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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
6
Superintendent McIver is expected to recommend two free night schools starting at the Eleventh Street grammar school and the High school. Instructors will teach reading writing and arithmetic with English language mixed for foreign born residents. Mechanical drawing will be offered at the High school with a small fee but not enough to bar enrollment.
The Oshkosh Whist club held a weekly session in the Elis club lodge hall. Eleven tables produced scores with averages 1987 for North and South and 148 for Last and Wolst, listing all pairings and final tallies including plus and minus runs for each team.
Oshkosh and other Wisconsin locales may join the Glidden tour route if the west route is chosen. John Drought, secretary of the Milwaukee Automobile Club, attended a board meeting of the AAA where a bylaws amendment was adopted to give each state association member a place on the board, granting Wisconsin representation to Oshkosh Beloit Janesville La Crosse Portage and Whitewater.
Mina Alma Leupold, 630 Eleventh Street, returned from a long tour of the west and south visiting Colorado Nevada California Texas Mexico and Louisiana. She met Oshkosh friends in Los Angeles and attended a Juarez bull fight during her stay in Mexico.
Carl Leders pleaded guilty to forgery for signing his employer’s name to an 18.40 check. Judge A Ho Goss sentenced him to eighteen months in the Green Bay state reformatory. Leders claimed heavy drinking and financial distress at the time.
The Ouh kosh public library board met Monday evening at the library. Routine matters were disposed of and new books were reviewed before selections. No action was taken on appointing a librarian to succeed Miss Maud Durlin.
The Candlelight club of Oshkosh will hold its first meeting of the season Wednesday November 11 at the Tremont hotel with Profender Gulick of New York City as principal speaker on Physical Education. The second meeting is set for November 24 with a discussion on Good Reads led by Col G M Paine Prof A H Sage and Charles Barber.
A Wisconsin Electric Railway car jumped the track in West Algoma at 2 PM. A front wheel hit a small block, the wheel came off, four trucks dislodged from the rails, no injuries reported. Superintendent Pulliam dispatched a replacement car and a work car to resume service.
A series of Democratic rallies are set this week with speakers including John Harrington in Winchester and a Milwaukie Polish speech in Menasha. Joseph Davies, former Democratic state convention chair, will speak in Winneronne near Milwaukee. Friday features A J Aviards, Madison governor candidate, at the SA Cook Armory in Neenah Menasha.
The first meeting of creditors in the Herman Rosenkranz bankruptcy case in Fond du Lac was held at Referee Charles Forward's office. Rosenkranz is listed with liabilities of 15682 and assets of 17100. Kraemer of Fond du Lac elected trustee with a 2000 bond. appraisers are A P Baker, F E Fenner, and H I Collings. The adjourned session will be in Fond du Lac on November 27. Rosenkranz is a painter.
Judge Burnell called the court calendar in the September term circuit court. Of twenty four cases eight are divorce actions set for trial. One case was referred to Court Commissioner McDonald for hearing. The earliest trial date is October 31 for J. H. Gouchand versus Phiena Decker et al.
The Girls' clubhouse on the south side, established by the City Missionary association, will open informally next Thursday October 29 from ten in the morning to nine at night. A cordial welcome will greet every girl who visits the clubhouse located at 403 Twelfth Street, formerly 182 Twelfth.
Thirteen ward aldermen call a meeting of all Tenth Street property owners from Minnesota to Ohio to discuss paving next summer. The gathering is set for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the No 6 hose house.
No trace yet of the silk thieves who robbed Luther Davies & Co Saturday night between ten and two. The suspects fled south, likely to Chicago, with a professional fence in that city. Similar robberies have occurred in Madison, La Crosse, Eau Claire, and other cities as these thieves appear to make silk stealing their exclusive business.
The twentieth annual meeting of the Winnebago county branches of the Wisconsin Humane Society will be held this evening at 7 30 o clock at the Athearn hotel. Humane Agent F J Wilkie will present the annual report and vacancies on the board of directors will be filled.
Funeral services for Mrs Parry A Dale were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of J D Campbell 215 Wisconsin Avenue. Rev A M Ayers officiated. Interment followed at Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs L EH Bronson arrived on a visit with her brother at Be tol t. County Clerk J J Fish issued a marriage license to George Mond and Miss Antonia Cervosky both of the city. The Oshkosh Clearing house processed 9 64 last week and totals for six days show 015 28 68 55 417 02. The city ambulance was called this afternoon to remove Capt Robert.
Booth from a large pile driver Kort Lone Stuy returns home to 26 Evans Street. Sheriff Seibel of Marinette visits on his way to Waupun with Howard Leaf and Constantine Huph who were sentenced for burglary and abandonment respectively. Alvin also teaches violin at Breon School of Music and assisted at a musical service at First M. Church in Menasha. Miss Margaret Damuth and Miss Amily Webster will participate in a stereopticon lecture at First Presbyterian with Hawaii theme and Hawaiian hymn. A. F. Brecki, chimney sweep, was seen at work atop City Hall chimney about 80 feet high.
Branden Brandenburg appeared in police court on October 27 to answer a charge of being a fugitive from justice life. District Attorney Jeredme requested a delay, and the bail was increased from 560 to 2. The case was postponed until tomorrow.
Edward Cook & Co, soap makers, secured a verdict for 115000 dollars against unnamed newspapers controlled by Lord Northcliffe, who were accused of attempting to form a trust. The ruling follows a libel lawsuit filed in London.
Attorneys debated appointing John J. Linehan as reader in Quincy for the Battle Creek Deod company receivership matter. The session sought to dissolve the previous receivership and federal jurisdiction took the hearing into the afternoon.
A Pole named John Shavitski was shot in the neck and robbed of a gold watch last night in Stephenson. Police seek Andrew Stein, believed to be the assailant, who bought a Milwaukee ticket and may be there. Shavitski is in a dangerous condition.
Saturday sales include South Dakota potatoes and fresh produce from Boyd and Son. Home baking specialty declared. Also rental offer for a seven room house with water and electricity at 45 Broad Street. Archbriday Vestry supper details announced for Friday evening 6 to 7 PM.
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