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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
12
A jumble of fabric terms and phrases mentions wool, serges, plaids, stripes, and blue dress cloths shown in Oshkosh. The garbled note lists various textiles and materials without clear events or people.
New London Wisconsin reports seventeen young ladies graduate this week from the Waupaca county normal. The declamatory contest awarded ten and five dollar prizes with Miss Redania Schauder of Cantonville first and Miss Glover Thompson of Mukwa second. Commencement exercises followed. Ripon College president R C Buzhes spoke on The Real Boys. Miss Dore Thompson of Oshkosh Normal named assistant after Miss Julie Servaty resigned. The county Sunday School association closed its annual convention at Manawa with twenty delegates and speakers from Appleton Milwaukee Weroanevega New London and others. The New London Condensing Company secured a deep artesian well and nears completion of a new milk factory slated to start in August. The Lutheran parochial school closed.
A city note says the annual picnic will be held today at Jacob's Park and the Hatten Company mill is shut for a couple of days this week due to a broken steam feed. hard times are noted and real estate transfers since March top 18,000 as the season remains busy.
Special to The Northwester Kaukauna Wisconsin reports Sulli van returns from Twin Falls Idaho where canals now under construction water 1,000,400 acres and power at Shoshone Falls delivers 270 horsepower. Kaukauna residents acquire 1,809 acres nearby. Oshkosh Brewers meet Kaukauna Sunday. local team optimism and test game prospects.
The majority of June graduates from the Gahkosh Normal School signed teaching contracts for the next school year before commencement week. A list of selected teachers includes Ethel Smith Starkbridge, Emma Weidemann Grind Hapids Wis, Edna Eher Iron Mountain Mich, Kessie M. Lewis Iron Mountain Mich, Lilian M. Nelson Madison, Pansy Demarest Antigo, and many more across Wisconsin. Additional assignments note mounting positions for Mount Mich and several future principal roles at Sheboygan Mishkat Campbellsport and Athens.
Kenneth F Burgess of Oshkosh elected to University of Wisconsin intercollegiate debating team to represent Wisconsin in the all intercollegiate league next year against Nebraska and Iowa. He is a law student, son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Burgess.
A fragmentary excerpt shows a speaker describing bitter days of conflict and self sacrifice. The narrator recalls suffering caused by the system and its heirs, the loss of a dear possession, and a vow to continue fighting despite immense personal cost. The passage hints at inner torment and a relentless drive for justice.
The piece compares Herbert Asquith and Gov. Hughes, noting both were earnest students who rose to prominence after similar routes. It references Oxford and Brown affiliations, early teaching at Cornell, and cross examination work that earned Asquith the QC title, with alluding to Gladstone’s era.
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