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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
6
Miss Eldridge, a lonely tenant, cherishes a memory of a distant enchanted encounter with a Greek godlike suitor. Years later a professor friend appears, and a chance invitation to a grand event rekindles hope, only to reveal the weariness of time and fading glory.
A dated description asserts a type of beauty linked to power and success. It extols vigorous natural hair, healthy complexion, and smooth skin as signs of purity and dignity, noting unwavering eye contact and freedom from blemishes as distinguishing features.
In a tense night of confession Miss Eldridge confronts Professor about changes in his life and her own illusion. He reveals consequences of the board meeting, then she watches as the memory of a youth-filled fantasy yields to a present truth. The skylight scene closes the chapter with Violet violets tossed to the roofs, marking the end of fantasy and the start of real life.
The Northwestern's Daily presents a fashion note on a Faris pattern No. S476 for a girls one piece frock in a Russian style. It covers fabric needs for sizes 6 to 12 years, with variations for round neck short sleeves or high neck long sleeves and trims of cotton braid or plain linen.
An old style advertisement for a Paris Medes catalog from the Medinah Temple listing a large illustrated catalogue of pattern tomes for men women and children. The fragment mentions order details like name address street number and size and references 2 000 spring and summer items.
In Reading on July 23 a twelve year old, Edward Fredericks, was attacked by rats while sleeping in a corner near a moving picture theater. He awoke to rats pulling at his feet and his toes being gnawed, fighting the rodents for hours until a passerby heard his cries at five in the morning and freed him from the machine box near the Liberty theater.
Pennsylvania Democrats met in Harrisburg and elected Col. J. M. Guffey as state central committee chairman for 1909, despite James Kerr's Bryan aligned bid for national committeeman. The meeting rejected Denver convention actions and affirmed Guffey’s role amid party tensions.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy. It claims complete ingredient disclosures on bottles and sworn formulas, praising glycerine and native root extracts for indigestion catarrh and chronic coughs. It warns no medicine cures consumption in advanced stages but touts strong curative claims for various stomach and bronchial ailments.
The new firm of John Jennings & Co in New London Wisconsin has bought the former condensing company site and will open a plant to manufacture casings mouldings mopboards and other building materials. A sawmill and planing mill plus a retail lumber yard and stock of sash and doors will be added. The building will be moved onto the new site. Andrew Woehnesk the man who fell from the Catholic church tower and broke his arm has another fall from scaffolding. The city plans cement retaining walls and drawbridge approaches costing about 3000. Ada Shaw will teach kindergarten next year replacing Esther Hang. Chicago & Northwestern plans to remodel its freight depot. Miss Elia Jones of Oshkosh visited en route home from Shawano Lake.
Passengers on a Wisconsin Central train found Mrs. L. Schlegel of Chicago dead as the Abbotsford station was reached. Death is believed to be heart failure, sudden and unnoted by her escort. The body weighed about 250 pounds, requiring a Chicago casket.
A cordial invitation from Edith Sanford Tulpisen at 37 Grid Dares Street Hew Tack to friends for a long happy gathering. The notice promises music by feathered performers, art, landscapes, and a feast of cream and strawberries. Guests are urged to respond promptly to attend.
Advertisements list missing items such as a Tacoma purse, various lost dogs, spectacles, an umbrella and other valuables. Rewards offered by owners. also numerous for sale notices, including furniture, farms, real estate, and vehicles. Some entries promote cheap house goods and an optical shop in Oshkosh.
A long ad fragment cites Dr King’s New Discovery as a pervasive cough and throat cure praised by Mrs. E R Pleeson of Centre Pa and Bauman & Cots drug store. It pits the remedy against “two sides” of medical debate and notes its sale price and guarantees. The text then shifts to property deeds in Oshkosh Neenah, listing transfers and parcels, including Wockenfuss and Priebe families, with several block and street identifiers and monetary amounts.
A dense collection of classifieds lists farm help jobs and general labor postings. Advertisers seek male and female workers including farm hands, kitchen help, clerical positions, bookkeepers, and solicitors. Listings note locations, wages, and contact methods, with multiple requests for home work and at least one rooming inquiry.
A jumble of old advertisements and civic notices describes a second-hand store at 43 Deepe Street, a dancing event at Nutte des Morita, and a public works notice in Oshkosh ordering paving on Thirteenth Street with sewer and water work details. Also listed are a summer resort for lakefront property, a primary election notice for Wisconsin with multiple county offices, and various service offerings.
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