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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
9
A lengthy editorial argues for moving criminal insane to state hospitals or Northern Wisconsin facilities, detailing safety, cost, and treatment concerns. It criticizes the current system as outdated, promotes a dedicated criminal asylum, and notes political debate and proposed legislative actions. It also covers La Follette filibuster gossip and senate procedures without sensational detail.
The article discusses the Dreyfus affair, noting attempts on Major Dreyfus, public ceremonies, and Emile Zola’s famous letter. It touches on French national tensions, danger acknowledged by authorities, and possible sensational outcomes. It also notes Mrs Bryan’s daughter as a delegate prospect and Indiana’s potential county option law. It mentions dandelions, La Follette Chautauqua addresses, and presidential horse trials.
The advertisement claims Fosam the skin remedy cures thousands of eczema and dermatitis cases with first application stopping itching. It touts effectiveness on simple rashes herpes and other conditions, promoting 50 cent and $2 packages via New York suppliers and a free trial offer from Emergency Laboratories.
Georgia voters appear to have chosen Joseph M. Brown over Governor Hake Smith in a Democratic primary marked by debate over Prohibition and business conditions. The result signals a possible gubernatorial transition with implications for statewide policy and the upcoming inauguration, while national politics echo in Roosevelt and Chicago campaign chatter.
A state board of agriculture report notes Wisconsin enjoys broad diversification in industry and crops. Despite recent rains delaying some farm work, hay is abundant, early potatoes vigor, and barley and oats stands good, yielding an overall favorable crop outlook for the state amid national storm losses.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions navy, fairs, repairs, and admonitions about attention. The irregular text references attending to affairs, a possible dispute over duties, and a line about not coming to us. No clear persons or events emerge from the fragment.
A fragmented 19th century newspaper fragment discusses sharks near the Gurr canal, Ulverpool tramways used as beds for consumption, a brain study on a runner man scientist, Hall Caine as farmer and writer, and a rising picture postcard craze in Ting land. It notes liquor issues, social prominence of actors, and engagements like the Granby divorce. It mentions two expert photo micrographers and the craft of microscopy photography in surgery and anatomy.
A fragmentary news roundup notes the Illinois supreme court validating the local option law. References a Denver court, a forthcoming Democratic convention, and various European and domestic political items with multiple odd spellings and incomplete names.
The state reports a mix of fires, accidents, and official moves. Lime Lake Creamery burned near Amrest. a widow Mrs Mary Rolfe aged eighty three was killed by a train near Ripon. two men in Hudson fined for trout trapping. Milk price reductions ordered by the railroad rate commission. George Wood age sixty died by suicide using carbolic acid. Efix corpse found in Waupun cemetery. John McGinley of Durango drowned. body recovered with ? marks. Racine police struggle with treen danger and street violence. Frank Fellows dies after falling from ladder amid Janesville shopping crowds. Mrs John Krueger of Hav Claire flt injures. hour later aid arrives. Poysippi Redarantie Railway seeks 15 percent capital payment by July 18. survey and right of way planned. Attorneys Woods and Engelbracht of Berlin cited during carriage trip to Green Lake.
The Berlin Journal notes plans for St Josephs Roman Catholic church in Berlin costing about 19 000 and calls the project guest church in Berlin nearer Oshkosh. An accident at the Avenue Ton mine near Platteville left two miners, John Kerwin dead and J J Smith gravely injured after a 12 foot fall.
A collage of quips and anecdotes sourced from London Tit-Bits includes remarks on a sexton’s burial reports and a tailor named Aleck Brown. The jokes touch on misread recitals, fashion and manners, and sharp courtroom repartee set in a late 19th century humor column style.
In Wisconsin papers, notes on style and thrift appear. The Wausau Record-Herald imagines directoire gowns delaying men at home, while Menasha Record questions who will save first. Green Bay Gazette mentions cows on streets and Watseu’s efforts. Millwaukee Journal reflects rising popular opinion, and a hotel bill clue ends the fragment.
Green Bay Gazette reports Gustav Kus termann as a first term congressman pushing 26 bills in both houses. Measures include six pension bills a public building appropriation of 85000 and 350 for Green Bay federal building plus pay raises for soldiers. Several bills stall in the house including embassies in Paris Green Bay Fish Hatchery Oneida Reservation and harbor works with a De Pere channel. Also notes mail delivery posts rural routes and brick to stone upgrades at the federal building.
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