May 1, 1908
High water and the
severe storm Monday caused a loss of several thousand dollars to property
owners along the shore of Lake Winnebago from Brighton Beach to Lochhurst.
Trees were uprooted, and boat houses, piers and fences were washed away.
Miss Florence Archibald
of New London, who is teaching school in the town of Liberty, killed eleven
pine snakes one morning last week that had crawled into the building shortly
after school was called to order.
May 8, 1908
The Mexican dog owned
by John Corcoran which was conceded to be the homeliest canine in the city and
at the same time one of the most intelligent, was poisoned a few days ago by
some unknown person. Mr. Corcoran had the dog about 4 years and was greatly
attached to it.
The steam used by
drills and engines at the site of the new electric power plant is now furnished
by the boilers of the Kaukauna Fibre Company. It is conveyed more than 500 feet
in a tour inch pipe, which is connected with smaller pipes that lead in all
directions. Until now the contractors have furnished their own steam, but the
change has been made necessary because of the artesian water which has ruined
the flues.
Not having any children
and determined not to leave his few earthly possessions to his wife of 49
years, Bachey Webster. Henry D. Webster, an Oneida Indian, has filed for
divorce. In his complaint Webster charges that his wife left him in 1859, just
one year after they were married and that they have not lived together in the
past 48 years. He is now aged, in poor health and will allow his property to go
to remote relatives.
The Kaukauna Cubs
defeated the Menasha Browns at Menasha Sunday by a score of 5-4. The features
were the pitching of Regenfuss who struck out fifteen men. The Cubs lined up
are: Catcher, Charles Cutler; pitcher Leo Regenfuss: shortstop, Joseph Derus;
first base Dan Reardon; second base, Emil Wurdinger; third base, John Plank;
left field Henry Keysers; center field, Adolph Hildebrandt; right field, Joseph
Muthig; mascot Henry Wagnitz.
May 15, 1908
The demand for pulp
which has been very light for several weeks owing to the paper mills not
running at full capacity has been picking up the last week. The Lindauer mill
which was about to shut down for want of orders last week received enough this
week to keep it going for a month to come and the chances are by that time the
conditions will improve.
Adding the new state of
Oklahoma necessitates the adding of another star to the flag.
An immense tract of
Oneida reservation land comprising 3803 acres has been thrown on the market for
sale, according to Joseph Hart, the government superintendent of the
reservation. The lands are those received from the government which the Indians
are anxious to dispose.
May 22, 1908
Mrs. Christina Metsker,
of South Bend, Ind., was found not guilty of the murder of Carlton Morgan on
the morning of April 10, following a night of revelry in the company of Mrs.
Metsker’s husband. On the stand she says she went to the house of the “merry
widow” not to shoot anyone but to rescue her husband. She carried the gun for
self-protection. The gun discharged in a scuffle with her husband and she did
not know Morgan had been shot until she heard groans.
A well-known north side
angler who was seen wandering home one day this week via the back streets, with
a bare fishing pole and an empty bait can, says fishing is good, and that he
landed fourteen pike, but "the darned string broke just as he was putting
on the last one and the whole smear dropped back into the pond."
A fatal accident
occurred on the farm of Herman Kubitz in the town of Bear Creek. Herman
Borchardt and two other men were drilling a well for Mr. Kubitz when he found
it necessary to use dynamite. Borchardt had about a pound of the explosive
between his knees as he inserted the cap it exploded, and he was blown to bits.
One man nearby lost an eye and had his leg badly opened.
May 29, 1908
Few people have any
idea of the amount of dynamite that has been used at the new electric power
house and were they to guess would estimate it at several hundred pounds. As a
matter of fact, the contractors have used three tons and it will take another
ton or more to complete the work. It requires about a pound of the explosive to
a yard of rock.
Train robbers relieved
Mrs. Husman of Seymour of $35 while on her way west last week. She had several
hundred dollars sewed in her waist which the robbers did not get.
The Olympia Orchestra
is the name of a new musical organization which sprang into existence in Kaukauna
in the past year. They are in great demand to furnish music for dances,
parties, receptions etc. The members of the orchestra are all Kaukauna boys
with Wm. Van Dyke as the manager.
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