July 5, 1912
The Wisconsin fish
commission will ask the next Legislature to repeal the law providing for fish
ways over dams. Recent experiments showed that of the seventy-six-fish using
the fish way on a site sixty-five were suckers.
The proposition to build
a new city hall is still being talked about by the common council, and it
begins to look as if the aldermen really mean to provide "a new public
building which will include rooms for the common council, city clerk, city
treasurer, the water works, electric light, police department, etc. It was
recommended that the new hall be located between the north and south sides,
near the library, thus making the placement of the hall convenient for citizens
on both sides of the river.
William Mollen, 13-year-old son of Mr. &
Mrs. John Mullen of Little Chute, drowned in the Fox River. The boy was
swimming with two other lads at the time.
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July 12, 1912
An Alabama man by the
name of Charles Scott got into an altercation Sunday afternoon with another
member of the Hatch Water Circus. Scott pulled a gun with the intentions of
sending his fellow worker to heaven in a hurry. The gun misfired after two
tries and Scott was apprehended. He was taken into custody and charged with
attempted murder, a charge which carries at least a year in jail. Because the
gun misfired and the victim was his partner in the circus, he was left off with
six days at the workhouse.
July 19, 1912
"Riverview
Sanatorium" is now a certainty and the new hospital for
tuberculosis patients will be located on the Miller farm between
Kaukauna and Little Chute on a beautiful site overlooking the Fox River. At a
meeting of the special committee on the sanitarium, held at Appleton last
Saturday, the deal was closed and the site purchased. The site consists of five
acres of land, with a gradual slope toward the river. The site is just south of
the urban electric line.
Mayor Coppes turned over $44,000 of the
purchase price of the electric light plant to the representatives of the
Kaukauna Gas Electric Light and Power company last week. $6,000 was withheld
for pending differences with the old electric company and the Green Bay and
Mississippi Canal Company.
July 26, 1912
Loss of life as well as
property was barely averted early this morning when the double tenement house
of Anton Makosky was gutted by fire. The cause is suspected to be an exploded
gas stove.
The new garage just opening on Second street to
be known as the Kaukauna Motor Sales Co., is composed of a number of south side
business men. Thomas McFarland’s experience has extended over several years and
various makes of machines. The salesroom will be in the front and the repair
shop at the rear.
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