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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
5
Mrs. Cilanan accompanies Mra Burckhardt of Mianputee in the city for medical consultations on Tah street. The report notes her condition as stable and improving under care.
Arbor day exercises were postponed in many city schools due to bad weather. Pupils still voted on their state flowers, with four leading candidates to be chosen Arbor Day 1908. Indoor activities proceeded where plans allowed, while outdoor plantings were rescheduled for fair weather days.
Students in multiple rooms at First ward and Frentz schools held Arbor Day programs with room by room flower beds and sapling plantings. At Dale school no activities occurred, while Normal grammar and Park school classes conducted indoor or pledge ceremonies. Fifty trees planned to be planted this year with a parade to the park for the fair day.
In Oshkosh Arbor Day plans were delayed by weather. Students planted shrubs on school grounds and prepared yard cleanup. Seventh Street Grammar pupils postponed exercises and focused on forestry studies in botany.
An obscure note records a meeting from the twentieth century common era with a vague reference to a prince and a local venue. Details are fragmentary and names are uncertain.
The committee prepared a slate of candidates for various offices led by Miss Alsry Turner for president. After the election, a reception will follow. The department of domestic science will provide refreshments.
Funeral services are described for A P Battis at his home on High Street with Knights of Pythias attendance and burial at Riverside cemetery. Separate notice covers the funeral of Mrs H L Abrams at 411 Fifteenth Street and Eighth Street Lutheran Church with German and English services, large turnout, and local and out of town mourners.
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