Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen
September 3, 1909
A man “swore” at a
young girl operating central, whose personality did not please him, and his
phone was cut out by the company. He was told that if he would promise to be a
gentleman in the future, he might have a phone, but he must not use bad
language. The man refused to give any pledge and took the case to court. He did
not deny the bad language. The court holding the telephone companies were in
business to supply phones and not to dictate the quality of the language used
over them.
September 10, 1909
1909 horse & wagon
John Vervreden and two
young ladies of the town of Wrightstown were thrown from their buggy Sunday by
their horse getting frightened at an automobile that approached them from the
rear. The faster Mr. Vervreden urged his horse the more speed the chauffeur
gave his machine until the horse ran into a wire fence. The horse freed himself
from the harness and ran off. The buggy was demolished but the occupants
escaped with few injuries. They were given a ride by the automobile to
Wrightstown.
Anthrax, one of the
most fatal diseases among cattle, had made its appearance in a herd belonging
to George Wires of the town of Freedom. Two head have already died when Dr.
Richard Kerr was called out to investigate conditions by the town board and is
of the opinion that the disease will spread no further.
Ty Cobb has made such
strides in hitting the ball that he has passed Eddie Collins, the star of the
Athletics, and is now at the head of the American league batting list.
Keshena reservation
Indians are going to Washington to make a complaint against the management of
their $2,000,000 saw mill which was built on the reservation by the government
with money from the Indians. They will try to have the government make an
investigation of the affairs of the project. The Indians charging the
incompetence of management and will file these charges with the interior
department under which the mill is now being operated.
September 17, 1909
Dr. F. E. Donaldson has
just taken several x-rays photographs of hands and arms of patients, where
bones had been broken and healed. The pictures show perfectly how well the
healing has been accomplished. The films are being developed at M.W. Richardson
the photographers.
It was a very sore
bunch of ball players who left Kaukauna Thursday after the game. They came from
Appleton filled with sure thoughts of defeating the downriver bunch. They left
town without scoring a run. The Kaukauna
team was made up of eight boys who were born and raised right here at home,
plus their old friend Cy Young. It was
the first time this season they were together.
Local basketball
players will find new rules this season. The committee made changes in the
rules for dribbling. If the player who is dribbling the ball down the field
stops and holds the ball he must shoot from that spot or throw the ball to
another player. The umpire is no longer just to watch only the player with the
ball but also the rest of the players as well. This should eliminate much of
the rough play away from the ball.
September 24, 1909
A new paper machine is
to be added to the Kimberly mill by Kimberly Clark Company. The machine will be
152 inches wide and will make book paper. The other two machines are 120 and
140 inches respectively. When the mill was rebuilt several years ago provisions
were made for four machines, two of which were installed at that time.
Two sleepers, two
coaches, mail car, baggage car and tank of the Ashland and Chicago Limited due
here at 4:10 a.m. left the rails two miles’ south of Kaukauna Monday morning
while make twenty miles per hour. All that remained on the track was the engine
and rear sleeper. There were no injuries though the passengers occupying the
sleepers and coaches were shaken up. Had the wreck occurred two hundred yards
in either direction the drop offs were very steep and a loss of life may have
occurred.
Charles Kessler
prevented a string of freight cars from going into the canal at the railroad
bridge Friday. A boat had whistled for the draw and after he had started to
open it he noticed the cars approaching. He barely had time to swing it back in
position before the cars reached the structure.
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