Hello
Fellow Time Travelers,
Well it’s time to fire up
the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to May of 1911.
For today’s trip Doug Hansen 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
- A
new bank to be known as Farmers & Merchants
- Ground
will be broken for Thilmany fiber mill
- Robbers
enter three business
Charlie has left the papers
for us on the chair out front of the Times office.
Charles E. Raught – Owner, Editor &
Publisher
Let’s see what’s in the
news this month.
Your old newsman - Lyle Hansen
PS: A veteran was asked by a young girl,
"Would you do it all again?"
He responded "Yes I would for
you".
May 5, 1911
A new bank to be known as the Farmers and Merchants Bank
will open in the Mills Block soon; it has been announced by its intended president,
John Schmidt, and his board of directors.
G. H. Peeters, age 47, a prominent businessman in
Little Chute died yesterday. Mr. Peeters had been postmaster since 1898 and for
the past five years was employed at the Little Chute Bank as a cashier. He is
survived by his wife and eleven children.
Bicycle riding on sidewalks seems to be again becoming
quite prevalent in the city. Parents are requested to warn their children there
is an ordinance forbidding this and it should be discontinued or they will be
arrested.
At
the Tuesday evening council meeting an ordinance was introduced fixing the
speed limit for automobiles at 12 mph within the city limits.
Chiefs
of police from throughout the area where all here Saturday to attend the
funeral of the late Marshal Richard Conlon of Kaukauna. A squad of six
policemen, in full uniform, came from Appleton to attend the funeral. Policeman
from Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and DePere along with city officials were
in attendance.
May 12, 1911
An automobile driven by Fred Hoehne, crashed into the
rig in front of Sam Darrow’s residence last evening. No one was injured, but
the rig was pretty well demolished and the horse was well startled, but caught
before it got away. The accident occurred when an automobile driven by Joe Schommer
turned in front of the auto driven by Hoehne. Hoehne swung his auto in to the
extreme right side, immediately applied the brakes, but a collision with the
rig was then unavoidable.
New York –
The suffragettes have made the biggest demonstration in favor of their cause
“Votes for Women” ever seen in America. It took the form of parade, mass meeting
attracted the attention of a considerable portion of the population of the
city. Leading the procession was a big banner. That bore the words:
“Forward
out of error
Leave
behind the night.
Forward
through the darkness,
forward
into life.”
Ty Cobb, champion batsman of the 1910 Detroit Tigers, wears a
smile of a speed demon as he sits at the wheel of a race car at the
Indianapolis speedway.
The “log rolling” bill was passed by the state senate
by a vote of 16 to 7. The bill makes it a felony for any member of the
legislature to attempt to secure passage of a measure by promising to vote for
bills introduced by another member if that member will support his bill.
Robbers,
burglars, yeggmen, yes, but professional's - never. The office of the SUN was
entered Tuesday evening, the safe open but no money or valuables taken. Who
would expect to find money in the office of a newspaper? They must have been
amateurs and thoroughly green at that. Every drawer in the establishment was
opened and examined but nothing of value was found. Two other places of
business were also entered by the same pair. The office of Solar Lumber and
Manufacturing was entered and the outer door of the safe opened. $17.76 in the
safe was taken. The third place robbed was Jackels’ Saloon on Main Avenue. The
cash register and the music box were broken open and the contents taken. There
were only a few coins in the cash register but the music box had not been open
in several weeks and it is difficult to estimate the number of nickels taken
from it.
May 19, 1911
In a decision of the United States Supreme court
announced the Standard Oil Company at New Jersey was ordered dissolved. The
court up held a lower courts decision and the time of six months was given
Standard Oil to complete the process.
Merbach Hardware and Furnishing Company have a new
delivery wagon arriving soon, the wagon being manufactured by International
Harvester Company. It can be converted into an auto buggy by the removal of the
dray box from the chassis and attaching a special built buggy top. The Merbach
Company has the local agency for this auto delivery wagon.
Holy
Cross congregation has purchased three lots each 60 x 120 feet, on Sarah Street
across from the Holy Cross school. These lots were secured in order to give the
pupils of the school additional playground. Children attending school need
exercise and fresh air, and they can get these only on the playground.
May 26, 1911
The pupils of Park School presented the operetta “Jack
& the Bean Stalk”. The leading parts were assumed by Miss Orpha Hilgenberg,
Miss Frieda Boettcher, Eleanor Cooper, and Principal Tontz.
NOTICE: Wanted girls to work at the Kaukauna Steam
Laundry. Apply at once.
C. J.
Jansky went to Manitowoc Sunday in his Ford automobile. He made the trip in
three hours. While there he sold the auto returning on the Monday morning
train. Mr. Jansky made a good sale.
Grounds
for the big $250,000 fiber mill, which will be erected by Thilmany Pulp and
Paper Co. will be broken next week, according to an announcement made by C. W.
Stribley, of the Thilmany company. No better news could have been heard
throughout the city. Everyone was looking forward anxiously to the building of
this mill which will add a large number of new families to the city. The
company now pays out considerably over $100,000 a year to laborers at the
present mill.
