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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
15
Local notices recount Social Circles gatherings, literary clubs, and musical events. Highlights include the Euterpean Fraternity meeting changes, a Valentine card market, the Philakean Play at the high school, and domestic science day with banana sermonizing and club activities.
The Leisure Hour Art club met with Mrs Nathiy Paine at 3 pm. The Current Topics club plans a meeting with Mrs Warren Go Massey on Church Street February 2. Amethyst Whist Club hosted at 3 Almoma Street with next gathering at Mrs George B Steele’s home. Yacht Club Auxiliary gathered Friday afternoon for whist and refreshments. Fortnightly Dancing Club held an event with plans for future sessions and notice of meetings in early March.
The week features subscription reminders for The Daily Northwestern, theater notes praising a parlor production with Mrs Rufus Cheate Brown and Miss Annabella Estelle Darling, and a roundup of guests and gatherings. Social items include visits by Mrs L A Bauman and Miss Henrietta Barr, charity circle meetings, and exchanges at various Oshkosh homes.
Milwaukee January 5 Otto Brazil alleged deserter from the United States Army at Fort Snelling was arrested in Milwaukee He belonged to Troop K Third Cavalry and worked here as a blacksmith.
A Buffalo physician touts Stuart Charcoal Lozenges as a remedy for gas and throat irritation. The ad promotes liver benefits and easy breathing, claiming charcoal clears digestive issues and offers a free trial from A. Stuart Co in Marshall, Michigan, with a 25 cent price per package.
A verse excerpt satirizes rich households and their servants with caricatures of the butler, a blushing mistress, and a groom. The speaker imagines authors like Henry James and Rudyard Kipling as observers, critiquing how corruption and social wealth shape fiction and public perception.
In Augusta on January 14, James Ryder Randall, famed author of My Maryland, dies after a long career tied to the south. The piece recalls his Civil War era poem, its contested origin, and his friendships with leading figures across regions.
An obituary reflecting on James Ryder Randall and other Civil War writers, noting his lifetime of prolific journalism with The Catholic Columbien Augusta Chronicle and The Morning Star, and comparing his pen to a sword. The piece cites Bir Randall alongside Daniel Emmett and Francis Miles Finch as prominent wartime authors now deceased.
A fragmented note discusses a young horsekeeper facing unexpected duties and relying on simple pantry items. It mentions making light soups, serving plans, and the value of chilled cream and whip to craft a delicate dessert, noting evaporated milk as a convenient ingredient.
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