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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
4
The document outlines a finance committee report for Oshkosh patrons with a $2,000 figure and mentions personnel decisions and substitutions. It lists names including John C Harmon Frank Hollister and others among attendees and officials, noting required actions to insulate the club from deficits.
The Oshkosh city board of commissioners meets at Madison Street Hall at two this afternoon. A municipal court session adjourned to June 29 involves Schmitz of Neenah charged with selling liquor to Olds. The case was delayed to avoid jury prejudice.
A Monday night electrical storm in Oshkosh caused five fires and extensive damage. Two children escaped serious harm as lightning struck buildings and a barn, flooding basements and crippling utilities. Fire crews battled blazes at multiple sites, including a gasoline stove fire on Sarah Holland’s street and a chimney collapse endangering Jacob Baier’s home.
An electrical storm caused chimneys to be torn from roofs and power lines to splinter a tall pole on Merritt street. A bolt struck a house on Marston place, blasting through roof and ceilings but fire crews contained the damage. Mrs Solomom narrowly escaped injury as a discharge lit up the area. numerous fish were reported stunned and floating downstream.
F Dowling warns that Fourth of July regulations from previous years will stand this year. He enforces stringent action against dynamite crackers and firearms to prevent car wheel explosions and railcar damage. Violators face confiscation and arrest as authorities intend to show firm commitment to public safety.
Bank Clerks will face the N C R baseball team tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock at the White City. The event is expected to draw a large crowd as locals anticipate an exciting matchup.
The Bank Clerks win 7 to 4 as Hartley strikes out sixteen across the game. Voss and Lutz catch for the Clerks while Bailing and Weber shine for the Clothing Clerks. Infield and outfield lineups feature several bank and college players amid a busy Sunday lineup.
A graduate ceremony at St Peters Catholic church basement continued despite a passing storm. Attendance endured flooding and power outages as students performed a chorus, readings, piano solos, and recitations. Diplomas were conferred by Omer M E H Clifford to Ela Duggan Mary Ziperski Elizabeth Gitergan Charlotta Gordon Hope Gayen Katherine Ditter Margaret Pratt Hutchinson Sylvester Edanish Edward Gerhardt Bernard Spalding Herbert Kenny Arthur Smith Eva McGeorty Amber Masterton.
Incoming trains deliver several hundred visitors to Milwaukee for the Travelers' Protective association convention, bringing total visitors to about 6,000. The forenoon session focused on annual reports as attendees gathered in the city.
Classified notices advertise sale of pianos and organs at low prices with cash or monthly payments. Other listings include coal shipments by Frank McCabe Coal Co and travel notices. Local residents Mr and Mrs Gillingham and Owens visit Aurora and Wild Rose. A board of education committee meeting is called to discuss school grounds improvements.
Miss Anne Beglinger Miss Caroline Beg linger and Miss Margaret Fleishman depart tomorrow noon for Mexico to visit three months with Miss Fleishman’s parents. Walter Beglinger accompanies the party to Chicago. Prof W Filmore Eastman president of the Nations at Pure Food Health club and Mrs Eastman host free demonstrations and lectures on pure foods and scientific cookery at W H St John’s grocery Wisconsin and West Lincoln avenues.
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