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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
15
A Chicago area item reports on a House of Representatives move to consider a resolution naming communities to review President Roosevelt’s alleged pension secrecy and the Treasury secret service. The piece weighs implications for secrecy, accountability, and potential political theater amid ongoing debates over federal investigations and executive branch limits.
A festive public mood fills crowded streets as shops prepare for Christmas gifts and charitable acts. People urge timely shopping and continued preparations, sensing joy and happiness as the season nears, with two weeks left to complete plans.
The piece argues President Castro travels to Europe not for medical care but to pursue direct negotiations with monarchies to resolve Venezuela's disputes and secure peaceful relations. It notes his consolidation of power and hopes his mission may ease tensions with European powers.
The president questions the legality of pursuing action against editors who criticized him and relatives amid a political clash. Supporters argue for protection of press freedom while opponents urge legal restraint as a public controversy widens. The discord mirrors broader tensions between executive power and judicial scrutiny. The piece closes noting Panama plans celebrations for the canal completion.
The article discusses immigration trends, arguing that foreign born numbers rise slowly and native birth rates remain strong. It notes 1860 to 196 period growth, contends Anglo Saxon lines persist, and mentions public figures and topics from politics, medicine, and royal news as context for the era.
A jumble of translated gags and misread jokes recounts odd exchanges in restaurants, households, and rural life. Between friends one quip warns of future patronage, a waiter keeps temper in check, and a master finds a bulky package via pulley. A servant jokes about cows, a wife’s absence, and bees surround a Morel farm.
Secretary Cortelhou is invited to head Union Trust of New York. A wide range of scattered items covers a Chicago society women event, a birth in Washington, and a joke about mint innocence. Mention of Denver reconciliation, a presidential hint of Congress, and planning committee talks follow. Also notes Linestones post office wire station in England, a Michigan candidate bound over for smuggling, and a Topeka lawsuit over false teeth. The farmer died.
The piece previews The December Strand Magazine with Brandon flint-knappers candle timepieces and notes on various periodicals. It lists The Sunday Lady of Possum Trot by John L. Mathews in Outing Magazine, The Epic-Minded Seat by John G. Neihardt, and other stories. It also surveys Woman's Home Companion, Christmas number, and Christmas Century art features by Du Mond and Haskell with stained glass motifs and Mount Vernon dinner illustrations.
Milwaukee journalism notes warn readers about holiday spending and store sales as Christmas approaches. Editors reference state debates over age pensions and point to economic pressures on families, urging prudent budgeting. The column cites Deer hunting news and fire safety incidents in Wakefield Michigan as broader societal concerns.
Madison Cawein crafts a festive Christmas scene in The Metropolitan Magazine with verses about cold winds, church bells, frosted windows, and hearthside merriment. The poem invites all to join in laughter, warmth, and the joy of Christmas and the New Year.
The new Oshkosh public library librarian Miss Elia G Parmele a native of Oxwese New York state has studied at Pratt Institute Library School Brooklyn NY After graduation she completed library training and began duties at the Oshkosh library.
Former normal school librarian has been appointed head of the Oshkosh public library, signaling leadership change at the city’s library system and naming the new chief effective immediately.
Miss Farmiere led the senior library at Oshkosh Normal School from 1899 until this month and taught library methods to students. She now resigns to pursue her current work in the public library, continuing her influence on local libraries.
Australia expands irrigation policy yearly and Dutch and British politics surface in European circles. Princess Albert of Belgium and Princess Repert of Dava via are named as future queens. Mrs Kansell Sage gives 15000 dollars to Berean College Kentucky for a colored school. A law forbids Black and White children in the same school. South Africa’s exhibit sways Transvaal views on American cornment. Swiss spend half a million refitting vines with American stock. Annual near century funding aids planters for sixty years. Signora Ferrero touring with lectures notes many women in professions. Italian high schools remain generally coeducational. Samuel A Bel resigns from Farmers Exchange bank Green Bay. moves to Chicago then New York. W J Duncan elected to replace him at Stephenson Bank.
A scattered roundup covers bogus soup vendors near Racine, a fire destroying A. J. Cherney warehouse, murders alleged near Antiga and Torre, plus a Barshoahee movement for a modern opera house. Roosevelt’s country life commission may visit Mud-Inout today and several local officials prepare street upgrades costing 220000.
A period style guide lists Christmas cooking steps including mince meat preparation with beef suet raisins and spices, roasting a pig with stuffing and cranberry accents, turkey with chestnut dressing and rich gravies, chestnut stews, and scalloped oysters baked with breadcrumbs and butter in a layered dish.
Oshkosh residents show strong interest in electing the next state superintendent of public instruction as an Oshkosh candidate gains support. Prof W C Hewitt of Oshkosh Normal School, with seventeen years on the faculty, is touted as an ideal choice for the office due to his energy honesty and deep experience in teaching and educational affairs.
A member of Oshkosh Normal School faculty is being pressed as a candidate for the state superintendent office, with supporters citing experience in teacher training and school administration. The push aims to elevate educational leadership at the state level.
Professor Hewitt declares a determined, dignified campaign to inform voters about real educational issues. He supports women's voting on educational matters, questions who cuts and dries political decisions, and favors broad participation over wealthy or time rich influence, aiming for clean politics.
Stat eless Charles Qualman has been elected chief of polices of Briai to succeed Rhoda Scheibel who has been elected sheriff. Qualman has served forty ten years and is credited with making more arrests than any other officer. Wau paca Republicans owner buys Pest and will consolidate papers The Bearbitean and The Pest origins shifts. A ship rescue near Sheboygan ends with sailors Meyer Peterson and Walter Peterson saved. Dr D F O Brney fined for drug administration and instrument violations in Lacrosse. Dr O'Brien was arrested last year after death of Anna Olson at Viroqua.
Forester Gifford Pinchot argues conservation fuels national wealth and leadership in a New England Magazine piece. The essay links forest protection to the broader conservation movement, highlighting the forest sector as a key ally and call to action for ongoing work. Additionally a Christmas parcel express charges note hints at a para tela postal plan adoption.
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