Time Machine Trip to April 1913

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1913

By Lyle Hansen 

April 4, 1913

The women in Kaukauna are not very pronounced suffragettes as only five in the city availed themselves of the opportunity to vote Tuesday.

St. Mary’s church was far too small to accommodate the vast assembly which turned out last Saturday morning to attend the double funeral of Mark Hayes and Barney Kobussen, the young men who lost their lives by drowning in the Fox river. Combining the two funerals made it one of the largest funerals ever witnessed in this city. In addition to all the private rigs, thirty hacks followed the cortege procession extending for blocks.

The managers of Kaukauna’s Nugent’s Theatre are preparing a great treat for their patrons on Friday April 11, presenting the greatest actress in the world, the Divine Sarah Bernhardt in the movie picture “Camille”.

 

April 11, 1913

Mr. John E. Beggs, in his address before the Advancement Club Banquet one evening last week, among other things said, "Why has not the magnificent waterpower at Kaukauna been utilized?” Three hundred years ago the early French explorers recognized the prospects of this area, and as of yet little has been done to develop the resources. It looks as if someone had been sleeping at the switch."

 

April 18, 1913

Saturday, April 19, marks the second business anniversary of the Kaukauna Drug Co., and the proprietor Otto A. Look has arranged to fittingly celebrate the evening with a big sale.

The first engine on the Ashland division of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad to be equipped with an electric headlight left this station on engine No. 5 Monday evening bound for Antigo. The new headlight is a wonderful advancement over the old oil burner reflector.

 

Bad Fish Must Go - The Wisconsin assembly has passed a bill ordering the game Warden’s department to drag with nets the waters of Lake Winnebago, the Fox River, and Lake Butte de Morts to rid them of dog fish, sheepshead and eels.

 

Switch engine No. 179 jumped the track at the Main Avenue crossing Tuesday morning. The drive wheels sank deep into the soft ground until the steam chest rested on the ties of the track. Engineer Geo. J. Kromer was at the throttle and escaped injury. Fireman Lawrence McMahon was thrown through the window on his side of the cab and only slightly injured.

 

April 25, 1913

The break in the water main was repaired and the water turned on last Saturday afternoon, after being off for four days. Hyland and his crew of men did a fine job in this repair job.

 

The Kaukauna Fibre company began tearing down the old smokestack which has stood since 1892. The stack has been declared unsafe and ready to fall over. 

Recent accidents have resulted in several people being injured.

Harry Cotter is laid up at his home on Second Street after having a bone in his left arm cracked while loading logs at the Combined Locks Paper company.

Andrew Lambie, while at work for the Union Bag and Paper company Wednesday got caught in an elevator and had his shoulder badly wrenched before the machinery could be stopped. He is taking an enforced lay off while recuperating from his injuries.

Mrs. Michael Wrubleski badly lacerated the wrist of her left arm Sunday. While opening a glass jar of fruit the top broke off and gashed her wrist, cutting two tendons and the main artery causing a great loss of blood before the injury was cared for.