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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
4
A downtown store reports its largest remnants sale of Dress Goods Silks Wash Goods and White Goods with a half price offer on leftovers for tomorrow. Fourth Floor features a sale on laundry soap 10 for 25 cents and a bulk 16 bar promo. A small perfumed face powder booklet is also advertised for purse use.
Marquis Katsura, Japan's premier, grants an Associated Press interview outlining a peaceful policy to improve political and commercial relations with foreign powers, reform national finances, and boost industry while avoiding actions that disturb world peace. He signals retrenchment in armament spending and emphasizes stabilizing finances after the recent war.
An old advertisement claims possum skin remedy cures eczema and facial blemishes after one overnight use. It touts quick results for pimples rashes herpes blackheads and acne with a 50 cent trial and a $2 jar available at Oshkost A Horn drug stores and Emergency Laboratories in New York offering free samples to test the product.
A late report details the San Gabriel disaster en route from Manila to Con, with about ninety aboard. seventy nine Americans among the drowned, many rescued after hours at sea. Passengers and crew faced wreckage as the vessel flooded, life belts failing, and heavy seas battered survivors until救援 by the German steamer Saverie near Corregidor.
The success of our previous Saturday sales is credited to special values worthy of attention. Tomorrow's specials follow the rule of low pricing that has governed the prior Saturday sales.
Auction listing notes various torchon and Valenciennes laces and insertions on first floor. Describes irregular widths, self regulars priced from 4¢ to 100, divided into Lot 1 and Lot 2 with specific prices, and references a border lawn border set.
Advert describes reduced pricing on parasols of new stock across all grades with half price offers on several items. Also features bathing suits with sailor collars, batiste waists, and various toiletry specials advertised by floor, including lace, hose, and massage cream jars.
A device using a battery and a door bell style circuit rests on dough and uses a switchboard and wheel to ring a bell when bread rises. It announces four rising events with shifts in the mechanism winding the airer and signaling the baker as the dough reaches its peak.
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