Time Machine Trip to July 1924

 

Kaukauna Times – July 1924

By Lyle Hansen

July 3, 1924

The Ferris wheel and Merry-go-round operated by John Kaarup of Minneapolis for three days last week on the Kaukauna ballpark, greatly to the delight of the kids, have been taken down for transportation to some other city. Mr. Kaarup, with his family while being here, made many friends during their brief stay in Kaukauna.

Wednesday afternoon two submarine chasers, enroute to Oshkosh for the 4^th of July passed through the city.    

 

July 10, 1924

Rev. F. X. Steinbrecher, who served for 27 years pastor of St. Mary's Church, has been transferred to the parish at New Holstein where it is hoped he may regain his former good health. He will be replaced by the Rev. Conrad Ripp of Bear Creek. Father Steinbrecher became pastor of St. Mary's in 1897, in succession to the Rev. Joseph Geisler.

 

July 17, 1924

The stock fair last week was a grand success and was very well attended. A great many pigs were brought in and mostly all sold at good prices.

Through the efficient and prompt work of Chief R. H. McCarty the identity of the marauders who broke into the Merbach Hardware store Monday night when a quantity of guns, silverware and knives were taken was disclosed when police took into custody two 14-year-old boys. The arrest of the two also clears up other robberies. 

 

July 24, 1924

Postmasters’ convention Appleton July 21, 1924

 

Kaukauna's definitely and absolutely out of the Wisconsin State league, which is now reduced to six teams. John Coppes, president of the Kaukauna league team was under the grounds, of poor sportsmanship on the part of the layer city teams and management.

 

Kaukauna will soon have a municipal garage, where all automobiles and vehicles belonging to the city and its employees will be stored. The building, which will be next to the Lawe Street Bridge on the island, will be made of concrete block on cement piers and measure 60x70 feet. The road will be somewhat changed as part of the building will extend over the present street, and the street will be made straight to conform to the plan of the landscape gardener of the high school grounds.

 

 

July 31, 1924

 

More than three, thousand Indians and whites gathered at Quinney last Sunday at a meeting in the interest of the Six Nations who propose to collect six billion dollars from the State of New York for land of which they were robbed by the eastern land grabbers.

 

Paving of Wisconsin Avenue is now a thing of the past, the Joseph McCarty Company completing the work in fine style on Wednesday. It only remains now for the company to add the finishing touches.