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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
9
The article reports on Cook's nomination at Neenah Menasha campaign rally, urging Wisconsin voters to back his senatorial bid, with remarks on tariff and currency issues. It also covers Taft’s campaign plans, Prohibitionists meeting in Columbus, and Texas election timing, plus general GOP strength and party dynamics.
The American Lumberman promotes cheaper building through lower material and labor costs. Reports from Chicago and across the country show bricks, cement, and millwork down 34.6 to 40 percent, with Vermont, Cleveland, Des Moines, San Francisco, Detroit, Buffalo, and other cities noting substantial savings and rising construction activity.
A 1908 discussion argues that better registration and public health services depend on active citizen demand. It condemns wasteful habits, unsafe water and food, and calls for a new public spirit to fight disease. It notes political hurdles, upcoming campaigns, a personal injury suit, and stalled good roads efforts.
A fragmented news overview notes fifty Americans performing opera abroad. It mentions Czar Nicholas I turning forty, Senator Francis Warren of Wyoming owning a large ranch, and trade shifts with the Philippines. Also cites Olympia excavations, Christie's sale of the Marchioness of Conyngham’s art, and medical claims about catarrh with a patent cure offered.
Murphy, superintendent of buildings, notes a new 62 story tower complex planned for the Equitable site bounded by Broadway Nassau Street Fine and Cedar streets. D H Burnham Co architects of Chicago designed the project with a 900 foot main height plus a 150 foot flagstaff. Estimated cost around 15 million dollars.
The report lists Taft nearing completion of his acceptance speech with delivery anticipated in Cleveland. It cites a Chicago case involving Lillian Beatrice Watkins described with racial detail, Bryan’s alleged interviews, a British admiralty war game in the North Sea, and Gompers pleas. It notes Lloyd’s insurance interest in Bryan’s election, a Milwaukee life association address, Justice Brewer on boycott rhetoric, Standard Oil fines and John D Archbold as mediator in the federal case.
A mixed Wisconsin items roundup notes Whitewater Modern Woodmen planning a brass band in Eau Claire, a street fair next fall, and the Kenosha Daily Press suspension after financial issues. Census figures indicate Appleton has a large school aged population. Also mentions Wisconsin Dentists Association meeting in La Crosse, a Green Bay injury, and local incidents from Janesville, Kenosha, and Waukesha.
At a Denver convention a Wisconsin delegation elected F W Ploetz as president and pushed closer ties with the Society of Equity. In Janesville police probe if Laverne Nelgon poisoned his wife or if the whisky she drank fooled them. Milwaukee man John Torzewski, demented, said he had married days earlier and missed his wife after a New Lisbon car change. Harry Tiernay of Waukesha was arrested for desertion from the US Army and returned in irons to Fort Sheridan amid a poorhouse inmate’s charges.
A scattered mix shows Prohibition advocates pushing a full water pitch in this campaign. Reports mention a Sheboygan lawsuit, business conditions improving, a St. Louis opera critique, Maryland reform law flaws, Wisconsin party infighting, Neenah milk sanitation fines, and Milwaukee press antics defending brewing industry while promoting new community topics.
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