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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
2
A Cleveland like horror unfolds with a school blaze killing many children and injuring others as rescuers struggle against locked doors and cramped halls. Reports from Grand Rapids Michigan and Columbus Ohio compare safety flaws and call for improved building codes and fire drills.
Special from Green Bay reports Sturgeon Bay high school and ward grammar school buildings burned early today. The loss affects the high school quarters and first through third ward grammar service areas. insurance details not confirmed.
Beloit College closed its fundraising drive on March 3 with a gift from Andrew Carnegie and other donors raising the endowment toward the million dollar mark. Dr. Edward E. B. Eaton delivered the inaugural address at the First Congregational Church with a gathering of faculty alumni trustees and representatives from Wisconsin colleges attending. The Carnegie endowment will honor Horace E. White of The New York Post with a hall of political economy and finance. Notable speakers included University of Wisconsin President Charles R. Van Hise and Beloit President Eaton.
Manitowoc Wisconsin March 5 for the second time in six weeks residents learned they are heirs to German estates. Dr G W Kemper former mayor receives notice of death of a maiden aunt leaving twelve thousand dollars to be divided among descendants of four brothers two of whom migrated to America and one father of Dr Kemper Mrs Fred Schuette and Mrs C C Ertz of this city. Marie Kemper one year descendant of William Kemper forest overseer at Lippe Detmold Westphalia is named in the will. Alfred Kemper Milwaukee a cousin reports from Lilian Kemper Berlin the opera star Lilian Sanderson.
Madison March 5 President Charles R Van Hise announces three Wisconsin finalists for Rhodes Scholarships from Beloit College Wesley F Ayer Milwaukee Wisconsin University Louis P Lochner and Marquette University Witter J McGucken The selection will be made this month by the Wisconsin committee of selection chaired by Van Hise and including Hughes Eaton Plantz Datand The note ends with a curious quip about poverty and jurors in breach of promise cases.
A dubious advertisement touts a supposed cancer cure achievable in ten days and offers home remedies and personal attention. It claims physicians and surgeons have given up and urges readers to mail for free samples with name and address.
A scrambled, odd flyer promises a free cancer coupon and home treatment prompts. It instructs readers to send name and address to a dubious Cancer Care Co and mentions a clinic in Northwestern Cahzosh with unclear references to fees and at home care.
Doctors in East Side hospitals report hypodermic injections of a serum like that used for diphtheria show promise in scarlet fever. The Board of Health cites 57 cases, over six times December counts, as Dr. Henry G. Robinson notes the method is not new, having been used in Germany and France.
Chicago March 5 Gen. Herman Lich a Civil War brigadier general and prominent German citizen of the city died today from injuries after slipping on an icy sidewalk.
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