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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1925
Page
14
Grandfather’s advice on sweets for children praises Life Savers Pep o mint Wint o green Cinnamon licorice clove violet among six flavors. With safe, wholesome appeal the ad notes Life Savers are gentle on teeth and ideal for kids, sold in two packs by Life Savers Inc Port Chester NC.
A sprawling report from New York describes a rising wave of jewel thefts targeting high value stones, with sums cited as hundreds of millions in losses. The piece links robberies to a broader criminal scene and highlights a major hotel heist and a surge in street robberies, alongside a Chicago gambling raid and police crackdowns.
Clintonville Wisconsin death report states Montgomery C Breed of Biattesen died at home after an apoplexy attack. Born in Jefferson County New York he moved with his parents to Wisconsin as a child and became a respected farmer. Funeral services held Sunday with survivors including a son and four daughters.
Associated Press reports a midwest governors conference aims to gather about a dozen state executives to discuss economic industrial and social reforms. Gov Gunderson expects full participation with open talks, while no replies have yet come from Governors Ross of Wyoming and Blaine of Wisconsin.
Special to The Northwestern Menasha Wis city council scheduled to meet tonight to discuss power plant bids for standby diesel power and uninterrupted service. The Wisconsin Traction, Light and Power Co of Appleton to discontinue interurban streetcar service to Appleton Neenah Menasha. city to seek commission sanction while company bears no cost of new structures. Transportation between the Tri Cities covered by buses.
Special to The Northwestern Neenah Wis decision of Wisconsin Traction Light Heat and Power company of Appleton to seek abandonment of an interurban line between here and Appleton will affect Neenah's bridge plans across the Fox River. City may lose twenty to thirty thousand dollars in costs and tax revenues. officials debate steps to oppose the abandonment. Also reports arrest of Theodore Steckbauer of Oshkosh for intoxicated driving and improvements at St Patrick's church. The Lancaster wedding of Thelman Butler Stevens and DeWitt Van Ostrand Pinkerton is noted. A public meeting discusses converting Fourth Ward voting house into a kindergarten room.
An advertisement asserts Frestone will instantly stop foot pain from corns and calluses. It promises easy removal of hard and soft corns and interdigital corn, with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents and no soreness or irritation.
A national contest invites submissions with equal opportunity for all. Preference given to human quality over literary skill, focusing on the story itself as the deciding factor. Prize amount stated as fifty thousand dollars. Category emphasizes accessibility for everyday writers.
The document outlines contest rules for True Story submissions written in the first person. It specifies manuscript requirements, formatting, address labeling, and submission deadlines. It notes eligibility restrictions, judging standards, potential publication payment, and the final date for receipt by May 31st, 1926.
The Davis report on the Wisconsin Michigan boundary dispute is cited as supporting Wisconsin. Special counsel Mobert Y. Meiser informed the attorney general that Michigan manipulated the record to reflect conclusions by Judge Bird and Professor Davis. The report discusses the Montreal and Menominee rivers and concludes Michigan had no strong case, possibly only islands in the Menominee river.
Fragmentary text shows discussion of censorship in the Montreal region and a Michigan claim deemed not provable. The 1963 Michigan legislature ordered the attorney general to print the report and submit it in the 1963 session with the attorney general Bird’s comments.
Madison reports sixteen curators will be chosen at the seventy-third annual State Historical Society of Wisconsin meeting on October 15 on the third floor of the Notary Building. Terms expiring in 1923 will be filled, and vacancies created by the deaths of William H. Cain and Frank W. Bexley as well as resignations of Franz Eschweder and Ray Stevens will be addressed. An informal dinner will follow.
Prof Frederic L. Paxon of the university, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning History of Western Frontier, will speak on A Frontier In an Old World. The general public is invited to all sessions of the society.
A vintage advertisement promises a free sample package of Foley’s remedies for coughs and colds, including Foley’s Homeey and Taz Compound, Foley Pills, and Foley Ca. It asks readers to mail ten cents and write name and address to Foley & Co in Chicago, claiming wide usage and benefit.
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