Kaukauna Times – February 1894
By Lyle Hansen
February 2, 1894
Sporting events are
being scheduled for the future weeks as up-river horsemen are setting up races
on Lake Butte des Morts and talk is around of an upcoming glove contest between
Jack Powers of Kaukauna and Daniels of Rhinelander.
Oscar Thilmany has put in a new
machine in his mill which is quite a novelty in its way. It is an apparatus for
printing the figures on the paper used for trunk linings, striped, and figured
paper bags, etc., and came from Germany. Mr. Thilmany saw the machine in operation
at the world's fair and was so impressed that he placed an order for one.
John Stevens, the
Neenah millionaire, made his second purchase of Kaukauna property today, having
bought John Hoberg's square of three stores at the corner of Main Avenue and
Second Street, consideration $15,000. This makes $31,000 Mr. Stevens has
invested here in the last two weeks and he is open for more business.
A sleigh load of south
side young folks drove out to Thomas Fox’s residence at Hollandtown last Monday
evening, where they were royally entertained. They danced until the wee small
hours then bundled up and returned home.
Black River Falls,
Wis., Jan. 25 – The Indian payment which has been going on in the city since
Saturday last has finished today. The Indians have received $24,780.80 being 4%
on their trust fund held by the government. The above amount was divided among
1448 Indians that being the remnants of the once powerful Winnebago tribe.
February 9, 1894
The exchange of lead
pencils among school pupils is being condemned by the Board of Health because
of the danger of transferring diseases such as diphtheria.
The Thilmany Pulp Mill
on the M & E Canal is being remodeled and another grinder and wet machine
are being added.
February 16, 1894
The busiest men in the
city these days are the doctors. Besides caring for their patients, they are
called upon to vaccinate people in swarms. Every doctor’s office is crowded
with children and adults, too, at all hours during the day, waiting for their
turn to have the bovine virus plucked into their arm with the little ivory
point.
Someone is poisoning dogs
around Kaukauna. Quite a number of canines have turned up their toes recently.
Peter Feller, the northside
hardware merchant, plans to erect a new store on a Wisconsin Avenue property
this season. The structure will be a two-story brick block.
Bishop Messmer of Green
Bay has officially announced that no saloonkeepers can hold any office of trust
in the Catholic Church in the Green Bay diocese.
Silver
City, N. M., Feb. 12 – A Mexican woman name Sisto Wesley, who had lost a
child a short time ago, went to the grave- yard in the upper Gila to mourn over
the grave of her little one and while there two bears set upon and killed her.
Four prominent Fond du Lac citizens who own
fast horses were taken in by a “hayseed” a few days ago. The men were speeding
their horses on the ice track when along came a farmer with a horse attached to
an old-fashioned cutter. The city chaps made fun of the farmer and his outfit,
but they were surprised when he challenged them to a race. The smart young man
accepted and when the affair was over the farmer had the track to himself.
A Coat just like Mom’s
February 23, 1894
A Chicago paper stated
that a baseball association of that city has been negotiating for a player from
this village. The Kaukauna player refuses to play for less than $2,500.00 per
season.
William Haunske, the
Clintonville iceman, has been shipping ice this week to Kaukauna. He has a
contract for 640 tons to be delivered on board cars at that place and 40 cents
per ton is the price paid.
The first case of
smallpox in Wisconsin that is undoubtedly due to imported rags has developed in
DePere. The victim is a young lady living in a boarding house. There are 18
occupants of the house, nine children and nine adults. The health department
has placed the house in quarantine and every precaution has been taken to
prevent the spread of the scourge.
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