Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen KAHS
June 1, 1906
Joe Hoffman of the
north side has a hen that lays eggs with three yolks-triplets, as it were. He
also has a brood of twelve chickens hatched from eleven eggs. Now if someone
will only produce a rooster that lays, Kaukauna chickens will have the world
beat.
The Kaukauna Public
Library was systematically broken into through windows over a weekend. The
thief ransacked locked desks and cupboards, causing $25 in total damages and
stolen fine money, with only $8.00 taken in cash.
Despite a stormy night,
Kaukauna successfully observed Memorial Day with grave decorations by the
G.A.R. Paul H. Beaulieu Post and Woman's Relief Corps, followed by a popular
soldiers' dinner and an opera house program. Local businesses and train lines closed
down for the day.
Harold, the 3-year-old
son of Conductor J. P. Powers, narrowly escaped being trampled when his new
velocipede went out of control on a sidewalk, throwing him directly between the
feet of E. C. Griswold’s horse. Miraculously, the horse stood completely still
until the child was rescued.
June 8, 1906
Again, the Kaukauna
High School sends forth to the world evidence of its good work in the form of a
class of graduates. The class which this year bears testimony to the efficiency
of our local educational institution is sixteen in number — seven young ladies
and nine young men into the world's broad field of labor.
ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC
COURSE.
FANNIE KNOLL RALPH
HARTLEY
WALTER GRAY F.
ITZLYL SOLAR
MARK WEBSTER HAYES
GERMAN COURSE.
ROSE M. GILLEN
MARY KELSO
MARGARET M. HAIGHT.
MODERN CLASSICAL COURSE
HAROLD FORD TANNER
RAYMOND J. DONAHUE.
HIRAM LOUIS KREBS
LEO CURTIN
OSCAR T. THOMPSON
E. CECELIA LINDSTROM
ANNA B. CORCORAN
MAY FAY ROOT
An older man who
frequently appears in local justice courts swore out an assault warrant against
his sister-in-law, who counter-sued him for abusive language. Both parties
ultimately failed to show up for trial after agreeing to drop the charges and
split the legal costs.
W. S. Mulford, a highly
prosperous and prominent clothing merchant in Kaukauna for 18 years, surprised
the community by putting his stock, business block, and home up for sale. He is
moving to Peoria, Illinois, to take an interest in a larger manufacturing and
retail clothing establishment.
Landlord H. C. Wishart
officially changed the name of the Brothers Hotel to the "La Salle,"
honoring the 17th-century French explorer. The building has been completely
redecorated with new paint, carpets, furniture, and updated kitchen equipment.
June 15, 1906
Wenzel Kabat was found guilty of
having killed Michael McCarty, destroying the body by fire. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty murder in the first degree at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday afternoon,
after being out exactly one hour and thirty-two minutes. A motion for a new
trial was entered, and an adjournment was taken until Saturday, when the
prisoner is expected to be sentenced.
A calf on the
interurban track between Kaukauna and Wrightstown caused a great deal of
amusement for the passengers on board. When the car overtook the animal, the
motorman got off and put it off the track so the car could continue. Before
progressing more than a block, however, the calf again took to the track and
again the car was stopped. This ceremony was performed at least five times in a
distance of two miles, delaying car about twenty-five minutes.
Grand View Hotel landlord George
Mulholland and Conductor Peterson enjoyed a highly successful fishing outing on
the north branch of the Oconto River. They brought back a string of over 200
brook trout for hotel guests, despite being nearly eaten alive by mosquitoes.
June 22, 1906
The Menasha baseball
team came down for a rematch game loaded to the brim with confidence and hope
and brought with them upwards of three or four hundred people determined to
make Kaukauna look stale. The Kaukauna’s gave the pail factory lads a severe
thumping, 6-0.
June 29, 1906
Kaukauna is fast
becoming a city of cement walks. Nothing speaks so well for a city as good
streets and sidewalks, and in this respect, Kaukauna is not surpassed by many
cities of its size in the state.
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