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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
3
Denver authorities arrest sixty two year old June W Cramies Savage on a midnight robbery at the Denver registry department. He has prior charges in Portland and was acquitted there. Evidence against him in this case is not yet known.
H. H. Trand of Wisconsin has been appointed assistant superintendent of the salary and allowance bureau in the Post Office Department. The usual summer exodus of the diplomatic corps is under way with Ambassador Creamon heading to France next Sunday and Ambassador Aspirar bound for Mexico soon. Minister Brun plans a Denmark trip and Minister Proda to Switzerland around the same period. Minister Wu has received newspapers.
A fragment reports an edict naming a minister to adopt a code of foreign laws for Chinese practice but notes the edict has not arrived. The minister is unsure if the assignment requires his return to China, as much work could be completed locally.
The Tribune reports radical football rule revisions discussed by a committee led by Walter Camp and including John Bell and others. The plan calls for college authorities to review the changes and report objections. If approved, new rules would appear in the official football book for 1902. The major change requires teams to change ends after each touchdown.
The article details a new football rule on kicking from scrimmage and placing the ball to goal from twenty yards out, altering place and drop kicks. It also reports Peter Dowling saving three men in Sacramento, and updates on Terry McGovern’s shoulder injury with reassurance no bone was broken.
Rain dampened Ascot day as six furlong Wokingham stakes produced an upset with His Lordship Papdale second and Phinas third. Victor Don won the hishweight Ascot stakes with J Tei aboard, while William the Third took the Alexandra plate. A gate failure marred the Wokingham start. stewards ruled against a rerun. A spectator recalled a sensational tale about El Tierra.
In Pottawatomie county investigators probe the death of fourteen year old Arthur Pecore after companions allegedly tried the water cure treatment. He was submerged in the Canagian river until his lungs and stomach filled with water, and died days later.
L Frank of Butte Montana sold a three fourths interest in his coal mines at Frank British Columbia to a French syndicate for twelve thousand pounds. A portion of fifty five thousand pounds was paid to him on the sale with details not fully clear in the report.
Lawrence Kansas June 20 Andrew Carnegie offers twenty five thousand dollars to the city for a public library on the usual terms. The funding message comes from the Associated Press and highlights Carnegie’s ongoing philanthropy toward civic libraries.
Horses Arsenal Pentecost and Heno reach Washington Park for the American derby build up. Track trials feature Heno’s mile and a quarter in 2:19 as pundits rate the race highly with east west contenders, noting Strathmeath’s 1891 victory as a distant reference.
Betting odds favored Cornell by 3 to 1 and 5 to 1 over a Wisconsin rival with backers wary about the big race. Wisconsin interest also appeared in freshman betting. Milwaukee sale saw 40 trotting and coach-bred horses pass under the hammer at Pabst sack farm with top price $40 for Jim Young, a bay stallion, and total receipts about $8,190 as 300 people attended. New York reports slight prices for Maxero colt at Sheepshead Bay. Green Bay beat Appleton’s Wiegand in an exhibition, Appleton’s run scoring on an error in the last inning.
The Oshkosh Elks announce a three division floral parade next Thursday at 3 pm featuring private residents carriages, Elks in carriages or on foot, and merchant floated displays. Officials consider combining hawker shows and attractions into a large street fair style event, with many applicants seeking booths and performances.
An old column notes a Baltimore Carrollton Motel barber shop sterilizes all items by heat, offering Newbro's Herpicide where sterilization is absent. It highlights antiseptic scalp care and mentions reader tips about furniture disposal and a customer testimonial praising Foley’s Honey and Tar for asthma relief.
Fant line offers two trains daily from MT. CLEMENS to Birmingham and New Orleans via Grand Trunk Railway System. Timetables and a descriptive pamphlet available free by application to Geo. W. Vaux A G P T at 133 Adams St Chicago.
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