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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
3
Middleton and her Mittary Girl feature draws a cultured audience at the Bijou. The new acts include Richard and Grover with planologue and orations, presented by manager Jenks to a large audience and repeated each night this week.
A Wisconsin Illinois League opening prompted a thirteen year old drummer to skip school. Officer Bowen chose not to punish the youth, citing sympathy but promising to warn friends against truant habits. The boy remained in parade duty, marching with the Arion band in hot sun, aiding the band as they moved to waiting cars.
In the Layman's League session at St John's Universal church twenty three members attended. With the president absent, officer elections were postponed and meetings set to resume the second Wednesday in October. John Hicks Jr presented a paper on The Right of Suffrage arguing for extending voting rights to women and noting constitutional amendments broadening citizenship. A spirited general discussion followed.
The message promotes a mining stock promising no payment until the stock is secured in your cellar and notes savings when buying in May. It emphasizes security from a well-filled coal bin, contrasting with other mining stocks and mentions no new information from the Klom dike.
Oshkosh hosts Madison for the opener on a sunny day. Barrett errors cost the Indians in the first inning as Madison scores twice. Mayor Banderob pitches the ceremonial strike and urges crowd support, while Arion band music stirs fans. After eight scoreless innings, Indians threaten but fail to score, yielding a 4 1 defeat in the opener.
Promotes a home remedy claiming to restore vigor and willpower for men and women weakened by nervous exhaustion. Describes a recipe using Sarsaparitia, Balmwort, Carnaol Essence, Cadomene tincture, and Cadomene compounds to be mixed and taken after meals with hot water baths nightly. Warning on non habit forming ingredients and caution on sourcing from leading druggists.
The Madison team fell to Oshkosh as crowd noise filled the stands. Letcher earned two bases on a ball misplayed by Scanlon, while Groh and Whitmore starred in fielding. Oshkosh surged in the seventh and ninth innings, with Dolan and Scanlon delivering key hits to seal a dramatic win.
A fragment outlines an eye care professional, Dr Provost, assisting with eyeglass fitting at Office 143 Main St, Wich Bruwrich Konred Co. The note reads as a brief, promising eye care services with specialist fitment.
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