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Charles August & Elizabeth Kading
1874 – 1956
Charles E. Kading
Charles E. Kading, son of Charles A. Kading
Kading and Kading
1904
07 12 C. A. Kading, of Watertown, who is at the
Plankinton, is an attorney who is so modest that he fears publicity. He says:
"I never feel that a beginner like myself should ever get into the public
prints. If I was an old and successful practitioner like Jim Malone or Judge
Lamb of our town, you could no doubt get an interesting talk out of me. Now I
am obliged to hide my modest rush light under a tin can or a half bushel."
1906
C. A. Kading, Attorney, 1906 cartoonist
drawing, WDT series, “Men in the Public Eye”
04 11 There is no earthly reason why C. A. Kading
should not again be elected city attorney. He has been a very efficient
official and deserves re-election at the hands of the common council as an
endorsement for services faithfully rendered. The same is equally true of Frank
S. Weber, our respected and painstaking and efficient city clerk. The city
never had a better one and it is always good business sense and judgment to
keep good men in office. The Leader
has not heard any opposition to either of the gentlemen named and there
probably will be none, for all recognize their worth in the positions they
held.
1908
07 17 August
Kading, brother of District Attorney C. A. Kading, formed co-partnership
with John G. Bachhuber of Juneau. WG
1910
06 03 District
Attorney C. A. Kading came up from Watertown last Tuesday in his new Overland
auto. It is one of the “slickest"
looking cars that has come to Juneau for some time. Mr. Kading was accompanied by District
Attorney R. W. Lueck, of Jefferson County, and by Attorney Otto Hahn of
Watertown. [Juneau
Telephone].
11 04 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DODGE COUNTY / Charles A. Kading
It is seldom that a candidate
for public office gives such general satisfaction to the voters and taxpayers
that he has no opposition at the primary election from within his own party for
a third term, and especially when that office has a good salary attached to
it—such is the case, however, with Charles A. Kading of this city, candidate
for District Attorney of Dodge County on the democratic ticket.
Mr. Kading's
administration of that office for the past four years has been so eminently
satisfactory that his party decided to renominate him and did renominate him at
the primary election last September without opposition, and without
solicitation or effort on his part.
His nomination for the
third time is a great compliment to him, and on Tuesday next we expect him to
carry Dodge County, so noted for great democratic majorities, by the largest
majority ever given a candidate for office in that county. He is the only democratic candidate for
office in this end of Dodge County, and of course the voters of Shields, Emmet,
the 5th and 6th wards of this city, Lebanon, etc., will take particular
interest in supporting him. It is
universally admitted he is one of the ablest district attorneys Dodge County
has ever had, and that county's interests have always been looked after by him
with care and caution, and at the same time he has been fair in his prosecution
of evil doers when he felt in conscience that they were entitled to
consideration—never being over-anxious to convict just for the sake of making a
record for convictions, as too many lawyers nowadays are. Courteous, kind and civil, to both friend and
foe, it is no wonder that his
own party has once more decided to do all in its power to re-elect him to the
office of District Attorney of Dodge County.
WG
c.1910
-- -- LAW OFFICES OF KADING & KADING, third floor, Masonic Temple bldg
1911 Ad
1912
07 25 CANDIDATE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
The selection of C. A. Kading of Watertown as one of the two candidates
endorsed by the Democratic state convention for the office of attorney general,
will meet the approval of Mr. Kading's numerous friends. He is an attorney of ability and it goes
without saying that democrats in this city and vicinity will vote for him, and
thus show appreciation of the honor bestowed upon a resident of our city. WG
08 24 WELTBURBER ARTICLE, AG OFFICE
1914
02 50 Proposed STATE Home
For Feeble Minded in Watertown
03 26 CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR / Charles A. Kading / Paid
Advertisement:
[Ordered and to be paid for by C. A. Kading at the
rate of 5 cents per line.]
To the People of
Watertown: During the fourteen years
that I have been engaged in the practice of law in Watertown, you have been
very generous to me in a business way, for which I am grateful. Politically you have permitted me to serve as
your city attorney for seven years. I
thank you for the confidence you have shown in me. On April 7 you will elect your next
mayor. I am one of the several
candidates for that office, and should be pleased to serve in that
capacity. Your next mayor should be a
man in whose judgment and business integrity you have the utmost confidence,
and who you believe will be able to handle any proposition that may come up
during his administration along business lines.
Every successful business firm strives to place in charge at its head
the man who is familiar with the different departments. A city in electing its mayor should do the
same. My experience as city attorney has
made me familiar with the details of the various departments of our city
government . . . WG
04 02 TO THE PEOPLE OF WATERTOWN:
In addition to what I have
already stated in connection with my candidacy for the office of Mayor I desire
to say, that if elected, in addition to my official duties, I will do my utmost
for the benefit of the laboring man, as I have done heretofore, by working in
conjunction with the Advancement
Association to interest manufacturing concerns to locate in our city, thus
encouraging and benefitting the laboring man in the employment that it will
bring to him in the building of factories, as well as in operating the same
after constructed, and avoid the necessity of so many of our boys leaving the
city in order to obtain employment. I
have always contributed liberally towards the bringing of factories to our
city, as will be borne out by the records of the Advancement Association, and
have never regretted doing so, because each factory secured for Watertown has
been a benefit to its citizens generally.
The industries already
located here, should also be encouraged, as their owners are heavy taxpayers
and they are a benefit to our city and should be given every possible and
reasonable courtesy in the way of proper fire
and police protection.
If elected Mayor, I
shall give to the performance of the duties of that office the best there is in
me for the benefit of our city, its business and manufacturing industries, and
all of its people.
Being a heavy taxpayer
myself, I would naturally strive to accomplish the most beneficial results for
the citizens at the least possible expense to the taxpayers.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES A.
KADING WG
04 09 CHARLES
A. KADING ELECTED MAYOR
A Large Vote Cast at
the Municipal Election. The municipal
election on Tuesday turned out to be a lively affair after all, judging from
the large vote cast, which was 2,003.
Chas. A. Kading was elected mayor by a plurality of 19 votes. Kading received 828 votes, Mulberger 809,
Gaebler 296, and Richards 70. Emil Tanck
for treasurer received 1473 votes and C. H. Bramer 422: Krueger for assessor 1039 and Schmutzler 837;
Wieman for city attorney 1501 and Buchheit 359; Glaser for street commissioner
1063 and Radtke 835.
Mayor-elect Kading says
of course he’s happy over the result and is very thankful to all who supported
him for the office, and bears no ill will toward those who supported his
opponents, and that he will strive hard to do his duty and look well after the
city’s interests in his official capacity.
Charles Mulberger made
a splendid run and conducted a campaign that was very fair to all of his
opponents. He says he is well pleased
with his vote and will do all he can in the future, as he has in the past, for
the success of the city and of the city administration. WG
1915
01 21 MISS
DORA GERTH
Gets Civil Service Appointment.
Miss Dora Gerth, daughter of Herman Gerth and wife of this city, has
been appointed by the state civil service commission to the position of
stenographer for President Yoder of the Whitewater Normal school. She is a graduate of the commercial course of
the Watertown High School and for a number of years was stenographer for the
law firm of Kading & Kading. She is
one of the most popular young ladies in the city and is an excellent
stenographer. Her many friends
congratulate her on her appointment. WG
1930 KADING-NELSON WEDDING is marked with
lovely details
The
Kokomo Tribune, 12 July 1930
A wedding of charm and
impressiveness was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Mahin,
1218 West Superior Street, Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, when their niece,
Miss Josephine Nelson, became the bride of Charles E. Kading, son of
Congressman Charles A. Kading of Watertown, WI.
The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Edward Nelson of Waupaca, .WI.
Kokomo is the girlhood home of the bride's mother and although the bride
herself has never lived here she has visited in the city frequently, she and her
mother having spent much time with Mr. and Mrs. Mahin since the death of Mr.
Nelson about four years ago.
The Rev. W. Edward
Hoffenbacher, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church at Logarisport, performed the
ceremony in the presence of the immediate relatives and a few close friends of
the couple. The service was read at the
east end of the living room and decorations of cathedral tapers in two tall
wrought iron holders and two floor jars of hollyhocks in shades of pink, delphinium
and Shasta daisies made a lovely setting for the service.
For the exchange of
vows the couple knelt on a cushion colorful with Chinese embroideries. The attendants were Miss Eleanor Fragstein of
Milwaukee, Wis., a sorority sister of the bride, and Robert Godley of Cleveland,
Ohio. The bride, who was given in
marriage by her uncle, Mr. Mahin wore a quaint dress of figured white chiffon,
the design being of baskets of old-fashioned flowers in the dainty pastel
shades. The dress was fashioned with
extremely long skirt and fitted bodice and a narrow ruffle around the neckline
formed its only trimming. A jacket of
matching chiffon lined with pink satin was worn by the bride during the
breakfast. She wore a pink hairbraid
hat, an off-the-face model, trimmed with a wreath of pink roses across the
front and a bow of pink grosgrain ribbon at the back, pink moire slippers, flesh
hose and pink silk mitts. Her only
jewelry was a silver and sapphire necklace, the gift of the bridegroom, and her
flowers were a Colonial shower of lilies-of-the valley and Briarcliff roses.
Miss Fragstein wore a period dress of light blue chiffon, having a
long full skirt and tight bodice. Her
hat of hairbraid matched her dress in color and she wore blue slippers arid
light hose. Her flowers were a Colonial bouquet of Briarcliff roses and
delphinium. A breakfast for the wedding
guests was given at the Kokomo Country Club immediately following the
ceremony. The long table was beautiful
in its floral decorations. At either end
was a French crystal bowl of roses, phlox, delphinium and baby's breath and
alternating between these were porcelain figures and crystal bud vases, of
roses and delphinium. The place cards
were brides and grooms with wisps of tulle forming the bride's veil. The other tables about the room also had
lovely bouquets of 6 vari-colored flowers.
The wedding cake, which the bride served, was decorated with pink roses
and other adornments. Following the
breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Kading left on a motor trip through the east, the bride
wearing a brown silk suit with a chartreuse blouse and beret. Her other accessories were of brown.
After August 15, they will be at home at 914 Clyman Street,
Watertown, Wis. Other out-of-town guests
with the bride's mother and the attendants were Charles A. Kading, father of the bridegroom, Edward
Schempf and William Brandt of Watertown, A.
E. Backus of Milwaukee, Wis., Miss Frances Wright of Oak Park, Ill., Miss Lucy
Newell of Evanston, Ill., Miss Virginia Tittman of Chicago, Mrs. C. G. Beeching
of Detroit, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bunn of Rochester. The bride attended Ward-Belmont Seminary, and
was graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
She is a member of Alpha Xi Delta, women's national fraternity. Mr. Kading was graduated from the law
department of the University of Wisconsin and is a member of the Chi Phi
fraternity. He is junior member of the
law firm of Kading and Kading in Watertown.
1950
09 13 CHARLES
E. KADING / Candidate for city councilman
Candidate for office of city councilman to
complete the term of Albert W. Maas, recently resigned. Born 1907, son of Charles A. and Elizabeth
Kading, the original partners of Kading & Kading.
1955
09 17 Attorney Charles A. Kading receives a life
membership card in the Elks Lodge.
1956
06 19 KADING, CHARLES AUGUST, (1874 - 1956)
914 Clyman St
Charles
A. Kading, 82, 914 Clyman Street, senior member of the law firm of Kading and
Kading, a former mayor of Watertown and former congressman from this, the
Second District, died at St. Mary's Hospital at 12:40 a.m. today, following a
heart attack. He entered the hospital
yesterday morning. Mr. Kading had been
active almost to the last, being at his office regularly. As a small boy he began his education in the
district school near the home place, later attending the Lowell grade school in
the village. His summer vacations were
spent helping with the work on the farm.
WDT
From Biographical
Directory of the U. S. Congress
914
Clyman St, 2006
KADING, Charles August, (1874 - 1956)
KADING,
Charles August, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Lowell, Dodge County,
Wis., January 14, 1874; attended the country schools, Lowell graded school,
Horicon High School, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; was graduated
from the law department of Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., in 1900;
was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Watertown,
Wis.; also interested in agricultural pursuits; city attorney of Watertown
1905-1912; district attorney for Dodge County, Wis., 1906-1912; mayor of
Watertown 1914-1916; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first,
and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law; died in
Watertown, Wis., June 19, 1956; interment in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
1956
1960
12 28 OPPOSE POLICE-FIRE STATION AT EIGHTH AND MADISON
Three members who served on a committee named
by Attorney Charles E. Kading, while he was serving as acting city manager
here, to study city hall expansion needs today issued a statement opposing the
proposed construction of a new police and fire station at the corner of North Eighth and Madison streets and
suggested that maybe “it is time to hold another referendum” on the
matter. The three are Arthur Kuenzi, a
registered professional engineer who was president of the old Otto Biefeld Co., now the Otto Biefeld Corp.;
Albert W. Maas, general contractor and head of the Maas
Bros. Construction Company and a former city councilman; and O. E. Carlson,
for many years a building materials supplier here. WDT
1961
12 29 Charles E. Kading, Watertown, and William Brandel, Jefferson,
Jefferson County judges-elect, will be sworn into office at a special ceremony
to be held in the county court rooms of the new courthouse addition in
Jefferson. The rites will take place at
the opening of a regular term day of the court at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2,
1962. Retiring County Judge L. L.
Darling will administer the oath to his successors. The public is invited to attend. The new judges will be extremely busy
immediately following their installation.
It is reported that more than 40 cases are already scheduled for hearing
before Judge Brandel on Jan. 2. In Branch
1, Judge Kading will continue with the regular probate calendar which is reported
to be heavy.
Cross
References:
1916, Fire at Masonic Temple office
1975,
Milwaukee Journal article, 05 13
Sept.
30, 1956: Charles E. Kading, 1008 South
Tenth Street, Watertown, attorney and former member of the City Council,
prepared today to take over the duties of acting city manager of Watertown following
his election by a 3 to 2 vote in the Council last night. The election of Mr. Kading came as no great
surprise. On Sept. 22, in a front page
report, the Times forecast the
possibility of his election. He will
serve until a new city manager is elected by the Council to succeed to the
position of Dean Van Ness who completed his services with the city today. He will take over his new duties as the first
city manager of Lake Geneva on Monday.
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