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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
5
The piece notes Taft will clinch the Republican nomination and focuses on possible running mates. Senators Deliver and Cortelyou, and Governor Guild of Massachusetts, head the list with others like Secretary Tate and Governor Hughes discussed. It mentions strong regional appeals and the likelihood of a lively debate at Chicago.
A New York conference of leading steel makers announced a four to ten percent cut in prices for steel products including billets, bars, plates, structural iron, merchant pipe and nails. The United States Steel Corp opposed the move but yielded under pressure from independents. The price reduction is expected to boost construction, stimulate demand, and revive business across regions, with broader benefits for workers, merchants, and industry amid favorable crop prospects and political calm.
In a move to end factional strife within the Louisiana Republican delegation the national committee seats both rival groups and mandates a complete party reorganization under top leaders. The action aims to curb patronage-driven splits that echo across southern states and set a precedent for Convention discipline.
A tangle of figures covers pensions in revenue service and wealth of families in New Mexico Mexico and California. It notes the Drange Rieha family wealth, sixtieth anniversary of thedrat women convention at Seneca Falls, navy gun counts, tobacco production claims, a Michigan Indian colony death toll, borax tonnage estimates in Nevada, and missionary contributions rising to $2459.08 with a $20,000 increase over the prior year.
A Berlin automobile owner ordered a new pair of fenders for his car and received them for 3 dollars. He returned them and had two pair made in Berlin at a total cost of 350 dollars. The note reflects the price and quality concerns of automotive parts in Berlin.
A poetic fragment laments the downfall of a regal realm with images of carnelian lapis lazuli and gold. It speaks of a crown in decline, wings, talons, and signet rings, turning to dust as time erodes splendor and power.
The report sketches a bustling stream of society events and legal tangles. Actor Raymond Hitchcock faces a jury, Chancellor Dey seeks eight months leave for retirement at Syracuse University, and Grace Snell Coffin-Love sues Hugh Mr. Love for a second time. Senator Gore regains some sight after treatment at WW Washington hospital. Frank Beck plans to wed Mrs. Magebeck but a kidnapper relative disrupts the ceremony in Cincinnati. Werren Fales accuses his second wife Katharine Harris in a divorce suit, while Gov. John Cutler’s daughter Mabel Blanche Cutler elopes with Thomas Edward Butler, then obediently ties the knot in Utah.
Teeth and gold valued at two hundred twenty five dollars were stolen from dental offices in Beloit. Nine boys and nine girls graduated from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf at Delavan. The Pabst theater in Milwaukee fell seven thousand one hundred fifty six dollars behind on German performances and will not try again this year. An eighteen year old from Milwaukee was sent to Green Bay reform school for robbing his mother, a makeshift “bank.” A gift library costing fifteen dollars was presented to the arts of Evansville. Mrs. Annie Budnik of Milwaukee is said to suffer mute insanity a melancholic condition. Dane county farmers are losing money to a smooth talker selling stock in a tobacco company. Twenty seven hundred ninety seven samples of butter and cheese were scored by the state university dairy school. A fire in Racine caused five thousand dollars damage and left twenty men unemployed temporarily. Ambassador James Bryce travels from Washington to Madison where he will address university students. Wisconsin Alumni Chicago banquet featured President Charles Van Hise. Beloit municipal election fraud probe underway. A Populist defendant James Sherman was jailed for alleged worms. Mrs Anna McCord of Wausau seeks dower rights in late husband Myron McCord’s Merril properties. Armour Institute students from Chicago will tour Temene Falls for six weeks to study Menominee River power. Chris Rasmussen of Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha, jailed for attacking his family with hot water. he bonds to stay away. Ex congressman J W Babcock of Necedah arrives Milwaukee from French Lick with cheese poisoning illness. he forecasts Taft and Bryan nominations. A humorous exchange about germs in kisses closes the page.
Patrons may witness the western success "A Texas Ranger" at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon and night on June 14. The play unfolds in and around the old fort San Carlos with a dramatic attack by Indians and Mexicans and a gallant ranger rescue.
A collection of wry exchanges and quips from London Tit-Bits including tradesmen customers lovers and photographers with lines about credit surprises in a humorous snapshot of social manners and petty foibles in a bustling city setting.
A mosaic of remarks from Milwaukee to Sheboygan and Fond du Lac covers saving a drowning girl, dress codes at a church event, ice cream socials in uncertain weather, prohibition debates, local ballgame days, liquor licensing, education and diploma value, forecasts of a bountiful fruit crop, and a note on cemetery grounds for divorces.
The Appleton Post faces tariff reform opposition and rising prices as it struggles like other printers to stay solvent. Critics say the paper industry and powerful paper magnates amass wealth, while influence over daily life and property grows decisive and concerning.
A Harper's Weekly observation notes how languages replace direct address as cultures standardize speech. It traces shifts from thou to you all in English regions, the use of thow in parts of France and Germany, and the habit of using the third person in Spain and Italy.
Neenah Times notes a Milwaukee merchants train travels through northern Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota with beads mirrors and trinkets to win aboriginal goodwill and trade. The item suggests spending Uncle Sam's IOUs on route newspapers for cheaper wider reach and better results.
A vintage home make refrigerator method describes using two boxes with holes for drainage and ventilation. The larger box is filled with charcoal or sawdust, the inner box sits level with the top, and the space around is packed with charcoal. Lids are fastened, shelves added, a lathe tray supports ice, and a drain for ventilation improves efficiency.
Manufacturers urge federal incorporation to end conflicting state laws on taxes registration and reporting. They seek uniform rules for corporate organization regulation and taxation to avoid penalties and business confusion across states. The source notes the variation in state laws and the need for a streamlined system.
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