Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen
October 5, 1926
Zwick, who is mixing
with the paddists around the Buckeye state, handed Billy Knowles, a Chicago 120
pounder, about everything in a boxer's repertoire, and punched his way to a
knockout victory in the first round of a scheduled eight stanza fight in Cleveland,
Tuesday night.
October 12, 1926
When Leo Mercy, 26
years of age of Escanaba, Mich., was arraigned before Judge Theodore Berg in
Municipal court here on Saturday morning on the charge of stealing a car
belonging to Alvin Chelma of Kimberly, he stated that he had taken the wrong
car, and after it had broken down at Kaukauna, he had found out it didn't
belong to a friend but to someone he did not know. He pleaded not guilty, and
his hearing was set for Monday. Bail was set at $500.
Emmet Rohan of this city, a
graduate of the Kaukauna high school with the class of 1926, who is now
attending Lawrence college won the college campus cross country contest last
Saturday afternoon before the Lawrence-Oshkosh Normal game. He covered the
three and one-half miles in 23:03.3.
Kaukauna radio fans,
those with a yearning for baseball in their systems, and those without it but
craving excitement, surely had a great "kick" out of the climax to
the world series games between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees,
when in the seventh and deciding game at New York on Sunday, the Cardinals won
the championship. Such a game. It surely kept the great "unseen
audience" on its toes, according to the announcer.
October 14, 1926
Coach Bill Smith
Football! Football! And
more football. Did you ever see the like? No, neither did we, but it's to be
expected for the town is all worked up over the game. And there is cause for it
too, for coach Bill Smith surely has turned out to be a fighting team for the
Orange and Black this season.
October 19, 1926
The Konkopot Bridge,
which has been undergoing construction for the past several weeks, has been
completed, and was opened to traffic at 3:30 last Saturday afternoon. The new
span is one of the most magnificent structures of its kind in this section of the
state, and one of which the city of Kaukauna and the contractors may feel
justly proud. The roadway of the bridge has a width of 23 feet, and the walk is
five and one-half feet wide. It is built entirely of concrete, and the widening
of the bridge across the creek is expected to care for the high waters which in
several instances, in the spring of the year, threatened to flood that entire
section of the city.
With over 800 people
served the first day, and equal that number on the second, the tenth annual
bazaar and chicken supper of the St. Francis church at Hollandtown was a
decided success, well worth the effort of the congregation during the two days,
last Sunday and Monday. Many Kaukauna people enjoyed the chicken supper, some
of them being, according to visitors, very much in evidence at the tables on
both evenings.
Two unmasked bandits
held up Mike Meyer and a bartender in Mr. Meyer's soft drink parlor at North
Seymour last Friday night, and unable to find any money in the cash register,
escaped with a slot machine containing about $30. Police are watching for the
bandits.
Barney, Gene and Tom
last of the horses used by the Washington D.C. fire department making their
“last run”. The engines have since been motorized and the faithful trio is
enjoying a well-earned retirement on a farm.
October 21, 1926
A Little Chute delivery
truck was badly damaged, but a boy, the lone occupant of the truck was unhurt,
when a Buick roadster, bearing an Illinois license plate crashed into it while
it was parked on Highway 15. According to reports, the truck was standing
facing west, and the roadster was headed in the same direction. The crash
severely damaged the radiator and front part of the Buick, and the rear end of
the truck was badly smashed. Two men
jumped out of the Buick, and made their way down the highway, hailing a
Kaukauna-Appleton bus which happened to be passing at the time.
A son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Powers of Second street at the St. Elizabeth's hospital
Wednesday evening.
Every person should go
to the cemetery at least twice in life. Once at the end of life, and first
early in life to reflect on the brevity of life, and the insufficiency of
worldly goods. There is no place like a quiet churchyard for meditation and
there is room in every life for more serious thought. The tombstones hold a
moral for all living. There are no record of estates left behind, fortunes made
and spent and worldly fame attained.
October 26, 1926
According to word
received here, Phil Zwick battled Lew Bloom to a standstill for eight rounds in
a bout Monday night and won by a large margin in the semi-windup to the Jack
Zwick-Tommy Freeman go, in Cleveland.
Samuel Dauschsky is a
man without a country. As a Russan stowaway on a White Star line ship. England,
Russia and the United States refuse taking him in.
October 28, 1926
Forest Junction—Henry Kempen, a farmer
near here, captured a large eagle Friday morning. It is said that the bird
measured seven feet, two inches from tip to tip, and was one of the largest
specimens ever captured alive in this vicinity. The eagle was eating a rabbit, when
Kempen, coming from behind, pounced on the bird and grabbed it by the neck and
leg. Taking the bird home, his place, where the bird is displayed, has proven
to be a mecca for curious spectators. Mr. Kempen has not decided yet what he
will do in the way of disposing of his captive.
All the seniors who
wanted class rings have ordered them during the last week, at Lang's jewelry
store on the north side. Mr. Lang took the size of the rings for each and the
initials that each wanted on his ring. A deposit of two dollars was required as
a first payment, and balance of five dollars is to be paid when the students
get their rings.
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