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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
6
Ladies shirtwaist pattern from Paris, in six sizes from 23 to 42 inches bust. Hand-embroidered French flannel features a deep yoke trimmed with cream lace, matching collar and sleeve points. Front and back yoke join at the center. closes at the back. Yardage varies by width. requires insertion as noted.
Two weddings in Kaukauna unfold with Margaret Knight marrying Frederic Walsh at a sister’s home and Dr Bechaud tying with Miss Bane Wilkie at Fond du Lac. Both ceremonies drew local families, with receptions and future moves to Seymour and Chicago marking happy futures. Conductor Ed Lovell’s promotion to trainmaster at Minneapolis & St. Louis is noted for Kaukauna ties.
A terse report states that twenty five men may have died in a disaster leaving authorities searching for confirmation and details. The wording suggests a fatal incident with a possible large casualty count and ongoing verification.
A simple home remedy mixes granulated sugar syrup with fat two and one half ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle to curb deep seated coughs within a day. It advises real Pinex Norway White Pine Extract for best results and notes a cost around 54 cents.
A Marquette county jobber predicts few railroad ties will be cut this winter as railroads and stumpage owners hedge for prices. Demand will rise with planned three year railroad improvements spreading through Wisconsin and Michigan, prompting potential price gains to sixty to sixty five cents per tie. Major lines including Wisconsin Central Soo and Sea systems eye Duluth extensions, prompting widening competition and possible double tracking into Duluth. scarcity looms if dealers delay work.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports two servants, Edward and Laura Davis, died at the home of Reverend Carter Helm Jones, Baptist pastor in St. Louis area exile, from poison. A whiskey bottle and blackberry brandy found nearby. Authorities seek if the poison targeted the minister amid marriage objections from Lynchburg, Virginia.
Milwaukee October 29 John A De Honey known as Jack La Mont dances master and plaintiff in a $25000 damage suit against Prof A C Wirth and Prof Co E Severance has challenged Professor Wirth to a terplachorean duel with proceeds for charity La Mont would charge admission to the fancy dances and receipts would go to the Associated Charities Wirth will first seek to settle the legal contentions.
Real estate transfer notices list numerous parcels in Black Wolf BL Oshkosh and related towns. Transactions include Herman Mueller Bertha Mueter and others to Beatrice Epechier, Edward Scorbert Alvine Hurbert to Michael Arunloakt Kutchoak wife, and Robert J Beans to William J Con. Complex descriptions specify wards cities and term dates with varying prices and spouses in multiple parcels.
President Earlings comments after a western tour note improved lumber and merchandise movement, slower wheat shipments due to low prices, and limited factory startup. He downplays planned Oriental export rates with the St Paul line, cites Pacific coast extension due next year, and mentions heavy freight car production in St Paul and Minneapolis shops.
Associated Press reports Col Robert E Sleve chief quartermaster of the California department will urge Washington to buy the vast Acadero tract long used as training grounds Colonel Stevens believes the government will not obtain the land at current prices in the years ahead.
A jumble of economy quips on watered oysters versus Sealships Oyster, ads for Adams Lichtenberger Brainard firms, St John and Evans Bros, a literary club on Native American topics, plus health remedies and a flour slogan. Names include Adam Lichtenberger, Brainard, Staimard, HL St John, John Zach, Evans Brothers, Lorenzon & Davis.
A garbled but readable collection of classified requests and notices. Items include WANTED male help, a boy for the English kitchen, commissions on elections, hotel clerks, candy pad making, and a city salesman position. Also marriage, pastry work, and millinery sale promotions with locations in Milwaukee Springfield Windor Canada and Elm Street. An auction-like mix lists foreman for a candy packaging plant and various employment offers alongside a chicken dinner event at Woodman Hall.
Mr M T Firmin of Wichita Kansas reports a total eczema cure after years of suffering. He used a wintergreen thymol glycerine based remedy. He described severe itching, sleepless nights, and months of treatment before notable skin improvement and near total recovery. The testimonial comes from the Higginson Drug Co and Dr D B Bauman & Co.
A jumble of classified ads seeking female help for general housework ironing washing and cooking, plus live-in options with varying wages and lodging. Several listings specify no washing, others offer meals or board, and locations include Oshkosh area streets and neighborhoods.
A flood of classified notes lists farm lands for sale in Wisconsin and Montana with small acreage, several Chickens and household items for sale, repairing and equipment deals, and numerous rental offerings. Listings include farm structures, coal stoves, a pine frame barn, a pleasure launch, sewing machines, and multiple houses for rent with varying terms near Oshkosh Green Bay and nearby towns. The dense notices reflect a busy midwestern market scene with varied property and personal goods opportunities.
A series of Wisconsin legal notices from Winnebago County cites probate actions. Applications for final account settlements in estates of Weber and Gordon loom, with dates for creditor claims and court hearings in Oshkosh. Notices specify special terms, appointment of executors, and required filings.
A scattered OCR page lists physicians chiropractors and massage therapists with office hours and locations. Includes A B Boure eyesight specialist at 7 Main Street, M D Strerger at 2 Main Street, Dr Jentinecourinaty venereal disease cases, and M A Allen promoting electric needle hair removal. Also notes massage manicure chiropody at several addresses including 181 Malin Street, 255 Jackson Street, 137 Frederick Avenue, and 2 Evellan Street with home visits offered.
An auction of household goods at reduced rates is advertised by Transfer Co of Minneapolis. A separate legal notice in Winnebago County Wisconsin announces a probate hearing in Oshkosh on the fourth Tuesday of November 1908 for the account settlement and reassignment of Richard J. Jones’s estate, executor A D Jones.
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