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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
3
Oshkosh area listings show automotive services hardware and supply shops with notes on oil fuels lumber and coal while advertising window cleaning engraving printing and storage. Several firms mention used auto parts and tires alongside machine repair and roofing services as part of a dense bake sale of local trades.
Dover reports Gertrude Ederle abandoned her English Channel crossing after covering more than seventeen miles. At mid channel she was ten miles from the French coast, having begun at 7 09 this morning. Aboard the tug Le Marin, officials, reporters and friends cheered as she prepared with greased skin and warm food, aiming for the record crossing set in 1923.
Wisconsin college of agriculture offers to identify any unknown legume at no charge. Thousands of species have been cataloged, from tiny plants to large creepers, many enriching soil through nitrogen nodules. With proper bacteria, inoculated legumes boost yields and reduce need for commercial fertilizers.
New York fielded title hopes as Helen Wills faces strong challengers in Forest Hills opening round. Elizabeth Ras and Kathleen McKeen join top seeds from Britain and the United States in a 64-player championship, with Americans Wills, Ryan, Mallory, Goss, Browne, and Jessup seeded.
José Alonso of the Spanish darts cup team defeated Wizard Crocker, Canadian champion, in three hard sets at the Newport Newnart Invitational. The feature match opened the day, with Jens prevailing 5-7 6-4 6-2.
President Palmer of the fleet corporation proposed selling twenty ships of the American Az port lines to Export Steamship Company of New York. The vessels would operate from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean and Black seas.
United Prone reports Chicago athlete Alva Goshar, a former Northwestern star in football and basketball, appointed director of athletics at Missouri Military Academy in Mealna, Missouri. The item notes connections to Jamestown and Chicago and mentions Abeham as a Northwestern halfback and Danville high school coach. another line references a marriage and a Dutch reeling champion Meyer.
Bias Lillian Harelson, an Argentine swimmer, recently failed in her fourth attempt. At 1 ourlock, nearts hreshnex after the mart, Miss Ederis continued jig make food progress. Weather conditions remained Cnw.
Three convicts Murray Newman and Welles evaded posses after breaking from the Oregon penitentiary. They seized a car, abducted a family at the Newman home, held a party for hostages, and drove toward Portland with explicit threats to shoot if officials pursued. The trio issued a frank statement defending the escape and detailing the killings of guards during the breakout.
New London Wis reports a large junior fair demonstration planned in Clintonville with a barre parade judging contests dances concerts games on the floor picnic and speeches. A sewer project on Oshkosh Street advances to the legal stage while recent freight delays and local business ties unfold.
Sloughtans Wit Two men, Henry Hanson and W. B. Martin, found a five gallon can of alcohol buried in a roadside cornfield after setting up a routine inspection. Martin stayed to climb the stake, while Hanson fetched Deputy Sheriff W. F. Brink to retrieve the container for transfer to town. A later inquiry notes a liquor tap incident destroying over 250 bottles of alcohol in another area.
Fragmentary report notes delivery of whiskey to a local institution and restaurant, with most liquor stored in a specific area. Several containers and quantities mentioned, but details are obscured by garbled wording and misspellings.
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