Sunday, November 12, 2017

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.

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