Kaukauna Times - November
1906
By Lyle Hansen
November 2, 1906
The thief who had such
an abnormal appetite for chicken, and who played havoc among H. A. Knitter's
young chickens, Wednesday night of last week, has as last been caught red-handed.
The thief, in shape of a large black mink, was discovered Friday morning by Mr.
Knitter, living under the sidewalk watching the one remaining chicken. The
owner of the chicken procured his shot gun and quickly dispatched the thief. It
is a fine pelt and more than pays for the loss of the chickens.
The party of hunters
from here, who spent ten days at Tustin, near Lake Poygan, returned home Sunday
evening. They brought back a nice string of ducks—to verify their
statement—some seventy.
With every ounce of
power, they were able to exert, and with quite an advantage of weight, the
Kaukauna High football team defeated Manitowoc 83-0. As play progressed, the
boys adapted the slogan "everybody make a touchdown" and it almost
seemed that this would come true, but the last half was cut down to fifteen
minutes by request of the visitors to return on an early train, or the total
score would have been run up over 100. No less than four of Kaukauna's
touchdowns were made by the new play, the forward pass, in which the local boys
have become quite proficient.
Joseph J. McCarthy of Kaukauna is
candidate for county treasurer on Republican ticket.
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John Coppes of Kaukauna is candidate for county
treasure on Democrat ticket.
November 9, 1906
Those who went from
here in the 'bus to the dance at Van Abel's hall at Hollandtown, Tuesday night,
had quite an experience on the way out. About two miles this side of
Hollandtown, there is quite a high culvert to cross. The culvert has no siding
and the driver, misjudging the road, drove so near the edge that one wheel
slipped down. The strain was so great that the tug broke but fortunately the
vehicle did not go over. All were compelled to dismount in the mud while the
'bus was pulled up into the road, and outside of the tugs being broken and the
driver losing his hat, no damage was done. They arrived a little late but safe
and sound at the hall.
Dennison Wheelock of
the Oneida reservation will go to Washington shortly for the purpose of securing,
if possible, the passage of a law modifying the restrictions now making the
sale and transfer of reservation lands both difficult and unprofitable and
certainly most unsatisfactory.
The scarcity of help in
nearly all lines of work is not confined alone to the Fox river valley but
seems to be general throughout the country. Work in many lines is handicapped
seriously by insufficient forces of employes.
A muskrat made things
lively in the north side post office one day last week. He ascended the stairs
leading from the basement and was making a circuit of the room when sight was
caught of him. Attracted by the pandemonium, Postmaster Watson soon appeared on
the scene and dispatched the rodent.
November 16, 1906
A dispatch from Kaukauna Friday morning effectually puts at rest all the stories in regard to the removal of the shops of the Ashland division of the Chicago & Northwestern to some other city. It was thought that Manitowoc, Sheboygan or Green Bay had bright prospects of securing the industry but the news in the dispatch sends all of our hopes glimmering. — Manitowoc Daily Tribune.
The value of the
balloon for the exploration of the upper atmosphere has long been recognized,
and in France at least, under the direction of M Hermite, a series of
experiments were carried out which proved to be not only interesting but of the
first importance. Of course, these exploring balloons carried no passengers,
and one reached the unprecedented altitude of ten miles.
John Heintz, an employe
of the Combined Locks paper mill, had his hand and arm badly lacerated in a
roll at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The accident was due to his having missed
his footing while carrying a piece of shafting.
Ed. Younger, a member
of the famous Jesse James band, passed through Kaukauna this week on his way to
Joplin, Mo. Younger's body is literally covered with scars. A large scar adorns
his right cheek and on the back of his head is a mark of some sheriff's aim.
Younger was sentenced to prison for life but after serving twenty-five years in
the Minnesota penitentiary was released two years ago on parole.
November 23, 1906
The shipping of deer
from the northern woods this week has interfered with the schedule of passenger
trains. Nearly all the south bound trains that took on venison arrived here an
hour or more late, due to loading and unloading. A fireman who runs into Monico
Junction said that he saw 85 deer transferred from one train to another
Tuesday. The largest shipment brought down on any one train arrived at Appleton
Junction Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the baggage car containing 121
carcasses. All of them had to be transferred to No. 16 on the Wisconsin
division and this operation delayed the train about one hour and fifteen
minutes.
One of the High School
girls had the misfortune to lose her hat in the canal while crossing Lawe
Street Bridge. Fortunately, it landed close to the bank and was afterward
returned to her by a schoolmate. A few moments later her brother's hat sailed
over the railing and was lost in the main channel of the river.
Mother’s Love
Laughing out front of
the Post Office
November 30, 1906
Local switchmen of the North-Western
Road received notice of a raise of four cents an hour, the change taking effect
Thursday. The difference each month will mean considerable as the men work ten
hours a day and frequently work overtime. Without extra time the raise means
$12 per month. Operators all along the line have also received an increase.
It is with a feeling of
pity that we chronicle the fact that a Kaukauna mother—having four small children
purchased a bottle of carbolic acid at a local drug store and went to an
Appleton hotel with the intention of ending her life. The prompt action of
Marshal Conlon Monday night prevented the woman from carrying out her intention
as she had already arranged for her room when her plans to take her life were
forestalled. It is hoped that this estranged couple will become reconciled and
that on the morrow they will have something to be thankful for.
The Marinette
Eagle-Star tells of the remarkable shot of E. C. Eastman of that city, a former
Kaukauna attorney. Mr. Eastman was a member of a party of hunters who had just
left the hunting grounds at Walton and were aboard the train when Mr. Eastman
saw a deer standing alongside the railroad track. Although the train was going
at a good rate of speed, he fired his rifle through the window and wounded the
deer so badly that it was only able to run a short distance. The train crew
then backed up the train, and the deer was taken aboard.
W. Doxtator, an Oneida
Indian who recently located at DePere, having come there from Canada, was
arrested by Deputy Marshal Zimdars at the request of Sheriff A. G. Koch, who
took the prisoner to Appleton. Doxtator is charged with practicing medicine
without a license.
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