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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
5
The Daily Northwestern announces its establishment with location notes, subscription rates, and delivery terms. The piece references Wisconsin connections, advertising reach, circulation practices, and early Edison era print network details. It highlights the paper’s aims, price structure, and the expectation of reader support.
An awkward editorial mix discusses local disaster aid hesitations, property protection during floods, and authority roles between local and state governments. It notes fatigue with federal interference and mentions Menominee whisky incidents and tariff debates as broader context, concluding with a reflection on the June Pay Day holiday.
A reader observes more fatal and nonfatal accidents reported nationwide, citing drownings and burnings among others. The piece argues rising carelessness is blamed, yet notes rapid improvements in civilization and news coverage that could inflate apparent accident totals.
A long fragmented report credits Count Zeppelin with advancing airship tests and the promise of controlled flight within a year or less. It notes ongoing trials, engine power, and design challenges, ending with a quip that June brings more wedding fees for ministers.
An appeal to President Taft seeks intervention against an order by his predecessor requiring riding and walking tests for certain Army and Navy officers. Colonel F. C. Powell and Lieutenant Colonel William McDowell were retired for inability to endure strenuous tests. The commentary critiques Roosevelt era testing and mocks various figures while noting the ongoing controversy over physical standards for officers.
FE A Horn invites residents of Gghkosh to test Dr Howard's new medicine. He guarantees a permanent cure and offers a refund if it fails. The remedy claims to regulate the bowels restore appetite and improve digestion, with a half price bottle under Horn's guarantee.
A taxpayer urges careful consideration of extending Congress Street to Arlington Place. He argues the 1,059 foot block would hinder speed of communication, depress adjacent property values, and that opening the route would better connect West Algoma, Jackson, and Main Streets, creating a vital cross-town connector from the West Algoma hills to Winnebago lake. He warns against city council inaction and questions past planning errors that blocked related plots.
Reading through a garbled list of Wisconsin items: a Milwaukee man, Frederick Inbuseh, tied to a governor’s son-in-law, dies. a Madison college raid yields $15. Milwaukee’s Owell Gil and Punt Co. robbed for $15. a homesteader near Wau Sauk ee commits suicide. Oneida County grand jury probes county funds. Madison plans mass tuberculosis rally. secret service comments on liquor killings of Indians. Sparta dispatch hints Highes may become Circuit Judge. a corpse believed kidnapped found near Rome. Wisconsin travelers forecast 1.5% visitors for the Commercial Travelers convention. James Martensen's death at Watertown at 63. a fisherman jailed near Kilbourn. Mrs. Davidson recovering from heart trouble. Racine Bohemian shot in head. police probe. Cameron Dam man selling pine logs to cover trespass. Wisconsin barbers fear Sunday blue laws. federal notes limit Portage levee work and potential transfer to city or state.
Poetic celebration of many warblers and songbirds by Rebecca Farson McKay inviting birds to linger in summer, naming many species such as Black-throated blue, Hooded warbler, Redstart, Prothonotary, and Cerulean blue, urging their bright tunes to fill fields and woods.
The article surveys various topics including Japanese plane factories, California graft prosecutions, and Claus Spreckels funding. It notes North Carolina granting its first woman dentist, Mrs D C McGuire of Asheville, and details figures such as Mogers the Standard leader and Ielon Keller. It mentions camphor wool boxes as ant resistant trunks, a Greenwich donation for a deaf social building, and plans for a Roosevelt Africa expedition collecting Field Museum specimens. It also discusses Turkish women’s rights and the Constantinople burning of a women’s clubhouse amid army unrest.
News notes recount two inches of snow at Leadgitte California and a near run down by a runaway horse during a New York parade. Other items include diplomacy schools, Porto Rico relief, a vaudeville debut by Mrs. Annis, and a murder suicide report. Also covered are a Great Northern special train to Seattle, an injury at a Louisville ceremony, a Bath Beach auto strike, and a chaotic theater explosion in Chicago.
A fragment from a humor column features quips about women’s complexions versus men, a witty exchange with a Mrs Braggs and jokes about germs and language bars. The piece includes a boarder moving and a pub scene with a five pound note uncertainty.
A group at the Spotted Cow recalls a cycling mishap on Neverend hill. Tomkins reports smelling burning and a failing ecelluloid pump that ignited by friction. Without a brake and with scorched legs, he did nothing until a tire burst and quenched the flame.
Fragmented clippings show Wisconsin editorials and quips on politics, university funding, reformers, sugar duties, and public manners. Comments touch on Madison sessions, the twine plant bill, and a high school oratory winner, with sharp asides about voters, doors, and daily care.
Amusements at the Grand Opera house feature Van Dyke Faton Steck company with The Embezzler tonight and free admission for ladies with pre-purchased tickets. The Red Cloak, with Philip A. Laffey lyrics and a strong orchestra, receives strong support as Monday audiences respond well to evening shows.
Louis Shapiro, an actor, sues Jane L Count Michael Michaelovitch Brazimoff for 50000 in New York Supreme Court, alleging the count alienated his wife Lizzie Shapiro. The count denies the allegations through attorney Abraham Tarawite and cites ties to the Russian government with undisclosed duties.
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