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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
9
A Sunday service absence list lists several attendees including Miss Fetereot Miss Ference Yan Liew Clara Peterson Miss Grace Wood Miss Tessie Campbell Mrs T Pritchard Miss Add Lord Master Jesse Schriber Harry Davies and Morgan Davies with an eight o clock evening time on Tuesday stated.
Chief of Police Welanrod says no denouncements occurred during Pawnee Bills wild West show visit to Oshkosh on Friday. Officers arrested suspicious characters. two men suspected in a local home break in, one with a missing arm and another with a pockmarked face. Injuries from another show employee occurred in Fond du Lac. Public nuisance from vendors and crowding noted. show fell short of advertised acts.
The new principal, born in Rosendale, Fond du Lac County, arrives after a long career in Wisconsin schools. He previously served as a high school leader in Menasha and Oshkosh and studied at Oshkosh Normal. He and his wife will reside at 1-102 Franklin Avenue.
Oshkosh faces a sharp rise in potato prices with Wisconsin new potatoes delayed. Dealers report shortages statewide, predicting prices may reach $1 per bushel within six weeks. Local grocers misread market signals, exhausting stock before rising wholesale rates became evident. New potatoes from Mississippi appear but struggle against the strong preference for eighty cent old potatoes.
Sadie Cromer of Marton Ohio describes years of stomach trouble and indigestion before trying Grape-Nuts. She claims the cereal helped her appetite and weight, saying she can eat anything and now feels stronger. The testimonial highlights food as a personal concern and links relief to the product.
Board of regents approves 13000 to finish the addition to Oshkosh Normal School and install a new steam heating plant. An advertisement for bids will be issued, with contracts set around June 25 and completion hoped by early autumn. An extra 4000 will furnish the new addition, aiming for use by the second quarter of the school year. Governor allocates 36000 of 45000. remaining funds to Stevens Point improvements.
Haley the South park superintendent informs of a dangerous prank on the park bear reported in The Northwestern. He plans a new sturdy enclosure to prevent boys from provoking the animal while noting the bear is not vicious if left alone. The story also details Haley’s long career from river work to Oshkosh policing and recent service as a flagman.
Transfers recorded at the City Recorder of deeds show Rupert Schirt receiving property in a recorded plat through deed transfers. Names Cathrine J and Phitto Sehtri appear among the recorded grantees and grantors in the conveyance listings.
Fragmentary text shows a property transaction involving Kate Bohiri and Block 84 with a recorded plat and consideration $225. The readable fragment references a sale or transfer detail and a numeric amount. No additional clear parties or dates are confirmed.
A Byron camp meeting is set for July 3 with Rev Mrs M A Drew of Brandon in charge and Epworth League activities under Miss Mary Comstock and Miss Doebler of Strasse. Rev Dr Marty Hard of Evanston will assist in evangelical services for the final weekend. district conference for Fond du Lac will be held concurrently.
The article notes freight and passenger lines lease offices in New York malls, with White Star and North German Lloyd renting in prominent buildings. Annual rents average around 150000 dollars, while old-buildings lines pay about half that. Major lines like Hamburg American and North German Lloyd run large advertising and printing bills, with significant insurance funds and dividend histories. The piece lists docking ship values for major lines and mentions a court case where William Reifschlager and John Burns received two-year sentences for larceny related to whisky theft.
An advertisement touts free sample bottles of Boschee's German Syrup for adults with bronchial or lung complaints. It claims universal acceptance, a one-bottle limit per person, and no freebie for children without parental order. It cites long history and physician endorsement, urging readers to obtain Green's Prize Almanac.
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