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Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
Mr. George L. Field
of our city is the authorized agent for the sale of Messrs. Boardman, Gray
& Co.’s superior Piano Fortes in Watertown and vicinity. This firm has been engaged in manufacturing
for over twenty years; their practical experience and extensive facilities for
carrying on the business, which are unsurpassed, if equaled in America enables
them to produce instruments which will bear the severest tests in regard of
tone, elegance of style, finish or durability.
During the time they have been manufacturing, their instruments have
been steadily advancing in the estimation of the public and have acquired a
reputation second to none in the United States.
They have received the warmest commendations of the first [finest] artists,
among whom can be named Jenny Lind, Catharine Hayes, Strakosch, Gottschalk,
Thalberg and a host of minor musical celebrities.
Mr. Field has been engaged with Messrs. Boardman, Gray
& Co. for five years and is thoroughly posted in all the details of the
Piano Forte trade, which constitutes him the most reliable agent of this firm
in the West. He will order pianos for
all who wish to purchase and guarantees perfect satisfaction in every
instance. We can cheerfully recommend
him to all who intend adding this desirable article of furniture to their
households.
Watertown Daily
Times, 01 09 1959
Groundbreaking
ceremonies were held yesterday at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church for an addition which will house a church school classroom
area of nine class rooms, a boiler room and storage area at a cost of between
$30,000 and $35,000. The classroom area
will be modern and up to date for the expanding church school of the parish. The present church building is 100 years
old. Among those present when the ground
was broken were Joseph Wimmer, chairman of the building committee, Gene Chase,
senior warden, James Bloor, junior warden and the Rev. Fr. William E. Krueger,
rector of St. Paul's.
Watertown Daily
Times, 01 05 1984
Carl Hayssen,
owner of two Watertown businesses, has sold those concerns to separate
owners. Charles and Elizabeth Anderson,
401 North Washington Street, have purchased Minar Office and School Supply and
Mark Pieper, 1204 Oak Street, and Larry Lebrun, 103 Fairview Street, are the
new owners of Minar Business Machines.
Sale of the office supply business, located at 407 East Main Street, was
completed Wednesday afternoon. The
Andersons plan to continue the same services at the store and will eventually
change the firm's name to Minar Business Services of Watertown.
Watertown
Square plans outlined
Watertown Daily Times, 12 31 2008
The Watertown
Common Council Tuesday delayed taking action on a developer's agreement for the
former Watertown Square property because the
documents were presented minutes after the meeting started, but city officials
gave an update on the proposed development plans for the approximately
10.5-acre site on the corner of South Church and Bernard streets.
Pick ‘n Save
on the east side of South Church Street will move to a new 60,000-square-foot
building at the Watertown Square parcel, which is owned by E J Plesko &
Associates in Madison. Plans also include a 500-square-foot building that will house
a Bank of Lake Mills.
The current
structures that were the former locations of Mimi's Hallmark and Walgreens will
remain on the property and be refurbished.
Completion
date and plans to be up and operating are in April of 2010.
Because the
Watertown Square parcel is located within a tax incremental financing district,
the city will provide E J Plesko & Associates with approximately $3 million
if the property reaches a construction value of $16 million. The property is
currently assessed at about $3.5 million.
Originally
constructed in 1979, the Watertown Square Shopping Center was formerly anchored
by a Kohl's Department Store, a Kohl's Food Store and a Walgreens.
Most of the
existing complex has been vacant since April of 2002 when the Kohl's Department
Store closed and a new location was constructed just south of Interstate 94 on
state Highway 26 in Johnson Creek. The Kohl's Food Store has been closed since
March of 2001.
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
The undersigned
would respectfully announce to the citizens of Watertown that he will be a
candidate for the office of City Marshal and
that if elected he will endeavor to meet the approval of the public in
impartiality and promptness in discharging the duties of his office.
March 2, 1859.
John Staub
City Treasurer
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
To the Citizens
of Watertown—I take this method of offering myself as a candidate for the office
of City Treasurer and respectfully solicit the suffrages of the people. If elected it is hardly necessary to say that
I shall take the utmost care to discharge every duty with the greatest
promptness and integrity.
Watertown, Feb. 24, 1859. Matthew Norton
City Election
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
To My Fellow
Citizens—In compliance with the solicitations of my friends and it being in
accordance with my own desire, I offer myself to the electors of the City of
Watertown as a candidate for the office of Treasurer at the approaching
municipal election, and should feel grateful to my fellow citizens should I
receive their support. In early life I
was instructed not to ask or accept an office the duties of which I was not
competent to discharge and if elected to this I shall cheerfully give my entire
attention to the prompt and full discharge of its duties.
Watertown, Feb. 16,
1859. Henry Graves
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Annual
Charter Election of 1859
Watertown Democrat, 03 31 1859
Election
Notice. Notice is hereby given that the
Annual Charter Election will be held in the city of Watertown on Tuesday, the
fifth day of April next for the following officers, to wit” Mayor, Police Justice, Treasurer and Marshal,
one Alderman, one Assessor, one Railroad Commissioner, and one Constable for
each Ward. The polls will be opened at
the following places: 1st Ward,
Watertown House; 2nd, Buena Vista House;
3rd, Union House, 4th, Germania House; 5th, at the school house in said Ward;
6th, at the office of Chas. Beckman, 7th, at the school house in said Ward;
8th, at the house of
Robert Crangle. – S. Baird, City Clerk.
↓ More on Election of 1859 ↓
Charter Election
Watertown Democrat, 04 07 1859
Our annual Charter Election, for
choosing municipal officers, took place.
It was a badly mixed affair—all the political elements having been
mingled together in endless confusion, or rather, we might more correctly say, politics had very little to do with
the result. It was a scrub contest from
beginning to end, in which persons, not parties, were victors and if it had
been conducted on the principles on which certain donkey races are managed in
England, how brilliant would have been the victory of those who came out
behind, so far did they distance all rivals.
But out of this mess a set of good officers have been selected by the
people . . . A more quiet, peaceable and orderly election we have seldom or
never witnessed. There was little or no
excitement and noise and we heard nothing like a quarrel occurring through the
entire day.
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
First and
foremost among the institutions of our city stands the Young Men’s Association, which during the
past four months, under the energetic direction of its present board of
directors, has attained a prominence and is exerting an influence in our
community that is worthy of special notice.
It may not be amiss to state a few facts with regard to the progress and
present standing of the Association of which many of our citizens are doubtless
not aware.
The Reading
Room is now opened daily between the hours of 6 1/2 and 9 1/2 o’clock p.m. and
is supplied with ten newspapers, comprising daily, semi-weekly and weekly
issues of standard papers from the principal cities of the Union, also with
eight periodicals, among which will be found the North American Review, London
Quarterly, Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews and Blackwood’s Magazine.
The number of
books in the library has been trebled since the annual election, by valuable
donations and by the purchase of standard historical works and writings of
eminent men. In this late addition may
be found Bancroft’s United States, Prescott’s Philip II, Macaulay’s History of
England and Miscellanies, Motley’s Dutch Republic, Their’s French Revolution,
Dick’s, Webster’s and Clay’s works, Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, and many
others of equal worth.
The number of
paying members has been nearly doubled since September last, which at the
present time, including honorary members, number eighty-one members. We are informed that in order to accommodate the wants of the members the capacity of
the room is to be doubled by the addition of the room adjoining the present
reading room by means of folding doors.
The new room will be devoted to the purposes of a Library and Directors
Room . . .
↓ More on Young Men’s Association ↓
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
There was a
large attendance of ladies and gentlemen last Monday evening at the first debate of the Young
Men’s Association in their new rooms.
This society now has over 100 members and is in the most flourishing
condition. Every young man especially
should belong to it and take an active part in its interesting proceedings.
↓ More on Young Men’s Association ↓
Watertown Gazette, 05 05 1859
. . . Since the organization of the “Debating
Department” of the association the list of its members has nearly doubled and
it is now in a very prosperous and healthy condition. Its library has been greatly enlarged and it
has, in all probability, become one of the prominent and useful institutions of
the city.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 16 1959
Watertown's observation tower, used as the headquarters for the
Watertown unit of the Ground Observer Corps, will be kept intact for the
present despite the fact that the Ground Observer Corps, on a national basis,
is to disband on Jan. 31. Announcement
that the ground observers would be inactivated was made out of Washington
several months ago.
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
Have fitted up in
good style the store on the south side of Main Street bridge, formerly occupied
by Maes & Roper, and are keeping on hand a complete assortment of candies,
nuts, green and dried fruits, pickles, preserves, oysters, sardines, lobsters,
bird seed, raisin, citron and, in short, everything belonging to the
confectionary and fruit line. We have a
most complete assortment of fancy soaps, hair oil, pomades [a perfumed
ointment, especially one used to groom the hair], colognes, perfumery and
flavoring extracts which we will sell cheaper than anybody else in the
city. Ice cream and soda water always
ready. F. P.
Brooks & Co.
↓ More on Brook & Company ↓
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
F. P. Brooke
& Co. have now about as large and fine a stock of apples, oranges, lemons,
coconuts, oysters, maple sugar and most everything else the markets can afford
that we have ever seen at that well filled establishment. “Peter” believes in and practices the
principle of ready pay, small profits and the best articles it is possible to
find for his customers. Better fruit
than he now has we have seldom seen for sale in this city.
↓ More on Brook & Company ↓
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
Watertown
Oyster Depot. F. P. Brook & Co.’s confectionary
fruit, cigar and tobacco store, on Main Street bridge, where they are prepared
to furnish their old customers and all new ones with any amount of shell, can
and keg oysters, which they receive daily and warrant fresh. Oysters, sardines, etc., served up at all
hours in the best style at their eating rooms.
↓ More on Brook & Company ↓
Watertown Gazette, 05 12 1859
Ever mindful of
the wants of the public and determined to supply the visitors at his saloon
with all things appropriate to the season, E. P. Brooks & Co. have fitted
up and put their Soda Fountain in operation and now draw from it a most
delightful and gently exhilarating beverage.
They have all kinds of syrup—sarsaparilla, lemon, strawberry, raspberry,
etc—which they know how to mingle in the right proportions to give the most
agreeable taste and flavor. Peter says
he is bound this year to be the first in the market with all the welcome
luxuries of spring and summer—to have the best and cheapest on hand at all
times, and he will do it.
↓ More on Brook & Company ↓
Watertown Gazette, 05 19 1859
We predicted
last week that Peter Brooks was wide awake for the first fruits of the blooming
spring time. Last Tuesday he received an
invoice of strawberries, peas and cucumbers and threatens to follow these fine
things up with the best that money, the weather, the soil, the sunshine, the
rain, and the express can bring from the southern lands, until our own gardens
furnish a supply. If Peter will remember
us, we will remember him.
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
H. & F. Gilman keep the best of imported wines and
liquors at their splendid restaurant and billiard rooms on Main Street,
Stimpson’s block. Where meals are served
up at all hours. Fresh oysters received
daily. Free lunch daily at 10 a.m.
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
Ten acres of
land with a large and commodious brick house, a new horse barn, young orchard with
all the conveniences usually about a comfortable and pleasant dwelling,
situated one mile from the Bank of Watertown and Planter’s Hotel. The above property is in good order and
pleasantly situated, having a good view of Rock River. I will sell cheap, as I bought cheap. If not sold by the first of May, will
rent. Terms of payment will be made to
suit the party purchasing.
H. W. Blanchard
Lumber! Lumber!
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
I am
manufacturing all kinds of lumber from timber usually found in the valley of
Rock River and vicinity of Watertown, which I propose to sell cheap to suit the
times. Those intending to build the
coming season would do well to call at my mills in this city as I can cut bills[?]
of timber from 20 to 30 feet long with my new circular mill. I have an open buggy, mostly new, that I will
exchange for saw logs of any description or will exchange for oxen or
horses. H. W. Blanchard
Watertown Democrat, 03 03 1859
PIKE PEAK’S
WAGON for sale. The subscriber has a
number of first rate lumber wagons, new and all ready for use, which he will
dispose of on favorable terms. Those in
want of a good wagon will do well to call and examine them. Call at the hardware store. S. P. Day
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
The next spring
election will be fully as important as any ordinary fall election. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and
a Judge of the Circuit Court of this District are to be chosen in addition to
the usual number of municipal officers.
For the offices of City Treasurer, Police Justice, City Marshal, and
Aldermen of the different wards there is not likely to be any scarcity of
candidates from which to make good selections . . . It does not seem as if
either the Democrats or Republicans intended to make party nominations and put
forward regular tickets, as no conventions have as yet been called, though
there is time enough for that yet.
The only
citizen we have heard named in connection with the office of Mayor is Mr. F. E. Shandrew, a gentleman admirably
qualified for the position and [who] would discharge its duties with the
promptness and intelligence that would reflect credit alike on himself and the
community whose official head he would then be.
Mr. Shandrew is well known as one of our most enterprising and energetic
business men, well acquainted with the wants and interests of the city,
sufficiently familiar with Parliamentary rules to make a capital presiding
officer, and would take a pride and pleasure in promoting the welfare of the
city, with the prosperity of which his own is permanently identified. Though he is not among our very oldest
residents he has been here long enough to become familiar with the past
history, present condition and future needs of the place and would make such a
Mayor as would win the confidence and respect of all with whom he might be
brought in official contact, whether fellow-townsmen or strangers. Of course we do not mean to intimate that he
is the only gentleman who would make such a Mayor as we all would like to see
occupying that purely honorary but not irresponsible position, for that would
be neither true nor candid, but he is one of them, and if no more preferable
candidate appears we certainly shall not regret his election.
↓ More on F. E. Shandrew ↓
Watertown Democrat, 04 14 1859
One year of success has crowned our efforts in building
THRESHING MACHINES that have proved in every respect equal to any other machine
manufactured. And having made decided improvements
during the past winter we shall be able by the first of June next to offer to
farmers as good an eight horse power machine as any other manufactured in the
state. One great consideration in
purchasing a Threshing Machine is to get it as near home as possible, in order
to save a large amount of time and money in having it repaired whenever
necessary. We hold ourselves in
readiness to do all repairs on the shortest notice and on the most reasonable
terms. We are also prepared to do all
kinds of mill jobs or any other business pertaining to a foundry and machine
shop. F. E. Shandrew & Co.,
Watertown
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
To the Editor
of the Watertown Democrat:
Dear Sir—An
anonymous writer in your paper of this day assumes that I wrote the article
which appeared in the Transcript of 23d ult., on the subject of Police Jurisdiction by T. M. Knox, Esq. I would say in replay that I neither wrote the
article referred to nor had I any knowledge of it whatever, until I saw it in
print. I have been acquainted with Col.
Cullaton some years as an editor and so have you and I think that you will
agree with me in the remark that he is capable to writing his own editorials.
I would say in
this connection, for the information of your correspondent, and for that of
others who may be interested, that I have had nothing whatever to do, either
directly or indirectly, with any of the articles which have appeared in our
city papers for a year past, relative to the office of Police Justice, or my
jurisdiction as such Justice. These
articles have all been written and published unsolicited by and unknown to me. Allow me, therefore, to express the hope that
your correspondent, before again charging me with having called in question
through the public press, the right of Mr. Knox to act in criminal causes
arising within our city, may find something more tangible than the vagaries of
his own imagination upon which to base his charges.
J. A. Hadley
Live Yankee
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
Under this head
the last Oconomowoc Free Press
contains the following allusion to an individual whose operations in this city
have given an odor of rascality to his name.
If he ever gets justice done him it will not be as difficult to find his
whereabouts as it now seems to be: “Mr.
Frederick P. Bement alias the “Live Yankee,” alias the “Honest Man,” the
individual who left these parts last September very suddenly, on suspicion that
some other place would answer for him just as well, is informed that if he will
call upon the German hired girl who lived with him last summer he will find
something belonging to him which his creditors have not levied upon.”
River Ice-Free
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
The river is
entirely free from ice and the ground from frost. It is not often that these two things happen
so early as this in the month of March.
The roads are all broken up and traveling is about as difficult as it
can be. A few more days of favorable
weather will change all this.
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
The going,
which has been horrible during the past ten days, is getting better. The ground is settling and work in field and
garden will soon commence in earnest. The
evidence of reviving life begins to appear.
The buds are swelling and in spots the meadows have quite a green
look. An early, and we hope, a fine
season is opening upon us. What a happy
revolution in the conditions of the people of the west ample crops and good
prices would make! The shadows of care
would quickly vanish from thousands of clouded brows.
The Duty of Owning
Books
Watertown Democrat, 03 10 1859
. . . Men are
not accustomed to buy books unless they want them. If, on visiting the dwelling of a man of
slender means, I find the reason why he has cheap carpets and very plain
furniture to be that he may purchase books, he rises at once in my esteem. Books are not made for furniture but there is
nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The plainest row of books that cloth or paper
ever covered is more significant of refinement than the most elaborately carved
etagere [piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments]
or sideboard.
Give me a house
furnished with books rather than furniture!
Both, if you can, but books at any rate!
To spend several days in a friend’s house and hunger for something to
read, while you are treading on costly carpets, sitting upon luxurious chairs
and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of
cheating your mind.
– Henry Ward Beecher
Avocation of Farmer
No avocation in
life is more respectable and useful than that of the farmer. The time has gone by when "contempt is
cast upon the husbandman." Agriculture,
as a science, is becoming more important, and more honorable. It is the noblest, for it is "the
natural employment of man." The
intelligent and independent farmer is ever respected; he holds an important and
responsible place in society. Upon him
devolve many duties; upon him rest many obligations. In him we look for
examples in patriotism, virtue and intelligence. Living, not in the "hum of human
cities," where he would be continually in the whirlpool of political and
other excitement, he can examine questions of a moral, religious and political
nature, with a cool head, a calm mind, and an unbiased judgment. To him we look for correct opinion, and in
him we should ever find a safe counselor and a correct adviser. Our farmers should cultivate their minds and
their hearts, as well as their fields.
Agriculture is a science that requires experience and study. Men must be educated to be farmers, as well
as to be lawyers or doctors. And there
are thousands of young men who are in stores and offices who should go into
agricultural pursuits. It would be
better for them, better for the country.
And who would not rather be an independent farmer, than a small
shopkeeper, or a fourth rate lawyer or doctor?
Let young men seek for land, rather than for situations.
-- From the Genesec
Farmer.
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
The Annual
Festival in celebration of the birth of Ireland’s Patron Saint will be held at
the American House, to which is extended to all who like to mingle in the
social dance an invitation to be present.
Nothing will be wanting to render the occasion delightful and pleasant.
[Advertisement] The Annual Festival in Celebration of the
Birth of Ireland’s Patron Saint will be held at the American House, Thursday evening,
March 17th, 1859, to which yourself and lady are respectfully invited. Managers:
Thomas Moore, Ernest Grossman, Edward
Johnson, E. Sweeney, B. O’Bryne, Henry Bertram, Robert Crandall, John Staub, D.
S. Chadwick, Harris Gilman. Floor
managers: S. W. Barnes, Francis Smith,
Thomas W. Smith. Tickets, one
dollar. Peter Rogan, Proprietor.
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
A writer in the
Madison Journal is furnishing that
paper with a series of sketches in which an attempt is made to describe the
appearance and characteristics of the members of the present Legislature. Some of the delineations are correct while
others are mere caricatures and intended to cast reproach on a political
opponent who has been found too bold, honest and straightforward to suit the
thick and thin organ of the Republicans at the capital. The following is the style in which the
Assemblyman from this city is drawn and while we insert it so that his
constituents can see the favorable impression which his care and vigilance has
made at Madison, we will take this occasion to thank MR.
COLE for his kind remembrance of us in the transmission of valuable public
documents, particularly the able and elaborate report of the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
“By the side of Mr. Lyon sits the Republican representative from
Watertown, a city hitherto not much given to selecting such
representatives—Luther A. Cole. He, too,
is a Vermonter, and built up to a height of something more than six feet—broad
shouldered, strong limbed, erect—a fine specimen of the physical man. Face full, with a healthy glow on it, eyes
dark, and somewhat gray. I have called
him plain Luther A. Cole, but I should have said Gen. Luther A. Cole, he being
a live Brigadier General at this time.
He is a miller, and forty-six years of age—a man of kindly nature,
popular with his associates and a faithful and watchful representative. If he goes to Pike’s Peak the State will lose
one of her most worthy citizens.”
Pike’s Peak Emigration
Watertown
Democrat, 02 02 1860
Emigration to
the auriferous region of Pike’s Peak and the Rocky Mountains has already
commenced. By March next, or sooner
perhaps, the grand Hegira [the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622]
from the eastern states will be fairly inaugurated. The St. Joseph Gazette of the 19th inst.,
announces the arrival in that city of one hundred and twenty gold seekers from
Ohio on their way to the land of golden promise. The discoverer of the “Gregory” diggings was
to have left that city for the mines on Thursday last.
One or more have left Watertown within
the past week, and we know of many who talk of starting with the first opening
of spring. The amount of the immigration
the approaching season, while much larger, will also be better organized than
heretofore and emigrants taught by the sufferings of the foolish ones of last
summer, who went out unprepared with even the necessaries of life to pursue
their long and unknown journey will not be so unwise as to go unless fully
equipped with all the means essential to their protection, preservation and
sustenance after arriving at their place of destination.
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
The German Lutheran Congregation has completed their
arrangements for building a school house of the dimensions of 28 by 45
feet. In this school the German and the
English languages will both be taught, according to the wishes of the
pupils. Great credit is due to the Rev.
Mr. Sans for his efforts in this enterprise.
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
A few thousand
fine, thrifty, grafted apple trees for sale at very reduced prices. The trees are four years old and grown upon
the summit of the hill near the residence of J. A. Hall of this city, which
will make them hardy and healthy trees.
For further particulars inquire of the undersigned. Heber Smith.
[Location is in vicinity of Fairview Street]
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
The Dodge
County Citizen states that there are
now in the Poor House of Dodge County 58 paupers, which is 8 less than there
were a few months ago. The number of those
who have received assistance to a greater or less extent from the county during
the past winter is not far from 300.
Most of these are of foreign extraction and came into the county when railroad work was progressing. Considering that the population of the county
is over 35,000, the number is not large.
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
New Depot. The Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad Company are building a very handsome depot building at Ixonia
Station. The line of this road is now in
an excellent running order and a good business is done on it. Everything is in readiness for the spring
trade.
↓ More on Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad ↓
Watertown Gazette, 05 12 1859
A new car
building has recently been put up by the Milwaukee, Watertown & Baraboo
Railroad Company, in this city, on the West side of the river. It is nearly a hundred feet in length and is
intended to shelter passenger cars.
↓ More on Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad ↓
Watertown Gazette, 05 19 1859
Milwaukee,
Watertown & Baraboo Valley Railroad.
On and after Monday, April 4, and until further notice, a passenger
train will leave Milwaukee from the Depot, foot of Second Street, for Pewaukee,
Hartland, Pine Lake, Oconomowoc, Watertown, Lowell and Columbus. Passengers arriving at Milwaukee by the
Milwaukee & Chicago R.R., La Crosse & Milwaukee R.R., Milwaukee &
Mississippi R.R., or by boat can proceed to the above places.
Connections are
made at Watertown with stages for Lake Mills, Jefferson, Waterloo,
Hanchetville, Sun Prairie, Cottage Grove and Madison. Also at Columbus for Lodi, Merrimac, Otsego,
Fall River, Leeds Corner, Hampden, Lowville, Dekora, York, Alington, Bristol
and for all points to the West and North West.
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
I take this
method of offering myself as a candidate for the office of City Marshal. Should I be elected I will devote my time and
attention to the discharge of the duties of the office, such as I hope will
meet the approval of the public. In
soliciting the office from you I am not actuated by motives of gain or profit
but from the desire to share in the administration of the affairs of the
city. Martin Curley.
City Marshal
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
The undersigned
proposes to be a candidate for the office of City Marshal at the Spring
Election. He has been Constable and
Deputy Marshal of the city and flatters himself that his experience in this business
is such as will enable him to discharge the duties of the office to the
satisfaction of the public. If elected
he will give his entire time and attention to it. R. Th. Fox.
Watertown Democrat, 03 17 1859
Let the game
birds alone. A few days since, a couple
of lads from Ixonia offered a lot of partridge taken out of time for sale in
this city. They were arrested and
brought before Justice Ducasse, who promptly inflicted the penalty imposed for the
violation of law in such case made and provided. They were fined and obliged to pay or go to
Jefferson. This was right. A few more such salutary warnings will do
much to prevent the wanton destruction of those birds which are such a nice
dainty in their season. We are told that
partridges, quails and prairie chickens are very plenty in our meadows and
groves and if let alone will afford sportsmen fine sport next fall. In the older States laws have been enacted
protecting all the common birds that enliven the fields in summer. It should be so here.
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
Dealers in
wines, liquors, cigars and best rectified whiskey. Stop on West Main Street, 5th ward, opposite
Mr. Dennis’ residence.
↓ More on Jacob Bauman & Co ↓
Watertown
Democrat,
01 19 1860
Jacob Bauman &
Co., dealers in wines, liquors, cigars and best rectified whiskey, would
respectfully announce to their friends in Watertown and vicinity and the public
generally that they have opened an extensive stock of all kinds of pure wines,
liquors and cigars and they will sell cheaper than any other establishment of
that kind in the city. Store on West
Main Street, 5th Ward, opposite Mr. Dennis’ residence.
Watertown Democrat, 03 24 1859
It is much to
be regretted that the first settlers of this finely wooded country did not take
more pains to preserve, in their proper places, suitable shade trees of that
commanding size and beauty, which cannot now be procured, save at great expense
and difficulty. Yet is was hardly to be
expected that the sturdy pioneers, who looked upon the thick standing forest as
an enemy to be subdued, would be inclined to show much mercy to the scattering
survivors, who could be saved from the fire, their serviceable yet vindictive
ally, only by the exertion of clemency for which they had neither taste nor
inclination. When from any cause such
trees have been spared, what a glory to the landscape they are. We can look now upon the giant elm—its buds
just redding in the spring sunshine—which makes picturesque and redeems from
utter homeliness the scene beneath. Its
pendent branches through the summer, spread the idea of shade and beauty over
the meadow, with a grace and power which no other means could so well
accomplish.
One cannot imagine
a more lonely and un-home-like looking object than a dwelling house situated on
a lone plain without the protection and embellishment of trees. Let its
architectural pretensions be what they may, it can never seem the prized home
of cultivated, tasteful people, until adorned with appropriate trees and
shrubbery.
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
Just before
going to press a rumor has reached the editor that Chas. MacKay, who has given his
best years and spent his own money as Supt. in the interest of the Gas Co. in
this city, has been told by Manager Comstock that his services are no longer
needed. Mr. MacKay is one of Watertown's
most prominent and esteemed citizens and taxpayers, and we hope the rumor is
not true. It has raised a
"brainstorm" in the city, and the probabilities are that a public
meeting will be called remonstrating against Mr. MacKay's discharge. He knows the gas business from A to Z and all
gas users in the city have always held him in high esteem. They want him retained in his present
position at all hazards because of his truthfulness and reliability on all
occasions.
↓ More on Charles MacKay ↓
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
Charles MacKay,
the efficient ex-superintendent of the Watertown Gas Co. in this city for over
20 years, is being pushed by his friends for alderman of the First ward and his
nomination papers are now being circulated.
Mr. MacKay would make an excellent alderman and his many friends in the First
ward say they are going to elect him.
Alderman MacKay would sound well.
↓ More on Charles MacKay ↓
Petition Nearly a
Block Long
Watertown
Gazette,
04 02 1909
A petition nearly a block long has been
signed by our citizens, and addressed to John I. Beggs, asking for the
reinstatement of Chas. MacCay as superintendent of the Watertown Gas Co., and
everyone who has signed it, on being asked to place his signature to it,
said: “You bet your life we'll sign, we want
Charley back in his old position."
Lenten Sermon
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
Rev. Dr.
O'Hearn of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, will preach the Lenten sermon every
Tuesday evening at St. Bernard's Church services
in this city. He is an eloquent speaker and
St. Bernard's should be crowded every Tuesday evening to hear him. People of other denominations are cordially
invited to be present. Father O'Hearn
delivered his first sermon Tuesday evening and a large congregation was present
to hear him. His remarks were very
edifying and instructive.
En-route
Chicago-Portland Special
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
Joseph E. Davies has been on a business visit
“out west" for the past two weeks.
He writes to the editor "en route Chicago-Portland Special"
under date of February 22d: "For
the last ten days I have been in Salt Lake on legal business, and am now en
route to Tacoma and Portland with my client.
It is a long way from home and rather tiresome; although the country is
highly interesting. What a wonderful
country it is! And what tremendous
possibilities it contains!"
Watertown Daily Times, 10 09 1982
In order to
provide badly needed additional space, the Daily Times will utilize the vacant
building it owns immediately to the west.
The business office will be expanded by taking over the first floor, and
larger quarters for the news room will be made possible by occupying the second
floor of the adjacent building. The news
department is now located on the front portion of the second floor of the
existing building. The project will
include some remodeling work in the building the Times now occupies. A new
front, to match the front of the existing building, is included in the project.
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
The Watertown baseball team has been admitted into the
Milwaukee City League and, judging from the make up of the 1909 team, the
Watertown club will give a good account of itself, and the people of this city
will give it every encouragement.
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
Archie Bros.,
monument builders of this city, have purchased of Roach & Copeland a Model
R Mitchell touring car for $1785 to be used in connection with their
business. Last year they purchased a
Rambler of Mr. Roach and have been using it in their business in connection
with their Waterloo branch. Automobiles
are growing in favor every day for business purposes, and Roach & Copeland
have just what you want at reasonable prices. [The Mitchell Motor Car Co
produced automobiles from 1903-1923 and was based in Racine]
Watertown Gazette, 03 05 1909
Notre Dame Scholastic: High on the
walls of the Administration Building of the University of Notre Dame there
hangs a painting by an artist whose brilliant prospects an early and tragic
death cut short—a painting that found its inspiration in the rare combination
of courage and piety that is so peculiarly characteristic of the Celt. It represents the famous Irish Brigade of the
Second Army Corps at the commencement of the great battle of Gettysburg. In the distance is seen the smoke of
confederate batteries, all around are evidences of the destructive havoc
wrought by the shot and shell of the enemy, while above this great concourse of
kneeling soldiery, the red, white and blue of the banner of freedom commingles
with the green that, by association, symbolizes an oppressed and long suffering
race that are "homeless in the land of their nativity." Before them on a rock stands a black-robed
priest, bearded and haggard, braving the dangers of an exposed position, with
his hand extended in benediction over the kneeling group. The picture is that of the Rev. William
Corby, C.S.C., granting the last benediction to the Irish Brigade, just as the
battle was beginning. It is a
representation true not only to life but to a historical fact attested by the
few—the very few of those then present who survived the war. [Rev. William Corby, C.S.C was pastor of St. Bernard’s 1872-77]
Hanging
Game Wardens in Wisconsin
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
The “pediment” illustrating
the resources of the state in sculptural form has been received at the capitol
and has been placed on a scaffold in the rotunda for exhibition. This design will be placed in the gable of
the new west wing. The exhibit has
attracted general attention and scores of visitors are coming to the rotunda to
look at it. It was related that last
night two well known Irishmen were going through the rotunda of the building
when the scaffold was being erected.
They fell to discussing what the carpenters were up to. “Sure they’re building a scaffold,” remarked
one. “I suppose they are going to hang
some game wardens,” interspersed the other, looking up the stairs toward the assembly
chamber but in the direction of the senatorial investigating committee. Mindful that St. Patrick’s day was near, the
first Irishman started down the corridor singing “The Wearing of the Green.”
Possible law
that ticked off the Irishman
Watertown Gazette, 10 09 1907
Under law
passed by the last legislature the game wardens are given additional power and
under the provisions of said law have the right to make a search and seize
property without a warrant.
Not only is
this power given to the warden but also to his deputies and the change from the
old law may be of interest to the people of this section. Besides having the power to seize and take
possession of any game or fish taken or held in violation of the laws of
Wisconsin, such officer may arrest with or without a warrant, anyone whom he
believes to have been guilty of violating the fish and game laws of the state.
Conservation Warden
Watertown Daily Times, 10 14 1998
David Walz
has been assigned to a permanent post as conservation warden in Watertown and
began work the beginning of September.
Walz is one of 16 warden recruits who graduated in April from an
intensive, 14-week specialized DNR program to become a field warden and uphold
the state's natural resources and environmental laws. Walz worked previously as a conservation officer
in South Dakota for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
St.
Patrick's Day in Watertown
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
On Wednesday
last, St. Patrick's day in Watertown was appropriately observed by the people
of Irish birth and their descendants, and in fact people of all nationalities
took a more than ordinary interest in the day this year, and the shamrock and
green ribbon was noticeable everywhere.
The weather was
bright and clear—ideal holiday weather.
High Mass was celebrated at St. Bernard's Church,
Father McBride of Oconomowoc preached a very eloquent sermon on the history of
Ireland and St. Patrick. From 5 o'clock
till after 8 o'clock p.m. the married ladies of St. Bernard's served an oyster
supper at Masonic hall, which was largely
attended, over $80 being realized. The
tables reminded one very forcibly of the day, the green flag of Ireland in
miniature and napkins with a shamrock design border being conspicuous in the
table settings. The supper was most
excellently served and the ladies in charge certainly are to be complimented on
the success of the affair.
Following the
supper St. Patrick’s Dramatic Club of the Sacred
Heart College presented "A Night Off" at Turner opera house. This is a very interesting high-class drama,
full of very interesting situations, pathetic as well as laughable, and the
young men all did well. There was not a
hitch or prompt in the whole program, and every one in the large audience was
surprised at the excellence of the performance.
We believe it to be the best that has been put on in many years by the
students of Sacred Heart. The leading
characters . . .
Watertown Gazette, 03 12 1909
Rural free delivery of mail is now eleven years
old. Uncle Sam has 40,000 carriers on
the pay roll. It may be some
satisfaction for those who would like to bust the trusts to know that these
large organizations are helping to pay for this luxury of ours.
Watertown Gazette, 03 12 1909
On almost every
railroad in the country this old sign
occasionally puzzles the traveler who sees it flash past the window, and does
not understand its meaning, yet it is very simple, indeed, and the motto might
very well be adopted as a daily maxim by a good many of us who are prone to
hasty speech.
"Shut your
ashpan" signifies that the train is nearing a wooden bridge, and warns the
firemen to take precautions against live coals setting it afire.
There are
occasions in daily life that very closely compare with the wooden bridge. Words of almost any kind are sparks to tinder
in some situations, and every time that happens the man who keeps silent has
all the advantage over the man who is quick with a retort. It would reduce friction a whole lot and make
life a deal happier if the average citizen would learn to recognize danger
signals in such instances and practice the railroad advice, “Shut your
ashpan."
German
Club
Watertown Gazette, 03 12 1909
Last Friday
evening the German Club at the High School gave a banquet in the assembly room
at the High School in honor of the boys of the junior class who participated in
the recent playette given at the High School.
Watertown Gazette, 03 12 1909
Prof. W. P.
Roseman is in receipt of a letter from Frank A. Hutchins, secretary of the
extension division of the state university which has charge of the tuberculosis exhibit now being shown throughout
the state. The letter in part says:
We hope to be
able to reach Watertown with the exhibit for a week's stay on Tuesday, March
23, and to remain during the week. It
will be at Janesville, during the preceding week. This exhibit has had so many accidents and
mishaps on rail that I dislike to make too definite promises, but we shall be
able to meet this engagement unless we have another railroad wreak or blockade
or other serious disaster.
The exhibit
shows in graphic and striking forms the great losses resulting from the ravages
of tuberculosis, the best preventative measures and the most effective and
economical means of cure. An experienced
demonstrator will be in charge of the exhibit to explain the various charts,
models of houses, sleeping bags, window tents, photographs, etc.
In Portage,
where the original exhibit was shown some time ago, the woman's clubs divided
the city into ten districts and two members visited each home to invite the
homemakers. As a result there was a
large attendance of those who most needed education in the methods of fighting
the white plague. It is hoped that the
trip of the exhibit will lead many communities to organize local associations
to cooperate with the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association in stamping out
this terrible disease in our commonwealth.
The exhibit
will be shown in the public library where everyone is invited to call and view
it.
t More Tuberculosis Exhibit t
Tuberculosis Exhibit
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
The exhibit of
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association has been placed in the city library
and is open to the public every afternoon and evening. Every afternoon at 4 o’clock and every
evening at 8 o’clock the gentleman in charge of the exhibit will give talks on
the cause, prevention and cure of tuberculosis.
Saturday at 11 o’clock the demonstrator will talk about this disease in
cattle and hogs and its possible eradication.
All farmers and those interested are invited to attend this
lecture. The exhibit will close Saturday
at 6 o’clock and everybody ought not fail to attend this rare opportunity.
Watertown Gazette, 03 12 1909
A little over a
hundred years ago it took John Adams 54 days to go from London to
Amsterdam. Now he could belt the globe
in less time. When the railroad
supplanted the stage coach it made the world smaller. But when Lyman H. Howe takes a whole audience
around the world in a brief two hours as he virtually does via of his Lifeorama
at Turner opera house on next Sunday and Monday evenings the world becomes
small indeed.
The route of
the new program takes the audience to what has been hitherto a more or less
forbidden land—Russia. It reveals the
magic capitol—St. Petersburg, the only world metropolis built to order and then
inhabited by the Imperial decree. The
whole city is a monument to what was regarded an impossible achievement on an
impossible spot. This wonder city conceived,
built, peopled and ruled by one man is impressive. Moscow, also shown in detail by Mr. Howe, is
fascinating because of its massive Kremlin predominating the entire city. It is the very heart of Russia and the scene
of all coronations. The pictures are
unique because both cities are so much unlike each other and still more unlike
all other cities. The street life,
dress, vehicles, bridges, buildings—everything—is peculiarly picturesque. Everywhere in "Holy Moscow" may be
seen the domes and crosses of its innumerable churches which remind one that
religion with the Russian is an affair of every day, and almost every minute of
every hour.
Seat sale opens
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Terbrueggen
Celebrates 70th Birthday
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Thursday evening
of last week a banquet was given at the home of W. D. Sproesser in Clyman
Street in honor of the 70th birthday anniversary of Joseph
Terbrueggen, in which a number of business men and
prominent citizens of this and other cities participated. Mr. Terbrueggen was the subject of hearty
congratulations, and the following named gentlemen sounded his praises in
appropriate little speeches: Circuit
Judge George W. Grimm and George Kispert of Jefferson; William Schroeder of
Milwaukee, Ulrich Habhegger, Hon. Wm. F. Voss and Dr. C. R. Feld of this
city. Several vocal selections were
rendered by a male quartette composed of Edward L. Schempf, Wm. Sproesser, Max
Rohr and Julius Wiggenhorn. Mrs. W. D.
Sproesser and her amiable corps of daughters served the banquet in a very
creditable manner.
Mr. Terbrueggan
is one of Watertown's most esteemed and enterprising gentlemen and this
compliment to him on his 70th birthday anniversary was a worthily bestowed
one. He was born March 11, 1839, in
Nordwalde, Germany, and in 1864 he located in Watertown, since which time he
has been connected with many of our local enterprises. For a number of years he was engaged in the
wholesale liquor business here with the late W. J. Toussaint, and in 1889 he
and his partner, in company with L. H. Cordes, established the Watertown Electric Light plant, which was disposed of
three years ago to the John I. Beggs interests.
For 28 years
past he has been a member of the brick manufacturing firm of L. H. Cordes & Co., and he was one of
the incorporators of the Merchants' National Bank,
which was established in 1892, and was its first president. He resigned the office some years ago and is
now the bank's vice-president. Following
is a list of those present at the banquet . . .
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Peter Connors
has sold his old homestead in the town of Emmet, consisting of 140 acres,
residence, good farm buildings and also all his personal property to Michael
Duffy of this city, consideration $22,000.
Mr. Duffy has already taken possession of the place. Mr. Connor took in exchange Mr. Duffy's
residence at 319 North Montgomery Street, and is now occupying it with his
sister. He also took in exchange the
Brown lots in Church Street which Mr. Duffy purchased last fall, on which he
will erect two new houses this coming season.
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
The hatchet
plays an important part in the care of my poultry. Table scraps and meat scraps are not
plentiful with us, but I save a great deal that many people would waste. I have a hard wood block upon which I chop and
pound bones and all meat and vegetables that I do not cook. Onions, cabbage, cabbage stalks, beets,
potatoes, apples and clover are all made fine so that the poultry will eat
them. Broken dishes, mortar and
limestone are made into grit upon a large flat rock. Gravy dishes and greasy skillets I clean with
a little corn meal, before washing them, and I save the meal to help thicken
the cooked feed for my chickens. In this
way my hens always have a variety of food and lay well.—[“Edna,"
Whitewater, Wis.]
Improvements
at Masonic Temple
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Masonic Hall is being enlarged by adding a
kitchen. The kitchen will be placed in
the basement of the building and also a dining room fitted out adjacent thereto.
Fire
Department Elect Officers
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Last Monday
evening the Watertown Fire Department elected
the following officers. John Glaser
receiving 53 to 32 votes for chief over George Kunert. The new chief has been a member of the Phoenix Fire Co. for over 20 years, and has
served as chief of the department heretofore.
Chief—John
Glaser.
Assistant
Chief—A. A. Hardie.
Fire Wardens—First
ward, Edwin Kohl; Second and Sixth wards—John A. Gruel; Third and Fourth wards—Chas. E. Kerr ; Fifth ward, Albert
Borchardt.
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Mrs. H. Jaedecke
has sold her family goods business at 409 Main Street to Mrs. Lena Neugebauer,
who will conduct the business at the old stand.
Mrs. Jaedecke left on Monday for St. Paul, where she will conduct a
millinery and fancy goods business.
Watertown Gazette, 03 19 1909
Frank Lothamer,
an old Watertown boy, now engaged in the painting and decorating business at
509 Broadway, Milwaukee, writes:
Friend
James: Your posters at hand; also
reprints from The Gazette. I am very glad to think that there is one man
in Watertown who occasionally thinks of me.
I also received the pamphlets of Watertown homecoming for which accept
my thanks. I have seen so much written
about the old Phoenix Fire Co., but there is
never any note of our prize hose team [c.1895].
Do you not remember when we went to Jefferson and won second money, also
won first money at Watertown? Well I
happen to have been a member of both teams that ran and I notice that there are
quite a few of the boys who are now among the dead. I cannot at present recall all those who were
in the running team, but those who have passed away that I know of are Pat
McDonald, Louis Eckner and Albert Stoll.
Well at any rate it always makes me feel good to read something about
the Phoenix Fire Co.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
The committee
having in charge the building of the new Lutheran Home
for Feeble Minded in this city, consisting of Herman Tetzlaff, Albert
Wegemann and Leonard Schempf, have opened the bids and report the following,
the lowest bidders and contracts will be drawn up accordingly:
S. Schmidt, mason work $9537
A. Bartelt, lathing and plaster 3118
C. A. Kleppe, carpenter work 11886
Andrae & Co., wiring 431
O. Biefeld & Co., iron work 785
O. Biefeld & Co., heating 2855
O. Biefeld & Co., plumbing 4558
Grossert & Kuehn, tin work 780
W. C. Raue & Sons, painting 965
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
Edward L.
Bartlett of this city bid on the street paving work at Beaver Dam, the contract
being let for $26,000. Mr. Bartlett was
the second lowest bidder in 15.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 21 1984
Health Maintenance
Organizations will approach Watertown businesses soon in an attempt to cover
them under their health insurance plans, said a health care consultant to Watertown Memorial Hospital Wednesday during a
hospital luncheon with area business representatives.
Greg Griffen, a
health care consultant with The Lakewood Group Limited in Madison, who has
helped form several HMOs in the Madison area, informed the group on the theory
and procedures of the health organizations.
Representatives included corporate personnel from city government, the
Watertown Unified School District, Watertown Memorial Hospital and major city
industries.
↓ More on HMOs ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 03 07
1984
Watertown Memorial
Hospital, local physicians and Watertown businesses are working to gather the
information needed to make intelligent decisions about health maintenance
organizations, according to hospital President Leo Bargielski. Local dialogue on HMOs continued at Monday's
noon luncheon of the Watertown Rotary Club with a talk by Greg L. Griffin, a
health care consultant working with the hospital and its medical staff
concerning HMOs.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 21 1999
Product labels
are big money to a Watertown industrial firm, but soon the plant might be
rolling in real money. The Watertown
division of NorthStar Print Group, a sophisticated label finishing facility,
will be laminating money for an Asian country to keep bills in circulation
longer and prevent counterfeiting.
The new process
is a nontypical labeling operation for the Watertown plant, but the project
could be a profitable venture for the NorthStar Print Group if enough countries
become interested in the new technology.
The development of duranote-polymer based bank notes is the result of
ongoing research projects by NorthStar, which is owned by Journal
Communications. NorthStar has plants in
Milwaukee and Green Bay as well as Watertown and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
Fred Ullrich
and wife and Fred Sydow and wife have incorporated a new cement company with a
capital stock of $2,000. The company
will manufacture cement block and do a general cement and concrete business.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
John Thauer
& Son, not being able to renew their lease on the livery
barn in [116?] North First Street where they have conducted a livery business
for some time, disposed of their horses, rolling stock, etc., at public auction
last Wednesday. There was a large
attendance.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
Dr. Albert E.
Voss, who for the past five years has been in full charge of the dental
practice over Hertel & Hoffmann’s clothing store under the name of Solliday
& Voss, has disposed of his interests to Dr. A. F. Solliday, who will
continue the business at the old stand.
Dr. Voss will open dental parlors over John E. Heismann’s grocery store
in the rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Shinnick, where he will be pleased to
meet all his friends and old patients after April 1st.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
Within a few
weeks the Wells Fargo Express Co. will take charge of the express business on
the C.M.&St. Paul lines, heretofore
looked after by the U. S. Express Co.
The U. S. Express agent, J. J. Lietz, will be retained here by the Wells
Fargo Co. as well as drivers Edgar Schmutzler and Ira J. Humphrey.
↓ More on Edgar Schmutzler ↓
Appointed Messenger
Watertown
Gazette,
07 02 1909
Edgar
Schmutzler, for a number of years past the efficient and genial driver of the United
States and Well-Fargo Express companies in this city, has been appointed
railway express manager between Sparta and Viroqua, making his headquarters at
the former city. His many Watertown
friends wish him success in his new position.
Jay Vaughan, son of Charles Vaughan and wife, succeeds him as driver for
the Wells-Fargo Co.
↓ More on Wells Fargo Express ↓
Wells Fargo Express
Co.
Watertown
Gazette,
05 07 1909
On last Friday at 12 o’clock the United
States Express Co. was succeeded by the Wells Fargo Express Co. in carrying
express on the C.M.&St.P. Ry.
Express rates remain the same. J.
J. Lietz, the agent for the U. S. Express Co. here for several years, has been retained
by the Wells Fargo Co. and Edgar Schmutzler and Ira J. Humphrey, express drivers,
have also been retained.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
L. B. Millikan
and Co., are building a $12,000 addition to the Van Camp
Packing Co. plant in this city. It is
70 x 70 feet, two stories high and will be used principally for storage
purposes. During the month of February
$26,000 was paid out to farmers for milk at this plant.
Watertown Gazette, 03 26 1909
At a meeting of
the Motor Boat Club held last week Thursday evening the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Commander—Julius
Draeger
Vice
Commander—Arthur Kleck
Fleet
Captain—Emil Draeger
Secretary—John
A. Knick
Treasurer—John
Chapman
Board of
Advisors—George Cooley, E. W. Wolfram, James Archie, Clifton Parks, Paul Knick.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 25 1958
Donald
Marquardt, now on a vacation leave from his duties with the local department of
the Arabian-American Oil Co., is visiting the city with his wife and three
children after flying here from Europe and the Middle East where he has been on
duty. He said today they plan to leave
here Nov. 8, going east before flying to London where they will visit for some
time with his wife's family after which they will return to the area of the
Persian Gulf. Mr. Marquardt got his
family out of Beirut, Lebanon, on the last company plane which was taking
families of civilian workers out of the country at the time of the recent upheavals
there. He stayed for two months longer
and then met his family in Amsterdam.
They had visited in London in the meantime.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 22 1958
William Urban
has been elected president of the Watertown Male Chorus for the ensuing year, it
was announced today following the annual meeting. Robert Peterson is vice president, William
Schmidt is secretary-treasurer. The
chorus, which is sponsored by the Watertown Vocational and Adult School, meets
every Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the chorus room of the new high school
addition and there is still time to join the chorus for this year.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 22 1998
Clarence and
Jean Lemacher of Watertown know the joy of helping others - and of receiving
help. Last week they were part of their
neighborhood watch effort to collect food for the hungry. And on Saturday, the delightedly watched as a
team of Watertown High School students volunteered to rake their expansive lawn. It was a circle of caring in Watertown on
Saturday, as well as the days leading up to national Make A Difference
Day. Hundreds of area residents
participated in Make A Difference Day, a national day of helping others. The annual event is sponsored by USA Weekend, a Saturday publication in the
Watertown Daily Times.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 17 1959
The Watertown
Association of Commerce, at a meeting held at the Carlton Hotel this morning,
went on record as favoring the proposed airport expansion
program. The vote was almost
unanimous. Only two dissented. The proposed project, which has been
recommended by the State Aeronautics Commission, calls for the expenditure of
approximately $30,000, the money to be used to acquire land and easements at
the ends of the major runway at the port.
This is the blacktop runway which runs diagonally across the port in a
northeast, southwest direction.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 17 09
LaVerne J. Jine (Bergdoll) [1928-2009]
She worked at F. W. Woolworth's as the manager of the lunch
counter, then Zwieg's Grill and later was a sales clerk for Sears Watertown for 25 years, retiring in
1988. She and her husband operated Jine's
Popcorn Stand first located at Sixth and Main and now at Riverside Park. She was survived . . .
Watertown Daily Times, 04 15 1902
Mr. Frank A.
Hutchins, of Madison, Secretary of the state Free Library Commission, was in our
city Thursday and Friday, the guest of Mr. M.
J. Woodard. Mr. Hutchins was here in
the interest of starting a Free Public Library. The meeting was held at Mr. Woodard's
Thursday evening with twenty-five or thirty of our leading citizens in
attendance. A committee of nine was
chosen whose duty it will be to formulate a plan of organization and work. Of the meetings of this committee and its
progress the public will be kept fully informed.
Watertown Daily Times, 04 15 1952
Bennett Wright,
of Douglas school, became king of the city's marble shooters Saturday afternoon
when he defeated six other boys in the championship finals staged at Washington
Park. Wright won 11 of the 12 games in
the title match to case the crown off the head of defending champion Richard
Klug. Klug, defending champion from
junior high, finished third back of Larry Pike of St. John's. Wright and Pike are eligible to compete in
the Jefferson county tournament that leads to district play and then the state
meet. A total of 130 boys from seven
schools took part in the marble tourneys sponsored by the city recreation
department. Webster school led in
individual enrollment with 36. Title
contenders and their scoring: Bennett
Wright (Douglas) 11-1; Larry Pike (St. John's) 10-2; Richard Klug (junior high)
7-5; Don Zimmermann (Lincoln) 6-6; Dan Zeiner (St. Henry's) 4-8; Steven
Pfeiffer (Webster) 4-8; Roger Borchardt (St. Mark's) 0-12.
Watertown Daily Times, 04 15 1977
Miss Betty
Faber, librarian in Watertown for 37 years until
retiring last month, was honored at a dinner Sunday evening at Lindberg’s by
the River. Miss Faber was presented with
several gifts including a ''custom made” golf club. Among those participating in the program were
Mayor Carl V. and Marcella Kolata, Dr. Marie Jo Kwapil, a member of the library
board; Mrs. Evelyn Rose, Ray Rose who was master of ceremonies, Miss Faber, and
Dr. Elmer and Esther Kiessling.
Watertown Daily Times, 04 15 1992
Mayor David
Lenz said goodbye to members of the Watertown Common Council Monday night in an
emotional speech filled with warnings about the city's future. Lenz, who leaves office today after 21 years
of service to the city, told aldermen that they will be lacing some tough
issues in the coming years, including a certain property tax increase in
1993. "You are facing an automatic
tax increase of 6.8 to 7.2 percent," said Lenz, who added that this
increase doesn't reflect raises for city employees or any additional spending
on programs such as recycling.
Madison
Area Technical College
Watertown Daily Times, 07 02 1984
Mrs. Lynette
I. Hertel, 201 North Church Street, Watertown, a member of the staff of Madison
Area Technical College-Watertown, has been named area coordinator for the local
campus. Her selection was announced
today by Norman P. Mitby, district director, who said she was selected from a
list of 51 applicants for the position.
Mrs. Hertel is already working on her new position. The salary for her one-year contract is
$31,361. She succeeds Miss Eileen Scott
who retired earlier this year. Mrs.
Hertel received her bachelor of science degree in 1963 from Stout State University
with a major in home economics education and a minor in English, and
subsequently received her master of science degree from Stout with a major in
guidance and counseling.
↓ More on Lyn Hertel ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 01 23 1999
Remodeling of
the office area at the Madison Area Technical College was the first step in a
construction and remodeling project proposed for the facility at 1300 W. Main
St. During the holiday break, the office
area at the technical college was remodeled to move the guidance counselor’s
office closer to the main office area and to improve the lighting, according to
Lyn Hertel, director of the Watertown facility.
It was the first part of a three-phase project to increase the size and
update the facility, Hertel said. MATC
officials are planning a $930,000 renovation and expansion of its facilities
here in Watertown.
Watertown
Republican,
06 26 1895
The E. Kunert Manufacturing Company has been let the contract to
build the new iron bridge over Rock River at Horicon for $1,950. The bridge will be of iron, a single span of
95 feet, 18 foot roadway, and a walk of 5 feet.
Watertown
Republican,
06 12 1895
At about 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning
the family of Mrs. Anastasia Ryan, a widow residing at 308 West Milwaukee
Street, was awakened by a loud kicking and pounding at the door. The discovery was made that the midnight
visitor was a stranger, and becoming alarmed at his persistence Mrs. Ryan notified
her next-door neighbors, John Smythe and John Fellerman, who with their
families occupy the house at 306 West Milwaukee Street, while her son Thomas
guarded the door. Mr. Fellerman, when
aroused from his slumbers, lost no time in responding to the call for
assistance. Armed with his 38-calibre
revolver he made his appearance in a rather airy costume and soon ascertained
the cause of the disturbance. In the
excitement Mr. Fellerman fired three shots, one of which took effect in the
stranger's head, and causing him to fall on the ground. Immediately after the shooting Mr. Fellerman
walked downtown, notified the night police of what had happened and offered
himself for arrest . . . John Fellerman is one of our well-known young business
man (sic), being the senior member of the west side dry goods house of
Fellerman & Fischer. The occurrence
is a most unfortunate one, and is generality regretted in the community.
Watertown
Republican,
06 12 1895
Charles C. Schiffler has reduced his
price on suits, overcoats and trousers made to order for the cash purchasing
customer, also on every article in his store.
Just think of it—an all-wool, heavy weight suit, of new, desirable and
seasonable woolens, made by skilled workmen (such as he has employed for
years), trim and fit guaranteed. It will
more than pay every customer to look over my stock and convince himself of the
above facts. Just think of it! ! ! An all-wool suit for $12.00 and upwards; an
all-wool overcoat for $12.00 and upwards; an all-wool pair of trousers for
$3.50 and upwards. You will say, how is
this possible? ? Come and see! ! ! Get your order in first and avoid the rush. Above work and prices will take effect August
1.
CHARLES C. SCHIFFLER,
Popular Price Tailor
217 Main street, corner Third.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 01 1983
E. James
Quirk, chairman of the board of Brandt, Inc.,
has retired from active service with the company. The retirement was effective Sept. 29, and
employees of the firm were told of the decision on Tuesday. While he continues as Brandt's chairman, he
will no longer be involved in its day to day activities. Quirk's career with the company, founded by
his grandfather, Edward J. Brandt, spanned over 39 years. As a summer employee and later during a
period following World War II military service, he worked in all 26 of the
then-existing departments of the company, giving him a broad knowledge of the
organization.
↓ More on Brandt’s ↓
Brandt’s to be sold
Watertown Daily Times, 10 03 1983
Brandt, Inc.,
one of Watertown's oldest industries, is to be sold in the near future,
according to announcement today by officials of the firm. Central Jersey Industries, a New York-based
financial firm, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Brandt, according to
Lawrence Johnson, president and chief executive officer. The purchase price is $34 million. Johnson told the Daily Times this morning that he would be in New York much of this
week to begin planning for the transition to the new owner, and added that
further information on the sale will be made available in the near future.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 16 1998
Cutler-Hammer
of Watertown/Ixonia has been recognized for its world-class quality performance
among Wisconsin employers. On Thursday,
the company received a Mastery Forward Award from Gov. Tommy Thompson at a
ceremony at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. “Cutler-Hammer has experienced a major
business transformation since the early 1990s,” Thompson said. “This has meant major investment in new
technology, the introduction of new manufacturing processes and increased
employee involvement.”
Watertown Daily Times, 10 13 1958
Arthur
Kuenzi, president of the Otto Biefeld Co., has
been named to the legislative committee of the Wisconsin Manufacturers
Association. His appointment is for the
1958-59 term. The appointment was made by
C.F. Van Pelt of the Fred Rueping Leather Co., Fond du Lac, president of the
association.
High School Musical
Organizations
Watertown Daily Times, 10 13 1983
Three
Watertown Senior High School musical organizations will be featured in this evening's
opening concert of the 1983-84 season including the Concert Choir, Sophomore
Choir and Jazz Ensemble. Leading the
7:45 p.m. concert in the WHS auditorium is the 58-voice Concert Choir pictured
above. The choir is open to any junior
or senior on a volunteer basis - a number of singers who have had little or no
previous singing experience. The
Sophomore Choir, second on the concert, is made up of a volunteer membership,
and this year includes 52 singers. The
Jazz Ensemble is a select group of 21 musicians chosen from the instrumental
department. They meet outside of the
school day, with rehearsals every Monday evening.
The program
for tonight's concert features the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein in keeping
with this year's high school production of “Oklahoma” to be presented Nov. 10,
11 and 12. The program is as follows:
Concert Choir: “It's a Grand Night for singing,” “A Renaissance Madrigal,” The
Gift of Love,” and “Oklahoma.” Sophomore Choir: “Great Expectations,” “Come
Again, Sweet Love,” “Aura Lee” and “You'll Never Walk Alone.” Jazz Ensemble:
“The Opener” by Strommen; “Corazon” - King; “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top”
- Rodgers and Hammerstein, arr. by Anestico; “Now Here's That Rainy Day” -
Burke; “Heliopolis” - Beckenstein-Foley.
There is an admission charge, and the concert is open to the public
beginning at 7:45 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 13 1998
Donald P.
Kwapil of Watertown has been named to the Advisory Board of Directors for Bank
One offices in Watertown, Beaver Dam, Cambria, Pardeeville and Randolph. He is the first director to be named from
Watertown in some time. Kwapil has
served as president of River City Distributing Co. Inc. since 1981. He was employed by the Wisconsin Department
of Revenue from 1974 to 1977, and owned and operated Towne Beer and Liquor from
1977 to 1993.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 11 1958
Five Watertown High School faculty members have been
named to a special scholarship committee to serve in an advisory capacity to
the high school administration in the areas of scholastic achievement and
standards, the Board of Education was informed last night. The announcement was made by Eugene Tornow,
principal of the high school. He named
the five as Miss Jessie Gruner, Miss Eleanor Griffith, Fred J. Kessler, Jerome
Herreid and Miss Myra MacInnis.
Lakeside Meadows
Subdivision
Watertown Daily Times, 10 11 1983
Construction
is expected to begin next month on a 40-unit low- to moderate-income apartment
complex in the Lakeside Meadows subdivision on the far south side of
Watertown. Rooftree Inc., a real estate
developer located in Rockton, Ill., plans to build 10 single-story four-family
apartment buildings on 11 lots it is purchasing from subdivision owner Braun's
Inc. of Jefferson. The apartments will
be built on both sides of Lakeside Terrace from Clark to Franklin Streets,
comprising all but the last lot to the south on the west side of the street. Four of the apartments will lie adjacent to
the east edge of the St. Luke's Lutheran Church property. Lakeside Meadows is a
new subdivision bounded generally by Clark, Boomer, Third and Ninth Streets.
Korth Farm
Watertown Daily Times, 10 03 1998
JEFFERSON -
Korth farm in the town of Lake Mills could be donated to Jefferson County as a
park under a proposal by an anonymous donor.
The donor has proposed building a house on a small portion of the
93-acre Korth farm and then donating the remaining property to Jefferson
County. The proposal was discussed
recently at a Jefferson County Parks Committee meeting held at the courthouse
in Jefferson. The estimated price of the
land, which overlooks Rock Lake, is $1.5 to $2 million. The county is interested in buying the land
for a park, but no money has been set aside for the purchase in the 1999
proposed county budget.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 10 1998
Several small
businesses located within the newly opened Riverplace Center on South Church
Street are enjoying high visibility the busy road is providing them. Riverplace Center features a shopping mall as
well as a combined restaurant facility.
“There's so much more traffic, business has been very good,” said Tom
Nelesen, who with his wife, Mary, owns St. Charles Furniture. Manager is Doug Bentz.
Watertown Daily Times, 09 30 1983
Sgt. 1st
Class Robert A. Franz, 917 Reinhold Street, Watertown, was among some 50
members of Wisconsin National Guard and Reserve units honored in Madison Sept.
25 by Sentry Insurance for outstanding military service. Franz received the John Parker Military
Achievement Award after meeting the highest standards in his military job,
leadership abilities, military bearing and citizenship qualities, and was
nominated by his unit commander. A
member of Co. E, 2nd Battalion, 128th Infantry of the Army National Guard, Sgt.
Franz is a self-employed seafood broker in Watertown and an associate of
Century 21 Realty, Watertown.
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01 29 1915
WATERTOWN MAN GETS POSITION
Moritz F. Blumenfeld is Selected by Gov. Philipp for
Superintendent of Public Property
APPOINTEE IS A DEMOCRAT
Last Monday
Government Philipp appointed Moritz F. Blumenfeld, of Watertown, State
Superintendent of Public Property to succeed Otto Onstad of Cambridge. The salary is $3500 per year.
The new
appointee was born in Watertown in 1859, learned the printers trade and was
associated with his father, the late D. Blumenfeld,
in the publication of the Watertown Weltberger, the paper now owned and published by
former county clerk, O. R. Krueger.
Eight years ago he retired from the publishing business and has since
been employed as an expert on the cost of printing by many large firms. He is married and has one son. The family will move to Madison in the near
future.
Mr.
Blumenfeld is a man of strict integrity and high ideals. He is exceptionally well qualified for the
position to which he has been appointed.
Gov. Philipp, in the appointment of Mr. Blumenfeld, has demonstrated
that he places efficiency above partisanship in selecting public officials. Mr. Blumenfeld is a democrat in politics.
01 22 1915
Word was
received at Baraboo last Sunday of the death of Henry Bertram, which occurred
at some place in New Jersey. Mr. Bertram
was an old Watertown boy. He was
proprietor of the Commercial Hotel at
Watertown for some time and later was the owner and proprietor of the
well-known Beaumont Hotel at Green Bay.
Henry Bertram was a nephew of the late General [Henry] Bertram, a former
resident of Juneau and at one time sheriff of Dodge County.
Cody
Closes Saloons on Sabbath
WATERTOWN WOES
1915
Watertown is
wide-a-wake. The question of closing the
saloons on Sunday has resulted in much talk and considerable activity.
W. G. Cody was a candidate for justice of the
peace, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Judge W. D.
Stacy. Cody secured a big petition
signed by many of the leading business men asking for his appointment as
Justice of the Peace. Mayor Kading sent
his nomination to the council, where it was turned down. Soon after that Cody got after the saloons
and closed all of them up on Sunday. He
made complaints against saloons in several neighboring villages, such as
Pipersville, Ixonia, Lebanon etc., and closed those places, also on Sundays.
But when
matters blew over a bit some of the saloons began to open up Sundays, and Cody
got busy again. He had several saloon
keepers arrested and taken to Jefferson for trial. Some trials were had and other cases are now
pending. Some defendants were found not
guilty and others paid fines and costs, according to reports.
A few days ago
a petition signed by three citizens of Jefferson County was presented to Judge
Kirkland asking that Cody be examined to determine whether he was sane or
insane. Such examination was held but no
result was reached. Another hearing was
held yesterday.
Now it develops
that an organization of business men has sprung up to take revenge on “Cody’s
Persecutors.”
A peculiar
feature of the situation is that Cody denies that he got after the saloons
because he was not appointed justice of the peace, and the saloon keepers deny
that they have had anything whatever to do with the petition to examine Cody
for insanity.
The law of
“cause and effect” seems to be out of commission in Watertown if all statements
are to be fully credited.
↓ More on Saloons and Sundays ↓
03 05 1915
Juneau, WI.—The
saloon closing war at Watertown goes merrily on. As yet no air machines nor submarines have
been pressed into service, but various skirmishing expeditions to justice
courts in Jefferson and Lake Mills have been reported. Mr. Nolle Contenderie is in commission
frequently.
↓ More on Saloons and Sundays ↓
Watertown Democrat, 03 31 1859
A good law, the
salutary provisions of which it will be well for those whom it concerns to
observe, is the following: If any tavern
keeper or other person shall sell, give away, or barter any intoxicating
liquors on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or on the day and
at the place of the annual town meeting, or the annual fall election, such
tavern keeper or other person so offending shall be fined for each of such
offenses in a sum not exceeding five dollars, to be collected before any
Justice of the Peace in the proper county.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 27 1959
Arthur Kuenzi,
president of the Otto Biefeld Co., today came
out with a statement in which he declared that only a referendum on the
question of installing a new street lighting system in the Watertown business
area would settle the issue fairly and squarely. He declared that at the meeting of the
Watertown Business Men's Association, held last week, approximately only 20
business men were present when they came out in support of the system. He said that this is “a very fractional
percentage of the total population, and a referendum would give the true facts
of whether or not the majority of the people are in favor of it.” The city's special lighting committee which
has been studying the lighting issue for the past year, after it was first
introduced in the City Council by Councilman Carl V. Kolata, has come out in
favor of a new system and the subject is now in the process of securing bids
which are due to be filed on Feb. 11.
Downtown Renovation
Watertown Daily Times, 01 27 1984
Altering and
improving the aesthetics of the public sector will be the first step in the
renovation of the Watertown downtown area, said City Planner Harlan
Clinkenbeard Monday, but implementation of any projects will not occur before
1985. According to Clinkenbeard, the
Downtown Revitalization Committee and himself are currently developing two or
three alternative plans on the exact aesthetic alterations in regard to public
parks, streets, traffic patterns and parking.
Clinkenbeard hoped that a plan could be developed simultaneously with a
plan for alternations in the private sector, such as changes in storefront
design. Trees, lights, traffic signs and signals, and benches would certainly
be a part of any design, said Clinkenbeard.
Watertown
Chronicle,
06 30 1847
We have examined a specimen of brick
from the first kiln burnt at the new yard of L.
E. BOOMER, Esq., one mile below the village, on the east side of the
river. It is of a beautiful cream color,
very hard, and is pronounced by builders equal to the best article of the kind
made in Milwaukee. The clay at this
point appears well adapted to the making of brick, being free of marl, and very
pure.
Messrs. CHADWICK
& PLATT have a new yard now yard near Mr. Boomer’s. We have not yet seen a specimen of their
brick, but understand that they are made from a very fine quality of clay. The brick heretofore made in this village and
vicinity, have been of an inferior quality, the proportion of lime they
contained being so great as to cause them to crumble to pieces upon their
exposure to water. This difficulty now
appears to have been overcome and we are in hopes that of the buildings in the
future to be erected here, a fair proportion may be of brick.
The yard of Mr. BOOMER is under the
management of W. J. STEVENS and ANDREW STORER, and Messrs. CHADWICK &
PLATT’S under that of ANDREW WILLARD.
The advertisements of the proprietors
of these yards will be found in another part of our paper.
↓ More on Brick Making in Watertown ↓
Watertown
Chronicle,
07 07 1847
The Watertown Chronicle, in alluding to the
brick made in the brick-yard of that city an enterprising village, exhausts its
praise when it says that it is equal in color to the best article of the kind
made in Milwaukee. [Daily Wisconsin]
Why not print
our "praises" in full, Mr. Cramer?
We said that the Watertown brick were not only of a "beautiful
cream color, and very hard, but they were pronounced by builders equal to the
best article of the kind in Milwaukee."
The Milwaukee brick are very deservingly winning the public favor
abroad, as well as at home. They are
already exported in considerable numbers to different towns on the lake, and
this trade must increase as the qualities of the article become better
known. But fine as they are, the most
competent and disinterested judges pronounce them no better, in any respect,
than the Watertown brick. Do our brick
justice, therefore, MR. CRAMER; for when you recollect that the city from which
we respectfully hail, are separated by the Milwaukee and the Watertown woods,
you need not apprehend any serious danger from competition in this line of
manufacture!
Since writing
the above, we have been shown a specimen of brick from the yard of Messr.
CHADWICK & PLATT, near this village.
All that we have heretofore said in relation to the good qualities of
the Watertown brick may with justice apply to this new article. It appears to be right in every respect, and
as such we cannot too strongly recommend it to the public favor.
Betty
Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
Watertown Daily Times, 01 31 1959
Miss Carol Ann
Ruesch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ruesch, 701 South First Street, has
been named 1959 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Watertown High
School. She received the highest score
in a 50-minute written examination on homemaking knowledge and attitudes taken
by graduating senior girls in her school.
She will receive a homemaking pin manufactured by Josten's, which
represents the slogan, “Home is Where the Heart Is.”
Educational Foundation of Watertown
Watertown Daily Times, 01 31 1999
The Educational
Foundation of Watertown Inc. recently held its annual meeting and elected its
first board of trustees. Ray Kubly was named as president of the organization.
Other officers are Cathy Kwapil, vice president; Belle Luhman, secretary; Mark
Sweet, treasurer; Wanda Udovich, Bill Mullen, Don Richards and Dennis Bailey,
trustees with terms to expire in 2001; Sweet, Neale Jones, Mike Siegrist and
Cathy Egan, trustees with terms to expire in 2002; Luhman, Kubly, Randy Phelp,
and Kwapil, trustees with terms to expire in 2003; Victor Miller, board of
education representative; and Dennis Mudler, superintendent or designee.
Watertown
Chronicle,
07 07 1847
A few young men
of this village are making another attempt to get
up a band of music.
It is proposed that our citizens purchase the instruments and give the
band the use of them. About $150 would
be required for this purpose—a sum which we presume might readily be raised. A good band is much needed here, and we see
not why we may not have one.
Watertown Daily Times, 01 31 2009
In January 1951
five men who shared a love of archery formed the Watertown Archery Club. Those men included Roland Freitag, Bob
Lessner, Al Krueger, Don Nesta and Gene Brennan.
A total of 18
people were at the first meeting of the club in 1951 that was held on the third
floor of the Savoy building, now the site of the
Town and Country Bank . . . Today, there are about 50 members in the club and
some become a member of the Wisconsin Bowhunter’s Association.
Watertown
Chronicle,
07 28 1847
Mr. GREEN [Cross reference: Virgil D. Green's wagon-shop] has just
completed a large two-horse peddling wagon for Mr. HEAD, our village
baker. It is one of the best made
articles of the kind we ever saw, and will not suffer by comparison with
anything of the kind made at the east.
It is painted in PURDY'S very best style. Persons wanting any article in the wagon line
can be suited at GREEN'S, if they can be suited anywhere.
Watertown
Chronicle,
06 23 1847
We
cannot learn that any arrangements are on foot, or are likely to be, for the
due observance of the 4th, in this village, the
nearest approximation to it which has yet transpired, are two balls - one to
“come off" at the American on the 2d, and the other at the Planter's on
the 5th.
t Fourth of July, 1847 t
“The Day We Celebrate”
Watertown
Chronicle,
07 07 1847
Owing to the
absence of the 4th, the 5th was observed in this village in such a manner as
seemed best to suit the individual whims or inclinations of our citizens, great
and small. As a prerequisite, the
liberty pole received a slice of 40 feet [?] on Saturday afternoon, and at dusk
a beautiful streamer kissed the breeze at its top, 112 feet above the heads of
the delighted multitude.
Before the 5th
had fairly dawned, the reports of anvils, muskets, pistols and firecrackers
were to be heard in different quarters of the village. This species of amusement was continued
through the day, though the patriotism of the gunners was somewhat dampened in
the forenoon by a brisk shower of rain.
The skies brightening up about noon, people from abroad commenced
pouring into the village from all directions.
Among the number were a fragment of a band of musicians, accompanied by
the stars and stripes; and if they did not "discourse eloquent music"
for the few hours they remained, it was not because they lacked the apparent
disposition to do so. A band of marshal
music, so far as a fife and a snare drum are entitled to the designation, also
operated extensively during the afternoon, and only ceased their labors as the
nightingale attempted, by her evening melody, to rival their sweet and
spirit-stirring sounds. If to this be
added the sport of the wrestling ring, the more important doings of the day may
be considered as faithfully chronicled.
In the evening
fire balls made their appearance, and were kept upon the wing until the empty
stomachs and exhausted frames of our patriotic juveniles reminded them of their
uneaten gingerbread and their inviting pillows.
Thus began and thus ended, so far as we are cognizant in the premises,
our first Independence Day in Badgerdom.
If the
doings were not upon as grand a scale as we have witnessed in the eastern
cities, we must say that they were marked throughout by a feeling alike
creditable to all who participated in them.
We regret to
state that quite a serious accident occurred in the forenoon. A little son of Mr. PLINY B. BASSFORD
[Basford] received in his thigh the wad from a pistol, making a frightful wound
some three inches deep. The wound was
extracted by Dr. HAMILTON, and the boy, who exhibited the greatest fortitude
throughout the operation, appears to be doing well.
[Note: Wis. became a state in 1848]
A Domestic Necessity
Watertown Democrat, 04 07 1859
Every house should have as an inmate a
good-natured, tidy, sensible old lady.
This important fixture should always be, if possible, a grandmother, or,
as next best, an aunt; yet so indispensible to the respectability, comfort and convenience of a well
regulated household is the old lady, that if this system of housekeeping become
general, it will become quite natural to find, under the head of “wants” in
newspapers, inquires for proper old ladies to supply the lack of dear old folks
gone to the better home. Indeed, old
ladies, discovering themselves to be in demand, would keep in preservation much
longer, not begin to make winding sheets and grave caps full ten years before
the great reaper came . . . Old ladies are needed. Providence designed such to fill a large
space in the domestic circle—a class remarkable as living not for themselves
but for others—the most beautiful specimens of disinterested love this side of
heaven.
Donations help police buy new crime dog costume
Watertown Daily Times, 01 29 2009
Through donations from local businesses
and residents, the Watertown Police Department
has purchased a new McGruff the Crime Dog costume.
The Crime Dog reaches children through
commercials, songs and booklets from the National Crime Prevention Council and
talks about drugs, bullying, safety and the importance of staying in school.
The police
department’s former McGruff costume, which was over 20 years old, was so
tattered by making countless appearances that it was essentially retired.
Watertown
Chronicle,
08 25 1847
NARROW ESCAPE
On the afternoon of Thursday last, one
of the beams of Mr. STEPHEN MARCH’S cabinet factory gave way, precipitating to
the floor some two or three tons of chair and bedstead stuff.
Fortunately, the only person in the
room at the time, was Mr. FREDERICK ROUSH, a German, whose escape was almost
miraculous. He was struck upon the head
by a scantling which fell a moment before the beam, and knocked under a stiff
board he was sawing, which rested upon two "buck," and was thus
protected from the falling mass. He
received two or three wounds upon his head and face, none of which were very
severe. Had not the accident happened
when the other workmen were at tea, the consequences would doubtless have been
fatal.
If basswood is to be used for beams upon which it is designed to
store any great amount of furniture or freight, braces should at least be
added.
Watertown
Chronicle,
09 08 1847
The
agent for the “Eclipse" carriages, manufactured by the T. H. Brown & Co. of Milwaukee. These vehicles are regarded as the best now
in use. Anyone wishing to buy a first
class carriage will do well to consult with Mr. Kennedy before buying
elsewhere. For lightness, strength and
durability, his carriages are unsurpassed.
Watertown
Chronicle,
09 01 1847
LOST AN EYE
A
fracas took place at a Fare Table in this village, on Saturday night last, in
which an eye was lost. This we believe
is the only gambling instrument of the kind in town. It has been here but a
short time, and for the credit of the place it is hoped that it will remain but
a short time longer.
Watertown Daily Times, 02 03 1999
Inspector
Larry Sukow, a veteran of 30 years with the Watertown
Police Department, is retiring at the end of today. Sukow, who is the senior member of the
department in years of service, is second in command to Chief of Police Charles
McGee. Sukow said, “It's been fun. I
certainly enjoyed my years here with the police department. It's difficult leaving, but the time is
right.” During his tenure which began on
Jan. 1, 1969, Sukow has worked under four different chiefs. First it was Marlin K. Mann, the man who
hired Sukow. Then it was Gerald Donovan
for several years before Richard Reynolds was promoted from within the
department, and most recently he has been the assistant to McGee.
Rock River Pilot 12 02 1847
Indian
John, the old Menomonee, so well known to the early settlers on Rock River, is
yet among the living, his sad remnant of a once numerous band, whose favorite
hunting ground was here. He cannot give
up his old home, though it is to him a home no longer. We have seen him a happy, cheerful savage,
surrounded in his lodge with plenty, and by a large and contented family; but
how changed he is now! But two of his
family remain - liquor and vice have destroyed his children, and the white man
has his home. He is now a wretched
object, left like a lonely sentinel to watch over the graves of his tribe until
they are gathered in, when he will fade away "as the leaf," and the
remembrance of him and his tribe will be to us as a dream.
Watertown Democrat, 04 07 1859
Common
Council Proceedings
Ald.
Pease introduced the following resolution which was adopted:
Resolved,
That the Clerk cause notice to be served on all the Assessors elected in the
several wards of the city on the first Tuesday of April, to meet at the council
room on the last Monday of May for the purpose of organizing and to
establish a basis for general assessment and that each and all of said
Assessors assess the property in the wards where elected and receive
compensation from the funds of the same.
Father of his Country
Watertown Democrat, 04 14 1859
Wanted.
In every town and county in the United States agents to sell by
subscription one of the grandest and most beautiful pictures published in
America, being a highly ornamented picture of GEN. WASHINGTON, the Father of
his Country. He is represented in the
garb and regalia of a Free Mason, standing in the great and magnificent temple
of King Solomon and presents one of the most gorgeous specimens of oriental
magnificence of which the mind can conceive.
The likeness is striking and grand; and for the sublimity of attitude
and the ease and dignity of manner, is unsurpassed by any other painting ever
executed either in this country or Europe.
Publishers of newspapers giving the above advertisement, including this
notice, four or more insertions in a conspicuous part of their paper shall have
one of the highest priced of these pictures mailed to their address. –Queen
City Publishing, Cincinnati.
Watertown Daily Times, 02 03 1959
A former Watertown resident, Herbert
May and his wife, have purchased what is said to be the first privately owned
Viscount Turbo-Jet plane, according to a report from Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. May were married last year. He is a retired Pennsylvania industrialist
and she is the former Marjorie Post, second wife of the late Joseph E. Davies, a native of Watertown who
died in Washington last year. She is
heiress to the Post Toasties fortune and the principal owner of General
Foods. Mr. and Mrs. May now make their home
in Washington where she completed a fabulous new home a year ago. Mr. May was born in Watertown, his family
being in the milling business here.
Spring, 1859
Watertown Democrat, 04 28 1859
Though we have had
little April warmth during the Spring month now nearly closed, last Sunday was
a jewel of a day, worthy the coronet of Summer itself. The grass is starting rapidly upon the fields
and in the yards early flowering plants are well up and almost ready to bloom,
and the lilac bushes are on the point of putting out their leaves. Thus far we have had every variety of
weather—gentle southern breezes, bright sunshine, frosty nights, clouds, rain
and snow . . . About the last week in April, when there is such a backward
season as the present, there comes a marked and miraculous change over the face
of nature. The buds swell to bursting,
the plants and trees assume their glorious foliage robes, the flowers bloom,
the fresh grass carpets the earth, and the lingering vestiges of Winter
disappear . . . Up to the present date the season has not been very favorable
for outdoor operations, but the prospects are a little better now. Yesterday it was sun-shiney, warm and
dry. Every farmer was abroad in his
fields, with plow and drag, getting the ground ready for the crops. Though Spring is advancing, yet with fair
weather all may be made up yet. If the
skies are clear there will be busy and hurrying times for the next few weeks.
Watertown
Chronicle,
08 04 1847
This
house, situated three miles north of this village [town of Emmet], on
the Fond du Lac road, is now open, and ready for the reception of
visitors. Its enterprising keeper,
THOMAS NOYS, is a prince of landlords.
He has long been in the business, and is not only conversant with the
wants of the traveling public, but has every means of gratifying them. Every body is acquainted with “Tom," and
every body who travels in those “diggings” will, of course, call upon him.
Advertisement of Three Mile House of Emmet in Watertown Chronicle, 08 04 1847
The subscriber has the pleasure of
announcing to his friends and the public, that he has thoroughly repaired and
greatly enlarged the Three Mile House, situated three miles (north of the
village of Watertown on the main traveled road to Oak Grove, Beaver Dam,
Waupun, Fox Lake, Fond du Lac and Green Bay; and that he is now ready to
receive their calls and to contribute to their wants. He has long been engaged in tavern keeping, and
flatters himself that he is -able to do up things in his line quite
“brown." His friends will find the
"creature comforts" of his house equal to any west of the lakes, and
his charges very moderate. His
accommodations for teams are upon an extensive scale and every one acquainted
with Robert, the old Hostler, is aware that animals may be safely entrusted to
his charge.
If good liquor, a full larder, clean
beds and courteous attendance present inducements to the traveler, then must
the Three Mile House become the travelers favorite.