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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
5
The La Crosse Leader-Press discusses political shifts surrounding Senator Stephenson and the short term vacancy, noting critics question past support and call for a suitable successor. It contrasts public reaction with party strategy and loyalty amid a contentious contest for the post.
The Milwaukee common council refused Meonsey to license several saloons as part of a temperance push. Objections cited owners’ relation to present establishments and past violations, while Oshkosh and others show similar weed out efforts. Also notes strawberry season waning.
In Cleveland a prize spelling contest for eighth graders from Cleveland Pittsburg Erie and New Orleans ended with the local Colored girl achieving a perfect score and the top team from Cleveland finishing with only forty mistakes among fifteen hundred chances. Another Pittsburgh team had a perfect score as well. The event, part of the National Educational Association convention, highlighted dedication to orthography and the impact of steady study over talent alone.
The son of A Bouth Co pleads guilty to accepting rebates from railroad firms. Judge Landin will announce a decision later, with a maximum fine of 20000 seen as likely for the Booth company. The case mirrors a prior Standard Oil action, highlighting anti rebate enforcement and shipper accountability.
Fireworks dealers complain that they have few novelties to offer the public this year and fear falling sales. The decline is tied to safety concerns and a shift toward a "safe and sane" Fourth, with authorities enforcing restrictions on hazardous displays and explosives.
The article notes Taft hands over the War Department to General Le Wright and foresees no future official title for Taft. It mentions Hitchcock clearing himself of charges amid costs of trials and hints at reform through talking and acting for better times. It also observes farmers’ political activity and crop-failure fears affecting all farmers.
A new Equitable Life Insurance Company tower in New York would rise to sixty two stories and surpass the Metropolitan Building, reaching about 909 feet with a total cost near fifteen million dollars. Critics warn of safety risks and potential market backlash as sky scraper fever grows and investors worry about future catastrophes.
The article discusses General Lake FE Wright as a historic choice for secretary of war, notes he is the first southerner since Jefferson Davis, and comments on Roosevelt’s cabinet selections and party shifts. It mentions Frank Hitchcock as a likely Republican chair, and includes offhand notes on fashion and local politics, plus a brief injury report.
Washington July 1 The American Protective Tariff League continues its fight for tariff revision using a speech attributed to Michigan Congressman Fordney but not delivered in the House nor fully authored by him The league prints the piece to push its cause, claims Fordney as its chief spokesman and casts the speech as an oracle on tariff questions The document also attacks Roosevelt administration and U S trade policy with Germany linking tariff agitation to last fall’s panic.
The article outlines tariff policy clashes under Speaker Cannon, noting Fordney's committee position and likely fate in a future Congress. It mentions possible extra sessions, Republican platform stances, and intra party shifts affecting tariff revision. It also covers Beloit saloon license delays and state receipts from 1907, plus Democratic opinions on injunction plank.
A garbled article discusses the Educational Institute for Brewing of Berlin hosting an international barley and hops exposition in Berlin from May to November with 21 large halls and 100 smaller exhibits and 2,800 exhibitors. It mentions Lancaster Nebraska wealth, the Children’s Happy Evening association, peanuts imports, Philadelphia trade growth, and mentions Porfirio Diaz and Carmelita Diaz with Gen. Ramon Rubio.
Kenosha Lutherans adopt plans for a fireproof church costing 25008 dollars. Benedictine monks open an Episcopal monastery at Fond du Lac. Eastern Wisconsin saengerfest to feature 18 cities at Fond du Lac on July 11. Cement walks being laid at Maxinette bring total to fifteen miles. A saw splinter injured A Nasét in Sparta, costing him an eye. A windstorm causes thousands in Evansville area damage to farm buildings. Mrs Eugene Du Chaine dies in Wausau at sixty, mother of eighteen. Jossy Anderson, eight, of La Crosse operated on for appendicitis. Mrs Martha Mélaass, Madison nonagenarian, has not eaten for three weeks, drinks water, stays conscious. O H Duffy, Fond du Lac attorney’s brother, missing, believed deranged. Edwin C Story, Belleville, to be tried in Madison Sept 15 for embezzlement and false reports. Beloit and Chippewa Falls utilities surrender franchises to state railroad commission. Amey Peterson of Soldiers Grove is a former railroad commissioner candidate.
Disjointed clipping references a radical anti injunction plank from Denver and a mob storming parliament. It notes a Chicago grand jury indicting seven men and a woman in a three hundred dollar case, mentions British vessels mobilized for maneuvers and a Chicago diamond heist.
The fragmentary OCR reads like a burst of quotations and headlines from Green Bay papers. It references Stephenson age claims, promises, a governor, and Wisconsin political debate with scattered names and phrases. The unreadable text yields little coherent narrative.
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