Kaukauna Times –
September 1924
By Lyle Hansen
September 4, 1924
President Coolidge
visits with three friends in Vermont last weekend. Seated with the president
are left to right, Harvey Firestone, President Coolidge, Henry Ford and Thomas
Edison.
The "wet"
jinx that has dampened about everything of a public nature Kaukauna has attempted
this summer was working overtime over the Labor Day weekend. The rain poured
all day which resulted in the cancellation of the parade and only a few brave workers
showed up at the water-soaked grounds at the Municipal playgrounds where stands
and booths had been erected. By evening the rain had stopped and a small crowd were
in attendance at the auditorium where the Labor Day ball was held. Everyone
felt that the ball was a good ending to a bad day.
William Vils, 17, was rescued from a perilous
predicament Sunday afternoon by Chief McCarty and the fire department when they
took him from the needles of the Fox river below the Outagamie Paper Mill. It
seems that Vils had attempted to swim across the river but was caught in the
rapids and swept to the mill. His cries were heard, and McCarty responded to
the rescue.
September 11, 1924
Ruth Augusta Malcomson, age 18, Miss
Pennsylvania, was named Miss America on Saturday September 6 in Atlantic City,
New Jersey.
The free pavement dance
last Saturday night on Wisconsin Avenue proved a great success. Special awards were
awarded by Chief McCarty to David Martell and Art Wyro, who shared the best
clog dancers. William Rohan had brought his fiddle and the way he made it talk
evoked round after round of applause. Everyone is looking forward to the time a
dance such as this can be held again.
On Tuesday, September
16th, the question of bonding the city of Kaukauna for $100,000 for the
construction of two bridges a draw bridge across the government canal and a
bridge across the river rapids will be submitted to a referendum vote of the
people, and unless the bond issues are approved by the voters at such time, the
bridges cannot be built. Kaukauna's present bridges have been deemed dangerous
due to the arrival of automobiles and trucks which are of much greater weight
than the old type of vehicles for which the present bridges were intended.
September 18, 1924
Yes, they are coming to
our city Saturday, October 11th. From their reservations of Wisconsin, the
Winnebago, the Menominee, the Chippewa, the Potawatomi and the Lac d Flambeau
Indians will arrive and set-up an Indian village on the ground around the
Y.M.C.A. for the fair and parade.
September 25, 1924
The champion dancers
from the Land 0' Lakes Indian village near Rhinelander which was held this
summer will be at the "Kaukauna Fair" Saturday, October 11. Some of
the dancers include chief of Two Crow and Red Bird of the Winnebago, Hummingbird
and ' Yellow Thunder of the Potawatomie, Wild Horse and Clear Sky of the
Chippewa, Lightning Stroke and Matchakama of the Menominee, Spotted
Wolf and Apache. Little Blue Sky, a Winnebago papoose, four years old, with
eyes as big as the moon, is the youngest of the Indian dancers. They all appear
in gorgeous attire, costumes elegant and luxurious, very beautiful and costly.
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