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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
15
Fragmented OCR reveals a legal public notice from October 1925 in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Mentions advertising rates, rates per week, carrier details, and a sale schedule with a bus office on an island location. Names Logan Persons Co and a tower sign appear amidst garbled text.
The article discusses Secretary Smelton's proposal to repeal the federal estate tax and notes a presidential recommendation favoring gradual retirement from this tax. It highlights arguments about the tax burden on estates, potential shifts to state taxes, and concerns about migratory incentives affecting public sentiment toward inheritance and income taxes.
Ford paid 1 637 476 dollars cash for three ships from the shipping board under a October 14 contract. He must take possession by December 12 and scrap or convert by February 1927, with penalties and a 4 373 000 dollar surety bond if ships are not sold for unrestricted use. Conversion plans require board approval and eighteen months for completion, while the price differences raise questions about Ford’s true aims and possible use of vessels for his own transport operations.
The piece notes fundamentalism shaping Tennessee politics, with Judge Raulston as a Democratic challenger and Tepnessee’s easterly region viewed as strongly anti-evolutionary. It predicts debates over evolution and anti-evolution laws, a potential tough campaign, and references past figures like Scopes defender Junge Bannistee in a speculative political context.
Bob Taylor, known for entertaining audiences with his fiddle, ran on the Democratic ticket against his brother, highlighting a family political contest within the party.
A U S Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision nullifying Arizona's two year old minimum wage statute for women and children. The opinion notes the measure as unconstitutional and discusses its potential to limit female employment while hinting at union motives. Also mentions a Philadelphia contempt ruling, Oshkosh school enrollment, and assorted local notes on Europe Poland and coal purchases.
Norman Aneeli notes a shift in US manners as hotels and trains push for personalized service. He cites courtesy weeks and name awareness as efforts to temper democracy with refined etiquette, while recognizing deeper social forces shaping behavior and national character.
In a Midwestern interview, General Electric president Gerard Snove predicts rapid expansion of electric service. He notes only about half of U.S. homes and around 7 percent of farms have power and cites cost and logistics as barriers. He expects science and engineering advances to accelerate adoption by 1920.
A collage of editorial snippets, including law, traffic fatalities, university gifts, voting, France debt, fashion remarks, and a new term for a public figure. The text blends newspaper voices from Madison Journal to Marinette Eagle-Star, Janesville Gazette, Manitowne Herald, and Renowa News with partial phrases and misprints.
An American stay prompts critique of U S Prohibition. Viewpoints contrast U S alcohol culture with Australia where strict closing hours curb drunkenness. The interview cites high liquor prices, enforcement gaps, and jury attitudes, arguing prohibition harms society while denouncing U S moderation as rare.
This brief item lists community happenings including election of Lawson as president of the McKinley and Foose club in Menasha and F J Sen Bankrenper as president of a Neenah Republican club. It references a split with the state Federation of Labor over socialist endorsement and notes a large Republican rally in St Louis with speakers from the south and west. It mentions a hayrack party, horse party at the Carte Cames residence, and music. It also records a New York man catching large catfish and a teenage bride request, plus a streetcar accident and a dog census update, and a civil action by Joseph Stringham vs Northwest railroad for 32,000 over an alleged breached agreement.
A jumble of AP led items reports tragic deaths, court actions, political shifts and strange science notes. Connecticut figure Brandegee dies at headquarters after a shipwreck tale, while a New York clippper is sunk. Wealthy estate affairs stir incompetence in handling fortunes as legal proceedings begin. Chicago notes Charles M. Schwab faces scrutiny over persistent business dreams. Aegean folk rumblings and a looming volcanic stop forecast color scattered dispatches.
A fragmented note describes a product claim about cough relief and mentions a low price and effect on a cough. The text repeats a few lines and hints at a belief it will start a new demand. No clear events, dates, or entities.
Fragmented essay notes a movement in New York to foster universal polite thanks. It cites traveler complaints and a public appeal by educators lawyers and leaders to join the American Thank You League to promote saying thank you for kindness or favors.
Fragments show a cryptic clue about Ward 1 A city in France and a cleansing task. The readable portion mentions a puzzle answer from yesterday and a word play style likely from a newspaper puzzle page.
The highest honor of the Episcopal church, elected for the fifth time in 149 years, went to Fr Rev Fohe Gerdner Murray of Baltimore, bishop of Maryland. He was elected presiding bishop and chairman of the national council, noted as a conservative, evangelical churchman with strong diocesan administration. Murray, born in Baltimore, educated at Susquehanna Seminary Kingston Pa and Drew Theological Seminary, is married to Clara A Hunsicker of Osage City Kan. He began in business before entering the church, became deacon in 1893 and priest in 1894, led missionary work in Abas 1898-1903, was bishop of Mississippi in 1901 and Kentucky the following year, elected bishop-adjutor of Maryland in 1902, and consecrated bishop in 1903.
AP dispatches report the murder of Cesatisn liner Maks commander E H Glews in Antwerp, with arrests and injuries. Other items note actress Fedak winning in Budapest, cabinet resignations in Germany, potential arms conference talk, and legal actions in New York and Minnesota with delayed sentences and pending motions.
A fragmented dialogue unfolds as Amoure probes Johnson about reputation and money. Their tense exchange touches class, ethics, and deception, with Amoure hinting at a hidden game while Johnson insists profits drive the life they lead. The scene shifts toward a telephone call and an upcoming continuation in Embers of Lore.
An analysis of Swift on manners argues that true civility roots in aligning behavior with social roles. Pleasing others, not pomp, defines good manners, while pedantry and pretension degrade conversation among all ranks.
Fragmented OCR text with garbled phrases and medical terms appears to discuss prevention and remedies. No clear events, people, or organizations are identifiable to form a factual summary. The readable portions mention consults and rugs with unclear references.
A fragment of verse urging preservation of the old tree from an axe. The speaker recalls a mother and father in childhood shaping emotions toward the tree, praising its shade and steadfast presence while warning the woodman against harm. The speaker vows to defend the tree and ends with a resolve to face the future with courage.
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