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.
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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