Time Machine Trip to July 1887

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to July of 1887.

For today’s trip Carmen Vaubel 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 Wisconsin Avenue on Kaukauna’s Northside.

 

• Biggest fire in history levels Wisconsin Avenue.

• Kaukauna Building and Loan meet to organize.

• Government tights laws on hiring people crossing border

  

Charles Raught, Times owner, has left the newspapers on the chair out front.

  

Your old newsman - Lyle 

PS: An old cowboy said:

I spent all my money on whiskey and women.

“The rest I just wasted.” 

July 8, 1887

Troy, New York – A young woman whose husband had died leaving quite a number of unpaid debts behind him, determined that she would devote her life to the payment of the obligations. She was left with no means but the labor of her hands. She worked at a collar factory refusing to accept the canceling of some debts by creditors. She was not strong enough and her health gave out on her but she worked to the very day of her death. Her brave fidelity of such a life to honor her husband shines by contrast with too many deeds in a selfish world.   

A rude boy rubbed his poor old father’s false teeth with phosphorous the other night, and set them in the window to scare passers-by. Two women shrieked and one man threw his umbrella at the window.

Frank Herse, age 13, was drowned at Milwaukee on the 3^rd making seventeen drowning accidents in that city this season.

July 15, 1887

The score was 13 to 8 in the Kaukauna, Neenah game at Neenah last Sunday afternoon with Kaukauna on top at the end of the six innings. During the seventh inning a ball was hit to George Butler at second base. The umpire Timlin of Neenah, who had many poor calls during the game, called it no catch that the ball had bounced first.

The Kaukauna Building & Loan association held a meeting last evening the purpose being to effect a permanent organization having received its charter. N. H. Brokaw was elected president.

Brooklyn - Some time ago a young lady who had been teaching a class of girls in the Sunday school was called away rendering it necessary to fill her position. The superintendent appointed a young gentleman from the congregation to take the class. The two gentlemen appeared on the platform before the class for the introduction. “Young ladies, I wish to introduce to you your replacement teacher Mr. Carson. I would like you to tell him what your former teacher did so he can go right on in the same way.” One young girl arose and said: “The first thing our teacher always did was to kiss us all good morning.”

A Massachusetts man has just been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for killing his wife. A New York woman was just sentenced to death, for killing her husband. It would seem, therefore, that the killing of a man is a greater crime than the killing of a woman. 

July 22, 1887

Chilton Times - A young man has been arrested and fined $8 for kissing a Kaukauna girl. He could have kissed half a dozen girls in Chilton for half the price. Such exorbitant charges will have the effect of cutting off Kaukauna's supply of young men.

The mayor and members of the city Board of Health made a tour of inspection Thursday, and visited various slaughter houses. With the exception of one member having to relieve his stomach during the tour no violations were found. 

Mexicans residing across the river and working in Texas are a good deal stirred up over a tightening of the laws against them by Uncle Sam. A ruling by the treasury department regarding the employment of residents of Mexico on this side of the river states prohibits the employment of foreigners to work in this country under penalty of $1,000 for each offense. The ruling was made in regard to Canadians who cross the bridge to work in New York State but also effects workers from Mexico. 

July 29, 1887

The conflagration of yesterday afternoon, on Wisconsin Avenue, was the most serious fire in the history of Kaukauna, the majority of the buildings leveled to the ground. The location of the blaze is not known at this time.

 Kaukauna Fire Department

  

“Anti-hat-tipping societies” have been organized in several places and there are some who would welcome the movement in Kaukauna. Baldheaded men are crying for it.

  

The oil market broke nearly by 4 cents this morning bringing the price down to 56 ½ cents per barrel.