By Lyle Hansen
November 6, 1908
William Howard Taft of Ohio has been elected president of the
United States and James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York, vice president.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska went down in the third defeat of his life's
ambition to occupy the White House, and thus closes one of the most remarkable
political campaigns in the history of the republic.
Local hunters reported
that there are more rabbits and squirrels this year than there had been in the
past several years. It is possible that the game may have been driven here by
the forest fires in the Northern part of the state.
Combined Locks Paper
Company was compelled to shut down its pulp mill due to the low water in the
river.
Rev. Zechiel, the
gum-shoe sleuth of the anti-Saloon League, swooped down on the Kaukauna
saloon-keepers Tuesday night when they least expected. No one paid particular
attention to him as he wandered around the crowds and dropped a coin here and
there in slots in order to secure evidence. Wednesday morning, he swore out
warrants against the five local saloonists. The violators will be required to
appear in Appleton Thursday morning.
The Kaukauna High School
football team was defeated badly by the Oshkosh team 48 to 0 Saturday.
November 13, 1908
The
Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company are engaged in rebuilding three of their beater
engines by the addition of new beater cylinders which are constructed on entirely new principle. The
principal improvement sought by the company in introducing this new beater roll
is that it will make a more uniform grade of paper.
Orders have been issued
by the North Western Railway company lengthening the work hours of men from 8
to 10 hours per day. A number of small stations where closed some time ago when
the eight-hour law for telegraphers became effective the stations will now be
reopened.
Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were
supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of
soldiers on November 2.
“It is impossible for
some people to keep their mouths shut, for if they were to do so the tops of
their heads would undoubtedly blow off.”
November 20, 1908
Owing to the burning
out of the arc machine at the plant of the Kaukauna Electric Light Company, the
city had been in darkness for a week past. A new machine was received and
placed in position Thursday and the lighting of the streets resumed that night.
Typhoid fever is
prevalent at Neopit, the new town on the Menominee reservation. Many are sick
with the disease and several have died. The town has no facilities for caring
for the sick. Physicians are puzzled as to the cause of the disease as the
water supply was found free from germs.
The Kaukauna High School
girls’ basketball team has commenced practice in the attic of the school
building which has been fitted up for their benefit. A schedule is being arranged with the schools
of neighboring cities.
November 27, 1908
The incorporation of
the village of Kimberly has been delayed by the town of Buchanan opposing the
matter on the grounds that the proposed territory is much more than is needed
for village purposes. It is proposed to incorporate 578 acres in the village
extending south to the railroad track and east to the Little Chute pulp mill.
Dr. H.B. Tanner and his
wife departed for Mexico where they will spend the winter on the sugar
plantation. Dr. Tanner goes now for the startup of the grinding season for the
new mill.
Jacob Rupert’s bowling
alleys were open for the season Thanksgiving Day. They have been newly fitted
up and will be open seven days a week.
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