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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
11
A long tapestry of social notes from Oshkosh recalls Luncheon Club events, Amethyst Whist and Ladies auxiliary gatherings, the wedding of Taylor and Blake, and a Bylines on high school excursions, choir surprises, and Rebekah lodge convention. It also covers missionary reports from Oshkosh, Philakean alumni plans, and summer yacht club preparations with racing schedules and new class C boats.
In The Atlantic J L Mathews laments historic forest loss from public domain lands. He notes the white pine swath across northern Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota once held over 350 billion board feet in continuous timber. Cutting rose from a few million to near eight billion annually before collapsing to under three billion as forests neared exhaustion.
A lyrical note from Edith Hope Kinney in The Century swears an unspoken longing. The speaker seeks a silver tongue to voice a secret song of love, beyond the nightingale, with petals and spring as witnesses.
Dessert idea from a vintage advertisement promotes a chocolate pie recipe using a quart of milk and a package mix yielding two pies, with directions to follow the package and buy from any grocer. It lists five kinds, Leniey chocolate custard and pages reference.
Mrs D C Nolan of Gem Eas praises Peruna as the sole medicine she trusts in her home. She uses it for her family’s colds and catarrh and notes its tablets as convenient standins. Mrs T J Ballard Pryor Creek Indian Territory reports relief from old stomach trouble and catarrh symptoms, enabling normal appetite and activity.
Read as a historical snippet a series of patient testimonials praising Dr. Hartman’s Peruna for systemic catarrh stomach issues and constipation. Augusta Pauline Ochs from Iowa reports recovery and renewed health after years of illness while John M Stabler’s family also credits Peruna with curing chronic ailments and restoring well being.
Miss Margaret Freaker returns Friday after seven or eight weeks in the east. Miss Anna Turnbull leaves Monday for a two week visit with Rev J P Abbott in Rockford, Illinois. Mr Roenitz and daughter Erna, with Mrs Henry Roenitz Jr, travel to the French Lick Springs in Indiana. Mrs Andrew Hahe and Miss Hezina Finster visit Mrs Haben's mother Mrs Peter McCourt in Chicago. Mr Shattuck of Ishpeming, Michigan, is a guest of Mrs Clara Palmer at 370 Washington Street for several days. Mr and Mrs Chase plan to move to their Waldwic summer home next week, weather permitting. Mrs Nathan Paine returns from several weeks in Chicago and Battle Creek. Mrs M H Eaton goes to Minneapolis to visit her son Leo Eaton and wife after Sunday. Miss Hazel Bray returns home from a visit to the national capital. Mrs Herbert Peck of Syracuse, with two children, visiting Mr William Ragford at 435 Alzoma Street for several weeks.
The French style apartments in St Petersburg blend entrance hall decor with private dwelling feel. Large town houses host many servants and even entire dependent families in lower levels. Rich nobles face heavy burdens from lavish establishments, war, and internal strife, leaving the nobility impoverished. The season prompts cranberry pie talk as a social aside.
A disjointed excerpt discusses belief in animal intelligence, noting the creator’s imprint on life and comparing ranks of beings. It shifts to social commentary on marriage and congregation disturbance, ending with an ad line for Fo ley’s Honey and Tar cautioned for a cough and a brief bread endorsement for Gold Medal Flour.
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