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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
8
Miss Mildred Fwsier and Mrs Ziegler, former pastor and mission leader of Plymouth Congregational Church, died after illness at Gadsden. Eugene de Foyrs, formerly with a firm partnership between Waukon and Eureka, survived by wife and two sons. Local note lists several residents reported ill or deceased with minor details.
Fragmentary OCR outlines a disputed estate filing involving a widow and seven children with a judge ordering division of real property and a homestead. The text references Pendnal avcot Radar Sas oidnaistrartar and mentions streets Minnesota and Seventh Street, plus references to guardians and a potential partition outcome.
The Oshkosh Horticultural Society staged a first show at City Hall despite Sunday night storms that damaged many flowers. Judges awarded prizes to numerous entrants including Verotade Miret and Ward B Davis for prime varieties, with peonies and strawberries among notable displays. The event drew sizable crowds and closed at 7 p.m. tonight after a well received exhibit of flowers, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
Former Oshkosh resident Harry J. Cooper, known as Railroad Jack, arrived for a weeklong visit. He travels with a sleeping bag, sleeps outdoors, and claims a remarkable memory for presidents and biography. He spoke of his mother’s abolitionist wishes and his plan to fund educational work with prize money from Michigan contests.
In a reminiscence, Mr. Cooper recalls forty years with the Challoner company and his personal acquaintance with Warren S. Harding. He describes Harding as a clean, high-minded candidate influenced by impregnable virtues and notes a visit to the newspaper office to observe The Star night sky.
The ad claims daily scalp treatment with a liquid Arvon will eliminate dandruff after a few applications. It promises relief from itching and shinier, silkier hair, asserting most cases clear with three or four uses and urging purchase at drug stores.
Oshkosh veterans of the Spanish American War and the Auxiliary of that order report active work at the annual convention. G Keany was elected junior vice commandant, Mrs Bessie Smith presided the Martha Washington auxiliary, and Emma Shaw joined eight council members. Three of four delegates plus one alternate to the St Louis auxiliary national convention were selected from Martha Washington Auxiliary. The Martha Washington group also won a $25 prize among department awards.
At the convention the Hinty camp won the largest attendance prize while Nelson A. Miles camp received a S26 prize for the largest attendance at the veterans' gathering.
Register of Deeds George Hollands returned Wednesday night from Bara bon where he attended the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic encampment and left Thursday for Fond du Lac to attend his uncle Alonzo Billington's funeral. His daughter Elizabeth Gree ler, deputy register of deeds, also attended. Mr Billington was a retired lumberman and dies.
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