Time Machine Trip to December 1901

 

Kaukauna Times – December 1901

By Lyle Hansen

December 6, 1901

Smallpox at Dundas and in the Town of Woodville is on the increase. At Dundas one fatality occurred that of Tony de Vrucht. Dr. H. B. Tanner was called to the Dundas Wooden Ware Company’s factory, where young de Vrucht was employed. He vaccinated all the hands numbering 28. The factory was closed to await developments.

The Kimberly-Clark company in the Fox River Valley, took an initiative in acceding to the demands of its employees for shorter hours without a reduction in pay, and the action of the company will affect 150 to 200 employees in the Neenah and all their other mills. By the terms of the agreement the working hours in all departments are reduced from 72 to 60 hours a week without a reduction in wages taking effect December 1. Other paper companies in the Fox Valley have likewise agreed to try the desired change experimentally. 

 

All the physicians in the city met yesterday and resolved upon taking certain action relative to the spreading of smallpox and in order that the disease may not become prevalent in Kaukauna will take prompt action in every case that is reported. Strict quarantines will be ordered. In view of the prevalence of smallpox in the immediate vicinity, we urge general vaccination of all those who have not been successfully vaccinated within 3 years.

O.G. Lord - MD

H.B. Tanner - MD

C.D. Boyd - MD

J. Quinlan - MD

W.N. Nolan - MD

D.A. Titus - MD

J.W. Blair City Physician

An Indiana man says he has invented a cheap substance that will absorb heat rays and keep them absorbed until they are turned loose again under a boiler or in the kitchen stove. His idea is to capture the sun's rays during the day and use the heat later.

Sixteen dead, thirty-two wounded and two missing constitute a record of casualties to hunters during the deer season in Wisconsin.  

December 13, 1901

Everyday has been the doctor's "busy day" this week, for hundreds of children and grown people as well have had a little vaccine put in their arms. There will be sore arms galore by this time next week.

December 20, 1901

Winter came on with a hop, skip and a jump when it really got started. There were no yard gains connected with it. It was a clean sixty-yard run around the end for a touch down. The mercury went down so fast Saturday night that it got clear out of sight before the rebound occurred.

A disaster occurred last night about 6:30 at the Union Bag & Paper company’s mill, which may have easily been a fatal one. Several thousand pounds of ice came crashing down through the roof burying the back end of the 63-inch paper machine. The great weight of the combined ice, roof timbers, planking and tin sheathing came down on the machine resulting in it being down for repairs. 

December 27, 1901

There is more joy in the printing office over one sinner who pays in advance and abuses the editor on every occasion, than over the ninety-nine who borrow the paper and sing its praises without contributing one cent to pay the bills.

Those investing in lands in northern Wisconsin are reaping good profits. A farm purchased near Colby a couple of years ago for $600 has increased in value so that the owners have refused an offer of $2,000 for it last week.

Nelson Green, an Oneida Indian came to town Tuesday with a load of pulp wood and filled up on booze, suffered the extreme penalty by losing his life on a railroad crossing. He left the city late in the evening and in attempting to make Rademacher’s crossing was hit by the special freight. The engine struck the rear end of his wagon throwing him about 30 feet. He died from head injuries. 

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