Time Machine Trip to January 1912

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to January of 1912.

For today’s trip Camie Bartolazzi 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 on Kaukauna’s Southside.

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:  Live each day as if it is your last, as it just may be. 

January 5, 1912

Renn and Co. nearly lost a horse Wednesday when it broke through the ice on the upper river while they were engaged in scraping the surface and which was nearly drowned before it could be rescued.

Cornelius Giesbers, who came to the Fox River Valley in the party headed by Father Vandenbroek, the first Catholic priest to establish a church at Little Chute and who was one of the earliest pioneers of Little Chute and Outagamie County, died last Saturday at his home in Green Bay at the age of 87 years.  Mr. Giesbers was born in Mell, Holland, in 1824. In 1848 he elected to join the party headed by Father Vandenbroek and sailed to America. After landing in New York, the party headed directly to Wisconsin and in a couple months after leaving his native home he arrived at the banks of the Fox River at the point where the thriving village of Little Chute is now located. He is survived by seven children.

The Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power company has been endeavoring to have the village board of Little Chute pass a franchise giving the aforesaid company the right to furnish gas and electricity current to the village for lighting and power purposes.

Tragedy was narrowly averted Tuesday at the home Anton Frank when the clothes were nearly burnt off his little daughter Genafavo, age 4 years, while she and her brother were trying to light a fire in a room on the upper floor. They had a candle and the little tots clothes caught fire and the older one began screaming for help and took his sister downstairs. Mr. Frank heard the screams and caught the burning baby in his hands. He carried her to the kitchen and dashed a pail of water on her. 

A resolution was introduced and unanimously passed authorizing an empowering the Mayor to demand and take possession of the plant of the Kaukauna Gas, Electric Light & Power company as per orders of the Railroad Commission. Mayor Coppes received authorization to operate the plant in behalf of the city until further settlement is affected and a commission appointed to take charge of the city's new acquisition. Manager Montgomery, who has been in charge of the plant, and regular employees of the company, have been retained under the agreement between the representatives of the company and the city to continue operating the plant.

The Supreme Court of the United States made a ruling Monday that “beer is a commodity and railroads must carry it, when offered for transportation from one state into dry counties of another state, regardless of the laws of the latter state.” The ruling was made on a case covering the shipment of beer from Indiana into “dry” counties of Kentucky.

January 12, 1912

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank was held at the bank room in the Central block. The following officers were elected: President, Frank F. Becker, vice-president, Julius J. Martens, Cashier William J. Tesch.

The intense cold weather is causing manufacturers and the Chicago Northwestern company much trouble along the water power in keeping their property from danger by the fast forming ice and big ice flows constantly menacing them. A large crew of men is needed every day on the railroad bridge just below the Union Bag plant cutting away the cakes of ice consistently being formed by the below zero weather.

ANOTHER ICE HOUSE - Fred Reichel is preparing to erect an ice house on the lower end of the Island near the Lindauer mill and put in a supply of ice for general distance division next summer.

January 19, 1912

Paul Pagel has purchased, of John H. Corcoran, the blacksmith shop and equipment on Wisconsin Avenue formerly owned by Fred Dettmann. Mr. Pagel is a practical horseshoer and blacksmith, having been in this service in the German army for 3 years before coming to America.

January 26, 1912

The boys and girls are all looking forward to a rare winter's sport with their toboggans. Considerable enthusiasm is being awakened among tobogganers who are organizing a club with the prospect of a fine winter sport commencing this Friday evening at the slide they have built where Kaukauna Street extends on the Fox River at the Wisconsin Avenue crossing. This plan that the toboggan slide as well iced and that the steep incline at that point will give them such an impetus that they will be shot across the full width of the River on the ice.

Time Machine Trip to January 1957

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

It’s that time again to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and make a trip back in time.

Today Bonnie Golden is sitting in the driver’s seat. The big wheel is spinning and the years are clicking back. In no time, we are back to Kaukauna’s south side.  We are out front of the Kaukauna Times on the corner of Third Street and Main. We are now in January of 1957.    

For the music lovers, the top song on the Hit Parade this month is:

Singing the Blues – Guy Mitchell

https://youtu.be/wJA8b3esxfE

Carl Hansen, the publisher, has left the newspapers for us by the front door of the Kaukauna Times. Let’s see what’s in the news this month. 

Your old news man – Lyle

January 4, 1957

KIRK RICHARD BRANDT pictured above snuggling in his mother’s arms was Kaukauna first baby of the New Year, born at the Kaukauna Community Hospital at 12:40 am Tuesday morning. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brandt Kaukauna. 

Judy Faye, better known to Kaukaunans as Judy Faye Schermitzler, a talented songstress, has signed a three-year recording contract with a Phoenix Arizona company.  Judy is the daughter of Joe “Camel” Schermitzler who operated the Camel Club in Kaukauna on Highway 96 in recent years. The family moved to Arizona last summer. The 17-year-old singer occasionally entertained at her father's club while living in the Kaukauna area. 

The Kaukauna Ice Carnival was held Sunday afternoon. The opening event of the afternoon was 100-yard dash race for midgets. (Youngsters 8 to 10 years of age). In the girls’ competition Shirley Ann Schumann placed first, Susan Whitaker was second and Patty Landreman placed third. For the boys, Jim Rademacher was first, Neil Faust was second and Dick Ball came in third. The 11 to 12-year-old winners of the dash were for the girls Joan Ludvigsen was first, Janet Reuter came in second and Paula Koch finished third. For the boys in the same age group Jerry Spaulding was first, Jim Koepke came in second and Thurston Lambie was the third-place winner. For the 13 and 14-year-olds girls Marie Jakl finished first, Kathy Eslein came in second and Sharon Lennert took third. In the boy’s competition Neil Lucht was first, Ed Keberlein was second and Dave Barribeau finished third.

January 9, 1957

Four Green Bay Packer players were selected to play in the annual pro bowl in Los Angeles. They were end Bill Howton, defensive back, Bobby Dillon, linebacker, Roger Zatkoff and quarterback Tobin Rote.  

KAUKAUNA YOUNG PEOPLE took full advantage of the city’s skating rinks during the Christmas vacation time. The Park and Tenth street rinks were duplicated over the two-week span. The new recreation areas are well set up with a flood light for night skating along with shelter houses. 

January 11, 1957

A Kaukauna man in Moscow finds the Russian capital a somber cheerless and cold city, lacking in human comforts, while the sky overhead laced with the vapor trails of jet planes, displays the greatest military strength of the Soviet Union. Vince Roloff, Pres. of Badger Northland Inc., spent two weeks behind the recently lifted Iron Curtain last fall, has told this story at several service clubs recently. My visa number was 1160, so I was one of the first thousand or so tourist to visit Russia since 1917 when the country was closed to foreigners.

George Kailhofer led the beginners bowling with a high game of 152 Saturday at for Verbeten’s alleys in the league sponsored by the Kaukauna Recreation Department. 

January 18, 1957

OSCAR JAHNS, retired Kaukauna police sergeant, is pictured above as he completed his final week with the force. Jahns served on the force about 22 years. He lost an eye a few years ago, in an accident and gave that disability as his reason for retirement.

City Health Officer, Dr. George Behnke, reminded residence of Kaukauna that the three winter months are the ideal time to have anti-polio vaccinations administered. 

The cold wave which has Kaukauna shivering for almost 2 weeks has caused more discomfort and inconvenience and physical damage to the city. Despite the cold the fact that 11 out of 15 days have featured temperatures ranging below zero. The construction project was halted on the Lawe Street Bridge where the lift portion of the span is being replaced by a steel gridding. Much of the work requires welding which cannot be done below a temperature of 15°.

Ramblings by Mrs. Ed Wolf.

In a farm home, many years ago the mother of three little girls was expecting visitors from out west whom she had never met. She was very proud of her little girls and wanted to show them off. She dressed them in their Sunday best and brush their hair to a shined. Having time to spare she sent children outside to play but ordered them to stay neat and clean. The three wandered to the barn and finding a box of rags tried them on. When the out-of-town guest arrived, their mother called, it her best company voice “Come in girls and meet your cousins.” They never found out what their cousins, who were much older. thought of them, but they heard plenty from their horrified mother after their company left.

January 23, 1957

Broadcaster editors for the first nine weeks’ shift were recently chosen by the senior editors. Miss Francis Corry, advisor, made the final selection a case of ties. Students chosen were Thalia Hodgins, Mary Coppes and Doris DeBruin. The retiring senior editors are Robert Greenwood, Daniel Brenzel and Mary Joe Krueger.

 

January 25, 1957

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this Sunday is Holy Name Catholic Church, Kimberly and in honor of the occasion a special schedule of events have been planned. An anniversary solemn high mass with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a sermon by the most Rev. Stanislaus V. Bona, bishop of the Green Bay diocese. All former pastors have been extended invitations.

January 30, 1957

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts, Friday night, dropped with a thud into the Mid-Eastern conference cellar along with the Clintonville Truckers after losing to Clintonville 81–79 at Clintonville.

THE STUDENTS OF THE THIRD GRADE at Park school recently completed a study on Spain. The youngsters constructed their own guitars. Pictured left to right in the back are Barbara Mueller, Charles Jacobson, Gary Riemer, Billy Sloggy, Mary May and Mary Jirikowic. In the front row are Ray Hardtke, Lynn Hurst, Dennis Dakins, John Mooney, Patti Gilson and Jim Rice.  

                                             1957 Mercury

Time Machine Trip to January 1939

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

It’s that time again to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and make a trip back to January 1939.  

The big wheel is spinning Bob Patschke is taking his place in the driver’s seat. The years are clicking back and in no time, we are back to Kaukauna’s south side.  We are out front of the Kaukauna Times on Main Street.     

   

The hit parade song of the month.

Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland  

https://youtu.be/PSZxmZmBfnU

Carl Hansen, the publisher, has left the newspapers for us by the front door of the Kaukauna Times. Let’s see what’s in the news this month.

 

Your old news man – Lyle Hansen

January 4, 1939

The Moloch Foundry and Machine Company has been sold to a new concern to be known as the Kaukauna Machine Corporation, of which Ralph J. Kraut of Fond du Lac is president. The corporation has taken over the assets of the Moloch Company and will open the plant on a sound basis. Monday, January 9, has been set as the tentative opening date for this plant.

Fire losses in Kaukauna amounted to $9219.16 in 1938, according to a report submitted by Henry Esler, fire chief. The largest loss of the year occurred February 13 when lightning struck the power plant and caused damage to the extent of $5030.45.

January 6, 1939

A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Janssen, 1213 Crooks Ave. at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, January 3rd at their home, it was the first baby born in Kaukauna in 1939. Miss Janssen was declared winner of the second annual First Baby of the Year Derby, sponsored by the Kaukauna Times and cooperating merchants.

A project for the replacement of street signs under the NYA program will be conducted in Kaukauna, work to begin soon. In a preliminary survey made it was found that there are 225 street signs needed, and there are 183 now up. 

Mayor L. F. Nelson at the January meeting of the common Council Tuesday evening opened a discussion regarding the cost of poor relief in the city. He said that the cost in Kaukauna seems to be high compared to the cost of relief in other cities in this vicinity. Mayor Nelson said that he was not attempting to criticize the work of the poor commissioner or the poor committee but that he feels that an attempt should be made to see if something cannot be done to cut down on poor relief costs.                 

Florian Spang, crack 18-year-old Menasha bowler, has challenged Robert Martzahl, 19, Kaukauna's best bowler to a total pin match. Martzahl has an average of 190.7 league average, while Spain has turned in a game of 289 and a series of 727.         

January 11, 1939

The WPA recreational activities at 212 E. 2nd St. are now underway according to the directors, Eva Hoffman and Reinert Wenzel the attendance is rapidly increasing and the activities are becoming popular. The harmonica band is first in attendance with the boys, closely followed by the tumbling and wrestling classes. The girls are interested more in dancing and have also registered for harmonica band and tumbling.

Martin S. Verhagen, 57, former Outagamie County Sheriff and resident of the Fox River Valley all his life passed away at his home, Tuesday evening, following a lingering illness. He served as Sheriff from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1932 to 1936. From 1905 to 1910 he operated a Tavern in Kaukauna. In 1920 he went in the hardware business in Kimberly with a son. The store is still in existence and operated as the Verhagen Hardware Store.                          

Miss Angela Van Dyke, 20, and Miss Katherine Nelson, 20, were injured in a traffic crash on old Highway 41 mile north of the city limits at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Miss Penn Dyke received cuts about the head and legs and Miss Nelson received an injured ankle.

In one of the most interesting and wildest games seen here in years the Kaukauna high school cage team eked out and 18 to 16 win over New London Friday night. The win over New London puts the Littlemen in third place in the league standings only one game behind the 2nd place Neenah Red Rockets and two behind the league leading Shawano Indians. It was Carl Giordana, who sparked the Kaws on to Friday night's victory over New London. The husky Kaukauna guard came through with timely baskets in the final 10 minutes. Giordana also made good a final charity shot in the closing seconds to cinch things for the Kaws.                                              

Intramural sports at the high school includes a bowling league made up of five teams which play every week. Team members include: Schell Alleys, Joseph Regenfuss, Capt., Jack Flanagan, Jack Hahn, Robert Nettekoven; Scheer’s Jewelers, John Jacobs Capt., Bill Eiting, Robert Befort, Bob Steinhoff; Berens Clothiers, R. Hansen, Capt. Bob Doherty, Jack Winn, Leo Rohan; Mayer's Drugs, Tom McCarty Capt., Robert Leick, Harry Vandenberg, Don Liethen; Kaukauna Hardware, Floyd D Goodman, Capt., Norbert Kuba, Gerald Reichelt,  John Wandell.

January 13, 1939

John P Kline was re-elected Pres. of the Bank of Kaukauna at the annual meeting of directors held Monday evening immediately after the stockholders meeting. Dr. G. Kate. Flanigan was agreed elected VP and L. J. Merlot, cashier. Barbara Kraemer and C. H. Zastrow were named assistant cashiers. Directors elected were J. P. Klein, Dr. G. J. Flanagan, George A. Klein, Ben G. Prugh, L. A. Gerend, H. T. Runte, J. S. Wynboom and L. J. Merlo.  

The Mellow Brews came through with a 36 to 28 victory over the highly-favored D-X Oil five to take over undisputed first place in the city cage loop last weekend. Charles Bloch was the big gun in the Brewer attack that staged a second-half rally to step away from the D-X squad.  Alvin McCormick dropped in a field goal for the CYO team with only 20 seconds to go in and overtime period to defeat Gustmans 25 to 23 in the closest game of the week.    

Lewis F Nelson, Kaukauna Mayor, was re-elected Pres. of the Farmers and Merchants bank at the annual meeting of directors held Tuesday evening. Henry W. Olm was again named executive vice president and cashier and John Coppus and Peter Renn re-elected vice presidents.

The high school cage team will meet Clintonville tonight at Clintonville in a conference game. Coach Little is expected to start is usual five that has gotten the opening call all season except one forward Bloch and Koch, both tall and showing signs of developing, will get the call at the questionable position, with Biselx at the other front post, Alger at center and Giordana and Swedberg in the backcourt.

January 18, 1939

Henry W Bongers was elected Pres. of the Bank of Little Chute to succeed the late P. A. Gloudemans at the meeting of the stockholders held Tuesday evening. Other officers are Dr. J. H. Doyle, vice Pres., Herman Stark, cashier, Edward Mollen, assistant.

Harry Vander Wyst was injured Monday while working on a crane at the Combined Locks mill. He received injuries to the head and arms and suffered a fractured hip. He was taken to St. Elizabeth hospital.

January 20, 1939

Peter Gertz and Bernard Van Schyndel of Little Chute were each fined five dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace Abe Goldin's court Wednesday on a charge of disorderly conduct. Richard Derks, Martin De Bruin and Henry Siebers also of Little Chute, were found not guilty in court.

Machinery and equipment of the Klumb Wagon Shop which was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening, December 6, has been removed to the garage building adjacent to the Klumb building on Dodge Street and is again being used by the owner, William Klumb senior, who reached his 80th birthday Friday. Mr. Klumb has been in business in the building which was destroyed by fire for the last 60 years.                                      

According to a survey made recently in the home rooms, 148 students own bicycles for which they will have to procure licenses. Many of the students use their bikes for transportation to school, while others use them in our jobs which they hold outside of school hours.

January 25, 1939

Amay Bayorgeon is the leading bowler in the commercial league, according to a report received from Norbert Gerend, league secretary. Bayorgeon has maintained an average of 183 pins. Close behind is Charles Schell with an average of 182 pins. Other Keglers who have an average of 174 over follows: Les Smith, 178; Carl Ploetz, 178; Vic Gerhartz 178; Leo Nagan 178; William Haas 176; H Vandersteen 174; Norbert Gerend 173; Joe Scherer 173; and William Bedat 171.  

Ken Vils, Kaukauna heavyweight, making his ring debut Thursday evening at the Appleton Armory loss to Jack Foley of West Bend on a technical knockout. Vils was knocked down four times in the first round, three times he took the count the nine and the four-time the bell rang with Vils on the floor. The fight was stopped by the referee early in the second round. 

Previous records rolled at Kaukauna bowling alleys were cast to the wind. Monday night up-and-coming 21-year-old Kegler, Jack Burton, crack the maples for a new high series of 713 with games of 223, 245 and 245. 

January 27, 1939

A capacity crowd is expected to attend the annual President Roosevelt birthday ball at the Nitingale ballroom Saturday evening, January 28, under the sponsorship of the citizens’ committee to help raise funds to fight infantile paralysis. One half of the proceeds of the affair will be sent to the national committee to be used for infantile paralysis, while the other half remains in the community where the party is held.

Time Machine Trip to January 1898

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to January of 1898.

For today’s trip Kathy Conrad, 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.

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

  

Your old newsman - Lyle 

January 7, 1898

Experts say that the new $1 and $2 silver certificates will be works of art. The task of acquiring them, however, will be a work of industry.

Did you ever notice that when you meet a doctor he says: “How are you?” A newspaper man “What do you know?” A lawyer “What have you got?” But the preacher asks “Where are you going?” And that is the hardest to answer.

January 14, 1898

A girls’ basketball team from 1898

It has finally been decided to allow the young men at Lawrence University to watch the women when they play basketball. The men of the institution threatened to play ball behind closed doors if the law on not allowing the girls to play in public was changed. The girls will not play in their usual gymnasium costume of blouse and bloomers but the girls will wear instead of modified kind of bicycle suit.

All old officers of the First National bank were reelected this week as follows:

H.A. Frambach, President

M.A. Hunt, vice president

F.F. Becker, cashier

G.O. Babcock, assistant cashier

Luther Lindauer commenced harvesting his ice crop Monday, the ice averaging about twelve inches in thickness.

Father Rohde was injured while returning from a sick call last evening, in company of Louis Vanevenhofen the owner of the rig, when the horse was frightened by a train engine and bolted. Rev. Fr. Rhode was thrown from the buggy breaking his right arm at the elbow. He was treated at home by Dr. Lord who stated that there is a possibility of the elbow being stiff after healing. Fr. Selbach of Freedom was sent for to fill his place until further arrangement can be made.  

January 21, 1898

The tramps who were arrested here last week on suspicion of having stolen jewelry have been locked in the county jail this week. They will be tried Saturday and sentenced to the work house until further investigation is made.

The renting of pews of St. John’s church for the present year amounts to $2,110.00. There are but two or three pews now unrented.

A German doctor has stated the most drunkards can be cured by a very simple treatment, namely, by eating apples at every meal. He claims that by eating apples in large quantities possess properties which entirely eliminate the craving that drunkards have for drink.  

January 28, 1898

With the death of Mr. James Simmons this community loses another one of the oldest pioneers, another one of the few who can look back to the early years when Kaukauna, in fact the whole Fox River Valley and the state of Wisconsin was in its primeval state. James Simmons was born among the tribe of Brothertown Indians, January 5, 1821 in New York State.  He arrived here in 1835 at the age of 14 years. He said he lived with Joseph Quinney, in a cabin near where now stands the Combined Locks Mill. He could remember the old mission home that stood on the present site of the Chicago and Northwestern shops on Kaukauna’s south side and was among the attendees of the old log school and church about a mile south near John Brill’s homestead. His reminisces of his early years was very interesting.

The mayor and chief of police have ordered all slot machines out of Appleton, and as a result several new ones have put in an appearance in Kaukauna this week, where there are no restrictions.

Heavy Storms - The snowstorm here last Saturday night was but a touch of the regular blizzard that passed through the country further south. Trains were all abandon between Fond du Lac and Chicago from midnight until Sunday morning, when snow plows were sent out to clean the tracks.

Time Machine Trip to January 1907

January 4, 1907

Maude, the pet squirrel of A.E. Parton's barber shop, was chloroformed, the animal having been sick for several weeks. Maude was owned by Dr. W. N. Nolan and had been in captivity for about 2 years. She was a favorite with patrons of the shop who frequently supplied her with delicacies. She had the run of the shop and was as tame as a kitten.

Reports have been current for several days to the effect that the Badger water power which has been idle since the destruction of the Badger Mill several years ago, is to be utilized next spring in the operation of an immense electric plant which will furnish the motive power for one of the interurban lines to enter Kaukauna. It has not been announced definitely which one will build the power house here, but it is the impression that it will be the Fond du Lac-Stockbridge-High Cliff-Kaukauna line which has already been surveyed and on which considerable preliminary work has been done.

War Department has barred white horses from the Army. Hope discrimination doesn't extend to redheaded girls.

January 11, 1907

A dozen or more young people met with an accident while coasting on Crooks avenue. On reaching Haas & Hohmann's store the young man guiding the coaster attempted to turn down Third Street instead of Second Street. The momentum was so great that the sled capsized throwing the members of the party in every direction, several of whom suffered severe bruises.

A highwayman recently held up a gasoline runabout on the outskirts of Rome. The highwayman stopped the runabout with a shot in the air. Then he ran fourth and to his surprise found only a woman in the little car. “Where, madam, is your husband?” “He’s under the seat.” She replied. “Then, I will take nothing. It’s bad enough to have a husband like that without being robbed too.”

There is considerable counterfeit money in circulation throughout the country. The counterfeits are confined largely to 1892 dollars. The suspicious money is lighter than the real item and has a good ring to it. Many people who have detected the counterfeits have lost no time in passing them on to some other person.

A few days ago a reporter of THE TIMES visited the Green Bay reformatory, Wisconsin's model home for grown up boys. Boys are well fed and cared for in every way. It is true they are required to work that this is a blessing for them. So many kinds of work are carried on there that when the boy has served his time he has an excellent trade of some kind thoroughly mastered.

The rain Monday afternoon turned into sleet and being followed by a drop in temperature everything Tuesday morning was covered with a coating of ice. The streets and sidewalks were never more slippery. The condition of the rails made it impossible for the interurban cars to run on schedule time and passenger trains are also experiencing some trouble.

The River threatened to reach high water mark on W. M. Richardson's photographic gallery Thursday afternoon. There is apparently no reason for the increase of volume.

January 18, 1907

The new Catholic congregation at Kimberly will be known as Holy Name parish, this name having been decided upon at the business meeting Sunday. During the past week, the soliciting committee secured a site for the new edifice which was donated by Kimberly & Clark company and subscriptions and cash amounting to $2,000.

The Catholic diocese of Green Bay, which includes Kaukauna within its jurisdiction has filed articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state at Madison. The incorporates include Bishop J. J. Fox, Vicar General P. J. Lachman and Rev. John Hummel.

DePere had all the indications of a frontier town Saturday. The city with its filled with Indians the majority of whom or loaded with firewater. Their squads accompanied them and with purpose in their arms paraded the streets the greater part of the day. As a result of the recent settlement with the government all had money for spending it freely, the saloons doing a land office business. 

Kansas has a man who a minister, a doctor, and undertaker and the tombstone dealer, all combined. There is a man who is ready to stand by you from start to finish.

January 25, 1907

The rain which started in here Saturday night and continued all day Sunday fell in the form of snow in the northern part of the state and being accompanied by a fierce gale tied up traffic on the Ashland division of the North-Western road as well as on all other roads. In reporting the storm to headquarters Conductor J. Carlin, one of the oldest men in the service, stated that it was the worst blizzard he had ever encountered.

The work of installing the new telephone system, which has been underway for two months, will be completed on or before the first of March. The cables are all in place and the new wires strung, so all that needs to be done is to connect and install all the new telephones. The latter will be a task of only a few days.

Population Increasing - Six children were born in Little Chute Sunday as follows: Mr. and Mrs. John Verkuilen, twin boys; Mr. and Mrs. John Weyenberg, son; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Coonen, son; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mullen, son; Mr. and Mrs. C. Van Dyke, daughter.

The girls’ basketball team of Kaukauna high school played a return game at DePere Friday night, winning out by the score of 4 to 1. It is one of the fastest games of the season. Each member of the team made an excellent record, the work of Ella Dietzler and Caro Farwell deserves special mention.

Kimberly Bridge Damaged -  A section of the floating bridge across the Fox River at Kimberly was damaged by ice this week, making it necessary to close the structure. The employees of the mill are now compelled to walk to Little Chute in order to catch the interurban car.

Time Machine Trip to January 1889

January 4, 1889

Papers were served in one of the biggest water-power suits ever instituted in Outagamie County.  It is that of Kimberly & Clark Company against Henry Hewitt and E. D. Smith of Menasha, to settle the question of water-power title at the "Cedars," where the plaintiffs recently purchased a site for a paper mill, paying for the land and water in the neighborhood of $100,000. The defendants in the present action now propose to cut a canal so as to use a part of the water, which, it is claimed, belongs to the plaintiff.   Hence the suit.

Mr., Edison is said to have invented a clock that, instead of indicating the time by striking a bell, will speak out the time.

Winnipeg, Man., - Webb Brandon, the wife murder, was hanged this morning. He displayed great fortitude on the scaffold. The parting between Brandon and his three children was affecting in the extreme. He had killed his wife while he was drunk.

January 11, 1889

John Yenger returned from the northern part of the state last week to find that during his absence his wife had died and been buried. His whereabouts at the time of the death not being known it was impossible to get word to him.

Messrs. Edwards & Orbison, of Appleton, have completed plans for the proposed new bridge over the Fox at this point. The plans are for an iron superstructure, resting upon stone piers. A draw, swinging 70 ft. in the clear, will span the canal. Next will come a short span of 50 ft., followed by three spans of 100 ft. each. The north approach being considerably higher than the south, the bridge will be built upon an incline, the grade being .056. The roadway will probably be about 18 ft. wide with ample walks on both sides for pedestrians. The estimated cost of such a structure, built and equipped in the best manner, is about $25,000.

The lumbermen are breaking up their camps and giving up business for the winter. There is no snow and it is impossible to work.

The Florence Paper Company at Combined Locks started 15 grinders in the pulp mill this week.

Carpenters say that prospects are good for a building boom in Kaukauna next summer. A large number of homes are contemplated.   

January 18, 1889

On Thursday, last Dr. A. H. Levings, of Appleton, assisted by Dr. H. B. Tanner removed a cystic tumor from the neck of Joseph Graef, of the south side. The tumor had been forming for about four years and weighed about five ounces. The operation was entirely successful.

Tramps with their hands in their pockets up to their elbows, can be met frequently about bed time inquiring for the whereabouts of the police station.

January 25, 1889

The street commissioners were out early and often with snow plows during the great snow storm last week. Four horses were necessary to pull the snow plow through the drifts. The temperature hit zero one day last week, the lowest of the season.

The rain last week partly melted away the snow from the ice, and the cold weather that has followed has materially raised the hopes of ice dealers. The river is now covered with a good quality of ice about a foot in thickness. The work of gathering has been commenced.  Ice taken is from 12 to 16 inches thick.

Busman Brill true to his word started his new hack line Tuesday morning. The new vehicle is a beauty and orders for all trains will receive prompt attention. 

Fort Worth, Tex., - While a United States marshal with a posse was escorting the four Marlow brothers to the Parker county jail thirty citizens attempted to lynch them. Two of the Marlow boys along with four posse members were shot dead. It is not known how many of the mob was hurt.

Little Chute honors Rev. A. J. Verberk with 25 anniversary surprise party.