Time Machine trip to April 1926

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen KAHS

 April 1, 1926

The guessing contest that of estimating the weight of a bag of sand which was hung in the shore window of Mulford’s came to an end with three people tied for first place. The correct weight of the sand was 108 1/2 lbs. James O'Connor Harold Keefe and Otto Streck each guest 109 lbs. respectively.  To break the tie lots were drawn by the three men, and this gave James O'Connor first place, receiving a suit of Oshkosh overalls.

 

April 15, 1926

The Outagamie County highway committee voted to pay the highway patrolman $160.00 a month and the truck patrolman $100 a month at a meeting of the office of the county highway commissioner Friday. The patrolman looks after the highways and keep them in repair.

 

In a moment of ambitious feeling, it was decided to give the Legion club rooms that “once over” and strange to relate there were no shirkers, but every man-jack who had promised that they would be on hand for the scrubbing bee were there. And did they work when the crew of ex-servicemen got finished the place was spick and span.

 

Following numerous complaints which came into local police headquarters regarding the running of loose chickens, Chief R. H. McCarty issued a warning that there is a city ordinance which regulates the keeping of chickens in the city. The fowls must be locked up and if there are any complaints that guilty parties will be placed under arrest.

 

April 22, 1926

 

Golf courses, so we are informed are to be invaded this year by women flaunting their bare knees. See where a lot of tired businessmen will spend all summer on the links. Knee-d we say more.

 

The new football rule passed by Big Ten coaches imposing a 5-yard penalty upon a team that fails to complete a forward pass for the second or third time after a first down will not greatly affect any team which uses the forward pass sanely. According to George Little director and athletics and football coach of the University of Wisconsin.

 

Robert Minkebige, 12-year-old son of Otto Minkebige, was severely burned and cut on the hand as a result of a cartridge from a military rifle exploding in his hand last Monday. After finding the cartridge young Minkebige took it apart and exploded the cap explosion caused deep burns and four stitches to fix up the wound.

 

On Tuesday evening in Little Chute a collision occurred on Van Den Brock Street between Rev. Theodore Brockman and the streetcar. Rev. Brockman was driving south, the streetcar hitting the Buick practically in the center and forcing the automobile along the right of way cutting down two large poles and numerous fence poles before it came to a stop. Rev. Bachman, who was accompanied by Matt Gerrits of the village, stepped out unhurt.

 

April 29, 1926

 

In the recent city election, Kaukauna was given a new mayor to Dr. W. C. Sullivan, who defeated incumbent C. E. Raught in the election for that position.

  

Madison - Fred Zimmerman Secretary of State has collected and deposited with the state treasurer 400,000 silver quarters which he received in payment for automobile title fees to comply with the title registration law that had been enacted last season by the legislature. The weight of the silver is over 2 tons.

You've got to hand it to the great Ty Cobb. At the age when most men don't know whether they want a cane, a wheelchair or an automobile there's the great Ty still out there cavorting about the baseball diamond with the alacrity of a youngster. Reports have it he is not even showing any signs of having lost any of the batting, running and fielding speed that made my star on the first magnitude on major league diamonds.