Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Time Machine Trip to November 1924

 

Kaukauna Times 

By Lyle Hansen


November 6, 1924


 

Kaukauna Pig Fair parade coming down the Lawe Street bridge.


  

Calvin Coolidge, Republican, elected President of the United States by record vote. Coolidge won a landslide victory, taking majorities in both the popular vote and the Electoral College and winning almost every state outside of the Solid South, while still making headway by winning Kentucky.


Twas a sad and terrible day last Saturday. The day after Hallowe’en for twenty-five lads of Kaukauna who were made to undo what they had done with great pleasure the night before namely, return to its resting place on the Van Lieshout garage scrap pile an old auto. On Hallowe’en the boys yanked it out of the pile and pushed it down the long hill. But alas they were detected by Officer James McFadden now they are required to push it back up the hill to the cheers of a large crowd which gathered to witness the event.   

 

November 13, 1924

The Manitowoc referee beat the Kaukauna Legion team last Sunday afternoon in what started as a sunny Sunday afternoon ending as a three-ring circus. The game began with Manitowoc kicking off over the Legion goal line and into the crowd. A spectator threw the ball back on the field in time for Manitowoc player to fall on it and the referee called it a TOUCHDOWN. Later in the game the Manitowoc team was forced to punt but the Legion team blocked the attempt, and Kaukauna fell on the ball with a Manitowoc player later falling on him. Guess who was given position of the ball?

 

On Monday evening when ordinarily hundreds of people would have driven to the chicken supper and bazaar at Wrightstown only two Kaukauna cars ventured out. The hazardous risk of driving a car to Wrightstown on the road that has been named as the Death Gap.


The payroll of the Oneida Indians claiming property in New York state will be made tomorrow at the residence of Chas. Tourney. All persons entitled to be represented on the tribal list are urged to report without fail to be sure that the list is as complete as possible.


November 20, 1924

As a result of the election the states of Texas and Wyoming now have woman Governors. Talk is now on the way of when will the time come where a woman may become President?


November 27, 1924

All Ford touring cars and coupes will be licensed in class "B" in 1925 and unless they have reached the age limit of five years, the license fee will be $11.00. Ford roadsters will be licensed as class "A" for $10.00 and sedans in class "B" for $12.00. This is in accordance with the Secretary of State.


Fred J. Hein has moved here with his family and opened a new harness shop on West Third Street where he will also do all sorts of shoe repairing.

 

 

 

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