Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen KAHS
September 7, 1906
With this number the
Kaukauna Times enters upon the twenty-seventh year of existence, and this month
completes the twenty-fifth year that C.E. Raught, senior editor, has been
connected with The Times. May the old sheet live another quarter of a century, and
may it continue to picture the glories and advantages of the Lion on the Fox as
it has in the past.
Mrs. Mary Dyer, a
44-year-old mother of ten, committed suicide at her home near Little Chute by
shooting herself in the heart. She had been suffering from a prolonged nervous
illness and had attempted self-harm a few weeks prior before succeeding while her
family was out.
Adam struggles briefly
to kiss Eve, after which she earnest, pleadingly asks if she is the only woman
he has ever really loved.
A new 15-horsepower
electric motor connected to the electric light plant was installed at the Nic
Blau elevator, replacing an old 5-horsepower gasoline engine.
Henry Lawrence
Vandenberg,
born in Holland in 1828, passed away in Kaukauna Saturday from Bright's
disease. He was laid to rest at Holy Cross cemetery following funeral services
at St. Mary's church and is survived by his wife and three children: Joseph,
Mrs. John Bodmer, and Mrs. Theodore Schmalz.
Circuit Court Judge
Fowler awarded Racine baker Otto B. Schulz $6,000 in damages against 80 trades
and labor council members who boycotted his business for refusing to put union
labels on his products.
Will White informed The
Times that a 10-pound baby girl ("a hummer") arrived at his house
at 1:30 Wednesday morning.
Mrs. George Cooper was
shot and killed in the head by a neighbor near her home in Bell Center while
picking berries; the hunter mistook her hair above the bushes for a squirrel's
fur.
New football
regulations mandate game officials (two umpires, a referee, a linesman),
shorten games by 10 minutes, separate rush lines by the length of the ball,
require 10 yards gained in three downs, allow one forward pass per scrimmage,
prohibit hurdling, and enforce strict penalties for unnecessary roughness.
September 14, 1906
Tuesday, September 11,
was one of the hottest days of the year. The heat was so intense that many of
the laborers about town were compelled to quit work. The building of cement
sidewalks was generally suspended and so was work in the yards of some of the
pulp and paper mills. The thermometer registered nearly 100 degrees in the shade,
and the wonder is that no cases of sunstroke were reported.
Kaukauna High School
opened with 11 more students than the previous year, featuring a record senior
class of 29 and a freshman class of 38. The football team is practicing quietly
and efficiently, while the school sees growing enrollment from neighboring
areas like Wrightstown, Buchanan, and Calumet County.
September 21, 1906
Twelve residents of
Little Chute took out their first citizenship papers Saturday. The new naturalization
law goes into effect September 27, after which time the proceedings will be
more expensive.
Valuation $2,972,725, City
Clerk L. C. Wolf released a statement showing the aggregate number and value of
personal and real property appearing on the Kaukauna assessment rolls.
During C. & N. W.
Ry. construction work at Gillette, a switch engine backed into standing
boarding cars, killing two Italian laborers and injuring eleven others.
Mrs. Therese Berendts
of Shiocton dropped $20 in the Appleton County courtroom. An unnamed Kaukauna
woman found the money and returned it to Mrs. Berendts' son, receiving a
generous reward for her honesty.
While returning from
church, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hartzheim and their daughter of Darboy were thrown
into a ditch when their horse spooked at an overtaking automobile; the daughter
suffered a fractured arm and Mrs. Hartzheim was also injured.
September 28, 1906
The Green Bay board of education
reconsidered its recent action relative to the banishment of football from the
high schools at a meeting Friday and will permit the students to participate in
the game under certain conditions.
Appleton-Kaukauna
interurban conductor A. L. Hamblin found a wallet containing $2.84 in cash and
a $446 check, which belonged to Miss Bridget Roache after she exited the car at
Little Chute.
Local Real Estate
Transactions
- Blumberg Residence: Sold on Ninth
Street and Quinney Avenue to Ed. Balgie of Dundas for $1,025, who plans to
add modern plumbing and offer it for rent; Mr. and Mrs. Blumberg are
moving west to live with their daughter.
- E. D. Neff Home: Purchased by
Conductor F. L. Bertrand on Eighth Street for $1,400.
- McCarty Residence: Located on
Seventh Street east of Metoxen Avenue and formerly owned by John McMorrow,
this property was bought by John Behler for $1,600.
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After a three-year
search across the northwest and east, Mrs. H. Hathaway of Kansas City, Mo.,
located her five-year-old daughter in Appleton in the care of Mrs. Nettie
Plummer. The child had been turned over to Mrs. Plummer as an infant in Chicago
after Mrs. Hathaway was deserted and left penniless.
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