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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
4
Fragmentary text mentions asphalt college and a star pitcher named Bill Swift, with garbled phrases about training, rooms, appearances, and a person named Betty. It reads like a damaged sports note or bulletin with no clear event, date, or outcome to verify.
Lawmakers clash as veto by Governor Bink prompts test votes on a financial bill affecting banks. Senate and House hearings continue with criticism of the administration and calls for revenue measures.
iSpecial to The Northwestern reports the New London fire chief resigning amid the church fire disaster. A new chief may be chosen soon as an investigation proceeds. The deadly blaze injured a man and two children while a tree struck a bystander. Rivers rising near the town threaten preparations, while St Peters Lutheran church in the area was torn down and rebuilt in Liberty after long decline.
The assembly refused to reconsider several proposed actions and blocked three measures including a fund to indemnify losses at depots and a name change for a political party with national committee approval. A senate amendment on the party name was concurred, while another appropriation for penal institutions remained contested. The investigation committee plans its next meeting Tuesday afternoon as Chairman Quick announces. Col Robert W Stewart of the Standard Oil company comments on the U S event maturing to foreign fields.
Special to The Northwestern reports a Menasha girl aged 14 or so drowned while swimming with companions at a parish Boy Scout camp south of High Cliff. Rescuers failed to revive her. she was a graduate of St Zurich's and a member of St Thomas troop. The death followed a day of outing activities led by chaperones Mrs Lyons and Mrs Banta. Her parents, three brothers and two sisters attended.
A worker fell from a scaffold suffering a fracture and is reported in favorable condition. A driver named Roamalr was fined $3 in local court for speeding on Third Street at thirty one miles per hour. An Appleton auto theft incident left a car abandoned after striking two converts, damaging a catch basin, and ending against a heavy post near Milwaukee and Racine streets. Boy Scouts from St Thomas parish departed for a ten day camp at Moonlight Bay in Door County. Fire damage at a Draperies shop was caused by an overheated...
A curling iron ignited a blaze at a residence on Appleton Street near noon Wednesday. Zelenski, living at 63 Appleton Street, reported that draperies over a dressing table burned but the fire department used chemical extinguishers to quell the flames with minimal additional damage.
More than 190 former journalism students from the University of Wisconsin are set to return for the first journalism graduates reunion ever held there. Prof G Bleyer notes this marks 20 years of journalism instruction and outlines a parade and picnic plan for the event.
The report notes a Wednesday crossword solution and a Saturday afternoon event with stunts and a baseball in Indianola. A special table will be reserved at the university alumni banquet for journalism reunioners. Stunts and gongs will highlight the evening alongside the general alumni program. A journalism dinner on Sunday will close the celebration.
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