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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
3
Havana reports reveal widespread postal fraud and faculty padding at the university. Nearly 100 professors and assistants served about 450 students, with many drawing extra government salaries. General Wood ordered reforms cutting staff and streamlining instruction, consolidating Greek into one professor.
Officials of three railroads report a great exodus of convention visitors in Philadelphia turning heavy traffic today and tomorrow. Delegations from New Hampshire headed out on a Pennsylvania Road special train while the Marquette club of Chicago also left. Visitors remaining over spent the day touring city sights as crowds gathered at stations. A stray line notes a misquoted adage about arms and pistols.
A. E. Krause, an Oshkosh laboring man, was found dead near the dredge ev'e in Borate. A small vial of carbolic acid and a hastily written note to his wife were found on him. The inquest returned a verdict of death by own action by swallowing the acid. He had leased a saloon and planned to start a business with his nephew.
An old advertisement claims nervous disorders are cured by Vons Sarsaparilla which enriches and purifies the blood. It promises relief for nervous people and advocates pure blood and healthy digestion by taking Hoots Rereaparilia, asserting you will be well.
Lord Roberts reports Ian Hamilton’s column reached the Springs en route to Heidelburg to join Buller, opening communications between Pretoria and Natal and hindering joint action with the Orange River colony. Cadre notes Baden-Powell found the Bots pacified and captures of Steyn and field cornets reported. General Lee’s road shade scheme in Cuba features alongside military dispatches.
Summer work on General Lee’s road from Marianao to Vedado proceeds under American supervision with American stone crushers and steam rollers aiding the effort. The route will shorten distances between Marianao and Vedado and between Marianna and Vedado by half, though many sections remain impassable and require team effort to traverse. Laborers are mostly Cuban, but overseers are American, accelerating progress.
Relatives of Captain Lettes of the German gunboat Ltis announce a dispatch dated Cheron June 21 stating the captain is in good health. In finance and dog news, Richard Croker paid a high sum for a bull dog named Rodney Stone, with praise for New York breeders and its breed's showy appeal.
An advertisement promotes Liberty Tablets for digestion and bowel regulation with a price of 10 cents per box, plus a claim of better health. It urges using Biland's Rubi-Red tron for nerve and strength restoration at 50 cents per box, or six for 2 dollars. Includes mispelled names and faulty wording typical of old drug notices.
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