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.
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