Time Machine Trip to July 1911

 

Kaukauna Times - July 1911

By Lyle Hansen

July 7, 1911

John Hein, who narrowly escaped having his right hand severed at the wrist by a circular saw while at work for Ed Balgie at Dundas, will not lose the hand. The hand was cut about two-thirds off, severing the cords and main artery. Dr. Donaldson united them all and sewed on the member and it is healing nicely.

The body of a Papago Indian was found by a detachment of United States cavalry near Mesa, Ariz. The man’s wrists were tied to the tail of the wild horse which had to be shot to recover the body. It is not known what law he must have broken to deserve such a fate. The Papago Indians, which have a village eight miles away, are a very small tribe and are at peace after many years of constant war with the Apaches. They were recognized as citizens of Mexico but when their land was annexed by the United States the best land and water was given to American settlers. They are now rendered harmless nomads.

The State Bank Examiner was here Wednesday and approved the organization of the Farmers & Merchants Bank and granted a charter. The new bank will open Monday July 10.  John Schmidt is president, Dan Crowe, vice-president, and Hugo Weifenbach cashier. The bank is in the Mills’ building on the corner of Main Avenue and 3^rd Street formerly occupied by the post office. 

  
A lady who resides on Beaulieu Hill paid a fine in court Monday, taking her three cows out of the city pound. Fred Reichel had put them there because they were at large.

The North and the South meet again. The 50^th anniversary of the 1861 Battle of Bull Run was remembered in Virginia by the soldiers who fought there.  

 

July 14, 1911

The little son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Danner had the little finger of his right hand cut off at the second joint by a lawn mower. It is presumed he was trying to take a stick or obstruction of some kind from the knives. Amputation at the second joint was necessary.

 

The Postmaster General Hitchcock has announced an increase of $100 per year to the salary of $900 currently being paid to postal carriers on standard routes.

 

July 21, 1911

Engineer Frank Krahn is taking a lay-off for a few weeks having dislocated his right arm at the shoulder a few days ago. The accident happened while he was working on his engine trying to adjust an ash-pan, the bar with which he was prying with slipped off and twisted his arm so that it was displaced at the shoulder.

The Union Bag Mill

Local manufactures, storekeepers and those who employ female labor are now endeavoring to arrange satisfactory schedules to comply with the new laws now in effect, which forbids more than 55 hours a week or more than 10 hours a day. The Union Bag Company will be most affected by the new law. 

 

July 28, 1911

Under the new automobile license law, it is now necessary for owners to purchase a license for a fee of $5. It is expected that the new law will net $100,000 from 21,330 autos in Wisconsin.