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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1908
Page
2
Catalog style notice listing extra heavy cremes, damask, towels, taffeta, children's dresses fabrics and colors. Includes gloves, stockings, hosiery, cover embroidery and lisle hose with prices and quality notes for multiple brands and colors.
Martin Verhoeven was fatally injured in the main factory building of the Robert Brind & Sons Co on Ceape street. He collapsed after a fall of the elevator swept him. a guard said the elevator sighted him and no witness saw the moment of the accident.
A garbled account describes an injured man who survived with no signs of life and whose identity remains unclear. The text mentions a factory setting on a riverfront and references Walter and a mill as part of the scene, implying a collapse or incident at a work site with multiple workers and possible ongoing investigation.
Verhoeven, a former boat builder, died after an elevator fell and struck his skull while fastening to a grate rail on the third floor of a Milwaukee home. He had reportedly installed two safety guards earlier. five children survive.
Eminent economist Lee Lybarger spoke on how wealth concentration shapes industry and society. He compared trusts and franchises, explained control by stock majority, and described the seven great trusts and their impact on prices and power.
A dire critique claims major financiers led by John D Rockefeller and J P Morgan run a vast trust controlling banks and insurance firms. A local talk by Captain Richard Hobson promises a leading address on enterprise and American progress at 7 o clock this evening in Oshkosh.
The text notes Wednesday 7 30 p m Prayer and Bible study and Sunday 10 36 preaching service with details on Sunday School opening. It discusses topics on freedom of competition and the nature and power of trusts, including remarks attributed to Mr Lybarger about life essentials and political restraint.
A Teheran dispatch reports Satar Khan scoring a decisive victory over Shah’s forces near Tabriz with Ain-ed-Dowleh killed. Naire-es-Sultan named to succeed, then attacked again with heavy casualties. Chi war resumes in Tabriz province as Peresian state loan talks falter with Shah resisting European financial control.
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