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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
5
The issue notes publishing details for the Northwestern with price structures and delivery areas. It critiques Judge Parker’s shifting political stance within the Bryan faction and his reduced influence at the Denver convention, highlighting party dynamics and Parker’s restrained remarks in the face of evolving leadership.
A long article details producing dry milk from milk powder by roller drying, its claimed benefits for shelf life and germ destruction, and a racehorse Azote fed on dried milk with rapid growth. It notes the owner in America and predicts wide adoption if results hold. It also covers the Pacific fleet voyage and naval movements toward San Francisco and New York.
The department of commerce and labor services under Secretary Straus launches a job matching effort. Over 700000 double postal studies mailed nationwide seek worker needs and job types, aiming to connect idle workers with employers and harvest fields. The plan targets central states and rural areas, using newspapers to spread notices and reduce unemployment. The move is labeled paternalistic but earns public support.
A jumble of notes references estates and weights with stray figures. Mentions 2100 AeTEs estate and a 320,000,000 terminal plan for San Francisco. Notes on Mesaean porter loading four pounds and Clyde yards producing zero vessels in 18 percent year, plus Carnegie library donations totaling about fifty million. Ends with a quip about a wooden wedding and romance.
News notes report the October Turin marriage of Miss Elland to Duke D Abruzzi and updates on Bishop Potter s health progress. Also quoted are Walter Wellman on Bryan at Denver with Gray or Douglas as running mate, and John W Gates predicting prosperity in 1919.
A collage of brief reports notes four bears shot near Rhinelander and a balloon presented to Milwaukee Aero Club by Col. Gustav M. Pabst. It mentions a good roads mass meeting in Ashland, thefts of military boots and commodities, Archbishop Mestner’s July 23 Milwaukee return, a girl burned by a pitchfork incident near Je ters on, a missing body in Fond du Lac river, railroad rate testimony in La Crosse, Kenosha mayor Mathias J. Scholer a brewery agent clashing with police, Fire Marshal reports 1.60 fires, 90 cases of suspected dactendiarism with nine convictions, Miss Buulche P. Smart wedding in Waukesha to Cal Alfred M Long Jones, and Colonel Jones’s role in Republican politics.
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes features bickerings over music and looks, quips about marriage and wit, a pun on wills, a village ghostly gate line, train station banter, humorous advice for proposals, a dramatic tale of revenge, stock exchange exchanges, and a pair of Jewish men trading brisk banter about a deceased relative and a valuable diamond.
Hartford July 8 Edward Frisbin of Hartford and Sidney Mitchell of Chicago are named receivers for United Box Board and Paper Co their appointment ordered by Judge Platt in U S court. The company organized under New Jersey law and the state court granted the application.
The Appleton Post argues about objections to college athletes training in skim costumes. It claims men are naturally drawn to peekaboo waists and bare knees while conceding women should accept such attire in training, though it notes men endure more exposure. It concludes that what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander.
A collage of cartoonish quotes and quips from Wisconsin papers. Observations on campaign vigor in Winnebago County, media distrust, judge remarks on child discipline, and light takes on farming, politics, and Milwaukee crime and punishment from multiple newspapers.
News from New London Connecticut reports three crew members scalded aboard the monitor Nevada of the naval training squadron off the sound. One sailor is in critical condition and the vessel sustained unspecified damage as officers acted quickly to control panic.
The distillers suffered another setback as United States Circuit Judge Lorton refused a rehearing sought by local whisky interests in their injunction against the Internal Revenue Service. The case challenges the enforcement of new branding and marking rules.
Associated Press reports a gas explosion in a coal mine near Yusove killed 206 miners with up to fifty still trapped. A rescue was completed on the eastern shaft as efforts continue to reach the remaining workers.
Governor Sanders of Louisiana announced the appointment of a permanent state board of arbitration to manage ongoing labor troubles. The decision aims to stabilize labor disputes and foster orderly negotiations across the state. The move reflects concerns about strikes and workplace unrest affecting commerce and public welfare.
Caracas officials acknowledge the bubonic plague presence after Baron de Seckendorff requested official information from Venezuela. Diplomatic discussions with the German minister spurred action, with the United States criticized for delays amid proximity concerns and the Washington sanitary convention.
Tokio reports great anxiety over American Democratic national convention results. An old remedy advertisement claims Hallstarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio offers constitutional cure for catarrh with internal doses. The ad promises a dollar reward if it fails and invites readers to send for information.
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