Saturday, May 9, 2020

Time Machine Trip to May 1910


The Kaukauna Times

May 6, 1910
Raymond Egan came near losing his life Monday afternoon at the Thilmany Pulp and Paper Mill. He was showing his companions how to stand on his hands on a stair or basement rail with his feet in the air, when both hands slipped from the rail and he fell twelve feet head first striking his head with great force on a solid stone wall and from there turned a somersault into the basement six feet further down. His scalp and forehead were badly gashed.

The recently organized High School baseball team is off to a good start. They opened the season here this past week defeating the Neenah High’s 10 to 6. The manager Rounseville is in contact with ten other schools in the area to complete a schedule.  The team consists of the following players.

Lindauer—Catcher       Rounseville—First base      Schreiner Pitcher
Leo Nagan – Second base    Brewster – Right field    Hayes – Center field
Anderson – Left field    Van Roy – Shortstop    Johnson – Third base

May 13, 1910

Several fine homes on the north side of town are for sale.  The prices range from $800 to $3500. – J.A. Watson – Real Estate

Phillip Kellar has received letters patent on the safety-brake or appliance he recently invented for use on automobiles in place of an emergency brake, with this difference, that the Kellar appliance will stop the auto in a much shorter distance than any other brake in existence.  The  appliance consists of two steel shoes which drop to the ground instantly lifting the two hind or driving wheels of the automobile about two inches off the ground and compelling the whole weight of the auto to slide on the shoes, which it is claimed will stop it almost instantly.

May 20, 1910

Catholic women the world over are interested in the recent edict of the holy father, which dispensed them from wearing the scapular, replacing it by a medal which may be carried in the pocket. The wearing of the scapular with its brown cord has been a cross to women who desired to wear their gowns or to appear in evening dress.


The new five cent, electric theatre in the Lindauer block, to be known as the Crystal, will open on Saturday. There will be a four-piece orchestra in attendance at the opening.

Girls who have been trained in business life are favored as possible wives by bachelors in all parts of the county according to Good Housekeeping magazine.


King Edward the VII of England has died on Friday. The crown has pasted to his son Prince George of Wales now being George V.

The greatest Battleship of the world’s navies was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard earlier this month.  The Battleship Florida will require 1000 men to manage it. The ship is 521 feet long and has ten twelve-inch guns.


A cabby waiting for passengers at the Kaukauna south side train depot
                                          
May 27, 1910
Instead of asking what other men are going to do for their town, let everyman ask what he can do?  If he puts the question honestly, he will be surprised to find in how many ways he can help boost his town. It is better to be a “Booster” than a “Buster”.



Deliberate puncturing of automobile tires seems to be the object of some person on the north side who will be made an example of if caught. A board was found on Depot Street one day this week two feet long, driven full of nails and lying crosswise of the beaten track in such a position it could scarcely be avoided by an auto. The board was an inch and a quarter thick and filled with sharp pointed nails, forming an obstacle of a most menacing character to the auto driver or owner who might encounter it.



Hundreds of people in Kaukauna who have waited and watched night after night for Halley’s Comet were rewarded Wednesday evening by an excellent view of the delusive body riding high above the horizon with its head pointing north.



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