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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement claims Swamp-Rest will heal kidney, liver and bladder issues and offers a free sample bottle by mail. It cites back pain as a sign of kidney trouble and urges readers to request the trial bottle from an address listed with vague personal names and locations.
Dinah and Chie attend a cooking demonstration at a mansion kitchen as women from the city discuss and sample old fashioned recipes. Mrs Johnston leads a lively session on batter cakes and a real Lady Baltimore cake, with corn bread biscuits and other dishes, ending with a tasting and social talk.
The article describes a com biaque dish cooked with milk and butter, detailing steps with measurements and ingredients. It notes demonstrations held last Saturday proving culinary science and art in cooking, with emphasis on practical economics and skill.
E. E. Downs of Illinois, ex-president and manager of the Traction Company, will become general manager of the Lee County Light and Sterling Dixon Electric Railway at Dixon. He succeeds E. B. Kirk, who resigns to manage a Maine railway system. Downs has long experience in electric railway construction and previously managed the Vincenne Traction office in Dixon.
Charlies Miller claimed remorse for a borrowed horse incident on Mein street but denied stealing. Police traced the horse to a West Algoma saloon where Miller and Fellows were found. Miller faced disorderly conduct charges and a county workhouse sentence.
A large Oshkesh party traveled from Oshkost on the Omre interurban to Grange Hall Al- Fema for the annual dinner hosted by the Aleema Horticultural Society. Departure was at 20 45 o’clock with arrangements for escort by cart to the hall. Dinner served at 12 o’clock featured an elaborate menu and drew expectations of one of the largest gatherings yet.
A mosaic of health advice and patent remedy claims foregrounds Beecham’s Pills and Dean’s Regulators as the suggested means to cure constipation, insomnia, and stomach issues. It presents a portrait of a busy man balancing work and rest with tonic pills and household cures.
A Chicago area column notes Elgin forecasts a fall in creamery butter prices within a week and a fortnight, while markets in Oshkosh and other places show prices around thirty-five cents per pound. The piece discusses farmers, commissionmen, and storage buyers shaping the butter market and egg prices remaining low.
A trader opens a trade paper showing butter news from Elgin Glinde and notes a piece on the egg market crisis. The author laments losses in New York spring markets and the misfortune of workers facing shortages as stores struggle to balance supply.
Bids opened Monday for covering steam pipes in the Oshkosh High School basement and the heating shaft smoke pipe. HL McPartlin’s bid $120 won despite being higher than the L. W. Duker company. Duker offered asbestos on the smoke pipe with thinner coating and no specified bands.
Henry C Hause of Kewaskum resigns as leader of the Normal Junior debating team due to illness. George L Caine chosen as successor. A fifteen-member delegation including President Keith will attend the Superior oratorical contest March 28. George Wehrwein and Garret A Stessel to represent the local association in league business. Electors board selects 15-24 editor and business manager for the Normal Advance this week.
In Warren a historic relic, King Philip’s war club or tomahawk, decorated with black and white beads signaling the number of killings by the old Indian warrior, is now owned by Mrs. Kilian Fuhler of North Warren. The Maine Historical Society seeks its return to the Kennebec Journal for safekeeping.
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