December 2, 1898
The largest paper mill
dryer ever used in the world has been installed at Thilmany Pulp & Paper
Company. It measures ten feet in
diameter and will be placed on one of the tissue paper machines.
A Chicago man has conceived the idea that he
can do away with the use of drugs for the cure of some ailments by the
vibrations of music.
The United States
Supreme Court recently decided the ownership of the water power along the Fox
River in Kaukauna. The decision was made that all belonged to the Green Bay &
Mississippi Canal Company, and the Kaukauna Water Power Company is not entitled
to any water power, which means that as far as power, the canal is now
valueless to this city. This leaves the future of Kaukauna manufacturing up in
the air.
The Kaukauna roller skating rink will open next
Thursday evening December 8th, with the Kaukauna band in attendance. Manager
Lawe has purchased a new outfit of the Spaulding ball-bearing skates and will
have everything in ship shape for those who enjoy roller skating.
Gust Pahl easily bears the honor as champion
duck hunter. He has killed 126 ducks during the present fall. In one day’s
sport near Wrightstown he shot thirty-two and another day twenty-two of the
birds.
December 9, 1898
The average number of
phone calls being placed in Appleton is 2,500 per day, most the calls coming from Kaukauna. There is
probably no section in the state where business is booming better than along
the Fox River.
Information has been received at the Oneida reservation
from a New York attorney to the effect that the United States Supreme Court has
rendered a decision in favor of the six nations of New York, granting them an
award of $1,961,400. This sum, it is expected, will be appropriate at the next
session of Congress. The Oneidas come in for a share, which it is said will
amount $300 a piece. The six nations and
tribes from New York would receive their due from Uncle Sam for lands taken
from them in their transfer to reservations in the west.
The new property tax assessment for Kaukauna
has been approved by the common Council last Friday evening. Rate for this year
for the north side is $3.43 per hundred or a savings of 41c per hundred from
last year. The south side rate is $3.98 a savings of 21c per hundred from last
year.
December 16, 1898
The Times is informed
that a puffed-up piece of humanity from Oshkosh, who wears a prefix of Dr. to
his cognomen and claims to have full authority to regulate the sun, moon and
stars, has been circulating among the citizens of Kaukauna this week,
endeavoring to belittle the mayor of this city.
December 23, 1898
Samuel Gompers was re-elected
president of the American Federation of Labor by unanimous vote. The Federation
increased the per capita tax on members of the trade union organizations from
one cent to five cents per month to support the federation.
Luther Lindauer has about thirty men at work
gathering his annual ice harvest on the river above the government dam. They
commenced Monday morning and expect to complete it Saturday. During the week
they have had about half a dozen horses in the river by breaking through the
ice, but no serious damage has occurred.
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