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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
4
In a long, tangled OCR fragment a group identified as Riparians 70 convenes at Gills Landing to discuss issues affecting their community. Names and details blur into garbled text but reference to local figures, costs, and a canal project emerge, with an unclear conclusion.
May form clubs of boys and girls in farm project work in Winnebago County. The effort aims to promote agricultural improvement and practical education through youth groups. A speaker from the state extension service will address teachers at a county teachers meeting in Madison for the fall term.
The Maye Goat Veinking Water project reported completion of drilling to nineteen meters depth after tests. The park board plans to use the new water source to bolster supply for bubblers and electric parts, with a likely meeting Friday deciding on the well’s location and next steps.
May Paterson tours Europe with her mother in Norway as her lace portrait of George Washington by Susanna Van Valkenburg nears completion. The 83 year old craftsman, famed for handmade lace, completed a six by ten inch needlepoint portrait after months of patient work. The piece, valued by experts, joins her other lace artworks slated for exhibit at the Sawyer foundation museum in September.
An Oshkosh business man farmer displays corn stalks reaching thirteen and a half feet in height. Samples measured show stalks averaging twelve feet, with one reaching eighteen feet. Local reports place these feats in Fond du Lac and nearby markets, noting extraordinary growth this season.
Promotion claims a painless permanent hair removal method using Karma Teot extract. It describes home use, root removal, and guaranteed results with money back if not permanent. Includes testimonial style language and a broad promise of smooth skin free of hair.
Through a vandalism attempt on the track between Prospect Avenue and North Main Street a northbound freight barely cleared heavy spikes wedged between inner rails. No injuries or major damage occurred as trains passed later. police urged parental caution after children were seen nearby.
A mounted passenger pigeon, an extinct species, was received by the Oshkosh public museum after the last known bird died years ago. The piece illustrates historic hunting pressures and conservation lessons, noting the bird once roosted in vast flocks and was consumed for private meals and commercial ventures.
Former Oshitiesh man Natirett emerges as a prominent figure in Unbuilding of Transylvania Communities. He leads a push in new developments described in The Bieomasvurs while enjoying ties to Fred Fear Match company and Diamond Match.
An Oshughh Savings not Tiss Company filed a petition with Federal authorities seeking action on a local estate matter. The Minne Schriber of this city appears in a referenced picture accompanying the notice.
The petition states the deceased’s personal property does not exceed $159 and rents and profits from real estate do not exceed $100. Surviving relatives include Map Schriber of Rockford and siblings Carl, Louis, Rufus Schuber, and Fanny Wallen, with Eliza H. Grats of Neenah noted through her mother Eline M. Gram. The filing confirms personal property and real estate income limits for the estate.
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