Time Machine Trip to November 1912

November 1, 1912

After a lengthy illness Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman died at his home in Utica, N. Y., Wednesday night of Bright’s disease.

Fargo's faithful old family and delivery horse has been retired on the farm of Mrs. John Lambie. The horse was purchased by George W. Fargo 24 years ago and he is now 27 years old.

“Why, that boy of mine was one of the greatest pitchers in his day you ever saw.” Said the farmers to the city visitor. “What league did he belong to?” ask the city man. “League nothing!” replied the farmer. “I’m talking about pitching hay!”

CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT:

To prohibit corruption in elections Assembly Bill No. 476, Laws 1911.

For the Bill 58–Republicans 5-Democrats. Against the Bill 12 Democrats.

133–0 Kaukauna defeated New London in a game that was too one-sided to be interesting. Another decisive victory for the Kaukauna high school team Saturday landing them one step nearer the coveted championship of northern Wisconsin. Every player but the kicker was given a chance to make a touchdown. 

November 8, 1912

Democrat Woodrow Wilson swept the state for the president's position. President-Elect Woodrow Wilson will have a Democratic congress with which to inaugurate his policies.  Republican McGovern elected Governor of Wisconsin by 5,000 votes.

STORES WILL CLOSE – The store-keepers on both sides of the river have agreed to close their places of business Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 during the Oshkosh-Kaukauna football game, so as to allow all to attend the big championship contest.

The last span of the steel bridge which is being built at Kimberly arrived in the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway in Kaukauna and was delivered to the site Tuesday. The bridge at Kimberly will accommodate a larger number of people in the Town of Vandenbroek and the surrounding country saving them several miles travel in crossing the river.

November 15, 1912

Frank Krause, a young man aged 17 years, lost a foot last week at Neenah as a result of being run over by Soo line freight while he was "flipping" cars. The railroad has urged parents to inform their children of the dangers of "flipping" before someone gets hurt again.

The elimination football game played in this city Saturday between Kaukauna and Oshkosh high schools went against the home team 24 to 3, putting Kaukauna out of the running for the championship. Both teams were well prepared for the game. Kaukauna out played Oshkosh at every point all through the first three periods of the contest. Kaukauna lost the ball through fumbles five times within the Oshkosh five yard line. 

Two frisky youths from Appleton came to Kaukauna on Tuesday in an automobile they hired from a garage in that city. They proceeded to fill up on tarantula juice and by the time they were ready to leave for home could not tell a hitching post from a telephone pole. They proceeded up Wisconsin Avenue on a pace altogether too fast and failed to make the curve on the Depot street corner striking a horse and buggy. The booze laden drivers never looked back at the damage they caused. The boys were caught up with on Wednesday by Kaukauna Chief of Police McCarty who soon had them back in town to pay for the damage they caused.

November 22, 1912

The Times was struck by Standard Oil delivery team this morning. The runaway team crashed into the front of the building, breaking out one side and scattering glass promiscuously. Of course, the damage is being repaired, but in the meantime, the Times is doing business behind a closed front, for we are boarded in.

“In the future army’s may fight battles in the air.” These are the words of General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army. “I wish it were possible for every officer in the army to make a flight in an aeroplane with the army aviators,” said General Wood. “We are the first country to study the great possibilities of the aeroplane as an instrument of war.” 

There has been considerable talk since the election about a contest of the vote as recorded in Kaukauna owning to the fact that the polls here were open longer that the law provides for. The results of the election might to thrown out if carried to court. The state law provided that in all cities of less than 5000 the polls should be opened to 9 o’clock in the morning and close at 5:30 in the afternoon. Contrary to the law the polls in Kaukauna opened at 6 o’clock in the morning and remained open until 8 o’clock in the evening. Inasmuch as the law was thus violated and the election results may have been different.

November 29, 1912

Six nets were lifted at Menasha Wednesday for the purpose of determining whether or not surrounding waters are becoming too thickly populated with rough fish. In the nets were two tons of fish of which there were only fifteen pike and no other game fish. The rest were lawyers and dog fish.

The Kaukauna opera house roller rink will open for the season next Sunday evening at which time where will be good music in attendance. Manager Lawe was had the skates all fixed up and the floor in good condition. Admission 10c skates 15c. Ladies free on all evenings. 

Time Machine Trip to November 1902

November 7, 1902

The result of Tuesday’s election in Wisconsin is another clean sweep for the Republicans.  Governor Lafollette was re-elected by a plurality of about 50,000 together with a full state ticket. Ten out of eleven congressmen were elected.

George Kitsmiller, one of the linemen who worked for the Kaukauna Electric Light company, was instantly killed at Appleton Monday morning by an electric shock while at work on top of a pole. His body hung lifeless until taken down by fellow workmen. Kitsmiller was 25 years of age and is survived by a wife and one child.

Kaukauna High defeated St. Norbert’s college at De Pere by a score of 11 to 0.  McMahon and Corcoran made the touch downs for the Highs and Armstrong and Kirwan both came off with honors.

The first train in history 1828 “Rocket”

The Modern Locomotive

Annie Oakley, the famous woman shot, who has gone all over the country with Buffalo Bill, will be starring in a brand-new play, “The Western Girl”.

November 14, 1902

The wage difference between the railways and the Brotherhood of Trainmen which have been under consideration at Chicago within the week, have been adjusted and the threatened strike has been averted. The railroad companies agreed to pay an advance of about 12 cents, in wages.

The hearing of the will of the late Samuel Hickenbotham of the town of Holland is one the cases disposed this afternoon. He left an estate valued at $30,000 and cut off several of his children with $1.00 each.

Fireman James A. Taugher of this city, was seriously injured in a wreck at Ironwood a few days ago. His face was so badly lacerated that it took forty stitches to close the wounds which will leave him seriously disfigured for life.

La Crosse, Wis. – Peter Undorf, whose age is given on the poor farm record as 117 years, is critically ill. He has been an inmate of the poor house for thirty years – since he was 87 years old.

Harvey Bills is now the proud owner of “Starlight” which he has just bought in Oshkosh. “Starlight” is a pacer of some renown in this section with a mark of 1:05 for half mile drive.

November 21, 1902

Some hunters, who are in the northern forests seeking deer, could have bagged a fine buck between here and the Combined Locks last Saturday. A fine specimen swam the river below the mill that morning and climbed the bank into Black's woods taking a northerly course.

Mr. Harrold is superintendent of the work of putting in two bowling alleys in the Reuter block for the past month. Monday evening, they were open to the public. There was no standing room left and both windows were crowded with spectators on the walks outside.  

Saturday in a high school game with Ryan High of Appleton the score stood 6 to 0 and would have easily been 11 to 0, only that the Appleton boys refused to play any longer when the ball was on the three-yard line in Kaukauna’s possession. Kirwan, Dougherty and Corcoran make some fine plays during the game for Kaukauna and came off with honors.

November 28, 1902

The largest deer killed in northern Wisconsin in ten years was brought in Thursday by a party near Plum Lake. The nine-prong buck weighed 368 pounds.

Gee, the famous Wisconsin war dog, owned by Dan Rounsville of this city died Sunday from a gunshot inflicted by malicious boys last Friday. Gee was given to Company G of Appleton second volunteers when the war with Spain broke out. Gee was the only war dog to return home from the war a will be buried in the veteran lot at the Riverside cemetery in Appleton with military honors.

The Postal Department has just approved the new 8 cent stamp upon which Martha Washington will make her appearance.  

Time Machine Trip to November 1957

November 1, 1957

Frederick R. Steger, fittingly dubbed “Pee Wee” by his fellow Times carriers and classmates at Kaukauna high school has been covering his route for two years. Both Fred and his brother Jim are Times carriers with Fred doing route 11 on the northside of town. Fred has a great deal of enthusiasm at sports being a starter as left halfback on the Holy Cross Green Ghost football team.

A general leveling off absenteeism at the Kaukauna High school due to the siege of flu which hit the city about three weeks ago was noted by Principal Julian Bichler.

November 6, 1957

Two punts by the Two Rivers Raiders and a pass interception by Kaukauna’s Tony Van Zeeland helped the Galloping Ghosts to their sixth win in the 1957 season as they shut out their hosts 10-0. On the first play from scrimmage halfback Bill Britten bulled for two yards and then halfback Tom McAndrews circled end for eleven. McAndrews and Britten alternated to the five then McAndrews went through for the touchdown.

November 8, 1957

The first buck of the season was bagged between Kaukauna and Wrightstown by Miss Rosalie Coenen, 18, as she was returning from work she hit the 125 pounder with her car. Miss Coenen’s, car a 1952 Plymouth had a broken headlight as result of the impact.

November 15, 1957

Edward N. Weber, just plain “Ed” to his friends, will soon complete his first year as a carrier boy at the Times. His route is the entire Strassburg area being route 14. Ed is 13 years of age and is in 8th grade at Holy Cross school. He is a Boy Scout and is very fond of outdoor sports including hunting and fishing.

A 14-year-old Kaukauna boy, Steven Brem, Jr., was burned critically last Friday afternoon after he threw gasoline on a fire on leaves which he was burning. He suffered third degree burns over his face and hands.

November 20, 1957

The funeral services for Cletus Nytes, 25, Seventh Street Kaukauna, who was killed early Saturday afternoon in a hunting accident was held Tuesday morning a St. Mary’s church. Nytes was killed while hunting in northern Wisconsin. He was struck by a bullet fired by a Kenosha man, not in their party.

The first nine weeks of study at Kaukauna high school ended October 31. Seniors earning straight “A” for the period are William Campbell, Doris DeBruin and Judith Vils. Juniors with straight “A” are Sally Hertz, Patricia McGrath and Florence Schmidt. Straight “A” sophomores are Dwight Bastian and Karen Grebe. The only Freshman straight “A” was Karen Lindemuth.

November 22, 1957

At a regular meeting of the football coaches of the Mid-Eastern conference seven members of the 1957 Kaukauna grid squad were elected to the first-string team for all-conference honors. Offensively the first stringers from Kaukauna were guard, Bill Campbell, end, Roger Vanevenhoven, center, Bill Simon and backs Jack Pomeroy and Tom McAndrews. Defensive unit are end, Dale Kemp and linebacker, Ed Wettstein.  

Dr. Willard C. Verbrick, 56, Little Chute died unexpectedly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon at Waupun. He was on the medical staff of the Central State hospital at the time of his death. He had been a doctor in Little Chute for the past sixteen years.   

The Kaukauna Community hospital completed another busy year this month with 2840 patients admitted for the year. Over the past year 587 babies were born 323 were boys and 264 little girls.

Gary L. Wolf, is another of the more recent additions to the Times staff of carrier boys. He delivers the Times newspapers on route 9 on the north side of the city. He is in seventh grade at Holy Cross school. His main interest is Boy Scouting and is a member of the Falcon patrol. Gary enjoys hunting and has bagged two squirrels and four rabbits. 

November 28, 1957

Charles “Chuck” Dorn, 14, of Sherwood is thankful for his Boy Scout training as he feels it was very helpful to him in finding his way out of the woods west of Melon, Wis., after being lost there for 22 hours last week while deer hunting. He was hunting with his father and two brothers when he became separated. The group fired shots in the air and searched through the night. Chuck backtracked in the snow which was up to his knees and found his way back to camp.  

Football Captain Ed Wettstein was termed “most valuable player” in a recent poll by his teammates, Coach Fred Barribeau announced at a program Monday. Tying for the honor was Bill Simon, while Tom McAndrews was named “most improved player” of the 1957 season. Gary Vanevenhoven was named Captain elect for the 1958 squad.

William J. Conrad, or just “Bill” as he is known to his fellow carriers has delivered the Times for the past seven months. Bill’s route is 16 on the north side of the city. He is 15 years of age and is a sophomore at Kaukauna high school. Bill’s hobby is collecting phonograph records and has a sizable collection.  Bill was one of the stalwarts of the 1956 freshman football team which brought home the Fox Valley League championship to KHS. 

Kaukauna police this week received a telegram from authorities in Detroit, Mich., reporting that two youths had been apprehended while attempting to crack a safe had admitted to the robbery of Larry’s Piggly Wiggly store in Kaukauna on September 19. One of the youths, 19, lived in Appleton and the other, 20, is from Detroit.  Police Chief Harold Engerson reported that the youths will be brought back to Kaukauna for trial.

Kaukauna head coach, Gerry Hopfensperger, is expected to start the same roster he used against Green Bay East last week against Two Rivers. Glenn Hinkens, Bill Simon, Jim Walsh, Borcherdt and Gary Vanevenhoven starting with Ron Busse and Leroy Weyenberg on deck as replacements.

Five young men with ten deer they bagged during a recent hunting trip to Wyoming. The hunters left to right are Ray Van Zeeland, Ken Van Zeeland, John Van Zeeland, Carl Bowers and Gerald Ederer. They used a small trailer to transport the ten deer back to Kaukauna. 

Working out in preparation for the boxing show to be held at the Holy Cross gymnasium is a group of first and second graders, from the 140 youngsters who turned out for practice. Left to right is trainer, Elmer Vandenberg, Elmer Jansen, two unidentified lads, trainer Don Kroll, Robert Masiak, Danny Van Wychen and Chris Driessen.

1957 DeSoto Fireflite

Time Machine Trip to November 1939

November 1, 1939

Kaukauna will have a new paper manufacturing business to be known as Outagamie Mills, Inc. The company was organized by Appleton and Kaukauna persons and will do business in Kaukauna, making and selling paper products. The new Kaukauna corporation will occupy the old Patten mill building.

Traffic accidents during September cost 83 Wisconsin lives according to the highway commission reports. This represents an increase of six over 1938. For the first nine months of 1939 the traffic toll is 584 lives.

Fifty years ago, 1889 the first paper manufactured by the Thilmany mill rolled off its new No. 1 machine.

November 3, 1939

Green Bay – Will the Packers be able to stop four of the most sought after backs in the National Professional league, who form the famed “powerhouse” attack of the Chicago Bears? The two clubs meet next Sunday at Wrigley field in Chicago. This is the question on the minds of all Green Bay fans and more particularly Packer Coach Curly Lambeau.

Japan is purchasing Wisconsin cheese. Such an order came recently from the American embassy in Tokyo, Japan. The order was for two and one-half pounds each of Wisconsin American, Swiss and limburger cheese.

The bow and arrow bag of deer during the present season still stands at three according to the Wisconsin Conservation department. Even at that figure it sets a new record for a single season. The previous high mark for a single season was one.

Coach Paul Little’s high school grid machine left no doubt in anybody’s mind about the western division championship of northeastern Wisconsin conference when they scored an impressive 31 to 13 win over West DePere Wednesday for their sixth straight league win. 

The Nicolet grade school gridders defeated the Park school eleven 14 to 2 Monday afternoon at Park school.  The Nicolet girls defeated Park girls in a baseball game by the score of 45 to 10.

November 8, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilpolt of Kaukauna were listening to a National Broadcasting radio program Tuesday evening during which $1,000 is given away each week by telephone. When the time came for the awarding the money, Mrs. Wilpolt remarked that “anyone in the United States can win.” Just then the telephone rang and she answered it. The voice on the other end was from New York and from the radio program and was informed that they had won $2,800 and the money would be sent to the western union office in Appleton.

November 10, 1939

A bumper crop of gasoline taxes is being harvested this year by the federal and state governments. The total value of this tax may exceed $1,000,000,000 by the end of the year.

All cigarette, cigarette papers and cigarette tubes in the possession of retailers after November 13 which do not bear a state tax stamp will be subject to confiscation according to the Wisconsin treasurer.

The Kaukauna police department this week is discontinuing the practice of housing transients, James E. McFadden, police chief announced. Heretofore, the doors of the jail room in the municipal building were thrown open to the knights of the open road. They came in droves and every night of the week saw up to 15 “overnight guests” housed at the jail.

November 15, 1939

Carl Giordana and Bill Alger were elected co-captains of next season’s grid team. Giordana and Alger have been regulars on the team the last three years. Giordana is a halfback and Alger and end. Both are rated as a couple of the best football players to ever don a Kaw uniform. 

The Wisconsin state committee on water pollution says that data collected from dissolved oxygen samples at DePere and the mouth of the Fox river clearly show that these waters could not support fish life at time of warm temperatures.  The report says that the Fox river will remain in its present highly polluted condition throughout its entire length from Appleton to Green Bay.

The first 300 game ever rolled on the Kaukauna alleys was hung up by Charles Schell Tuesday afternoon. The previous score rolled here was 290 by Warren Bugs Brenzel a number of years ago.  

November 17, 1939

Ten mills in the Fox and Wisconsin river valleys will finance a research program to develop methods of eliminating pollution of streams with sulphite liquor, it was decided at a meeting in Appleton with state committee on pollution. 

November 29, 1939

Joseph T. Sadlier has been named general chairman of the annual holiday party of the Kaukauna high school Alumni association to be held in the school gymnasium Friday evening December 29.

These youngsters were winners in a baby contest that has engaged the attention of all Kaukauna recently. Jimmy Funk, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Funk won the personality prize. Miss Patsy Siebers, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Siebers was selected in the beauty division. The contest was sponsored by F. J. Pechman studio and the Rialto Theater.  

Time Machine Trip to November 1898

November 4, 1898

The first services in the new Holy Cross church were held last Sunday in the new chapel in the basement.

The poles for the electric light company have arrived and will be placed in position for wiring at once. About December first a grand change in the streets of Kaukauna will be witnessed.

November 11, 1898

"I told my employer I had only 10 cents to my name. Guess what? He tried to borrow it off me."

It all went Republican from top to bottom, the state, county and city of Kaukauna. Such was the result of Tuesday’s election. The voters seemed to be perfectly content with their present lot and let it go at that.

A valuable horse owned by R.C. Grignon was killed by the Monday morning train in front of A.C. Black’s place. The horse had somehow gotten out of its pasture and making it way home when it was killed.

The Little Chute depot was destroyed by fire at an early hour Thursday morning. Everything of value was saved from the building by the bucket brigade who are famous for hustling things in Little Chute.

November 18, 1898

James Jacobson, who was in Northern Wisconsin deer hunting, sent home two fine deer by American Express Tuesday. Ed Driessen has some venison on sale at his market on Wisconsin Avenue.

November 25, 1898

  

St. Mary’s Church as it will appear when completed. 

The dedicatory services at St. Mary's Church were carried out Thanksgiving Day. About 1,000 persons attended the services in the large new edifice on Kaukauna's south side.

The powerful pumping engines for the Kaukauna Water Works arrived Tuesday. There are two of them, with a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons daily.

Julius Martens, the enterprising Third street grocer and dry goods dealer, is about to open a crockery house on the corner of Third street an Reaume Avenue.

Some unknown party entered the saloon of John Van Dinter in Little Chute and took the contents of the till Monday.

Time Machine Trip to November 1907

November 1, 1907

Many Halloween pranks were committed throughout the city last evening, but it is to the credit of the young people that very little property was destroyed. Soap was used as extensively as ever on windows and the usual amount of oatmeal was thrown but aside from this everything was orderly.

Nicholas Faust, Kaukauna, is one of the pioneer insurance agents of Wisconsin having been successfully engaged in the business for over forty years. He is the senior member of the firm Faust & Faust, his partner being his son, C. J. Faust. Mr. Faust took up the insurance business immediately upon his return from the war moving to Kaukauna 18 years ago.

November 8, 1907

That the Teddy bear craze is a menace to future generations is a statement of Rt. Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer in an interview at Milwaukee. "Teddy bears are taking the place of dolls with the children, the future fathers and mothers of the nation," said the archbishop, "and if the growth of the fad continues the dolls will disappear altogether. I think dolls do much toward developing the maternal instinct in a child. Teddy bears cannot do this. They can only inculcate in the child's mind a love for animals that smothers the dormant mother's love."

Mrs. Catherine Lawe, who has been critically ill of late, expired Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Her death was directly traceable to a fall which she sustained a week ago, the effects of which she never recovered. Mrs. Lawe, often referred to as the "Mother of Kaukauna," was a very friendly, cheerful lady who was beloved by all. She was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Lawe, twelve years ago.

November 15, 1907

The Wisconsin Butler and Cheese Company at Wrightstown, after many vexatious delays, are at last ready for a business of cheese making again. The new boiler is installed which they found it necessary to purchase and they have started in manufacturing a fine grade of cream cheese. They will run just as late as it is possible to take in milk enough to pay a profit.

The Kaukauna High school football team demonstrated their ability Saturday so as to be classed among the best high school team in the state. They easily defeated DePere combined east and west team 26 to 0. Kaukauna had new trick plays and had perfected the forward pass.

The Kaukauna roller rink will open for the season Saturday. The mill and Urban orchestra to furnish music. Manager John Lawe is working on the season’s program.

President Roosevelt, with a proclamation Saturday, the new state of Oklahoma has been born.

November 22, 1907

Deer hunters have been returning home from the northern woods this week by the hundreds. Because the mild weather and the absence of snow the season has been anything but favorable and as a consequence very few deer are being captured.

Eight companies of United States cavalry have been sent to Thunder Butte, S. D. in the fear that the Sioux Indians are about to rise in rebellion and take the warpath as allies of the Utes, who are ready to shed blood due to the hardships imposed on them by the Indian agent. It is feared settlers may be massacred unless a sufficiently large number of troops are sent to overawe both the Utes and the Sioux.

 

“In God We Trust” is to disappear forever from United States coins unless congress acts contrary to the wishes of President Roosevelt.

November 29, 1907

The North-Western Railway Company is making preparations to build a new bridge just below the site of the old Badger mill. The new structure will be more than double the length of the old and will be built of steel girder construction resting on solid stone piers. Two drills are at work deepening the channel in the tailrace so as to make room for the center pier, work upon which will soon be commenced.