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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
9
The Daily Northwestern outlines subscription rates and delivery details for Oshkosh Wisconsin readers. It notes daily afternoon publication times except Friday and provides prices for various advance periods, with mail and carrier options and contact references for subscription payment.
The Northwestern will not publish on July Fourth, a long standing custom to suspend business and allow staff to join holiday festivities. The brief notice explains there will be no new issue tomorrow and asks readers to expect no paper.
A reflective piece urges true patriotism beyond fireworks and festivities. It calls for civic virtue, lawfulness, and selfless welfare of the country, noting a campaign year and the need for responsible public service. It contrasts political conventions and hints at leisure and vacation planning.
A candid Denver pre convention view questions William Jennings Bryan's drive to win the nomination. Walter Wellman notes Bryan shifts from crusader to shrewd politician courting votes while some Democrats resist second place. The piece cites leaders Gray Johnson McClellan declining to run vice president and warns Bryan may lose support if he pushes a risky independent path.
Oshkosh welcomes state postal office employees for their annual convention. Guests will balance organization business with social events and planned sightseeing, aiming to leave with fond memories and a wish to return. Also notes a Republican lieutenant governor scramble may occur but pay and honor are modest. A safety reminder cautions against handling fireworks and firecrackers.
The piece surveys diverse figures and topics from socialites to business ventures. It notes investments by ostrich farms in California surpassing a million dollars, profiles Mayor David Rosemiot of Milwaukee, remarks on Panama mosquitoes, and mentions prominent women like Mrs. Stuyvesant Fishwits and Countess Baechenyl. It also covers fashion icons, domestic customs, and anti suffrage activity in England led by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
A collage of Wisconsin clippings notes union debates and campaign chatter. Readers react to La Follette politics and Republican conventions while towns report curiosities from Milwaukee to Green Bay and Sheboygan.
A humorous piece from 8t Nicholas describes a Fourth of July scene where a burly crowd mocks a silent flag while rockets Roman candles and wheels flare in patriotic display. By day’s end, debris litters the ground as the little flagstaff fidgets in the breeze.
The update notes Bryan courting Hearst support amid editorial commentary on Tevolutionists near Del Rio. It reports marriages in Bisbee and Raleigh acquittal of a teen shooter, Harris’ illness, a Commons clock bill, Denver anti injunction fight, police search for Mrs Thompson's husband, and indictments in a Chicago mining scheme defrauding clients of over a billion dollars.
The state notes report a completed 25 foot chimney at the heating plant, while court action in Wisconsin includes Bert Wheelock's custody for wife beating and Michael Bingham’s one year prison term for burglary. Other items list a high diver killed in Fargo, Mrs. Jennie L'Orvis’ estate at 6000, cash road prizes in Appleton, raffles targeting Dr. Rohrer, and a rise in personal crises in Milwaukee alongside multiple drowning and crime incidents.
Mrs Anna Martin Spencer of New York lauded Wisconsin for its humane care of the insane calling it a shining example of progress. Kenosha farmers convicted of blocking roads used by automobiles were fined five dollars plus costs as a statewide movement emerges to treat road obstruction as a state prison offense.
A collage of light exchanges and sketches from urban street life. A Russian refugee recalls Siberia and a kooky quip about geometry. A caretaker jokes about hauntings while a solicitor notes a cricket match.
The July issues of Van Norden Magazine Scribner's Appleton's and St Nicholas are reviewed. Topics include a Chinese boycott article by Gan Homer Lea and a Badlands mule-deer trip by Hornaday. MecCutchon on vacations and Adams on public health policy headliners.
A Brooklyn Eagle piece reflects on July Fourth as a mingled date of sequence and mystery. It notes Hawthorne and Jefferson among figures linked to the day, cites Erie Canal founder De Witt Clinton, and mentions battles and events tied to July Fourth across decades.
Chapple Publishing of Boston offers William Howard Taft American a 261 page illustrated biography. The volume covers the life, work and travels of the American citizen with generous illustrations and a neat binding likely to appeal to readers eager for tangible insight into the next president.
A vintage advertisement touts Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It claims catarrh is constitutional and promises a cure with internal dosing and a $100 guarantee. The text encourages sending for circulars and testimonials and notes druggists sell the remedy along with Hall's Constipation Pills.
A dealer suggests consulting your painter to estimate gallons needed and then ordering Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint. Arrange a dealer takeback for unused portion, typically a quarter to half the ordered amount, with a moving of money to you. Available from Ralph M. Burtis Hardware Co Oshkosh.
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