Time Machine Trip to April 1902

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1902

By Lyle Hansen

April 4, 1902

A meeting of the Southside Gun Club was, held and the following officers were chosen; President, Walter H. Lunt; Secretary-treasurer, George Dawson; Captain, Edward Brewster; First Lieutenant, Dr. W. N. Nolan; and Second Lt., E. Pan baker.

Navigation on the Fox River opens April 10^th according to word received from the corps of engineers.

A suit of $50,000 damages has begun by Charles Lewis, Berlin, against the Modern Workmen of America for injuries alleged to have been received while being initiated by the Berlin camp at Woodmen. In the course, of the initiation, he was given a rough handling and sustained a twisted right leg. Afterwards, the leg had to be amputated.

 

Mayor Hugh J. Mulholland

Another election day has come and gone and Tuesday provided Kaukauna with a new mayor. H. J. Mulholland became the city's new mayor by defeating H. B. Tanner in the closest race in the city's history, winning by only a 19-vote majority.

April 11, 1902

We learn from the Northwestern offices that the village of Bear Creek is doomed to destruction by fire. A fire broke out there about 9 a.m. and has destroyed the depot, elevator, and other buildings. The high winds preventing any extinguishing of the conflagration.

In accordance with the action previously passed by the Papermakers Union a general strike of papermakers in Wisconsin occurred last Saturday night at all the mills at which the short hour schedule had not been adopted. Of the mills the Thilmany plant here seems to be tied up most seriously. This is a five-machine mill employing upwards of 100 hands and at 5 o'clock Saturday the entire workforce walked out.

Ed Driessen, one of the Wisconsin Avenue meat men, met the great misfortune last Saturday afternoon of losing an eye. In cutting a large meat block he struck with one of his sharp knives and the knife bounce back from the block the point striking him squarely in the eye. His host of friends sympathize with him over his affliction.

The second annual dancing party of the Kaukauna High School seniors will take place at Heindel's Hall this evening. The Mill and Nugent orchestra will furnish the music.

April 18, 1902

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thilmany arrived home from Los Angeles, California, Friday evening, and are now busily engaged in packing up to start on their trip to Europe.  Mr. Thilmany's fine residence here is to be turned over intact with all its furniture to his successor, Mr. W. A. Wertheimer, who will be arriving from Los Angeles with his family. Mr. Thilmany has plans on a dwelling to be built in Bonn, Germany. 

A few years ago, a son was born to a woman in the south, and as he was her first, she looked upon him with pride but was at a loss to find a name for him. After many days of deliberation, she announced one morning, I found a name for my boy. I'm going to name him “Delicious”. Why, asked her friend, where did you get that name?  “I'm going to call him that because I want to name him for President Grant. It was then explained to her that the great hero was named Ulysses S. Grant.

April 25, 1902

If some of the young ladies who have gone so daffy over ping-pong should be asked to exercise half as hard out in the backyard beating a carpet as they would do battling ping-pong balls, they would be extremely shocked.

As the result of a recent election at Green Bay, the city is in the midst, of a reform movement and has been sweeping clean all gambling houses, houses of ill fate, etc.

In accordance with the desire of the property owners of the town of Kaukauna, the town was cut in half and will form two towns hereafter. The east half will retain the name Town of Kaukauna and the newly created west will assume the name Vandenbroek, the name of the early Holland missionary who founded the village of Little Chute. 

Thilmany Mill - The strike of the papermakers which was declared April 5 was settled Monday and Tuesday morning the men returned to their places at the Thilmany plant. The announcement was made by Mr. M. A. Wertheimer, the new president of the Thilmany company who succeeds Mr. Thilmany. Mr. Wertheimer arrived here last Saturday from Los Angeles, California. The matter was adjusted at the plant meeting the demands so all the mills in Kaukauna are now working on the short hour schedule.