December 6, 1912
"There is a saying that a man who squeezes
a dollar never squeezes his wife." After glancing over our subscription books,
the editor is led to remark that there are a number of good married women in this
city who are not getting the attention they deserve.
Charles Faust who owned the second-best pen of
pheasants in the state has sold all his fowls. Mr. Faust found that as the
birds increased in number they took up too much of his time. He sold his full
plumaged pairs for $20.00 per pair.
The Kaukauna Electric Department has arranged
with the Bank of Little Chute to handle the business of the department in that
village. The bank will also carry and
supply the Little Chute patrons with lamps, plugs, etc., and receive all
complaints on service which will be immediately transmitted to the Kaukauna
office.
Nine young men constituting the night crew
employed in the Northwestern Railroad yards in Green Bay were arrested last
week for stealing whiskey from the freight house. They were arraigned in court
and plead guilty, being fined $2.63 each.
Thousands of the Red Cross Christmas Seals are
being sold in Kaukauna this week under the management of the Woman’s club.
School children are now busy making a canvass of the city.
December 13, 1912
4th Street Viaduct
William Reardon, who delivers milk in the city
for the Elm Bluff Dairy of Taggart & Reardon, had bad luck Friday while
trying to cross Fourth Street between Main and Reaume Avenues. His horse suddenly
sank into the new sewer on that street. It took two hours to extricate the
beast from its predicament, but it is feared it has badly injured its legs and
is not yet able to work.
A penny Arcade. A new theatre where you drop a
penny in the slot and see the pictures or listen to some of the popular songs,
will be opening in the building next to Paschen’s restaurant on the southside
of Kaukauna.
The Hilgenberg Bros. are arranging for a pocket
billiard tournament at their pool hall and want all good pool players in
Kaukauna to drop in and learn the particulars. Good prizes will be hung up for
the winners.
December 20, 1912
The interurban line between Kaukauna and
Appleton is now running the evening service a half hour schedule right through
to midnight to accommodate holiday traffic.
Garfield Welch lost an eye while engaged as one
of the employees of the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company. He was at work in the
firepit and a hot cinder struck his eye Sunday morning, but he kept working the
balance of the day and worked Monday with a sore eye. Tuesday his eye was still
painful, and he went to the eye doctor in Appleton. The doctor said he thought
the sight was destroyed but the eye might be saved.
William Guilfoyle has lost his right eye as a
result of an injury received last week at the Northwestern shops in Kaukauna,
when a flying chip of brass entered the optic. He is now at St. Luke’s
hospital, Chicago, where he is being cared for under the direction of the
company’s surgeons.
Charles Jacobson has set the pace for Kaukauna
in commercial growth by offering to give free a manufacturing site on two to
four acres lying along Langlade street. The site offered is a corner off his
farm. He asks others who own land like his should do likewise.
December 27, 1912
Messrs. Herman Miller and Art Gustman launched
a new auto transfer line this morning. This idea is to furnish a means of
conveyance from one side of the river to the other for those who wish to ride
and save the walk over the long cold bridge. The fare will be five cents.
John, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Smith of Little Chute was drowned in the cistern near their house one-day last
week. The little fellow was out coasting and returning after dusk walked into
the open cistern that had been left open by his mother during the day.
An eastern girl has lost her power of speech
because of being jilted by her sweetheart. He’ll probably want to marry her
now.
