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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
3
An old home remedy recipe touts a compound with dandelion extract and sarsaparilla as a cure for bladder trouble, rheumatism, and kidney issues. It claims to cleanse the liver and blood, ease constipation, and can be prepared at home using common ingredients from pharmacies. The advertisement asserts safety and broad efficacy for various ailments.
The Measha church elects seven officers at the Congregational church annual meeting. News reports include the death of James Powell a former resident, a freight car accident killing Rywell, and a rescue near the river. Also noted are local marriages, a funeral at St Patrick's, and social outings from Sun day schools and area farms.
News from Nekimi reports Griffith Getiveren delivering the memorial sermon for Mire Jones at Peniel church with Rev. T. Z Evans and Rev. H. W. Owens in attendance. The annual Bible Society meeting at Bethesda church New Year’s Day featured business sessions and lectures by Rev. Griffith and Rev. Owens, with Unite prayers planned for next week.
The plan envisions moving forward with a new mining school building. The mining laboratory rooms and the ground floor including baths will be renovated. Second story features include drawing rooms and iron working shops while the chemical laboratories and museum occupy the upper floors.
The mining school seeks a full set of new machinery and lab apparatus. Director Brinsmade develops the equipment list to be installed when the school opens January 27. Entrance will require only an eighth grade diploma to admit those without high school prep, aiming for a practical two-year program balancing hands on mining with basic theory. An annual catalogue inquiry has begun and will be published after several days.
The University of Wisconsin agricultural experiment station prepares to enforce a new feed law effective January 1. It requires licensing for 21 concentrated feeding stuffs sold in retail and a $5 annual license for cash manufacturers. Registration by December and listing of feeds for the coming year are required. Dr Max Neisser visits the university dairy plant, praising its facilities and advocating goat milk feeding research. Kansas and Missouri colleges hire alumni from the Wisconsin program, highlighting ongoing collaboration in agronomy and animal husbandry.
Seven members of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture faculty will address the sixteenth annual Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association convention in Milwaukee January 1 to 13. Matthew Michels will deliver the opening apse address. Prof Beukendorf will discuss equitable milk payment and demonstrate a new method of determining cheese fat content with his apparatus.
A special school board committee in New York City is expected to report in favor of reintroducing corporal punishment under restrictions. Teachers across the city and hundreds elsewhere largely support restricted measures, with findings aligning with Dr. Elmer Brown that judicious corporal punishment yields strong results in many large cities.
William L. Dailey, co founder of The Rocky Mountain News in 1855 with William N. Byers, died yesterday after several months illness in Denver. He previously worked at newspapers in Iowa and Nebraska before moving to Colorado.
Marshnal Wis January 4 Special report details arrival of steam dredges scrapers and other equipment for the Dancy drainage district canal through Wood Marathon and Portege counties. Two years of labor expected to reclaim thousands of acres of swamp land for agriculture with a main ditch eleven miles long seventy feet wide and eight feet deep. Funds secured from a Chicago bond house with $150,000 bonds.
The sudden death of Mrs. William A. Dyer formerly Miss Mayme Donahue has cast gloom over Kaukauna Wis She lived here most of her life and died after giving birth to a daughter a week ago Surviving are her husband her parents five brothers and two sisters Her funeral will be held Sunday at St Marys church with requiem high mass tomorrow morning Albert Hoppe aged 83 will be buried today at Holy Cross cemetery Surviving are his son John and August Hoppe and daughter Mrs M Draevenck Interment at Holy Cross cemetery Karl Schalan died from heart disease at his Resalieu bill home aged 56 He worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railway Company for years Surviving are his wife and three children The funeral will be held Sunday from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church The obituary notes a poor woman and a thought on serviceable work.
Physicians discuss modesty in treating women’s diseases and endorse Favorite Prescription as nonalcoholic and safe. Dr. Pierce of Buffalo offers free pamphlets and medical advice, with endorsements from professionals and a free Medical Adviser by mail.
Eunice Whitehead foresees bank collapse as Cyrus Ware battles over funds. Sydney Ware and Eunice plan elopement but stay to help family amid bank’s cash withdrawal panic. Cyrus storms into the bank seeking to reopen accounts, clashing with Josh Whitehead as tensions rise.
Report from a crowded scene recounts Cyrus Ware and Whithead meeting on the steps as tensions flare. One man asserts old scores will be settled while observers describe the crowd's growing calm and departure amid the confrontation.
An examination of Maine cities shows widespread violations of the prohibition law and minimal enforcement over twenty five years. The piece cites dozens of amendments, high arrest rates for intoxication, and the paradox of hypocritical support from sober advocates. It notes the impact on urban vice and the shift of illegal activity to streets and side businesses, culminating in calls to reassess temperance strategies.
J Milaesa Laurvik argues in The Century that color photography proves Monet correct about color in shadows and reveals that objects have no intrinsic color. It challenges tone as natural and claims color photography will revolutionize printing, painting, and even medical and portrait studies.
A chaotic fragment describes lobsters and other marine fare, mixing culinary notes with odd asides about Christmas fears and wary eating habits. Scattered phrases mention crabs sea urchins squid and advice from a doctor about comforting wrong ideas.
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