Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Time Machine Trip to May 1911

 

Kaukauna Times - May 1911

By Lyle Hansen


May 5, 1911

A new bank to be known as the Farmers and Merchants Bank will open in the Mills Block on Main Avenue soon; it has been announced by its intended president, John Schmidt, and his board of directors.

 

G. H. Peeters, age 47, a prominent businessman in Little Chute died yesterday. Mr. Peeters had been postmaster since 1898 and for the past five years was employed at the Little Chute Bank as a cashier. He is survived by his wife and eleven children.

 

Bicycle riding on sidewalks seems to be again becoming quite prevalent in the city. Parents are requested to warn their children there is an ordinance forbidding this and it should be discontinued, or they will be arrested.

 

At the Tuesday evening council meeting an ordinance was introduced fixing the speed limit for automobiles at 12 mph within the city limits. 

 

Chiefs of Police from throughout the area where all here Saturday to attend the funeral of the late Marshal Richard Conlon of Kaukauna. A squad of six policemen, in full uniform, came from Appleton to attend the funeral. Policeman from Green Bay, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and DePere along with city officials were in attendance.

 May 12, 1911

An automobile driven by Fred Hoehne, crashed into the rig in front of Sam Darrow’s residence last evening. No one was injured, but the rig was pretty well demolished, and the horse was well startled, but caught before it got away. The accident occurred when an automobile driven by Joe Schommer turned in front of the auto driven by Hoehne. Hoehne swung his auto into the extreme right side, immediately applied the brakes, but a collision with the rig was then unavoidable.

 

New York – The suffragettes have made the biggest demonstration in favor of their cause “Votes for Women” ever seen in America. It took the form of parade; mass meeting attracted the attention of a considerable portion of the population of the city. Leading the procession was a big banner. That bore the words:

“Forward out of error Leave behind the night.

Forward through the darkness, forward into life.” 


 


Ty Cobb, champion batsman of the 1910 Detroit Tigers, wears a smile of a speed demon as he sits at the wheel of a race car at the Indianapolis speedway.

 


The “log rolling” bill was passed by the state senate by a vote of 16 to 7. The bill makes it a felony for any member of the legislature to attempt to secure passage of a measure by promising to vote for bills introduced by another member if that member will support his bill.

 

Robbers, burglars, yeggmen, yes, but professional's - never. The office of the SUN was entered Tuesday evening, the safe open but no money or valuables taken. Who would expect to find money in the office of a newspaper? They must have been amateurs and thoroughly green at that. Every drawer in the establishment was opened and examined but nothing of value was found. Two other places of business were also entered by the same pair. The office of Solar Lumber and Manufacturing was entered and the outer door of the safe opened. $17.76 in the safe was taken. The third place robbed was Jackels’ Saloon on Main Avenue. The cash register and the music box were broken open and the contents taken. There were only a few coins in the cash register, but the music box had not been open in several weeks and it is difficult to estimate the number of nickels taken from it.  

 

May 19, 1911

In a decision of the United States Supreme court announced the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was ordered dissolved. The court upheld a lower court’s decision, and the time of six months was given Standard Oil to complete the process.


Merbach Hardware and Furnishing Company have a new delivery wagon arriving soon, the wagon being manufactured by International Harvester Company. It can be converted into an auto buggy by the removal of the dray box from the chassis and attaching a special built buggy top. The Merbach Company has the local agency for this auto delivery wagon. 

 

Holy Cross congregation has purchased three lots each 60 x 120 feet, on Sarah Street across from the Holy Cross school. These lots were secured to give the pupils of the school additional playground. Children attending school need exercise and fresh air, and they can get these only on the playground.

 

May 26, 1911

Art Kromer behind the bar at Kromer’s Bar on the corner of Crooks Avenue and Third street south Kaukauna.  


The pupils of Park School presented the operetta “Jack & the Bean Stalk”. The leading parts were assumed by Miss Orpha Hilgenberg, Miss Frieda Boettcher, Eleanor Cooper, and Principal Tontz.


NOTICE: Wanted girls to work at the Kaukauna Steam Laundry. Apply at once.


C. J. Jansky went to Manitowoc Sunday in his Ford automobile. He made the trip in three hours. While there he sold the auto returning on the Monday morning train. Mr. Jansky made a good sale.


Grounds for the big $250,000 fiber mill, which will be erected by Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. will be broken next week, according to an announcement made by C. W. Stribley, of the Thilmany company. No better news could have been heard throughout the city. Everyone was looking forward anxiously to the building of this mill which will add a large number of new families to the city. The company now pays out considerably over $100,000 a year to laborers at the present mill.

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