Time Machine Trip to April 1933

 

Kaukauna Times - April 1933

By Lyle Hansen

April 7, 1933

Regenfuss Brewery -The return of the good old beer will be celebrated by the Kaukauna German Band here this evening. The fifteen members will march from the Van Lieshout garage to the Regenfuss Brewery, playing all the good old favorite German songs. How much amber fluid is to be consumed is not known at this time, but it will undoubtedly be sufficient, or at least enough to make the undertaking a success.

 

Anton Jansen was re-elected village president in Little Chute Tuesday.

 

Martin Williams was elected President of Combined Locks April 4 election.

 

April 11, 1933

Two Little Chute youths were rescued from the Fox River Friday afternoon after clinging to their overturned rowboat for about an hour. Martin Van Boekel and Peter Van Toll calls for help were heard by workers at the pulp mill. Sylvester Vanden Heuvel went to their rescue.

 

April 14, 1933

John D. Lawe, Kaukauna's oldest resident, passed away at home here Tuesday night following an illness of about a year. Mr. Lawe was 95 years old. Honorable John D. Lawe, 95, picturesque survivor of the generation of pioneer and son of the founder of Kaukauna, George W. Lawe. Mr. Lawe had been a printer, an editor, soldier an owner of theatres and hotels. In the Civil War he served under Generals Sherman and Grant and for a time was aide de camp to General Grant. With his passing, the name of Lawe dies. The home occupied by him was on the property once owned by Andrew Jackson. It came into the possession of the Lawe family when Jackson was President, and the deed bears the signature of Jackson. Lawe's father, George, founded the city of Kaukauna and selected the name.  George Lawe once owned the property from Kaukauna through Appleton to Little Lake Buttes Des Morts. John D. Lawe will be buried in Green Bay.

 

April 21, 1933

A&P Food News:

Saturday Meat Specials—Round or Sirloin Steak—2 lbs., 15c; Pork Roast—lb., 7c; Pork Chops—2 lbs., 25c;

Summer Sausage—lb. 12c; Chickens—lb., 19c; Butter—2 lbs., 43c.

 

April 25, 1933

Joseph Mathias, 13 years old received a scalp wound Saturday afternoon when he was accidentally shot in the head by a companion, Charles Damrow, age 14 years while they were in the woods near the city limits on the southside of Kaukauna. The gun, a 22-caliber revolver, discharged the bullet glancing the temple of Mathias. The case was investigated by officers of the police department.

 

April 28, 1933

 

R. H. McCarty, poor master, asks that anyone having a vacant lot which he would like 'to donate for use by one of the city’s unemployed to raise vegetables for his own use should contact him as soon as possible.

 

Erection of a 200-foot suspension bridge over the Wolf River at the Gardner dam camp in Langlade county, has started. The entire project is being sponsored by Kaukauna people, the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company the Rotary club. The work is being done by volunteers.

1933 Willies Sedan

 

Time Machine trip to April 1923

 

Kaukauna Times - April 1923

By Lyle Hansen

April 5, 1923

 

The Farmers and Merchants bank moved into its new location in the Central Block, which was purchased from John Stevens of Appleton, and thoroughly renovated from top to bottom. The formal opening and a housewarming will take place Saturday. The public is welcome.

     Otto Look will move his drug store from the corner of Third and Main Avenue to the storeroom adjoining the Farmers and Merchants Bank on Second Street. Otto has recently sold his corner to the First National Bank.

 

Frederick Steffen, who had reached the age of 97 years, died Sunday evening. Mr. Steffen was the oldest inhabitant of this city. He was born in Germany in 1826 and came to this country in 1849.

 

April 12, 1923

Two Moonshiners, arrested here two weeks ago by Sheriff Zuehike, drew jail sentences of thirty days. Another man paid a $100 fine for possession of moonshine.

Just one hour before she died, the world’s greatest actress Sarah Bernhardt, sent a message to America. “I am deeply touched with the sympathetic interest of my beloved American friends” Sarah was seventy-eight years old.

  

Chief “Old Posey,” of the Paiute Indians is making his last stand, all alone, against the white man in the hills of Utah. His small band of twenty-seven warriors was captured but he escaped. J. Ray Ward is in charge of the men who captured the warriors and will bring in the old chief.

 

Complaints are coming daily to the Police Department from property owners who do not want their neighbors' chickens in their yards. There is an ordinance against chickens running at large. Lock them up to avoid arrests and fines.

April came on the stage of action with a fine rain last week which made short work of the snow which disappeared over night except on Second Street which had huge snowdrifts, the authorities believing in letting the spring rains clear the street.

The South Kaukauna Creamery was found to be on fire early Tuesday morning by a passerby. He immediately sent in an alarm to the fire department which in a short time had the fire under control. Owner Hubert Fassbender appeared on the scene to survey the damage. The operation of the creamery suffered no interference but carried on as usual.

A Kaukauna girl, aged about eighteen, is reported to have played fast and loose with silk dresses, lace, and diamonds in Appleton, taking what did not belong to her. Appleton police have her in custody.

April 26, 1923

The city has a crew of men at work on the former city hall which was presented recently by the city council to the Kaukauna Post of the American Legion and the remodeling of the building so as to make it convenient as a clubhouse and assembly hall.

The Combined Locks Paper company has purchased the Peter Berghuis farm comprising one hundred and thirty acres near the mill. Among the changes which will result is a viaduct being put across the railroad tracks thus rendering the highway safe from railroad accidents.

Time Machine Trip to April 1913

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1913

By Lyle Hansen 

April 4, 1913

The women in Kaukauna are not very pronounced suffragettes as only five in the city availed themselves of the opportunity to vote Tuesday.

St. Mary’s church was far too small to accommodate the vast assembly which turned out last Saturday morning to attend the double funeral of Mark Hayes and Barney Kobussen, the young men who lost their lives by drowning in the Fox river. Combining the two funerals made it one of the largest funerals ever witnessed in this city. In addition to all the private rigs, thirty hacks followed the cortege procession extending for blocks.

The managers of Kaukauna’s Nugent’s Theatre are preparing a great treat for their patrons on Friday April 11, presenting the greatest actress in the world, the Divine Sarah Bernhardt in the movie picture “Camille”.

 

April 11, 1913

Mr. John E. Beggs, in his address before the Advancement Club Banquet one evening last week, among other things said, "Why has not the magnificent waterpower at Kaukauna been utilized?” Three hundred years ago the early French explorers recognized the prospects of this area, and as of yet little has been done to develop the resources. It looks as if someone had been sleeping at the switch."

 

April 18, 1913

Saturday, April 19, marks the second business anniversary of the Kaukauna Drug Co., and the proprietor Otto A. Look has arranged to fittingly celebrate the evening with a big sale.

The first engine on the Ashland division of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad to be equipped with an electric headlight left this station on engine No. 5 Monday evening bound for Antigo. The new headlight is a wonderful advancement over the old oil burner reflector.

 

Bad Fish Must Go - The Wisconsin assembly has passed a bill ordering the game Warden’s department to drag with nets the waters of Lake Winnebago, the Fox River, and Lake Butte de Morts to rid them of dog fish, sheepshead and eels.

 

Switch engine No. 179 jumped the track at the Main Avenue crossing Tuesday morning. The drive wheels sank deep into the soft ground until the steam chest rested on the ties of the track. Engineer Geo. J. Kromer was at the throttle and escaped injury. Fireman Lawrence McMahon was thrown through the window on his side of the cab and only slightly injured.

 

April 25, 1913

The break in the water main was repaired and the water turned on last Saturday afternoon, after being off for four days. Hyland and his crew of men did a fine job in this repair job.

 

The Kaukauna Fibre company began tearing down the old smokestack which has stood since 1892. The stack has been declared unsafe and ready to fall over. 

Recent accidents have resulted in several people being injured.

Harry Cotter is laid up at his home on Second Street after having a bone in his left arm cracked while loading logs at the Combined Locks Paper company.

Andrew Lambie, while at work for the Union Bag and Paper company Wednesday got caught in an elevator and had his shoulder badly wrenched before the machinery could be stopped. He is taking an enforced lay off while recuperating from his injuries.

Mrs. Michael Wrubleski badly lacerated the wrist of her left arm Sunday. While opening a glass jar of fruit the top broke off and gashed her wrist, cutting two tendons and the main artery causing a great loss of blood before the injury was cared for.

Time Machine Trip to April 1903

 

Kaukauna Times - April 1903

By Lyle Hansen

April 3, 1903

The Wisconsin assembly has passed a measure absolutely prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or importation of cigarettes or cigarette paper in this state. It has also passed a bill making it unlawful to take beer or other intoxicating liquors into a voting booth during the progress of an election.

 

The little 2-year son of Mr. and Mrs. Weidenhaupt of the south side was fatally burned Monday morning. Mrs. Weidenhaupt had step over to the neighbor’s house for a few minutes leaving the boys 2 and 4 alone at home. It is believed the 4-year-old found some matches causing the fire.

April 10, 1903

The human race is divided into two classes-those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit and inquire why it wasn't done the other way.

 

April 17, 1903

A washout occurred on the Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat and Power Company’s line just west of Little Chute. Twenty employees of the company were called out and worked from 7 o'clock until noon before it was in shape. There is quite a grade in the line just this side of Little Chute and heavy rains of the past few days and nights washing down the hill carried the earth from under the track and in places the tracks dropped two feet.

 

April 24, 1903

 

The delivery of mail on Rural Route No. 14 has been attended with considerable difficulty for several weeks, no fault of carrier Rohan. Last week the storm washed out three culverts, the bridge worse than before and the town line road north has been impassable. In consequence the carrier goes as far as he can one day, it being impossible to cross the bridge, and the reverse way the next, a portion of the route being served each day. If the residents of the rural district want their mail promptly and daily, they will have to attend to their roads and bridges. The carriers are not furnished with balloons or flying machines and cannot jump their mail wagons over fallen bridges and washed-out culverts.

The first boat of the season arrived in Kaukauna Thursday. The U. S. gov’t transport Wolf came down from Oshkosh.

 

Joplin, Mo., A mob of 2,000 person’s marched through the streets the other night threatening all negro residents. Men and women fled in terror before the mob. Many homes were set on fire. The outbreak began after a local police officer was killed by a negro tramp.

 

Frank Goetzman, aged 16 years, thirdhand on the No. 3 machine at the Thilmany Mill suffered a very painful injury Monday night at about 11 o’clock when his right thumb was completely severed. The boy showed remarkable nerve, as he never uttered a cry of pain.

 

Kaukauna High School Baseball

The Kaukauna High School baseball team twisted the Menasha boys all up in a knot last Saturday afternoon and tossed them over the fence. The Kaukauna boys trotted bases until they were weary, piling up a total of 36 runs in seven innings against 3 allowed to their opponents.

George Kromer, proprietor of the Farmers Home on the south side, celebrated his 54^th birthday Wednesday. He arrived in Kaukauna in 1869. He is still a firm believer in the future of the Lion of the Fox and expected to see the city grow to at least twice its present size.

 

Time Machine Trip to April 1893

 

Kaukauna Times - April 1893

By Lyle Hansen 

April 7, 1893

A government steamer took a run down the river here last Saturday. The whistle sounded quite summer-like. Navigation will soon be declared open.

Mayor Peter Reuter, in Tuesday's election, stepped into office once again and will serve as the city's mayor for another term, his third.

 

New Tramp Law – A bill which is intended as a remedy for the tramp nuisance was passed recently in the assembly. The district attorney is required to prosecute all cases. Any person convicted a second time in a year shall be punished by imprisonment by the state for not more than one year or less than three months. 

The Town of Galena, Del., was practically wiped out by fire on March 31.  200 houses were totally destroyed, and several persons severely burned while fighting the fire. No lives were lost.

 

Fond du Lac is in darkness owing to the expiration of one company’s street lighting franchise. This is not the first time that old Fondy has been in darkness. A dark cloud has hung over her for many years.

 

A Holyoke, Mass., man claims to have a tricycle constructed by himself on which he and his wife carry their two children, a tent, and an oil stove. On this machine the family are to tour to the World's fair.

 

By the fastest train it will only require 19 hours to go from New York to Chicago during the world's fair.  This means very close to 50 miles an hour of running time and for the distance is the best in the world.

 

April 14. 1893

It is claimed that Mrs. Nellie Boycourt, who was adjudged insane in Indianapolis was made so by the use of cigarettes of which she was a confirmed smoker.

Mob Changed Its Mind – Salina, Kas., April 11 – John Hudson, the Negro arrested for the assault on Mrs. J. M. Frosts, was taken from the jail by a mob last night, a rope placed around his neck, and he was hastened to the National Hotel, where Mrs. Frost was living. She positively identified him as her assailant and the mob took him to the street. He was given a chance to speak and protested his innocence. He was told to prepare for death. At this point a number of citizens began to protest and the sentiment grew so strong in favor of Hudson that the proceedings were stopped. He was finally returned to the jail.

 

Quite a number from Kaukauna are at presently employed in construction of the building at the World's Fair in Chicago.

 

To Open The Fair – President Cleveland will touch off the world's fair on May 1 in the presence of from 100,000 to 150,000 people.

 

April 10 – A British cruiser has seized a ship flying French colors and having on board 60 children which have been kidnapped from Zanzibar by Arabs and eventually intended to be disposed of as slaves. The incident will be used to enforce the protest of the British against the course of the French authorities permitting the use of the French flag by the Arabs in kidnapping and making the French flag a cover for slave traffic.

 

Bennie Whitman was thrown out a Runte’s delivery wagon on Monday and sustains injuries which will keep him in the house for a few days. He was riding on the back of the wagon and his leg got caught in the wheel carrying him around the axle and bruising him considerably.

Luther Lindauer, of this city, returned last Saturday from the south with a carload of horses 17 in number he has disposed of most of them this week.

 

Too many men tried to pull themselves out of trouble with a corkscrew.

 

Louisville, Ky., April 5 – At the Allen Bradley distillery today, while four men were placing a barrel of whisky in a warehouse the head of the barrel broke, and the contents ran along the floor to a lighted lantern and took fire. In an instant the warehouse was in blaze and the men fled for their lives. The building was soon a roaring furnace. Barrel after barrel of whiskey exploded sending flames high in the air. Over 12,000 barrels of whiskey and 7000 cattle were lost. 

 

April 21, 1893

 By a unanimous vote of the council Tuesday evening, the Moffett, Hodgkin, Dark Company water works ordinance was ordered to a final publication before adoption. The ordinance will be adopted the first meeting in May, without a doubt, and then the water works is a sure thing. This is a glorious day for Kaukauna.

 

The Kaukauna water works are to be built by a New York firm at the cost of $76,000.

 

April 28, 1893

Last week we acquired 1.11 inches of rain, but the farmers are not deterred and are proceeding with their spring plowing.

 

The Indian school on the Oneida reservation was regularly organized on March 27 number of pupils enrolled is 75 the first day 50 were admitted. It had been necessary to refuse admittance that 30 or 40 applicants for lack of room.

 

The new Empire Hat.

 

Chicago, Ill., April 25 – The bronze monument of Christopher Columbus erected at the world’s Columbian exhibition on the lakefront was unveiled this afternoon with appropriate ceremonies. 

 

Plans are being drawn up by architect Dean of Appleton for new rectory to be built this season by the Holy Cross church. The building will be a handsome two-story structure fully equipped with heating apparatus etc. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $5000.

 

John Holberg of Kaukauna has been granted a patent for a new holder for toilet paper rolls. The improvement over other holders of this kind are embraced in the core which passes through the roll. In all other holders the roll can be removed from the hanger at any time, thus often resulting in a loss of paper by theft.

 

When Gen. O.O.  Howard was in Chattanooga the other day when a beggar with a withered arm came to him asking for alms. The general, with a twinkle in his eye, held out his empty sleeve said: “You’re better off than I am, for you have your arm left while I have lost mine.” The cripple gazed at the empty sleeve for a moment then extracted 15 cents from the pocket of his tattered jean trousers, “Here” he said turning to Gen. Howard; “this is all I’ve got but you’re welcome to it.” There was a general laugh at the expense of the distinguished commander of the department of the east and he made the man happy by giving him a silver dollar. 

 

Time Machine Trip to April 1883

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1883

By Lyle Hansen 

April 6, 1883

About half past ten on Monday evening a fire was discovered in a small building at the rear of the Vilas House. The fire was believed to have been under control through the use of a little hand engine belonging to Reuter Bros. At about eleven o'clock a telegram was sent to Appleton for a fire engine, which arrived at 3 o'clock, which was just in time to sprinkle down the ashes of the Vilas Boarding House, the Sprangers building, Lawler & Hickok Saloon, and D. W. Krebs & Son dry goods merchants.

Arizona - More than twenty men were killed by the Apaches last week. It is expected that the Indians are concentrating at a point about forty miles from Tombstone. They have set fire to the grass and the country there about is in a blaze.

April 13, 1883

Ledyard & Kaukauna are now connected by telephone, but the sidewalk which they need much more is still a minus quantity.

 

The TIMES has been informed that one large brick block will be built in place of the four buildings destroyed in the fire last week.

April 20, 1883

Forty-one men are at work repairing the break which occurred in the government canal last October. Mr. De Witt Johnson of Appleton is overseer of the work.

Virginia - About one hundred masked men attacked the jail at Wytheville on the 12^th. The sheriff was compelled to deliver up a murderer named Wm. T. Crockett. After hanging the prisoner, the mob riddled his body with bullets.

April 27, 1883

During the high water a watchman is required at the headgates of the canal constantly, to keep the water in the canal from rising and overflowing the banks. There are two factories using the water at present. The level of the river above the headgates is about one and a half feet above that of the canal.

At last, we learn that steps have been taken which will soon bring the completion of a sidewalk across the river between Ledyard and Kaukauna. Jas. F. Driessen, chairman of the town board, has this week circulated a subscription paper among the businessmen on both sides of the river and already there is nearly enough subscribed to build the walk. The walk will be four feet in width and will extend from the south end of the river bridge to the Lake shore.

Over 18,000 head of buffalo have been killed east of the Yellowstone River, in Montana Territory, this season. 

Buffalo skulls

Washington D.C. – A man named King has invented a suicide pellet. They are the size of a capsule, and flavored to suit any taste. When swallowed by the victim the moisture of the stomach causes them to explode, and the man is blown to atoms.