Time Machine Trip to January 1921

 

Kaukauna Times January 1921

By Lyle Hansen

January 6, 1921

John E. Hafner, a young farmer on Kaukauna’s south side, recently received and has suitably framed, from the U.S war department a Citation for Bravery, which he prizes as a cherished memento from his experience in France during the world war. Hafner had been wounded in the world war and the citation was signed by President Woodrow Wilson. 

 

January 13, 1921

Notices have been posted at the Northwestern Railroad shops in this city laying off 46 men. This leaves the shop but half manned. This is an unnecessary hardship imposed on the men in mid-winter. 

January 20, 1921

Henry Penterman was a visitor at The Times to pay for his hometown newspaper for another year. Mr. Penterman is comfortable in his nine-room farmhouse which he built himself from trees that he logged and sawed from pines he cut last winter.

The Kaukauna Pulp Mill, whose sale was announced some time ago, has passed into the possession of its new owners, the Valley Pulp Company began operations this week.

Anthony H. Kroll of this city, was severely wounded in the world war during the summer of 1918, receiving a bullet which passed through him injuring his spinal cord. He has now been released from Walter Reed hospital and is home. Mr. Kroll, while discharged for total disability has been warned that his injuries will be forever. He maintains a cheerful manner and an optimism for the future.

 

A story comes from London England. A man on trial when the judge noticed the members of the jury having difficulty staying awake turning the lengthy testimony. He abruptly closed the testimony and the jury filed out. Even though evidence proved the man innocent the jury brought in a verdict of guilty.  The judge sentence him to one day in jail and that day being yesterday. “Therefore, you are free to go.”

January 27, 1921

When the individual who "refereed" the Kaukauna Fox Club game at Wrightstown last Friday night told Club Buck before the game that "he had great expectations coming”. He was right the Fox Club team were defeated by the Wrightstown Wrats 6 to 22. Six Foxes: McDonald, Garvey, Husting, W. Brenzel, Laudert and L. Spindler were each ruled out of the game for committing a single foul. And the first four were ruled out during the first five minutes of play. And not a foul, neither personal nor technical, was called on any of the Wrightstown team, I say, can yah beat it? Also 134 lb. L. Spindler was cautioned by the referee not to exert too much unnecessary roughness on 200 lb. 6 ft. 2 in. Belenske. Oh, my Deah! The game was very rough-real rough the Foxes say the question as to who was to be victor was short lived, the question was: How big a score could the Home team pile up with such officiating?

Decency morality and the laws of society were vindicated in the court yesterday when five young men from this city charged with statutory crime were given a workhouse sentence. Three of the five were given ninety days and a $25.00 fine and the other two sentenced to a thirty day stay in the workhouse where they will have time to realize that the way of the transgressor is hard.

 

1921 Model T Ford