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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
2
Fred Badger announces his candidacy for Clerk of Circuit Court on the Republican ticket. He requests support at the primaries on September 1, 1908.
Entries of horses are canvassed for a big Fourth of July program at Oshkosh Deriving park featuring a free-for-all pace and trot events. Rivalry among noted owners and drivers draws bets, with top horses like McWilton expected to lead the field. An auto race immediately follows, with local machines and drivers in a crowd-pleasing speed display.
Delays slow pavement of Jackson Street with Barber Asphalt bid deemed too high. Council approves new ad and amends specs to reduce top dressing and bond retention. Reports on Mt Vernon and Thirteenth streets set costs and widenings, with police to enforce traffic rules amid wagon tire concerns.
Congressman Sherman leaves Cleveland after a long rest and chats with friends. He will depart tomorrow morning for Utica New Mexico, accompanied by Mrs. Sherman who has improved in health. A rousing welcome awaits Sherman on his arrival in Wien Nebraska with a large nonpartisan reception and escort to his home in Oneida County.
In Chippewas Falls Wisconsin on July 1 today the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation is separated from the La Pointe agency. W M Sickles assistant superintendent of the Chilocco Oklahoma school is named as new head of the Flambeau Indians and will supervise the reservation and its school. The Flambeau Reservation, once among the first to receive permission to cut logging credit, now has about one year’s remaining supply. The loggings near completion, the area will be managed by the school superintendent and Mr Sickles will lead the Flambeau school and oversee the reservation.
Secretary of War William H Taft resigns from the War Department after four years and five months to pursue the presidency as a private citizen. He presented his successor General Luke E Wright and will now focus on campaign work, starting with mass letters of congratulations from across the globe.
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