This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
7
A second floor item named White Yawn printed in small black dot Tumper style with wide embroidery finishes valued at three dollars, offered at a Wednesday Morning Sale price of 1.98.
Mayor John Banderob delivered the welcome on the steps of the public library as Oshkosh marks Old Home Week. Col. G. M. Paine accepted the ceremonial key on behalf of visitors amid flags and city improvements. The ceremony featured a military band and remarks praising growth, sanitation, and civic progress since incorporation.
The city boasts premier bathing boating and sailing facilities, a growing orderly population, and robust laws. Oshkosh showcases up to date schools with ten public schools and a high school, plus a Stats Normal school, churches, an opera house, vaudeville theaters, and an amusement park. Notables arrive for the celebration including Mrs Theodore Wilkin and daughter Louise, and former residents Mr and Mrs WH Comstock. Frances Glesen travels to Waupaca for a wedding catering assignment while H E Polley and Frank return from a trip.
The piece notes workers and ministers guiding upright living and mentions a home for the dependent, three hospitals with skilled staff, and local hotels and restaurants. It then lists visiting friends from Weyauwega and Waupaca areas and references Harvey A. Jenson of Duluth, Minn.
Colonel Fiuine presents the hospitality key to guests and homecomers. The message emphasizes welcoming all visitors and mentions a visiting city resident staying with his parents at 196 Elm Street. Mrs Tony Hilgenberg visits from Milwaukee with her aunt at 211 Main Street. Mrs Henry Bormann and Miss Lydia Bormann return after trips to Milwaukee and Nashota to visit relatives.
A lively note recalls a pleasant but imprecise ideal for entertaining visitors. The piece mentions a large wood imitation key decorated in national colors, a souvenir badge, and the Gudra family visiting Green Bay residents Mr and Mrs Jones at 354 Broad Street. Louisa Klug returns from a Midwest trip and Hazel Miller comes home from Ashawna Minnesota.
The T. S. Whitely Co. store will close at noon on Wednesday as guests and locals celebrate a homecoming. The mayor and visitors receive the symbolic keys of the city in a ceremony marking friendship and communal ties. Afterward crowds disperse to view street events and reunite with old acquaintances.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh. The ad claims internal use cures the disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, building constitution, and offers one hundred dollars if it fails to cure. Includes dealer address and price claims.
Official badges featuring Chief Oshkosh likeness are selling fast as memorabilia of the 1908 Oshkosh event. Otto Konrad chaired the solicitation and donated the medallion pins at cost to fund-raise for the organizing committee.
The Oshkosh branch sends delegates to the Fraternal Meserve association biennial convention in Madison August 26 and 27 with many visitors expected. A fire at Louis Steinke’s residence on Sixth and Michigan streets prompted multiple alarms, marking a third blaze at the same house that day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.