Kaukauna Times - February 1914
By Lyle Hansen
February 6, 1914
Woelz’s Bakery is seeking an appropriate name
for their new bread contest and will award $10.00 in gold to the winner.
J. Lummerding & Son
has installed a 6-ton wagon scale at their office on Second St. The scale will
be used in connection with the coal business and also for public weighing.
Plans for Holy Cross
Church were approved and adopted Tuesday evening at a meeting held by
architects, the building committee and trustees, including the pastor Rev. P.J.
Lochman, and specifications with detailed plans were ordered prepared at the
earliest possible date, which will be about March first, when bids will be
received and the job let, as soon as the required advertising can be done. The
estimated cost of the new structure, which will be a beautiful one, will be
about $40,000, without the stained glass, altars and other accessories.
Denver – A wife does not commit forgery by signing
her husband's name to a check on money in the bank, though the money is in his
name. That’s the decision of Judge Allen and the action against her was
dismissed. Mrs. Wright asserted that she and her children were in need when she
signed her husband's name to the checks.
February 13, 1914
A new record price has certainly
been established now from a sale made by William Brill of his 118-acre farm in Buchanan
to Henry DeBruin of Vanden Broek for $20,000.
Renn & Co. commenced cutting ice on the
river above the government dam Monday morning with a large crew of men and will
work for the next two weeks to fill the big icehouse.
The Kaukauna Y.M.C.A. basketball team defeated
the DePere five at the local opera house last Saturday night by the close score
of 23 to 22. The game was fast throughout and close to the very finish. Next
Wednesday evening. The fast Bushey Business College team of Appleton will play
here. As it is well known, the Bushes are one of the best basketball teams in
this section. Those who have enjoyed the fast game should not miss this contest.
The admission will be 15c for adults, 10c for boys and girls under 12 years of
age.
M. H. Niesen, who recently purchased the High
Cliff summer resort property on the east shore of Lake Winnebago, left here
with contractor Albert Luckow and several carpenters Wednesday morning for the
purpose of starting planning improvements to the High Cliff property. A new saloon
building will be erected, also an icehouse. Several booths and a bandstand will
be built. Repairs will be made to the dance pavilion.
February 20, 1914
New York – Feb. 18 More than a thousand revolvers of ancient and modern make were included in the cargo of the police boat which made its annual trip three miles to sea, where the captured weapons were tossed overboard.
The annual Mosque
carnival, which was held at the Kaukauna opera house roller rink last evening,
drew out one of the largest crowds that have gathered there for some time.
First prize went to Miss Gertrude Yingling; second prize was awarded to Carl
Howk and third went to Paul Newman of Appleton. The carnival was a success in
every way.
February 27, 1914
Times have changed.
They used to call the farmers "hay seeds" but in these days the man
who raises hay seed makes good money and can ride in an automobile if he wants
to.
H. Welch & Co.,
furniture dealers and undertakers, have just erected a new electric sign which
adds a metropolitan appearance to their store in the Odd Fellows block on
Second Street, and greatly adds to the illumination of that side of the building.
The biggest paper mill explosion that ever occurred in Kaukauna took place at the machine room of the Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company about 7:15 Monday morning. At that time the large 10-foot paper dryer on No. 1 machine of the plant burst with tremendous force, seriously wrecking the end of the machine. The exact cause of the explosion is not known, and the managers and superintendents of the plant seem unable to satisfactorily account for the happening. The explosion broke the large dryer in a half dozen pieces and blew the two ends out against the side walls of the room. Falling glass from a broken skylight resulted in the only injury recorded in connection to the explosion. Martin Van den Broek, one of the machine hands, was struck with the falling glass, and had his head badly cut. He was immediately given surgical attendance.
Two men who were connected with the Kaukauna
Farm Implement Co. decided to branch out into auto selling the Detroit Ford and
will headquarter in Kaukauna. William Van Lieshout of Holland will sell the
machines in Kaukauna and that section of the county. Henry Siebers will
represent the company as salesman in the towns of Kaukauna, Vandenbroek,
Village of Little Chute, and Wrightstown.
The postoffice department has issued an edict
barring all human beings and live animals from the parcel post. The queen bee
is the only living creature to enjoy the privileges of the parcel post.
The Kaukauna Lumber Co. will be ready to start
the machinery in their large new modern factory which was built to replace the
structure which was burned to the ground a year ago.
Haupt’s Hustlers baseball team. Standing left to right are Joe Derus, Joe
“Chuck” Muthig, Al Klammer, Manager Art Kromer, Sr., Henry Schommer, Harry
Smith and Eathen Brester. Front row, Ed Kalupa, “Peck” Manigan, Otto “Robin”
Minkebige, Joe “Pinky” Schamer. Frank Bockenbach and bat boy Pat Clune. The
team was one of the best amateur teams last year.
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