Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Time Machine Trip to January 1910


Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen

January 7, 1910 

Smell 'Em Out Bill, or the Big Skunk Hunter of Beaulieu Hill, is the appellation by which William Schlude is now known among his friends. Bill won the dis-stink-tive title a few days ago when he made a catch of nine of these fur bearing as well as odorifous animals in a hole in a patch of woods between here and Holland. Bill had nine polecats dangling from his belt and has since realized $35.00 there from as the monetary fruits of his catch, and is now numbered among the great hunters like Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill, Texas Jack and a few more of the celebrated characters of hunting history.

Thanks to the efforts of the Editor of the Kaukauna Sun Newspaper E.T. O’Brien the fare on the Inter-Urban from Kaukauna to Kimberly has been reduced to five cents. He has been urging the company to reduce the fare for some time.
 
The Inter-Urban tracks on Lawe Street have resulted in another accident. Mr. & Mrs. B.W. Hayes were driving down Lawe when the rail of their cutter caught the edge of the track and they both were thrown out on to the road. The couple was not seriously injured, and Bat held on to the reigns to stop the horse within a block.

A big snow caused the mail train to delay. It’s a case of getting the mail when it comes, it doesn’t pay to grumble because complaints won’t help.

 
Ice skating is greatly enjoyed all along the Fox River. 
Skates are available at stores in the area.

January 14, 1910
"Pete" Schreiner, the well known baseballist, is developing into quite a cartoonist and is causing great mirth of late among his south side friends by cartooning them in up-to-date events in which they have been participants. Pete has a large blackboard at M. H. Niesen's Little Cozy on which he produces his work in crayon and changes the "feature film" three times a week.

Fred Langlois has opened a new restaurant in the Pabst building on Second Street. He says just stop in anytime and watch us hustle.

The Lindauer – O’Connell Pulp Mill started operations at Little Rapids this month. 

Mrs. Jennie Verhoven age 70 of Little Chute died. She was one of the original settlers to come to Little Chute with her family from Holland in 1848. Father T. J. Vandenbroek of Little Chute made the arrangements for three ships.

January 21, 1910
It has been reported at various times of late that the Kaukauna Fibre Company was planning to build a one machine paper mill in connection with their sulphite fibre plant, and preliminary plans had been drawn accordingly, but the project has been dropped as another deal was made last Saturday  by  which  the Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company has taken over the management of the Kaukauna Fibre Co. plant, and will operate the same the balance of the year, using the product at their north side paper plant.

Two Kimberly ladies had an exciting experience. While attempting to take a short cut across the river on the ice up from the Kimberly Dam, the ice broke free and began to sink.  The ladies managed to jump to safety but not before getting wet up to their knees.

Mr. M.H. Niesen, Secretary of the Wisconsin Liquor Dealers Protective association urged Saloonists to stop the sale of liquor to minors, drunkards and men who are not providing for their families.

January 28, 1910
"Have you seen the comet?" is the question most frequently asked among people they have met during the past week. It seems the present nebulous formation known as a comet is without a name, or in other words is a "tramp comet," but scientists of the astronomical world are very busy trying to properly locate it, and name it. Any clear evening, with its tail spread out on the western horizon, this new planetarium stranger can be clearly seen with the naked eye in the neighborhood of the evening star which shines much brighter than its new neighbor. It can be seen from about 5:30 o'clock on for half an hour or more when it sinks below the horizon.



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