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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
5
A dramatic meditation on the sky as a vast juror over human affairs. The speaker seeks truth and steadfast faith beneath a limitless, inscrutable heavens, asserting that spiritual judgment comes from above rather than courts on earth. The poem invokes storms, stars, and airy forces to frame moral inquiry.
Victoria Lee's custody battle pits Mrs. Arthur Lee of Plaquemines against Captain Manuel Terrebonne, who seeks the girl as his daughter believed lost in the 1893 Chenier Caminda storm. A Malay fisherman and a Terrebonne family rumor anchor the mystery as investigators pursue proof of birthright and rightful guardianship.
A poem by Arthur Ketchum in Ainslee’s evokes bugles, marching bands and the city greeting troops. It praises courage, the flag on April wind, and a chorus of cheers for those who go and return, honoring the dead.
A Syracuse article traces Mormonism’s origins to the Onondaga Valley Sabine homestead near Palmyra. It links Joseph Smith Jr and Sidney Rigdon with Reverend Solomon Spaulding’s manuscript The Manuscript Found, suggesting the Book of Mormon drew from that work and recounts the manuscript’s alleged disappearance after Hurlburt obtained it for scrutiny.
Walter Camp argues athletics build sand and nerve, turning quiter freshmen into disciplined, courageous students who influence their class and future world. Also notes a pleasant trip on the Lehigh Valley Railroad with vestibule coach, dining car, and Niagara Falls stop-overs.
In Colorado, J H Hollo way of Denver tells The Arlington in Washington that woman suffrage has improved politics. He notes that educated women vote carefully and favor clean government, deterring repeal efforts and reshaping campaigns. Women are entering industry and influencing political power.
A promotional piece extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a fast remedy for indigestion caused by overindulgence. It claims the stomach needs rest, that the product aids digestion, strengthens the stomach, and can cure both temporary and long standing dyspepsia in adults and children. Testimonials from users are cited.
The text references pewin’s pills and a druggist, then shifts to a discussion on wages and suffrage. It notes women must protect wages and property to demand equal pay, and argues that thinking unionists support women suffrage as a means to better living wages, ending with a fragmented closing.
In February 1900 a severe cold snap devastated a peach orchard, killing most older trees. Cap’n Hate describes sending sixty men in two days to prune and reface trunks, freeing new growth. An elder slave warns that recovery will take years and urges workers to cut pay and keep fighting through the ruin.
A Druggist from Elizanth West Virginia touts a cure for incurable cancer using Firetrny Bitters and Bucklen's Archiva Salve on an elderly patient. Advertisements push Electric Bitters for poisons and blood diseases, a cough syrup, and Foley's Kidney Cure. The piece blends sensational claims with multiple patent medicine pitches and local notices.
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