Time Machine Trip to January 1924

 

Kaukauna Times – January 1924

By Lyle Hansen 

January 3, 1924

 

“Horse vs. Auto"

Oh, horse, you are a wonderful thing-no buttons to push, no horn to honk, you start yourself, no clutch to slip, no spark to miss, no gears to strip, no license buying every year with plates to screw on front and rear, no gas bills climbing up each day, stealing the joy of life away...American Forestry.

Patient: But it's unreasonable, man. Think of it $5 for pulling a tooth. I have to work all day for that.

Dentist: Well, I’ll work all day pulling the tooth if you want it that way.

Boss: We want an employee who is American born.

      “My mother was an American., but she married an Englishman in France.”

Boss: Where were you born?

       “I was born on a Belgium ship flying an Italian flag. While she was anchored in Honolulu Harbor. My Parents died in Japan when I was a baby and a Chinaman adopted me and brought me up in Russia.”

Boss: Then what nationality are you?

 

      “I'm a League of Nations.”

 

 January 10, 1924

John H. Chamberlain, of Depot Street, died last Sunday at the age of 82. He will be greatly missed by the people of this village and his friends at, the Times. Besides being a family man, Mr. Chamberlain was quite a versatile writer and had written hundreds of columns of interesting features and stories during his lifetime.

 

People have watched the local situation with regard to the railroad shops here and are wondering whether the recent changes that have taken place forecast the eventual removal of the shops from this city. It is well known that the shops have not been equipped with the improved equipment that modern railroad repair work demands and that the large engines are no longer brought here for repairs. But the repairs are done in Antigo or Green Bay.

 

Five thousand innocent children have become confirmed dope addicts in Chicago alone and child addiction is spreading throughout the nation at an alarming pace. Children are becoming slaves to the drugs sold on the sidewalks outside of their schools. 

 

January 17, 1924

Gerard "Lardy" Brenzel of this city was elected president of the newly organized Fox River Basketball League at the American Legion Hall Saturday night.

 

January 24, 1924

Supt. Posson and John Coppes have built what is surely the finest ice rink this side of Chicago. The rink, which is located at the Kaukauna ballpark, will furnish the youngsters of the city and many older people a fine place of amusement.

 

January 31, 1924

The musical comedy entitled "The Little Lady" in which Miss Hortense Berens was the heroine and leading star and Harold Derus the hero was given Monday and Tuesday nights at the Auditorium by a cast of sixty well known young people of the city.