern Electric Co of Madison secured eleven 25 hp motors for a new binding twine factory at Waupun costing 7149.56.
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