Kaukauna Times - December 1920
By Lyle Hansen
December 3, 1920
The officers of the
Moloch Company and the office force of the onetime Kaukauna Machine Works are
feeling pretty well, for the good news has been given them that the Foundry
building now being erected for the Moloch Company will be turned over to them
fully completed by the 15th of January, the builders, the Ludolf M. Hansen
Construction Company, having the work advanced to the point where the end is
now in sight. Two weeks later, or on the first of
February, the Hansen Company will have the Machine Shop completed, enabling the
Moloch Company to move in and begin
production of their various products.
The First National Bank of this city has
completed the details of purchase from the August Mill estate of the NE corner
building on Main Avenue and Third Street which at present is the Verfurth Shoe
store and the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
December 10, 1920
John Coppes stands a fine chance to receive a check for $120,000 provided he complies with the certain conditions. Our gentile neighbor has just received word from Madrid, Spain to the effect that he could have the funds bequest which belongs to the writer an unfortunate prisoner in a Spanish dungeon. Mr. Coppes was asked to pay the fees of the Registrar of the Court mentioned in the letter the sum of $60,000 and the balance of the check would be his to keep. He said he received the same offer last year, but the sum was somewhat less.
The Times suggests that the city council
changed the name of one of the much-traveled streets on the south side to Kangaroo
Ave. Stretches of the concrete sidewalks require a person who jumped from one
section of sidewalk to another to avoid the mud.
December 14, 1920
The girls’ 1920-21 basketball team of Kaukauna
High School played at West High School, Green Bay on Friday December 10th. The
game resulted 6 to 0 in favor of Green Bay. Even though this, their first game
was lost, they hope to defeat the De Pere team next week. The following girls
represent Kaukauna: Top row left to right - Mildred Kern, Helen Guilfoyle, Miss
Boettcher, Odanah Hahnemann and Martha Van Abel. Bottom row - Lorraine Thelen,
Ada Grebe, and Olive Jacobson.
December 21, 1920
Editing the newspaper is a nice thing. If we
publish jokes, people say we are rattle-brained. If we don’t, we are fossils.
If we publish original matter, they say we do not give them selections. If we
give them selections, they say we are too lazy to write. If we don't go to
church, we are heathens if we do go, we are hypocrites. If we remain in the
office, we ought to be out looking for news items. If we go out, then we are
not attending to business. If we wear old clothing, they laugh at us, if we wear
good close, they say we have pull. Now what are we to do just as likely as
someone would say we stole this from an exchange. So, we did.
The Dynamite Specials played the hometown
Mulford Clothing Boys basketball team Thursday evening. The team failed to
explode proving to be a dud as the Mulford’s emerged from the conflict with a 7
to 4 victory.
Burglars entered the Royal Clothing store on
Wisconsin Avenue last Tuesday evening and made a successful getaway, obtaining
loot to the value of several hundred dollars’ worth of merchandise. The robbery
was discovered the next morning when the store was opened. The window in the
rear of the building was forced open to gain access.
December 24, 1920
Our first real snowstorm of the winter began
last night and continued throughout the day has given us all the real Christmas
feeling. The snow put an end to the disagreeable clouds of dust from the
streets.
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