Hello
Fellow Time Travelers,
Well it’s time to fire up
the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to December of 1910.
For today’s trip Bernard Hupperts will be sitting in the front seat operating the
Time Machine. The big wheel is spinning,
the years are clicking back and in no time we are back on East Second Street
- 14
football players died and 40 injured this year.
- Thilmany
has purchased the flats
- City
purchases the Kaukauna Electric Light Company.
Charlie has left the papers
on the chair out front of the Times building.
Charles E. Raught - Editor & Publisher
Let’s see what’s in the
news this month.
Your old newsman - Lyle Hansen
December 2, 1910
Operations were commenced Monday tearing out parts of
the Kaukauna Fibre plant to rebuild portions of the interior and to build an
entire new chip bin which is located at the top of the building. One side of
the pulp mill was found in an unsafe condition and this will be replaced by new
work.
December 9, 1910
Owing to the forest fires that swept many portions of
northern Wisconsin last summer, Christmas trees this year will be pretty
scarce. There will be few desirable trees on the market this holiday season for
less than forty or fifty cents each.
The Buboltz farm containing 120 acres located 1 ½
miles north of Sherwood has sold to Henry Kasten for $11,500.
December 16, 1910
According to the Chicago Tribune which has been
keeping tab on football casualties, a total of fourteen dead and forty
seriously injured was the price paid for football by its followers during the
season just closed.
John G. Fechter, the hustling merchant of the White
Front on Wisconsin avenue, who is always a firm believer in progressiveness and
up-to-date business methods, has set the pace for local merchants by installing
electric arch lights in front of his store to brighten and enliven the avenue
for the holiday season.
December 23, 1910
For the first time in over eight months the mills on
the Fox River received word last Friday afternoon that until further notice
they would be permitted to use the full flowage of the river or 100 percent.
With permission to use the full flow of the river the mills will be able to run
full force and will save hundreds of tons of coal a day.
The contract for the building of a dam in Combined
Locks was awarded to O’Keefe Orbison Engineering Company. Work will begin as
soon as the ice clears in spring. The cost of construction is estimated between
$90,000 and $100,000. The new dam will replace the wood and stone structure now
in place. The dam will provide seven steel gates to control flow of water.
December 30, 1910
The Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company has purchased the
Grignon flats and will erect a new $250,000 pulp mill in the very near future.
The Thilmany Company now owns the land on both sides of the government canal,
which indicates the great growth this company is experiencing at present.
Construction of the new plant will commence within a few weeks.
Cutting Ice on Lake Winnebago - 1910
Peter Renn, the ice man, began cutting and delivering
new ice from the government stone quarry this week. The new congealed aqua
squares are about ten inches thick.
By almost a unanimous vote, the citizens of Kaukauna
decided Tuesday to purchase the local plant of the Kaukauna Gas, Electric Light
and Power Company and convert it into one of municipal ownership. The question
of the purchase of the plant was submitted to a vote of the people at a special
election held for that purpose, and the result came to be 552 for and 52
against the purchase.
The Fox Club
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