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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
11
A fragment from The Metropolitan Magazine presents a nocturnal prayer by Edmund Vuoen Cooke asking for peaceful sleep and moral strength to wake refreshed. It expresses gratitude for dawn and resolve to do right while avoiding wrong.
The Leisure Hour and other Oshkosh clubs meet with local hosts, including Mrs A L Osborn and Bra Lawson, with upcoming meetings at 662 Ale Roma Street. Engagements, charitable bazaars, Christmas parties, and social gatherings highlight a week of civic activity and holiday planning in Oshkosh.
A home remedy for indigestion using sodium phosphate and mint is described, claiming quick relief with three weeks of use. The piece also covers Red Cross stamp drives in Wisconsin, a grand United Commercial Travelers ball in Oshkosh with lavish decorations and performances, and a forthcoming tag day to raise funds for local charities.
Miss Sophia Hittiesen of Evanston Illinois reports twenty five year catarrh trouble with a severe cough. After trying many remedies she began taking Peruna and notes significant improvement including cured chronic catarrh and better overall health. She recommends Peruna to others with similar issues. Peruna tablets and Man-a-lin laxative are advertised with a 1909 almanac offer.
A citywide tag day in Oshkosh will run from six to nine in the evening with the Pirates leading the effort in the business district. Taggers will collect funds, count totals at headquarters, and wear official badges. Proceeds aid a food cause, and the event is expected to be a gala, widely remembered.
A festive menu listing grapefruit with chaoriles amid holly, cream of celery soup, lobster patties, roasted turkey with oyster browning chestnut puree caramel sweet potatoes peas and cranberry jam, orange salad cheese balls wafers and individual plum puddings with coffee in Harper's Bazar.
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