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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
6
A fragmented report on a church address stressing male leadership in mission work. It cites a speaker who argues women cannot build the church alone, highlighting the need for male authority and strength to lead the path forward.
Samuel Gastes and Jane Davies mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their son Joseph’s home in Algona’s Algoma settlement. Eight children, thirty-one relatives, and many neighbors attended the New Year’s Day event with a long, informal family dinner. The couple, who married exactly fifty years ago on New Year’s Day in DeVales, lived in various towns before settling in Algona. They now reside with their daughter at 78 Cherry Avenue, while Davies’s health declines but memories of a shared life endure.
The text appears garbled with numerous typos and fragments. It references a postal or governance topic with unclear details, mentioning January 1 and renewal processes, but readable facts are minimal and uncertain.
Text describes a church event where ladies prepared and served a ample supper. The menu includes tumars Lisque and wafers, potato Linns, coffee, pickles, nine pie, pumpkin pie, and cheese.
A historical account notes men shirking church work while women shoulder duties, comparing excuses of busyness and fatigue. It recounts Faville’s remark on early male church organizations and a December Christmas vacation memory of a gathering in a Sunday school room with about fifty men planning a men’s organization.
The Winnebake Traction Company superintendent Palliam, brother of Harry Palliam, president of the American League, appears set to steer Oshkosh baseball followers at the forthcoming directors meeting. The Nod for traction board plans to push mend and traction ties aims to rally support among local fans.
Rev Henry Faville describes early aims of Young Men's Sunday Evening clubs in Oshkosh and La Crosse and how they broadened to strengthen church work. Wisconsin events include Oshkosh baseball leadership, season prep, and committee moves with Push toward new directors and a likely Pulliam-led board.
Four EF mayors will address Oshkosh men’s meetings under YMC A auspices with sessions by O F Werner. January 19 Sylvester Tong February 16 L G Herbert February 13 James Hedte March 1 Lou Beauchamp. Delegation to Appleton for state convention likely twelve to fifteen. Music by Milwaukee quartet. Speakers include Hicks Riley Whitehead Goniman Coxheard Sedgwick Giddings Hibbard Day Jones Crosby Kennedy Newman among others.
Elaborate New Year wedding in Oshkosh joins William C. Greenwalt and Miss Froma Yobs. ceremony at the bride’s home conducted by Rev H Miller with sixty relatives present. Reception at Ashland after a formal dining room display. couple to settle in Ashland with gifts, especially silverware. Greenwalt, ex school official, former Ashland principal, Oshkosh Normal graduate. Berry Bridge nuptials on New Year’s Day at the bride’s home with immediate family. Maud Bridge attended. Gustavus Burrows groomsman. Dinner followed. couple to reside with bride’s parents.
An advertisement extols charcoal as a safe purifier aiding digestion and breath freshness. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges, made from willow charcoal and antiseptics, are praised for improving digestion, whitening teeth, and purifying blood. A Buffalo doctor endorses daily use for gas, breath and liver benefits, priced at twenty five cents a box. The note invites readers to request a free trial package from Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
Mr and Mrs William Wendt have returned home from South Milwaukee where they attended the funeral of Mr Wendt s mother Mrs F Gauger and daughter Esther Heave returned to their home Michigan street after a visit with Rev E S Gesé and family at Weyauwega
Misa Blanche Jones resumes studies at the Normal school after a half day vacation with her parents at Wild Rose. Miss Marie Caldwell returns to Pound to teach, after visiting Mrs. R. G. Bronson at 150 Central avenue.
The Candlelight club hosts annual Ladies Night at the Century clubhouse Tuesday evening. Banquet at 6 15 PM in the ballroom features orchestral music and a program on Southern literature with President John A Herth and Ama H Gunther. Members are urged to reply by Monday noon for guest numbers.
An advertisement extols Beecham s Pills as the best medicine for women promising relief from headaches low mood and nervousness when taken timely. It claims to purify blood strengthen nerves and tone the system with special directions for women included in each box priced 16 cents and 2 cents at druggists.
Skat players of Oshkosh will gather at H Blecks corner Oregon and 7th Streets Sunday at 2 30 PM for an event with a special prize for the best player All Skat players invited. Mrs J J Hale returns to Kalamazoo Mich after New Year visit to her Oshkosh parents.
Various local items include a guardianship appointment for Emma Foote and siblings of Aris H Foote with bond details. Christmas gatherings at multiple homes. a Methodist missionary slated to speak. religious service changes due to illness. former Oshkosh entertainer Jack King preparing a western tour. poultry show awards for J C Graham at the Bank School. fire losses listed for Brill store and others. a New Year’s Eve farewell sleigh ride for Fred Neibergall with attendees and refreshments.
A fragmented advertisement style piece touts Our Fie Preparation Lemon Chocolate or Custard for pies and urges easy results. A humorous line about pleasing men folks and quick schemes appears beside a note urging a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and a claim about accident insurance from Dr. Thompson.
In this city next week Backman's Glass Blowers will stage exhibitions in spring and weaving glass into ornamental pieces. Highlights include two glass steam engines in full operation, glass dresses, neckties, pin cushions, and ties. Admission is ten cents, with a souvenir for every visitor.
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