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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
2
A fragmentary listing describes a 35 acre plant inclusion, Canada and Portland connections, pricing and land use for a town project. It notes farms, forges, residences, a church, bank and other necessities, outlining swelling housing and cottages for town needs.
The readable text is garbled and incomplete. It references multiple teams and players with unclear roles and outcomes. No clear event date location or scores are discernible from the fragment.
Sen Whyte lies ill and in bed under nurse care and rest. Reports say he is resting comfortably after a period of weakness with friends hoping for a quick recovery.
The text fragment mentions a mortgage and a ticket, with disjointed references to a coupon offer and a bed. Details are incomplete, making a coherent event hard to determine.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions claims paid by an association related to relief for the Philippines and damage to church property. Details are garbled. no clear names, dates, or events are ascertainable.
A garbled note from New York reports Bernard Sat sles an expreasion of Newark aimed at a rabbi for a mysterious gift. The text is unreadable in places but indicates a dramatic moment at a local congregation with an appeal to charitable giving.
The readable fragment hints at a naval vessel contract or supply matter. Mentions costs, articles, and contractors with unclear names, and raises questions about stipulations and duties. No clear persons, organizations, or dates are identifiable in the text.
Milwaukee March 14 A Journal special reports Mrs Sarah Wetreet widow after her husband’s death cannot prove a marriage ceremony occurred She sought a pension from the war department but was refused due to insufficient proof She went to Richland county where she was married but could not find a record of the ceremony
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports efforts at the current session to pass a bill recommended by Secretary Metcalf. The bill would authorize acceptance and care of gifts to a naval vessel.
Incendiary fires endanger sixty tenants in a Madison Avenue tenement with seven blazes found in the basement and one man arrested. Other fires damage Jefferson Street public school in Little Falls and a large Lyons biscuit factory fires cause $460,000 in losses. Panic and smoke injure none as Denver’s Barnard Block fire prompts evacuations.
A Hughes campaign letter from New York reached the Savoy hotel in Des Moines as delegates gather for the state convention. A telegram is expected regarding reserving hotel rooms for Hughes representatives to influence delegates and deter Taft instructions. Taft supporters anticipate strong instructions favorable to their candidate regardless of faction.
The University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture earned the Rosenbaum prize at the international livestock show. Second year agricultural short course students with top averages across the first three terms qualify for awards. Thirty students compete in the Agies contest across horses, sheep, swine, and corn, with fifteen top scorers winning cash prizes.
Prof Rossexter Gleason Cote of Wisconsin- Madison headed the university music school staff. He recently received notable recognition for two larger compositions, both in one act operatic forms. King Robert of Sicily was performed at a Tonkwenstler-verein concert in Cologne, and Hiawatha's Wooing was played in Paris.
Berlin March 16 One of China’s most sacred documents, a marriage contract of the present emperor signed in February 1899, is said to have been discovered with a German family linked to a soldier from the 1901 Boxer expedition returning to the imperial archives in Peking.
Delegates of the United Irish varieties of Connecticut representing property groups protest plans to join with the States and England. The protest will be sent to the Connecticut congressional delegation.
Washington March 18 AP says the first class cruisers New York J Louis and Milwarkes will be placed in reserve at Puget Sound with conditions allowing them to be ready for service within twenty four hours.
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