Time Machine Trip to September 1902

September 5, 1902

The season for long hair and pads is almost here. The more a football player can make his caput look like the Paderewski, the better appearance he makes on the gridiron.

The statues of the twelve apostles were received Wednesday by St, Mary’s society. They are in terra cotta, except two which are intended to decorate the altar, which are in Carrara Marble.

A freight wreck here yesterday afternoon in front of the Wisconsin division depot on the northside made kindling wood of a flat car, a clover holler and a threshing machine.

September 12, 1902

A peculiar and very painful accident happened here Saturday afternoon to C. L. Sanborn of Minneapolis, who was engaged in covering the roof of the Kaukauna mill with tar.  He had reached the highest part of the roof when he slipped and the contents covered him from head to foot, burning his body terribly. Physicians think his eyes can be saved, and that he will recover. He told the attending physicians he just wants to go home as soon as possible to his wife and daughter.

September 19, 1902

The post office department has issued a new order to go into effect on October 1, with regard to the rural mail routes throughout the county. A mail box must be erected by the roadside, so that the carrier can easily obtain access to it without dismounting the vehicle.

September 26, 1902

The old reservoir at the corner of Third street and Main avenue which furnished the water supply for fires before the water works system was put in is being filled in.

Dr. Victor Kutchin, the people's doctor, who has been coming to Kaukauna on monthly visits for years, has been confined to his bed at his home in Dartford. For the first time in years, he failed to meet his patients last month and will not be able to do so the coming week. His physicians say he will be on his feet by the end of October.

Now that the women are to vote this year the board of registry will have more than the usual amount of work in most cities. All women who plan to vote for state and county positions, as the law allows them to do, will have to register before the election which falls on Nov. 4. This year the elections board meets on October 7 and 28. This gives the persons who desire to vote two opportunities to register.