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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
5
The Glenwood Tribune notes S. A. Cook leads in a senatorial clash with G. A. R. veterans backing his bid. Cites Cook’s war service generosity and civic works including a memorial armory. Endorses Cook as a candidate with broad appeal to veterans and general public in Wisconsin.
A crowd of 390 men and boys stood by as a woman drowned within four feet of the pier. None offered help, despite her repeated surface returns and frantic pleas. The life guard nearby blamed the bystanders for cowardice, noting a broader city trend of indifference and self preservation over aid.
The article outlines a strained U S Venezuela relationship with repeated diplomatic exchanges. It notes reports by W J Calhoun and ongoing congress reviews, as well as expulsions and disputes over exclusive judicial authority. It mentions U S withdrawal of representatives and the risk of wider conflict.
Cardinal Logue warns of growing divorce favor and its threat to national strength, urging uniform laws and stronger home influence. The piece notes misgivings about divorce statistics and argues for nationwide standards while contrasting moral outcomes with current state disparities. It mentions a New Jersey cheese diamond rumor and snippets on political maneuvering and local sports.
For fourteen years Bava Luchman Dass received education from priests of the Black Caves of Central India to become a yogi. He claims the feat includes mastering forty eight postures and balancing on fingertip ends for seven days at night under judges inspection, a renowned challenge in his account.
A fragmentary excerpt imitates Gothic romance with dreamlike imagery of tulle garments and a veiled enchantment. The prose describes a cloaked figure moving through a forest, aided by dreamlike music and woven greenery forming a painted arch overhead.
The Glenwood Tribune urges Wisconsin voters in September primaries to back Hon. B. A. Cook a Civil War veteran and Grand Army of the Republic member. It highlights his aid to Union soldiers, the $30,000 G A R memorial building in Neenah, and his clean record. It argues northern and southern veterans alike should honor a Union blue wearer.
A spread of scattered Wisconsin items notes Nicholae hotels in Sheboygan cost 39000 due this month, Sturgeon Bay projects 23000, deaths from a cow kick in Kendalls, a drowning of twenty year old Fred Grubb near Gaylord, record heat with five prostrations in Milwaukee, Col Brumder not seeking lieutenant governor, Victor Berger nominated for state senator by Social Democrats, Holy Jumpers camp meeting at Waukesha starting August 7 with performances, Albert Hanson nearly drowns after his bathing suit slips, Milwaukee cab driver John Fox arraigned for fraud, Racine County official clashing with motorists, and a deflected bullet near Miss Stribble.
A telegram from Teheran reports the Shah of Persia plans radical electoral reforms. He intends to form an upper chamber drawn from clergy and landowners to shape the new political structure.
Prairie du Chien authorities grow convinced Clara Hart, missing weeks, has been murdered after a letter hinting travel plans appeared. In La Crosse Samuel Moorhead pled guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses, gets ninety days. an alleged accomplice Miss Jean Roa to be tried later.
Colorado leads in meet sign manufacture while Michigan ranks second. The Chicago post office handled over a quarter of a million valentines last February. The wasp waist fad is traced to Crete four thousand years ago. The chief of Soochow, king of beggars, earns about sixteen thousand dollars yearly. A monthly postal service is noted across. The State Bank of Table Rock has a woman president, Mrs. Jennie Miler. Joseph A. Dixon of Montana, forty one, succeeds William A. Clark in the senate. Rev. John La Farge, son of John La Farge, accepts Loyola College professorship in modern languages at Baltimore.
News Notes report four fatalities from a Sunday launch fire off Alarion Massachusetts. Other items include Taft refining his acceptance speech at Hot Springs, a New York hospital planned for treating incipient madness, a divorce suit in Rhode Island, Western Union sued for alleged unpaid fees, and fire hose purchases in New York.
A stream of light humor and wry exchanges. Ribbing about fish freshness metaphysics and fashion leads into a cricket ground quip about a donkey's bedding and a gentleman’s misfortune. The brief snippets showcase punchy one liners and social barbs from a bygone page.
A terse dialogue scene features a young girl questioned by an adult about her appearance and thoughts. She evasively answers and fears punishment, her hands covering her mouth as she hesitates to respond.
A collage of clipped remarks from multiple papers discusses candidate Bryan, Scofield’s vote, and imagined scenarios. It notes farmers’ weather impacts, July heat, labor shortages, and a Jefferson incident with lightning striking a pitchfork. The piece laments idle labor and hints at political and regional tensions across Wisconsin towns.
Speculators pay up to seventy five dollars for raised figure dte St Gaudens coins without motto In God We Trust while mottled versions rise in value. Treasury holds many and will pull all motto free coins from circulation as restored. Also notes catarrh cure claims and ad claims for Hall family pills.
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