Hello
Fellow Time Travelers,
Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to September of 1897.
For today’s trip Dan DeKoch will be sitting in the front seat operating the Time
Machine. The big wheel is spinning, the
years are clicking back and in no time we are back on East
Second Street on Kaukauna’s Southside.
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Thilmany is at work on an order from Mexico.
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Six days at ten hours a day new work schedule for Locomotive
employees.
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C.E. Raught now postmaster of south Kaukauna.
Charlie has left the papers on
the chair out front of the Times building. Let’s see what’s in the news this
month.
Your old newsman – Lyle Hansen
PS: Speak the Truth, even if your
voice shakes.
September 3, 1897
The Thilmany Pulp &
Paper Company is at work getting out an order for a Mexican fruit company in
the city of Mexico, for 2,500,000 orange wrappers.
Tramps are getting numerous and very bold in
this city of late. An unknown man entered W.J. McRoberts’ residence on Monday
morning and going upstairs ransacked several drawers of a bureau. Mrs.
McRoberts heard the sounds thinking it was her brother-in-law. It would be well
for people to look to their windows and doors and keep a gun handy.
One year ago Farmer Nelson of the town of
Kaukauna lost his year’s crop of grain in a barn fire. On Monday of this week a
fire again destroyed his years’ crop. The fire started from a spark from a
steam thresher which was started up.
September 10, 1897
Julius J. Martens has
gone into the wholesale and retail fruit business under the name of the
Kaukauna Fruit Company, and will hereafter handle fruit on quite on extensive
scale.
The paper manufacturers
have commenced to talk pulp famine. The ordered shutting off of the power along
the Fox necessitates a stop in all pulp grinding. Mill men are anticipating an
increase in the price of paper in the near future.
James DeWitt Pierce, 19
years’ old and his wife, one year younger, both the Brooklyn New York are in
the County jail in Lancaster, Pa., Because the woman was found by a Constable
dressed in male attire. The story they give is that the woman's father did not
approve of the marriage and they were traveling to Florida to start a new life.
She knew her father would be looking for her so she dressed in a male attire
passing herself off as a boy. Constable saw through her disguise and locked
them both up. Pierce on the charge of absconding with a female and Mrs. Pierce
for masquerading in men's clothing.
Fake or no fake, the crowd step inside the tent
and paid their dimes. They were amply repaid if they can enjoy such revolting's
spectacle. Seated in the pit was a man of copper skin. Under him and about him
are scores of snakes all sizes and complexions. Upon command the man would
commence tantalizing rattlers and other snakes. He finally took a small snake
about a foot in length and deliberately swallowed it. Five minutes later he
commenced to gag and the snake was pulled from his throat. It was one of the most
revolting scenes that made the nerves of strongmen crawl.
September 17, 1897
Last week the employees
in the locomotive department here received the glad tidings. Six days at ten hours a day will now
constitute a week's work was announced by the company. The car department still remains at six days
of eight hours each.
The Outagamie County fair will again be held
in Hortonville, September 22 – 24.
An Appleton rag peddler named Roessathal, was
down in Kaukauna Tuesday and returned with a heavy load of waste rope, was
arrested upon his return home for cruelty to animals. The load was so heavy
that the old nag attached to the wagon fell from exhaustion while going into
Appleton. Roessathal was arrested and fined and humane agent Wilkie shot the horse.
The Klondike fever is as contagious in
Wisconsin as elsewhere is evident from the fact that within the last three
months no less than 13 mining companies have been incorporated in the state.
All of these companies were organized before the new law increasing the
incorporation fees went into effect. The Yukon Trading and Mining company of
Kaukauna has one of the lot.
September 24, 1897
The first severe
killing frost for this year came Sunday night. A thin sheet of ice formed on
water out of doors in some places.
A well is being drilled
on the grounds of the new Park school. J. M. Black has the contract.
Marinette, Wis. - Two pelicans measuring 8 feet from tip to
tip of wings were killed on Green Bay. They were the first ever seen in this locality.
Football is again in the front; an organization
having been affected with this same 11 of ‘96 who made such a good record
during the short time they were on the gridiron. The present lineup of the team
is as follows: A. Mill, left end; Kircher, left tackle; K. Hallock, left guard;
Hoenig, center; Fullerton, right guard: Malone, right end; Reese, right tackle;
Whittier, quarterback; Mulholland, fullback. The first game will be played with
the Ryan high school 11 at Kaukauna Park Saturday afternoon.
September 28, 1897
C. E. Raught, editor of The Times, was
appointed by Pres. McKinley on Friday last, as postmaster of South Kaukauna to
succeed H. J. Mulholland. Raught has been appointed postmaster at South
Kaukauna as a Republican must now hold that position.
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