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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
3
Lang and Fox save the day as a tense baseball game ends with a one run margin. Ferguson shines on the mound while Converse Batters struggle but show life late. OSHKOSIA lineup includes Bauer and Nichols with key hits guiding the comeback in a crowd‑stirring finish.
A fractured OCR recounts a late game between Wausau and Oshkosh with key plays. Groh steals second, Bengusen is blamed by fans for stepping on Groh, and Groh later advances on a Bricks throw. Indiana, Te, and Paton contribute offensive moments as spectators react to fielding errors and dramatic ninth inning action.
A youth about fourteen nearly drowned near a river footpath after slipping into the water. Passersby and inmates aboard a nearby boat rushed to the scene, pulling him to safety as waves and fear swept the bank.
Candidates for the Lake High football team prepare through a September training camp led by captain Lampert and with Tapert and Hwiek Wolf assisting. Coach Hatsley cannot attend, but candidates promise hard work as they plan a week of drills and conditioning. Edward Goettwann is expected to address the group with instructions.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It urges readers to write to Hinghamton New York for a free sample bottle and asserts the medicine can improve urinary and general health.
Frederick Hankey Smith, longtime resident, died Monday July 2 at age 83. Born in Teer belo hall Suffolk England he was of gleaming ancestry and had served in India and Persia. Survived by three daughters Mrs Henry Le Hardy Dell Mrs T Ryan Jiakota and Mrs Fred Salinger Knoxville. Granddaughter Mig Hankey Tucker known in Mesefat.
A local report notes extreme heat Monday with noon temperatures over ninety. Pedestrians describe stifling air and dry ground, while sidewalks heat and dust rise as sprinkling efforts continue amid unsettled evening winds.
Review of a variety program at Hijou featuring Amusieme Meneratty Penling as the lead act with vocal and dance numbers. The program includes Stan ton and Sundberg, George Malvhow singing, and moving pictures with Shakespearean scenes. The house orchestra plays selections from A Stubborn Claderella. Traffic on stage includes humor and novelty acts.
Letters from women in West Union and Bardstown praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring health and enabling motherhood after female troubles. The advertisement claims thirty years of use and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Oshkosh Old Home Week stationery proves popular with eager requests for envelopes letterheads and circulars. Local Chamber of Commerce reports two manufacturers placing large orders and planning paid return cards printed on envelopes while ads committees offer the pieces at cost.
Portland July 28 Associated Press invitation has gone to James J Hil his son Louis W Hill president Great Northern and Howard Elliott president Northern Pacific and other railway magnates to attend the Spokane Portland and Seattle railway opening in the next weeks. Date not fixed but expected to cross Portland on a date between August 16 and September 1. This road finished. Butte July 28 last spike on Chicago Milwaukee St Paul coast extension driven last night. Through trains from Chicago will run into Butte not later than September.
For the first time in history the work of a secret order will be sent by telephone. Manley J. Hemmens, supreme councillor of the United Commercial Travelers, will supervise the initiation of fifty candidates from Green Bay Wisconsin to be broadcast from Fike's Peak council No. 18 on Saturday night August 8. Members along the line will handle the connections as well as those at Green Bay and Denver in a highly secretive ceremony.
John K. Mori of T0008 promotes a three million dollar bank on Oshkosh's south side with plans for eight week city site work. Subscriptions aim at 30000 dollars to establish a state bank. backers include local men and Alderman Joseph Kloeckner, with Kloeckner brother-in-law of him.
Exife Canton July 28 The Chinese passenger steamer Ying King foundered yesterday in the typhoon. Three hundred Chinese are known to have been drowned with only twelve rescued. The Ying King was 789 tons, 200 feet long, owned in Hongkong.
Inverness Scotland July 28 The car carrying Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie collided with another vehicle. Carnegie’s car was damaged but no one was injured and both parties remained unharmed after the incident.
The EC Girl will reach Oshkosh tomorrow morning amid excitement. She plans to give each home a one dollar bill after finding a package of Egg-O-See cereal, a publicity stunt tied to the EC Corn Flakes brand.
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