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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
5
An old time medical ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims two minute relief, lists symptoms like heartburn and nausea, and urges readers to ask pharmacists to show the formula on the 20 cent cases. It promises a hearty appetite and clean intestines after use.
Winneconne Wisconsin May 9 Professor W Aalierson reports a letter from A W Tressier secretary of the committee on accredited schools stating the Winneconne High School is recommended for placement on the University of Wisconsin accredited list. The school had been removed from several colleges lists during the past year including Beloit Lawrence Ripon and Milwaukee colleges.
A speaker at general exercises praised Twineconne High School for its rising efficiency. He expressed great pleasure with organizational work and commended Professor Halverson for elevating the school’s standing through persistent efforts. The subject of his talk was Persia its Life and Education based on personal experience. The audience included students and local citizens who acknowledged the achievement.
Reverend John Comin, pastor of the Congregational church in New London, Wisconsin, has begun a new manual training system. The program aims to provide practical skills and vocational instruction to parishioners and local residents through structured workshops and hands on learning opportunities.
The article notes plans for a cooking school with a skilled outside instructor and regular classes for girls, plus hopes to establish new departments in city schools. A lecture course for the coming year will feature Senator J B Dolliver, Italian Bays orchestra, Scottish Singers, and Dourne. A North Division School reception honored pupils and parents with addresses by George Julson, St W Van Doren, and A M Lewis, while New London businessmen discuss a monster celebration for July 4.
Dr George Edward Reed, president of Dickinson College, is urged by friends to become a Methodist bishop candidate ahead of the general conference in Baltimore within weeks. Reed is noted as a leading scholar in the church and a prominent figure associated with the denomination.
The article profiles Dr. Reed born in 1846 as a man of unusual executive ability. He has served Dickinson's president for nearly twenty years and built up an expiring Institution to encouraging proportions. He has preached across the east and spoken publicly in the south and west. He has pastored Hanson Place and Nostrand Avenue churches in Brooklyn and served Methodist churches in New Haven Stanford Willimantic Conn. and Fall River Mass.
Carlton Smith of Oshkosh joined two Lawrence university peers in a newspaper noted initiation activity in Appleton Wisconsin. The trio endured staged stunts including a peanut race in Ormsby hall with spectators of coeds. Stuhliauth won the race, O’Connell second, Smith last, with another set of humiliations planned later.
The governor's conference on natural resources at the White House next week will feature experts led by Prof. Emory R. Johnson and Mr. H. S. Putnam. Also on the panel are Dr. George M. Kober, Hon. George Pardee, Judge Joseph McKey, and others, with Andrew Carnegie named for transportation topics. The group aims to provide authoritative, independent insights beyond official channels.
The passage lists prominent figures tied to western development and resource industries. It highlights Dr. I C White as West Virginia state geologist, professor at University of West Virginia, and petroleum and natural gas authority. James J. Hill as Great Northern president rated a top transportation expert. Andrew Carnegie is noted for his global steel industry influence, especially iron ore and steel manufacture.
At Appleton Wisconsin the Lawrence faculty voted against reducing the fall football schedule from seven to five games. The seven game plan remains. DePauw and Wisconsin games are preserved. Hamline University seeks extra funds, else Lawrence may cancel and arrange a North Dakota game.
Omro village board appointments fill fire chief and village marshal positions with Leon Rogivover as fire chief and A Bennett as health officer. W Hurlbut moves to board of health with G W Rhodes as president and J A Shelp as secretary. Arbor day observed by Omro schools with indoor exercises due to weather. High school basketball team organized and set for nearby games. S&S Gsa and family of Green Bay visiting Omro relatives. Ruth Hefer assisted Edith Dalberg at Marinette training school. C W Allen replaced as proprietor of Larrabes house by TR Chatterton who will run cafe Arcade and hotel.
Ironton Wia May 9. Rina Finnegan Vérrautt dies in a mining camp after a troubled relationship. Local reports describe a bitter love and alleged despair leading to her death. Investigators probe the circumstances, with no immediate cause given.
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