May 1,
1919
A bill is now before the state legislature
providing for motion picture censorship in Wisconsin. Advertising posters must be approved by the
committee before being put up. The commission will be required to sit through
miles of films. This maybe be considered cruel and unusually punishment.
During this week two aeroplanes passed over
this city. The first, a hydroplane seen Sunday morning. It passed so close to
the city that the pilot was visible. Sunday afternoon a second passed along the
river to the south.
It is rumored that a farmer near Wrightstown,
while digging a well, unearthed four jugs of cognac in a perfect state of
preservation which bore the seal of Louis XIII. The jugs, found near the site
of a French trading post, are believed to be nearly 300 years old. The liquor
was buried to prevent its capture by the Indians.
May 8,
1919
An electric motor for
the draw bridge on Lawe Street will soon be installed, the city council at the
regular meeting decided. Installation will take place as soon as possible. The
motor will be one of 71/3 horse power, that being deemed sufficient to move the
bridge under all ordinary
circumstances. Bridge Tender
Deming estimates that after the draw is operated by electricity, he will have
no need to open the bridge until the boats are in the lock.
Sergeant Foster Miller formerly of Kaukauna has
arrived at his home in Green Bay. Sergeant Miller, wearing a wounded stripe, as
he was shot in the knee while serving in an infantry regiment at Juvigny.
May 15,
1919
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Konrad took an automobile
ride to Dundas last Sunday. They discovered the road to Dundas was about as
rocky as that to Dublin. The road is marked by the traces and remnants of autos
which became mired in the mud in the past.
The Athletics, Kaukauna’s north side baseball
team, lost the first game of the season last Sunday to Wrightstown. All the
scoring was done in the 9th inning 10-6. The local lineup included
P. Zarnow; First, Lambie Second, Wheaton; Third, R. Ristau; Short, Stegeman and
A. Ristau; Left, Ryan; Center, T. Denzer; Right, P. Denzer. Umpire for
Kaukauna, Adolph Ristau.
George Schubring of this city, who was with the
32nd Red Arrow Division, arrived home having received his discharge
from the army.
Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company has offered to
the city the Hotel LaSalle property, valued at $20,000, as a voluntary gift,
with the provision that it be used as a soldiers’ memorial building.
May 22,
1919
The Regenfuss Brewing company of this city
announced that after May 11, no beer will be sold from the brewery offices on
Sundays.
The salaries of public-school teachers have
long been recognized as below the standard, hardly coming within the limits of
a living wage, are now being raised. The raise proposed by Kaukauna will still
be $700 to $1,000 less than other cities with the same population.
Edward Wyro
Mrs. John Henningson of this city, whose son
Edward Wyro, was listed among the causalities in France has received
confirmation of the report of his death from the war department.
May 29,
1919
The Class of 1919 comprises the following
members: Warren Brenzel, Helen Olive Bliss, Zeta Lenore Brier, Helen A. Callahan,
Ruth E. Conlon, Dorothy Preston Cooper, Normand A. Fargo, Laura E. Glenzer, Eva
Grebe, Herbert O. Haessley, Lucile D. Jaheriss, Kathryn M. Kettell, Laura A.
Klumb, Otto F. Kuehne, Arthur C. Look, Hilda M. Lucht, M. James Maher, Florence
Milroy O’Boyle, Ralph Herbert Olsen, Margaret E. Rennecke, Edith K. Schubert,
Carl Henry Swenson, Edna A. Trettin, Anne H. Vandenberg, Ruth H. Zekind, Gladys
Marion Webster. The Class motto is “Impossible is Un-American.”
The Fox River claimed its annual tribute from
the childhood and youth of the city last Friday evening when Willard Wenzel,
the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wenzel, while playing around the
guard lock above the Lawe Street bridge lost his footing and falling into the
canal drowned.
Louis Viatour of
Kaukauna will meet young Martin of DePere, Wednesday May 21.
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