Kaukauna Times - November 1910
By Lyle Hansen
November
4, 1910
Boys with vicious
Halloween propensities wrecked John D. Lawe's big billboard on Lawe Street
Monday evening, about fifty of them participating in the malicious act. It was accomplished soon after midnight when
they were satisfied police and property owners were not on the watch.
Mr.
and Mrs. Augustine Grignon departed Kaukauna on Sunday for San Antonio, Texas,
where their son Duel resides and where they expect to make their home.
Augustine is the son of Augustine Grignon being one of the first white settlers
in Kaukauna. It is of great regret that his friends here part with him and his
estimable wife.
November
11, 1910
The question of buying
Klein's park consisting of about fourteen acres, located in the Third ward, for
public purposes, which was left to a vote of the electors Tuesday, was carried
by a majority of 66. The total vote was 896, the entire vote cast in the two
precincts that day, so that it cannot be said that the result does not voice
the sentiment of, the majority of, the people.
(Now known as LaFollette Park)
The general election
report from throughout the country shows quite a Democratic landslide and the indications
are that for the first time in 15 years the Democrats will control the
sixty-second Congress.
November 18, 1910
The Kimberly-Clark Paper
Co. of Kimberly completed an immense warehouse this week in which to store
wastepaper, large quantities of which they utilize in manufacturing heavy
paper. It is the first building in this vicinity constructed after plans on which
the originators hold letters patent. It is built of steel and concrete
completely.
Duck
hunters say that there is a large amount of loosened wild rice and celery are
floating in the rivers and lakes. What causes the damage to the rice and celery
is believed to be carp rooting up the bottoms. The loss of these feeds will
result in fewer ducks in this part of the state.
Dr. H. B. Tanner read a very interesting
paper on the history of Kaukauna to the students at Kaukauna High School last
Friday.
“I
am proud of the fact that I am a citizen of the United States and am confident
that this nation is destined to lead the nations of the world in the future.
Jean Nicolet pasted through here in 1634. In 1670 Claude Allouez a Jesuit
Missionary past this land then called “Kakalin” by the natives. In 1682 La
Salle wrote of the swiftness of the water here. This place was referred to in
notes by these men due to the beauty of this location. The first land purchased
in the state was in Kaukauna by Dominique Du Charme in 1793. In 1822 the
Stockbridge Indians of New York came. They purchased the land south of the Fox River to Lake Winnebago and
along the east shore. They called this place Statesburg. They cleared the land started a sawmill and
built homes and a church on the south side. One of the chiefs was Captain
Hendrick Aupaumut a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Another of the tribe was
Electra Quinney who taught in Kaukauna at the first public school to open in
the state. This and many more people who came before you and you should be very
proud to be from this city.”
November
25, 1910
Two freight trains collided in Fond du Lac. The Northwestern train #288 was
south bound had pulled off the track to allow the north bound #278 to pass. All
but the last three cars were off the line when the #278 came past. The brakeman
on the #288 lost his life when he attempted to jump free the accident. A
conductor on the #288 was also injured but not seriously. One engine and three
cars along with a caboose were demolished.
The baggage car on one
of the trains going south on the Ashland division one day this week carried the
remains of four men and one deer, all shot by hunters in the northern woods.
Deer hunting is sure great sport these days. So is war—for the fellow who likes
it.
For the first time in history the United States government has given
sanction to the transportation of mail by an airship. The mail will be sent
from a transatlantic liner 50 miles at sea to New York City.
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