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Newspaper
Oshkosh Record
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
8
The Workmens Co operative Society, incorporated July 26 1887, lists officers and members including President Wm J Witzel Secretary Agron Titnaden Treasurer T H Osborn and notable names such as Aaron Beagden Joseph H Osborn and Walter L Rickard along with assorted staff roles and delivery clerks.
Explanatory article praises cooperative societies as provident self help for workers. It details funding, memberships, and dividend rules at a store run by the Workman’s Co operative Society, including stock price, purchase checks, and the rule no credit. It cites G J Holyoake and argues cooperation defeats improvidence and poverty.
Theodore Parker style critique warns debt as the devil's mortgage on souls. The piece lists store practices to avoid and condemns credit sales, backroom ties, and unnecessary expansion, urging ethical governance and self-reliance to protect the cooperative society.
Indigenous hospitality and ritual surround Capt. John Smith after capture. The Powhatan chief BunanoCook adopts Smith as a son and hosts him for two days before guiding him back to Jamestown. The tale links Smith with the young Powhatan girl Matoaka, known as Pocahontas, and notes native naming customs and the secrecy of real names.
A columnist contrasts French and English breakfast habits. The French breakfast centers on coffee with milk and bread, while the English royal table features Scotch porridge, steak pies, bacon, scones, breads, butter, honey, tea, and a special cocoa prepared for Queen Victoria.
The ad invites all to call on J. F. W. Schmidt to receive a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. It claims to cure chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption, with prices listed at 50 cents and 1 dollar. Also notes a car of extra fine potatoes and four lots of Michigan apples offered to the trade.
The book department unveils a vast line of Holiday Books with Juvenile titles at J E Holden & Co. The banner claims 25 000 items and urges customers to visit and consider Kemp s Expectorant for throat and lung issues priced 50 cents to $1 with a trial size free.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway promotes first class excursion tickets to San Francisco Los Angeles and other California points at very low round trip rates. Tickets may use different routes for going and returning and are valid six months from issue. One way fares to all California points are also advertised. For full details contact C and N W agents or E P Wilson Northwestern Passenger Agent Chicago.
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