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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
A sales notice lists dress fabrics in stock with reduced prices for tomorrow. Includes Verle no, Danish cloth and black dress goods at 1.25 and 1.00 per yard, Cream White Wool Serge at 65c, Panama and Nuns Veiling at 65c, and a selection of novelty mohair and voiles priced from 50c to 65c per yard.
June 18 Wis Whitewater delegate Edward Coe elected department commander of the G A R in Wisconsin defeating Green Bay rival. Conference addressed by notable leaders including MacArthur and Judge Quarles with officers and delegates named from multiple cities. Community events featured Simmons reception honoring veterans with speeches by prominent figures and a large veteran turnout.
E Gottry of Reedsburg elected grand chancellor at Wisconsin Knights of Pythias convention held in June. Other officers include A Conway Antigo chancellor H Hamilton La Crosse grand prelate A S Burns Milwaukee grand keeper Theodore Zillmer Milwaukee grand master exchequer Harry Wambold Appleton grand master at arms FR I Warner Sheboygan grand inner guard Vincent Schoenecka Milwaukee outer guard. La Crosse won next year’s convention after a contest with Lake Geneva Watertown and Portage. Gavel presented by My M. Gillett Fond du Lac, carved from H Rathbone’s schoolteacher blackboard.
In Seoul Corea on June 18 E T Bethell a British subject faced trial for encouraging sedition through vernacular publications he owns. He was held under $1 000 pending judgment. The proceedings reflect wartime pressures and the government’s stance on dissent.
Chicago reports rising temperature and crowded Coliseum as delegates convene on June 18. Three main items loom: presidential nomination to Taft, vice presidential choice, and platform changes including the injunction plank. Roosevelt supporters fade as Taft’s path tightens amidst internal debates and pending floor votes.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft were closely watching the Chicago convention. Taft agreed to a photographer’s request, posed at his desk amid telegrams from Chicago and across the country. The morning held talks with Roosevelt and Root on the convention’s course.
In New York on June 18 Mrs. Robert S. McCormick wife of the former American ambassador to France won a grueling 1,000 mile race against time by several minutes enabling her to sail for Europe aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. She had arranged passage earlier and her Chicago departure was delayed.
A Baltimore native, 53, Mr Stone serves as Sergeant at Arms at the recent Republican convention. His duties are described as arduous and difficult, yet he has performed to the satisfaction of those who created the role. He has also acted as collector of the port of Baltimore.
St John New Brunswick June 18 Governor Lemuel Tweedie arrived for a wedding when telephoned that his daughter Mary age nineteen eloped with Darla McKeown recently coachman He is twenty one years old and came from Scotland a year ago The governor will not publicly comment on the incident which occurred in Chatham at the Tweedie home.
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