Time Machine Trip to December 1925

 

Kaukauna Times

Kaukauna Historical Society

 

December 3, 1925

 

James Harold Reed, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed, West Seventh Street, met a cold and sudden death by drowning when he fell into the cistern near his home Tuesday afternoon. When he didn’t come home for supper the family went searching for him. The cover of a cistern was seen to have tumbled into the water upon closer examination his body appeared. The parents and “Jimmies” sisters were horror-stricken when the little boy was extracted from the cistern.

 

Benjamin Budick, a dealer and garden producer, finally fell in love and this was the note he wrote to his lady love:

My Sweet Pootie:

Can you learn to carrot for me? My heart beets for you, the apple of my eye. Lettuce us marry and be a happy pear. I have been waiting a long time for you.

 

December 17, 1925

 

A wealthy motorist, while touring Georgia, drove up to a gasoline station and found the tender a lazy country boy. “Hey there boy” said the motorist I want some gasoline. Get a move on you. You'll never get anywhere in this world unless you push. Push is essential. When I was young, I pushed and that's what got me where I am. “Well boss”, said the boy, “I reckon it's how you will have to push again, ‘cause we ain't got a drop of gasoline at this place.”

 

The Little Chute High School basketball team autoed to Hilbert on Friday evening where they played the Hilbert High School five and were defeated by a score of 11 to 7.

 

At 20 minutes to 11, John was happy as a lark and at 20 minutes to 12 he was dead without any warning, said Frank Walsh foreman of the Kaukauna Electric company’s linemen, relating the sad story of the accidental death of John Zink, age 27 years, who was killed almost instantly Thursday morning when a poll on which he was working broke and he fell to the ground about 30 feet below.

 

Thursday morning, December 10th sees the formal passing of one of the Electric City's best little grid iron machines. This squad that led the monster Appleton men by their noses for the first defeat in ten years and the team that despite their many mishaps and the opening of the season are coached to victory upon victory by William “Tiger” Smith. The 11 ball players will be honored in the high school auditorium before the entire student body. Each player will receive a miniature gold football engraved with the athlete's name and surrounded with the orange and black “K”. The 11 to receive these emblems are Jack Farrell, Leonard Macrorie, Jack Verbaten, Wally Kilgas, George Boyd, Marvin Miller, Willis Miller, L. “Tubby” Hallock, Faye Posson, Neil Gonyo and “Nubs” Noie.

 

December 24, 1925

“And you tell me several men proposed marriage to you? He said savagely.

“Yes; several” the wife replied, in fact quite a number.” “Well, I only wish you had married the first fool who proposed.”

“I did.” 

 

The entire community was shocked by the news of the sudden death of Mrs. William Rohan, aged 38 years, who passed away last Thursday afternoon. The deceased, Mrs. Rohan, was the mother of ten children, all of whom remain to mourn her sudden departure from this earth.

 

With the last week of voting at the Kaukauna Merchants Club Cash gift popularity contest which opened on December 3rd and closed Thursday afternoon December 24th. Emma Nagel easily leads the weeks running with a grand total of 58,045 votes. First place $15 in cash, second place $10 in cash, third place $5 in cash, fourth place $3 in cash, 5th place $2.00 in cash, and 6^th place $1.00 in cash.