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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
8
An impersonator known as Oberammerna -atton Lang, famed to play the former chancellor, has died after facing disapproval from a party. He had stood in his workshop as a central figure in the Passion Play, drawing attention from the public and officials alike.
Long recounts Robert Noble's brutal crossing of Deaths Door from Washington Island to the mainland on New Years Day 1864. He battled ice, freezing water, and near-starvation, crawling and swimming, losing feet and fingers to frostbite before amputation decades later. He later sailed ferries and ended in poverty.
POSSIPPI Wis Special to The Northwestern reports 3iisx Mas] Flizpatrick and Miss Isabel Godson are the year's teachers. Wallace McGrezer injures his shoulder after a fall during haying on the marsh. E B Gabel and family visited Oshkosh to see Dr. Gable’s sister in hospital. Gertrude Thomas drove to Shawano for a weekend visit. Miss Matthew Smith visitedColonna last week. Fred Smoody and wife took an auto trip to North Dakota.
Redgranite prepares for a Labor Day program with wire acts, jugglers, clowns, and a baseball game against Poysiyp. Local residents visit family in Wautoma and Oshkosh, attend band concerts in Waupaca, and travelers return from Minnesota and Wisconsin trips. Several families host guests from Milwaukee and Berlin as fall schedules unfold.
A fragmented note speaks of a rare stork visit in distant latitudes marking a unique event. It mentions a baby being present and a northern church setting, though many words are garbled. The text emphasizes the unusual occurrence and local curiosity about the newborn.
Interurban routes northbound to Nesib and southbound to Vandyna and Lac du Lac with hourly service, last cars early evening. Motor coach de luxe tours Oshkosh to Fond du Lac and Madison with set departures daily except Sunday. Sanatorium bus from Osh to the Sanatorium listed, with return in the afternoon. Saturday Sunday and holidays service to Sanatorium only. Patchy notes mention connections from Ox to Kash and a ceremony involving Sigurd with local references and social detail.
A vintage timetable note promotes the Ripon Princeton Green Lexe Express with interurban service at low rates. It lists a 7:00 departure and a fare of 10502 dollars, with car numbers and a contact phrase PHONT! 836.
A fragmentary read presents a philosophical query on why objects perish in reality while ideas endure. It echoes a literary reflection on memory and imagination, referencing stylistic echoes and period-era phrasing from Yale Review and de la Mare.
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