the man has no shame

jimbo at the head forum wrote:
Thanks again, Joe.
It’s probably been a long time since you had much of a Wisconsin connection, but since you spent your youth in the state, I wonder if the following would mean anything at all to you.  Any connection with Classic Oswald may be a long shot, but there is some suggestive background, as follows.
There were two alleged appearances of “Lee Harvey Oswald” in Wisconsin during 1963. There is some evidence that “Oswald” checked into the Nicolet Hotel in Sparta, Wisconsin on March 29, 1963, and in the evening had his hair cut in the hotel barbershop by a fellow named John Abbott, who said the young man introduced himself as “Lee Harvey Oswald.”  Abbott noted that the young man had a mastoidectomy scar behind his left ear.
The second sighting occurred on September 16, 1963 in Hubertus, Wisconsin.  From Harvey and Lee, p. 595:
On September 16, while Harvey and Marina were in New Orleans, someone
signed "Lee Harvey Oswald" to a restaurant registry in Hubertus, WI. President
Kennedy was due to speak in nearby Ashland, WI on September 24 during a nationwide
tour to promote conservation. The same day a man signed "Lee Oswald, Dallas" in a
guest registration book at a nightclub about 30 miles from Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee
Sentinel, November 30, 1963 ).
NOTE: The possibility has to be considered that the conspirators were trying to create
the impression that "Oswald" was stalking President Kennedy. This would explain the
sightings of Oswald in Sparta, WI, Hubertus, WI, Oak Ridge, TN, Miami, FL, and other
remote locations.
But here’s where the story gets weirder.  Note the following newspaper image and caption apparently from the 6/30/61 Wisconsin newspaper The Post Crescent:
[url=https://harveyandlee.net/JH PIX/LHO_in_Wisconsin.jpg][/url]
According to the U.S. Census of 1940, a “Lee Oswald” was listed in Ward 6, City of Madison, in Dane County, Wisconsin (see below).  The actual handwritten “Population Schedule” sheet listing dozens of Madison residents, including “Lee Oswald” indicates that he was 3/12 (three-twelths) of a year old when the information was taken.  The handwritten image is a little big to upload but here’s the abbreviated listing:
[url=https://harveyandlee.net/JH PIX/1940_Census.jpg][/url]
In all likelihood, this Wisconsin Lee Oswald was born in 1939, just like Classic Oswald.  No doubt it is a big country, but I’ve been surprised by how few “Lee Oswalds” appear in census and death records in recent history.  Not nearly as many as I would have assumed.  The strangest thing of all is that this Wisconsin “Lee Oswald” seems to simply disappear after the 1961 newspaper story.  I can’t find him listed anywhere else.
I’ve only been looking into this for a little more than a day, so I may well have missed a lot.  Thanks again for your kind words.

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There is some evidence that “Oswald” checked into the Nicolet Hotel in Sparta,

On September 16, while Harvey and Marina were in New Orleans, someone
signed "Lee Harvey Oswald" to a restaurant registry in Hubertus, WI. President
Kennedy was due to speak in nearby Ashland, WI on September 24 during a nationwide
tour to promote conservation. The same day a man signed "Lee Oswald, Dallas" in a
guest registration book at a nightclub about 30 miles from Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee
Sentinel, November 30, 1963 ).