Time Machine Trip to August 1898

August 5, 1898

Mr. Oscar Thilmany has had a bath house built on the river bank below his residence. It extends out quite a distance into the river reaching the clear flow of the water.

A 25-foot German flag has floated at half-mast this week on the Oscar Thilmany residence on account of the death of Prince Bismarck.

The trustees of Holy Cross church, Kaukauna, agreed to a cost of $770.00 for handsome solid oak seats in the church.

August 12, 1898

Julius Martens gave a very enjoyable gathering party Sunday to his friends on the steam yacht, Kaukauna. The party took dinner at Strobe's Island and went for a short cruise on Lake Winnebago returning to Island Park at Neenah, and then returning home.

The first death among Appleton volunteers is recorded. A message received states that John Schuh died of typhoid fever at Porto Rico.

The Spanish-American War has come to an end as Spain formally agrees to peace on U.S. terms: the cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Manila in the Philippines to the United States pending a final peace treaty.

Little Rock, Ark., - A mob lynched six people, two men and four women, at the jail in Clarendon, Ark.

August 19, 1898

Joseph Wolfinger's cheese box factory at Dundas was totally destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock Saturday morning. The plant was valued upwards of $7,000 and employed forty hands.

The Kaukauna Electric Light Company has received a contract for the wiring of the Holy Cross Church at $138.00. There are seventy-one incandescent lights - twenty of them in the Sanctuary - and most of the balance in five chandeliers.

The Kaukauna Water Works Co. have let all the necessary contracts for the construction of the buildings, reservoir, stand pipe, etc. and the laying of the water mains. Contractors will begin the system Monday morning. Several car loads of pipe for the water mains have already arrived.

August 26, 1898

There is very little doubt that Cuba will sooner or later be annexed to the U.S., but it will be done by the will of the people of Cuba, and not by force.

A Cuban Milkman - There are many cows in the streets in Cuba. The cows are used to deliver milk to each home and milked at the home for the customers.