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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
11
Oshkosh hosts Home Week events with golf and canal boat tours, plus dances and a postmasters convention. Residents and visitors attend parties, boat rides, and a large Old School Girls reunion as the city celebrates social life and civic progress.
Teasie E. Cowen visits Miss Elizabeth G. Lloyd in Nekimi. Mrs F Percy and daughter Eliz abeth return from a two week visit with relatives in Stevens Point. Miss R Doll Percy and sister Emma Percy return from Stevens Point after a week with relatives. Helen Hall of 303 Wisconsin avenue left Friday for Enterprise Lake to stay with Mrs Gertha Barr and family at a camping trip.
Oshkosh declares Intamush 2 as Home Week with former residents invited to attend. Citizens urged to greet and assist visitors, decorate shops and homes in red white and green. Wednesday August 9 is Oshkosh day a holiday. business is to suspend operations for a pleasure-focused citywide observance. Mayor John Banderos urges full participation.
The Chagtauqua opens next Friday with a program praised as peerless in the nation. Notable figures including Capt Richmond P. Hobson will lecture on America's Mission as Peace Maker. Hobson, well known in Oshkosh, was slated to speak Tuesday evening, September 1.
Adrian Michigan native Mr. Young has arrived to lead Oshkosh Y M C A physical training. He comes from the Chicago School system with a strong disciplinarian record and plans winter gym classes focusing on orderly recreation. He will start preliminary work this week, emphasizing athletic programs including football baseball wrestling and fencing.
Adrian Michigan native MEL C. ALD, known for athletic work, is chosen to lead Oshkosh department of physical training, bringing expertise and local ties to the post.
The YMCA plans a revival of the physical department with a new director and expanded interest. Though facilities are not the latest, supporters expect improved programs and a member drive to bolster the Oshkosh YMCA.
The article honors Thomas Bailey Aldrich as a long living American poet and editor. It recalls his Portsmouth boyhood, his enduring presence in literature, and how his letters reflect the flow of ideas over more than half a century. It ends with an advertisement for Foley’s Kidney Remedy.
Elizabeth H Martin of Chicago says Peruna eased her severe cold symptoms including frontal headaches and nasal catarrh after trying Pernus tablets and liquid forms. Chaplain Garfield Cirle notes the remedy improved his family’s conditions and helped with appetite.
St Paul manager Kelley announces the acquisition of pitcher Dunbar and third baseman McAuley from Wausau, plus first baseman Tracey from La Crosse, in a move to strengthen the State League lineup.
Horace Abell, a prominent Winneconne resident, dies at age sixty five. Survived by a wife and two daughters and three sons. Funeral services scheduled for Sunday.
A housewife explains using an ice cream freezer as a churn for small cream lots. She notes quick, easy butter making with about 125 crank revolutions and says the freezer cleans easily, making year round use feasible. Harper's Bazar.
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