Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen
February 3, 1905
If the Kaukauna groundhog
crawled out yesterday just to experiment with his shadow, he was a tardy big
chump and has undoubtedly been nursing frozen ears since paying for the
foolhardy act. Tuesday and Wednesday were the coldest days of the winter to
date. The thermometer registered 26 degrees below zero.
Wm. C. Ditter was quite
seriously burned about the face Thursday morning while attending the furnace at
St. Mary’s church. Extra heat was required due to the extremely cold weather.
He opened the furnace door to stroke the coal the extra air resulted in a back blast.
February 10, 1905
The Thilmany Pulp and
Paper Mills of this city have for some time been conducting the experiment of
the use of electricity in running one of their paper machines. They have
successfully demonstrated this method on their number four machine by a motor
driven from electric power obtained from the Kaukauna Electric Light Company,
which was temporarily installed for that purpose. It is the intention of the
Thilmany Company, if they fully decide to run the paper machines, to install a
power plant of their own, where enough energy can be generated for their uses.
They will also run their printing motors by electricity.
Grace, two-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olsen, had a narrow escape from death Monday
afternoon by poisoning. The little one found a bottle of medicine on the table
and drank it. She was immediately ill and fell asleep. A doctor was summoned,
and she was kept awake and treated.
February 17, 1905
Even the ice rink has
been "frozen up" this week, business being suspended until the
weather moderates.
A floating bridge will
be constructed at Kimberly in the spring for the benefit of those workers on
the northside of the river. A floating bridge will also be constructed across
the river below the locks.
February 24, 1905
The highway from here
to the village of Little Chute, which had become totally impossible in the last
few days, has now been placed in very good condition. The high ridge of snow
and ice on the track was levelled up and it is now so that it is hoped no more
difficulty will be experienced.
It is reported that the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company has decided to adopt electricity as
a motive power for heavy traffic between Chicago and Milwaukee and the general
superintendent of motive power, Robert Quayle, is said to be convinced that
electric power on railroads is the coming thing.
Matt Brill, the new
superintendent, is enforcing a new rule at the workhouse. He discovered that
the prisoners were given to shirking their duties at the stone pile. Each
prisoner was given three wheelbarrows of stone to crack and was informed that
if he finished his task by noon, he would receive a warm dinner if not a cold
lunch would be given. Most received a warm dinner. Now they are given four
wheelbarrows to crack to receive a warm dinner.
For the past two weeks
the rural carriers have labored under great difficulty in making their routes.
The snow drifts make the roads worse than ever, and they are fast becoming impassable.
Two more stars were
added to the flag by the Senate Tuesday, Oklahoma and New Mexico were admitted
now there are 47 States instead of 45.
Charges against the
Kimberly Clark Paper Company will be pushed to the bitter end by the Trade
union. Two weeks ago, members alleged importation of foreign labor at a lower
wage resulting in discrimination against citizens employees.
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