Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to November 1925

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

November 5, 1925

The new and strictly modern office building under construction on E. Wisconsin Avenue will be occupied by Drs. Flanagan and Bolinske will be ready for occupancy this winter.

Do your shopping in town and when you do you pay a debt here. Your money stays here in town, and you add improvement to the city’s life blood, and you help yourself.

Joseph Lehrer, Jr., has filed suit for damages to an automobile when his machine crashed into the Lawe street bridge gates early Sunday morning. The bridge began to open without a warning sound. The gate struck the auto, and he swerved hitting the rail to avoid going over the opening.

Patrons of The Times are warned to beware of any person collecting money on subscriptions to this paper.

A farmer living on Rose Hill Road reported that he was robbed by two men as he was walking home Monday night. He said the men were in a car with a woman and pulled a revolver on him. The parties were taken into custody and denied the charge. The farmer admitted he made up the story to cover that he had been drunk and spent all his money.

Young Wife – You don’t like a thing I cook so I’m going home to mother.

Hubby – That’s a great idea, dear and if you don’t mind, I’ll go with you.

November 12, 1925

As the result of the arrest of four Kaukauna girls who were recently sentenced to the Wisconsin Industrial School for Women, several persons of this city have been taken into custody and more are being sought by the Kaukauna police, all charge with contributing to the delinquency of the girls committed.

Cheer for Kaukauna High. We have ended the most successful football season. We defeated our most worthy rival, Appleton and were defeated once this season by Green Bay

November 19, 1925

A call led Chief McCarty and Officer McFadden a few miles north of the city where an auto was said to have struck a wagon belonging to Makosky. No one could be found at the scene, so the officers rushed back to town and found a machine with a battered front. The two occupants Kirscher and Wolf were about to “set-to” and were taken in tow to face a charge of disorderly conduct.

A married man in New York City sent for the cops to stop his wife from smoking. How foolish of him what did he think the fire department was for?

Donald McDonald, 38, of Oshkosh, a cook on the Fox River tug, George G. Ryan, lost his life in the cold waters of the navigation canal in Kaukauna when he fell overboard Wednesday evening between the third and fourth locks. No one saw what happened and it is thought he lost his footing and fell overboard.

November 26, 1925

With the World War ending seven years ago, Wisconsin veterans are discovering that the state is granting soldiers bonuses at the rate of fifty a month. This program will end without some of the veterans ever realizing that they might obtained the funds by merely asking for it.