Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen KAHS
September 4, 1896
In spite of the fact
that no water is being used by the Fox River Valley Mills for power purposes,
the amount in Lake Winnebago continues to fall. Unless the fall rains make
their appearance soon there is no telling when the mills will be able to go
back to water power.
On
Monday morning last a tramp entered the farm residence of Dan F. Robinson, a
couple miles west of this city, and stole a suit of clothes and a gold watch.
No one was in the house at the time. Upon returning home Mrs. Robertson found
the bureau drawers open and things scattered around the floor and at once
summoned Mr. Robinson from the field. A message was immediately dispatched to
the city for the police force and Marshall Kuehn went to the farm to gather
some clues. He discovered that someone had entered through the back door and
went across the cornfield. Marshall Kuehn followed the trail to the railroad
track and found several tramps sitting about. They said they saw a man coming
out of the cornfield carrying clothing. Outside of Appleton a man had been seen
walking up Apple Creek Road caring a coat over his arm. Jule caught up to him
and took him into custody; he had Robinson’s suit and gold watch on him. He now
languishes in a county jail to await trial.
Don't forget the Seymour fair September 10, 11
and 12. Lee Richardson, the trick bicycle rider will perform. White’s Green Bay
band of 19 men will furnish music and five grand horse races will be held along
with other amusements.
The
opening gun of the fall campaign was fired in Kaukauna Tuesday evening and the
echo of the boom still lingers. The Opera house was filled to almost capacity
many having to stand. A glimpse around the faces showed that everyone was
anxious, eager and had come to hear the words of cheer from the speakers of the
party. A large number of ladies were also present. Dr. H. B. Tanner, Pres. of
the Kaukauna Republican club presided over the meeting. Wisconsin Lieut. Gov.
Baensch, Congressman Minor and Hon. C. N. Fowler of New Jersey, were the guest
speakers for the evening.
Physicians
are no longer to be puzzled to determine whether a patient is dead. Dr. Carl
Barnes of Chicago has made a discovery of the use of an x-ray can readily
detect if the person is dead.
September 11, 1896
The trouble with a
great many young men is they don't like to work between meals.
The
TIMES passes another milestone in its career and celebrates its sixteenth
birthday.
Remorse of having whipped his son to death many
years ago and a firm belief that he will never inhabit the celestial regions
has caused Newton Gilkison, a farmer living a few miles from Mansfield, Ohio,
to build for himself a “heaven,” in which he says his spirit will live after
his death. “Newt” is about 70 years old. 30 years ago he accused his son of
having stolen some trivial article. The boy denied it. Newt trashed him so
severely in an effort to make him admit his guilt that the boy died. After his
son was buried it was discovered he had not stolen the article. The father's
remorse and grief unbalanced his mind.
September 18, 1896
The Kaukaunans went to Oshkosh last Sunday and
again met defeat by a score of 4 to 6. The superstitious members of the team
felt certain they would be downed, for they took 13 men, it cost $13 fare and
the game was on the 13th.
The rains of the past week have raised the lake nearly to the crest of the Menasha dam. A few days more and all the mills will again be running by water power.
A petrified man, claim to have been found in the Cedar Swamp near Peshtigo and supposed to have been a victim of the fire of ’71, was on exhibit here last Saturday.
It took an Oshkosh jury
just four minutes to discharge the Oshkosh ball players who were arrested for
playing on Sunday.
Peter Broeren, an employee of the Kaukauna
Electric Light Company, was arrested Wednesday by a U.S. Marshal. He was
charged with drawing water from the river on August 31 and September 1. He is
being held in Milwaukee on a $300 bond.
The Zeitung
the Kaukauna German paper which has been run by C. G. Brenner for the past two
years has been sold to the Appleton Volksfreund
company.
Kaukauna High School’s First Football Team - Standing left to
right are tackles Henry Kercher and Dave Reese, guard Henry Gerharz, Professor
Allen, high school principal, tackle Charles Chamberland, center “Dutch” Hoenig
and guard Knight Hallock. Seated in the same order are end Winn Green, right
halfback Paul Hallock, fullback and Captain Charles Frambach, left halfback
Jake Miller and end Tom Malone, reclining in the same order are quarterbacks Ed
Frambach and Earl Nugent.
September 25, 1896
An Irishman on visiting a cemetery noticed on a
tombstone the following inscription: “Sacred to the memory of a lawyer and an
honest man.” That be a strange custom to
bury two men in one grave.
A mob of 125 men on horseback in Kentucky
destroyed ten turnpike tollgates and admonished the tollgate-keepers that the
next step would be to lynch them if they attempt to collect again.
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A country minister took leave of his
congregation in the following pathetic manner:
"Brothers and sisters, I came to say
goodbye; I don't think God loves this church because none of you ever
die."
"I don't think you love each other because
I never marry any of you. I don't think you love me because you have not paid
me my salary."
"Your donations are moldy fruit and wormy
apples, 'and by their fruit ye shall know them.'"
"Brothers, I am going away to a better
place; I have been called to be a chaplain of a Penitentiary."
"Where I go ye cannot come; I go to
prepare a place for you, and may the Lord have mercy on your souls.
Goodbye."
The baseball season in Kaukauna has closed and
the members of the club have divided the net receipts. Each member got $1.87
for every game he participated, 21 games having been played.
San Francisco Cal., - The story of the loss of the German gunboat Iltis has been told by shipmates from a nearby ship. At the moment the ship was to go down the captain gathered the doomed crew about him and called upon them to give three cheers for the emperor. Waving their hats at the flag that flew over them the brave sailors showed their fidelity to the Fatherland. They grasped each other's hands and singing the national anthem as they went down to deathin the sea.
