Time Machine Trip to April 1916

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen KAHS 

April 7, 1916

Boys fishing in the Fox River a short distance west of the village of Little Chute early Monday morning found the body of a man who apparently had died at least two months ago. The police in Appleton were notified immediately and turned the case over to the coroner to secure an undertaker to bring the body to Appleton.

 

The baby show at Nicolet school on Wednesday afternoon was well patronized by about 50 babies and their mothers along with 150 spectators. Children aged from six months to five years all healthy specimens of infantile life. Awards were given to the youngest baby that could walk. To the fattest baby under three years of age another and to the fattest baby under one year of age. The largest family of children under five years of age also received a prize.

 

The eight-hour workday has been granted to papermakers employees by practically all the mills in the Fox River Valley. Three shifts of 8 hours will be the same pay as it was for 11 or 13 hours.

 

P. A. Gloudemans was reelected president of the village of Little Chute.

 

Tuesday's election was one of the warmest that was held in Kaukauna for a number of years and before polls had closed resolved itself to be one of the old-time campaign of years ago when everybody was in the game. Charles Raught defeated Dr. Boyd by a majority of 46 votes. For position as mayor of Kaukauna.

 

The flight of ducks to the north has begun and it would be well for the hunters to observe the law prohibiting spring shooting of them.

 

April 14, 1916

 

Two large chandeliers supplemented by other smaller lights and obscure parts of the building now illuminate St. John's church with a brilliant flood of light that makes the big room as bright as day. This is a splendid invocation and one that will much be appreciated by the large congregation. The lights were first used on Wednesday night.

 

Davenport Ia. Miss Bertha Spangler claims she gave John Brown a kiss for an automobile and that was fair trade. Brown insisted he only let Miss Springer, his housekeeper, use the machine. The jury was out for five hours before a verdict was finally agreed upon which gave the machine to the woman.

 

April 21, 1916

The entire roundhouse was lit for the first time last Saturday night, much to the delight of the employees. The electrical crew hopes to have the machine shops completed so that current can be turned on there by Saturday night.

 

April 28, 1916

The U.S. Bloomer Girls baseball team who are making a tour through this section, will play the Kaukauna regulars at the local baseball grounds next Wednesday afternoon at 3:00.

 

Posters will be out this week announcing the 4th annual excursion of the Kaukauna Outing Club to High Cliff Park, on Sunday June 4. The steamer Leander Choate has been chartered and a brass band of 16 pieces will furnish the music on the boat and at the park during the afternoon.

 

McAlester, Ok. After a trip through the state penitentiary, a visitor realized that he had not seen any clocks either in the administration building or in any of the cell houses was there a timepiece. Why are there no clocks he asked a trustee. The man grinned. We don't need any. We have all the time we want here. An electric gong announces the divisions of time work, eat, and retire according to the rings.