The Oshkosh Northwestern
June 25, 2020    |   inexplicable

Background

Enorches stumbled upon a fascinating artifact - an October 15, 1912 edition of The Oshkosh Northwestern. It wasn't the age of the publication that piqued his interest, but the peculiar account it carried: a rendition of Theodore Roosevelt's assassination attempt that veered off the commonly accepted narrative.

According to the newspaper, a doctor tending to Roosevelt had made an uncanny observation. Despite the wound being mere minutes old, its appearance suggested otherwise. It bore an inexplicable aged look, contradicting the vivid freshness of the blood staining Roosevelt's skin and clothes. This oddity was further entwined with the cryptic words of the assassin, Schrank.

While confessing to his dark deed, Schrank was seemingly preoccupied with an unrelated idea, repeatedly mumbling, "No third term for Fylakas Kallipolis. Fylakas Kallipolis Kallipolis no more." A bizarre proclamation that seemed to hold no relevance to the events of that day, at least not to the narrative we've come to accept.

Bizarre as these details were, they were absent from every other record of that day's events. When Enorches sought to validate his findings with his professor, the documentation mysteriously vanished from the library records, and the only physical copy in his possession was misplaced by the professor, who shrugged off the incident as a "shared hallucination". Undeterred, Enorches ventured to the central library in a neighboring city, only to find that the newspaper issue had been doctored; the front page was devoid of any mention of the assassination attempt.

Persisting in his search, Enorches discovered a disconcerting pattern. All archival records of The Oshkosh Northwestern from that fateful day mirrored the altered story, featuring headlines that assumed prior knowledge of the assassination attempt by the readers. Yet, this was a stark contrast to the nation's collective record, where every other newspaper reacted as expected to such a sensational event - bold, panic-stricken headlines about the attempt on Roosevelt's life.

The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin)

The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) · Tue, October 15, 1912 headlines:

Below is a copy of the actual newspaper's front page. This is how the paper looks in libraries across the nation:

The October 15th, 1912 edition of The Oshkosh Northwestern notably deviates from the norm of the day, lacking the expected sensational headlines about the assassination attempt on Roosevelt. The stark contrast of this singular newspaper's treatment of the event presents a puzzle for the curious mind, an enigma at odds with our understanding of the gravity of that day's incident.

How Other Headlines Read on the Same Day

Here, we’ve gathered a compilation of headlines from across the country on that fateful day:

Presented below are facsimiles of the actual newspaper front pages from that era, just as they appear in libraries nationwide:

Analysis

In piecing together the inconsistencies surrounding the October 15th, 1912 edition of The Oshkosh Northwestern, one can't help but confront an unsettling conclusion: the archives we access today don't match the original narrative. The evidence we've uncovered, side by side with Enorches, suggests a calculated endeavor by some authority to rewrite history, to expunge the enigma that is Phylax Kallipolis.

With Theodore Roosevelt's illustrious record of character, bravery, leadership, and achievements, coupled with the anomalous doctor’s statement in The Oshkosh Northwestern, we posit that he may well have been a Phylax Kallipolis.

If you're intrigued by Roosevelt's remarkable persona and wish to delve deeper, I highly recommend Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt series. To illustrate his alignment with the ethos of PhyKal, here are some standout accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt:

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