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Look Back in Time
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112 E. 2nd St.
Kaukauna, Wi 54130
920-759-1985
Time Machine Trip to July 1886
By Lyle Hansen
July 2, 1886
D.C. Kelley has just
finished moving a house for Mr. Jacobs, from Third Avenue to Third Street up a
grade of seventeen feet and placed it on a good foundation without cracking a
wall in the house. This week he is engaged in moving a barn on the outskirts of
town a half mile and placing it on a stone wall nine and one-half feet high.
Dan is the boy that can do a job in good shape.
Jos. Schomish of
Appleton was arrested by Marshal Mulloy on a Tuesday evening for "fast
driving" on the swing bridge. He was brought in directly before the active
common council session and paid the standard $5 fine.
A statewide
prohibitionist temperance lecture was scheduled at the local rink on Thursday
evening. Due to zero attendance, the speaker paid for the rink rental and left
to find a more appreciative audience rather than present to empty chairs.
July 9, 1886
Happy Birthday to the
Kaukauna Sun which is one-year-old this week. The Sun is a bright and shining
luminary of this prosperous and thriving little city.
Thomas Brown, age 96,
living in Adirondacks, N.Y., raises his feeble voice to claim that he is the
only living person who has talked to George Washington.
Black Hills, Dakota – A shooting in a bar left a man dying on the
floor. Moments later a man rushed in with his gun drawn and orders the crowd
back. “That sheriff is prompt,” remarked the stranger to the barkeeper.” “He
isn’t the sheriff, that’s the sheriff over there playing poker. You don’t
expect him to stop to make an arrest till the game is finished do you?
Kaukauna celebrated the
Fourth of July with unusually hot, disagreeable weather instead of the typical rainstorm.
A morning parade led by Marshal D. J. Brothers and Captain J. C. Van Niel (who
wore a notable Holland military uniform) marched from city hall through local
streets to Lawe's Park, with a larger portion continuing to Sulphur Spring
Park.
Kaukauna, along with
villages and cities nationwide, observed the 110th anniversary of American independence
on Monday, which was declared a legal holiday by lawmakers.
Dr. Tanner sold his
newly completed house on the northside to John Knight for a consideration of
$500. Following the sale, the doctor plans to build a new residence on the
southside of Kaukauna.
July 16, 1886
A band of gypsies
passed through our city the latter part of last week, but not being allowed to
pitch their tent here, they continued their wanderings with Appleton as their
objective point.
A young woman in
Providence, RI., was struck speechless while giggling. There is a warning in
this to the great army of “gigglets” among our young girls.
Capt. Balteres arrived
in Tombstone on the 13th. He states Geronimo and his band evaded the
army and is now doubling back toward Arizona. On the 11th the
Apaches had killed six Mexicans.
A horse took fright
near the Lake Shore depot tracks, causing a serious runaway accident near The
Sun office on a Wednesday. One of the two ladies in the vehicle was thrown
out onto the bridge, receiving severe cuts and bruises to her face and body. The
second lady managed to stay inside the vehicle until the frightened animal was
safely caught near the rink by Johnie Flanigan, the newspaper's office boy.
July 23, 1886
John Corcoran has
purchased the balance of the Old Catholic parochial schoolhouse, paying the sum
of $50. He is now moving it to a lot he purchased recently and will change it
over into a dwelling house.
The prospect of
lighting the city with gas appears to be very good at this time. The city
council, at their last meeting, passed an ordinance granting certain rights and
privileges to a gas company.
Bullock County Ga. - At noon, on the 15th, Jake
Brasswell, a colored man, who had brutally assaulted a little girl, was caught
by a mob and given the choice of being burned or hanging himself. He was given
a rope, and climbing a tree, he fastened the rope to a limb and to his neck and
then jumped.
July 30, 1886
On Monday last, Wm.
Buschman, a car repairer, was badly yet not fatally injured while engaged in
backing up an ore car. The car tipped over while Buschman was beneath it. Fortunately,
he was insured against accidents and will draw $7.50 per week until he
recovers.
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A pretty maiden fell overboard,
and her lover leaned over the side of the boat as she rose to the surface and
said: “Give me your hand.” “Please ask papa,” she said, as she sank for the
second time.
After a long wait and
much concern, some of Kaukauna's streets are finally being macadamized. Geo.
Kelso was awarded the contracts for doing the work on the streets. Work has
commenced on improving the condition of Wisconsin Avenue.
The Congregational
church of North and South Kaukauna organized a picnic excursion to DePere and
Green Bay. The excursion boat Evalyn was hired along with the South
Kaukauna brass band. A picnic dinner was planned for DePere, with the fair
buildings secured as a backup in case of rain.
The New
Outagamie County Jail
Secretary Supervisor
Thos. Reese shared the architectural plans and design cuts for the new
Outagamie County jail to be built in Appleton. The core cell room, built by the
Patent Rotary Jail Co. of Chicago, features a two-story circular iron structure
containing 20 total cells. The entire mechanism rotates via a system of gears
and cranks operated by the jailer, allowing prisoner management from a single
stationary secure entrance with zero personal contact. The complete project is
estimated to cost around $24,000.
