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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
4
The article notes higher meat costs due to scarce cattle and rising feed, with beef wholesale up about two cents per pound since January 1 and expected to climb further into summer. Swift Co prices are disputed by FE Ta Haslam, who says increases have been modest this week and since January 1.
March wholesale beer averaged six and three quarter cents per unit while the week averaged seven and nine tenths a pound for beets. Cattle prices rose last month with October figures cited by other dealers. The fragment reflects fluctuating market signals across beer, beets and cattle in the period.
Local market notes show beef prices climbing sharply while fodder costs reach a high point. Pork and lamb have inched up, with lambs keeping pace and meat prices adjusting to wholesale trends as most households rely on home production.
The remains of Michael Lavin arrived in Oshkosh at 6 15 a m. He died in Anaconda Montana last Friday from heart disease and was found dead in his room after a friend's morning check. He is survived by his father Mathew five sisters including Mrs Oscar Cottrill and Mrs W H Butler and three brothers John Daniel and Thomas. The funeral will be held tomorrow at nine o'clock with interment at Riverside cemetery. C E Lewis of Fond du Lac was in Oshkosh today.
An advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as easily digestible and rapidly nourishing. It asserts the cereal provides prompt, usable energy and that it is “practically all food.” The copy emphasizes quick conversion to energy within about one hour after consumption.
Interest grows in the quadrennial General Conference to be held in Baltimore starting May 6, 1908. President Samuel Plantz and Presiding Elder Perry Millar head Wisconsin delegation as talks focus on constitutional changes and church finances.
Death of five week old Marie-Eleanora Fenrich of 30 Dale street. Funeral set for Saturday at 8 at Mary’s Church Merritt street. Ex-alderman Mr. Fenrich noted for resigning when moving to Dale street. Also Volkman funeral at daughter’s house 93 Lake street then Bowen Street Lutheran Church at 2, interment Riverside. Kellogg funeral from 209 Washington Street at 1:00. Marble services for North Rushford residents Edgar Marble of Detroit and Charles Marble of Toronto conducted from St. Sow.
Report discusses representation rules for delegates to the general conference, expenses funded by the general body, and the minimums per conference. It notes eight bishops likely for the coming conference, lists current bishops who have died, and mentions two Rock River conference candidates. It also covers race considerations and a local address on Civil War poetry at Oshkosh Normal School, plus Fond du Lac merchants carnival entertainment.
The event opens today and runs through Friday with many booths and diverging attractions. A standout is the handkerchief booth aiming to collect kerchiefs from across the United States and abroad, accompanied by a poetic appeal from the ladies requesting cash donations for charitable uses.
Charles Gill of Wausau and Will Taylor of Appleton were among the out of town visitors in Oshkosh Wednesday. The Sandwich Whist club will meet Friday evening with Mrs. F H Josslyn on Algoma Street.
A boxing program in Oshkosh will feature Eddie McGoorty of this city vs Jack Bennett of Kenosha in an eight round bout at Appleton Street Hall. Bennett holds a ten pound advantage. Paddy Ryan will box six rounds at 130 pounds, Buddy King and Kid Lewis open, with Otto Zuehlke of Appleton as referee. Local civic notes report hospital cases, church events, and club meetings surrounding the event.
Classified column items include a shoe shine stand address, a rare piano for sale at low cash or monthly terms, trade offers with organs and phonographs, and notices from Mrs Findeisen's Trinity Church bake sale at Medberry & Findeisen's store on March 23. Several room rentals and wanted ads for housework, cooks, and clerks accompany sales.
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