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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
5
The Daily Northwestern establishes its publication pattern and terms. It notes delivery times, wire service affiliation, and subscription rates with advance payment options, including monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans. The notice lists circulation and mailing details for Oshkosh Wisconsin and local delivery within the city.
The piece argues graft must be fought with direct persistent effort by citizens and officials. It cites Roosevelt’s guidance, bank records, and city cases in St Louis San Francisco and Pittsburgh as showing how public records expose graft and restore public confidence. It praises citizens and donors who helped reveal corruption and urges vigilant public action.
A flood of motion picture theaters has surged across cities, prompting calls for tighter licensing and safety rules. Officials in New York and Chicago scrutinize licenses and curb objectionable content as audiences grow.
The article argues responsibility for accidents lies with both employers and officials, not just managers. It notes that familiarity breeds risk among long-serving workers, with engineers, switchmen, and drivers taking more chances as they become accustomed to danger, while vigilant officials exist but cannot compensate for employee laxity. It also references unrelated political and financial items interwoven into the column.
News notes describe political pressure on prohibition enforcement, a postal savings bank plan by George E Leonard, and local misfortunes. A farm in Stevens Point Wisconsin owner dies from gum hemorrhage. A packing plant fire in St Joseph Missouri causes $125000 loss. A Freeport man dies in Milwaukee yard collision. White House ball signals Vthel Roosevelt entry. Rhine wreck near Frakfort with four crew deaths and a shore rescue. Spangled ironnyack prophet Spang warns fixed outcomes.
A festive snippet from a period magazine celebrating Christmas delights. It evokes sleigh bells, icicles, mince pies, and distant bells, inviting readers to embrace seasonal cheer and the joys of giving.
A blind New York woman built a fortune with a practical broom holder. Tady Harrington, wife of the British minister to Abyssinia and once Miss Amy McMillan of Washington, will winter in white country with her mother. Magnolia Mass hotel and restaurant workers form a 30 member club. Enrollment in New York City public schools reaches 1,720,000, up 25,000. Chicago public and private schools total about 40,008. Building permits in forty nine cities show wood structures at 61 percent. New Jersey teachers with 35 years service may retire on half pay. Champ Clark faces a historic defeat in a party nominating convention, leading to a moniker Toss-up Dick.
A wide array of late 19th century Wisconsin items: bounty on wolves in Knowlton, Lamar and Fond du Lac arrests for arson, a new traffic manager arriving in Milwaukee, meat price increases at Januszy, Marinette grand jury plans, Lodi lawsuit against Northwestern Railroad, a Milwaukee divorce case, manslaughter arrest near Waukesha, a Madison fire escape tale, a Kenosha theater fire, a Greek street duel in Milwaukee, Grand Wisconsin war memorial design, deer hunting incident in Wrightstown, Manitowoc gas light rate dispute, Hurley patricide by eight year old, and Green Bay law enforcement note.
Amusements note the Weber and Rice Cady show Hip Hip Hooray reaching Grand Opera House this evening. It features forty in the cast including Mae Phelps and Mazio Trumbull with vivid character studies and musical farce that has drawn acclaim at Webber's Music Hall last season.
Dorothy Dix hails Henry W Savage production The Devil as the season’s sensational show. The Garden theater version by James D Barton Co comes intact to the Grand opera house with dancers and novelties. Seats go on sale at Bauman's drug store Tuesday morning. The Witching Hour by Augustus Thomas also arrives New Year's day.
A collection of witty exchanges and humorous anecdotes from a London crowd. Jokes range from theatrical unfolding and moral awakenings to quizzical misunderstandings, a Quaker kiss controversy, and a barber shop barbering of social pretensions. Includes a spoof courtroom moment and a father’s football fate twist.
A compilation of brief humorous and editorial lines from Wisconsin newspapers. The notes touch on labor and politics, court orders, socialists, and civic life, with remarks on wage earners, public behavior, and Independence Day celebrations in Marinette Bonduel Milwaukee Janesville Whitewater Racine and Appleton.
A Pennsylvanian Dutch English excerpt shows a niece inviting her brother to supper with a strong local pronunciation. The piece notes a New Yorker named Maston, wealthy and a Chicago sensation, spending money lavishly and distributing tips, while a grand jury inquiry unfolds.
New York reports Earl of Grenard arrived aboard the Adriatic from Southampton to wed Miss Beatrice Mille daughter of Mr and Mrs Ogden Mille. He will be back in London by February 11 for Parliament meetings. The liberal peer served in the Boer War and helped promote penny ocean postage.
Winter can be profitable with outdoor tasks like fencing, timber cutting, brush burning, and stone removal when weather allows. Plan now for double cropping, crop rotations, and pruning grapevines while avoiding fire danger. The piece closes with Don Marquis's verse on sages and wisdom.
A vintage cooking note describes roasting chine with apples on the roaster grating. Peel and slice apples, sugar them, place with the meat, roast for 25 minutes per pound, then baste and brown with crumbs and pepper. Make a sauce from apple drippings, water, flour, butter, salt, and pepper, finish boiling and serve.
The Bank of England employees must sign in each morning with a reason if late. Usually the first late worker writes for, others copy. Recently the first late man claimed his wife had twins, and twenty others copied the note as if in a standard sign in. President Roosevelt invited Canada and Mexico to a conference on North American resources at Weinet er Cadbriry.
A Florida state association forms under the A A A with Tampa Jacksonville and Daytona clubs. Cars sold to Indianapolis readers total 380 by November 15 with Indiana gold near 8,100. Gasoline coach business grows. Omaha forms independent maker. Foreign firms favor shaft drives and plain bearings. lubrication and tire care discussed. Racing prizes awarded in Savannah. Wagner nets 4,000 and Hemery 2,000. Nazzaro 1,000. Public library car demonstrations in Brooklyn. NYC relates taxes on fuel for 60,000 licensed autos. Inflation on engine lubrication and tire preservation noted. Commissioner Bingham proposes chauffeur photo cards. Picric acid caution in detonators. tire pressures recommended for safety.
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