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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
8
Readable excerpts from Mrs Chou I Maing and others reveal letters exchanged with husbands aboard ships in Manila and San Francisco. The documents describe alleged depravity and emotional strain cited by Maj. John Hains as driving Capt. Hains toward a breakdown.
Wayne TV couple Mr and Mrs J Arndt celebrate 52nd wedding anniversary. An interview quotes Mr Arndt, age 76, praising Daffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a tonic and life extender. Ad touts its claims as a universal health aid and requests readers seek physician guidance for advice.
The body of Fred W. Kloeber was found yesterday near the site of Julius Kumle’s remains. Bloodhounds aided the search party. Kloeber, killed instantly, died after aiding his companion’s body in a mountain snow scene. He was a longtime journalist and press veteran.
A note identifies Klocher of New York as now connected with the association, indicating a change in affiliation or role within the group. The brief item states the geographic tie to New York and the resulting association connection.
Denver on October 2 reports Thirteen addresses on the final day of the W C T U conven tion at the Auditorium. Ten were by superintendents and three by organizers. A program list includes Social Meetings and Wed Letter Days, Rescue Work, School Savings Banks, Medical Temperance, Work Among Colored Peniles, Kindergarten, Health and Heredity. The afternoon session closed with standing committees reports and the executive committee’s final report. The evening state jubilee night will feature presidents of states showing a gain of 100 or more members. Thirty-one states and divisions exceed 200 in membership gains with California Colorado Illinois Indiana Kansas Michigan Missouri Nebraska New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Washington and West Virginia each up over 100. An idle remark about a man in white on the street is noted.
Joliet Wt Ovt 28 The parole board is to hear Mrs Evelyn Romadka wife of a Milwaukee trunk maker who is serving an indeterminate term in Joliet penitentiary Her conduct at the prison is described as exemplary She has worked at a chair cane bench with other inmates and eyes from a grated window overlook the yard The board members Eckhart of Tuscola and Snively of Springfield will decide her fate today
Aboard the Mancharia, seven Chinese crew members of the barkentine Lesion endured seventy seven days of repairs after a wreck on a reef near Australia. They survived on scant provisions before mutiny, confinement, and eventual rescue to Hong Kong via Coens Island after a long voyage and separation.
Buda Pesth papers report Countess Szerheny formerly Gladys Vanderbilt has a newborn daughter. The birth is noted amid social announcements. A stray remark about a man seeking better training for his wife appears, insufficiently connected to the main event.
Madison Wie and colleagues from the Wisconsin geology department prepared two topographic relief models. One covers the Lake Superior region and the other the Baraboo Range. The Lake Superior model is five by three feet and is tied to a forthcoming US Geological Survey map. It depicts the basin of Lake Superior and parts of Lake Michigan, plus headwaters of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Bay drainage, with ranges and the copper country. The Baraboo model draws on US Geological Survey topo maps and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. J H Lorenz, the university machinist, modeled both.
Madison report shows state board of immigration seeks larger annual funding. Secretary A D Campbell says current $7,000 appropriation underpowers the agency, proposing around $26,000 though $90,000 is suggested by some prominent figures. The board’s work gains broad support across parties amid praise from diverse citizens. The piece notes a light unrelated joke about bridegrooms reacting to a bride’s critical glance.
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