Hello Fellow Time
Travelers,
Well it’s
time to fire up the old “Time
Machine and travel back in time to April
of 1902.
For today’s trip Gail Busse, will be sitting in the front seat and 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
April 4, 1902
A meeting of the
Southside Gun Club was held and the following officers were chosen: President,
Walter H. Lunt; Secretary-treasurer, George Dawson; Captain, Edward Brewster;
First Lieutenant, Dr. W. N. Nolan; and Second Lt., E. Pan baker.
Navigation on the Fox River opens April 10th
according to word received from the corps of engineers.
A suit of $50,000 damages has begun by Charles
Lewis, Berlin, against the Modern Workmen of America for injuries alleged to
have been received while being initiated by the Berlin camp at Woodmen. In the
course of the initiation he was given a rough handling and sustained a twisted
right leg. Afterwards, the leg had to be amputated.
Another election day
has come and gone and Tuesday provided Kaukauna with a new mayor. H. J.
Mulholland became the city's new mayor by defeating H. B. Tanner in the closest
race in the city's history, winning by only a 19-vote majority.
April 11, 1902
We learn from the
Northwestern offices that the village of Bear Creek is doomed to destruction by
fire. A fire broke out there about 9 a.m. and has destroyed the depot, elevator
and other buildings. The high winds are preventing any extinguishing of the
conflagration.
In accordance with the action previously passed
by the Papermakers Union a general strike of papermakers in Wisconsin occurred
last Saturday night at all the mills at which the short hour schedule had not
been adopted. Of the mills the Thilmany plant here seems to be tied up most
seriously. This is a five-machine mill employing upwards of 100 hands and at 5
o'clock Saturday the entire workforce walked out.
Ed Driessen, one of the Wisconsin Avenue meat
men, net the great misfortune last Saturday afternoon of losing an eye. In
cutting a large meat block he struck with one of his sharp knives and the knife
bounce back from the block the point striking him squarely in the eye. His host
of friends sympathize with him over his affliction.
The second annual dancing party of the Kaukauna
high school seniors will take place at Heindel's Hall this evening. The Mill
and Nugent orchestra will furnish the music.
April 18, 1902
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thilmany arrived home from
Los Angeles, California, Friday evening, and are now busily engaged in packing
up to start on their trip to Europe. Mr.
Thilmany's fine residence here is to be turned over intact with all its
furniture to his successor, Mr. W. A. Wertheimer, who will be arriving from Los
Angeles with his family. Mr. Thilmany has plans on a dwelling to be built in
Bonn, Germany.
A few years ago, a son was born to a woman in
the south, and as he was her first she looked upon him with pride but was at a
loss to find a name for him. After many days of deliberation, she announced one
morning, I found a name for my boy. I'm going to name him “Delicious”. Why,
asked her friend where did you get that name?
“I'm going to call him that because I want to name him for President
Grant. If was then explained to her that the great hero was named Ulysses S. Grant.
April 25, 1902
If some of the young ladies who have gone so
daffy over ping-pong should be asked to exercise half as hard out in the
backyard beating a carpet as they would do battling ping-pong balls they would
be extremely shocked.
As the result of a recent election at Green
Bay, the city is in the midst of a reform movement and has been sweeping clean
all gambling houses, houses of ill fate, etc.
In accordance with the desire of the property
owners of the town of Kaukauna, the town was cut in half and will form two towns
hereafter. The east half will retain the name Town of Kaukauna and the newly
created west will assume the name
Vandenbroek, the name of the early Holland missionary who founded the village
of Little Chute.
Thilmany Mill - The strike of the
papermakers which was declared April 5 was settled Monday and Tuesday morning
the men returned to their places at the Thilmany plant. The announcement was
made by Mr. M. A. Wertheimer, the new president of the Thilmany company who
succeeds Mr. Thilmany. Mr. Wertheimer arrived here last Saturday from Los
Angeles, California. The matter was adjusted at the plant meeting the demands
so all the mills in Kaukauna are now working on the short hour schedule.
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