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Daily Times, 06 04 2009
Holz Motors in Watertown recently celebrated the grand opening of its new 5,000-square-foot showroom and remodeled service and parts building with a ribbon cutting ceremony that featured city officials and representatives from the company. The newly completed project at Holz Motors on Utah Street started soon after the local company expanded its line-up by purchasing Kennedy Chevrolet Buick Inc. last year. Holz is still in the process of trying to sell the former Kennedy property on West Main Street. To make room for its new brands, the local Holz dealership built a new 5,000-square-foot showroom and converted the old showroom into a 17,640-square-foot service and parts department, according to Dave Hulick, general manager at Holz in Watertown. The old showroom, which was built in 1975, was expanded by approximately 2,500 square feet.
Holz
Motors
Watertown
Daily Times, 05 18 1986
Kenneth Schmidt, 611 Western Avenue, has been named general manager of Holz Motors, 1717 Utah Street, Watertown. He began his new duties today. Schmidt has been in the automotive business since 1971. His most recent position has been with Jim Kennedy’s auto businesses in Watertown. Schmidt began his automotive career in his hometown of Mayville as a salesman with Jack Matteson Chevrolet-Oldsmobile. He moved to Watertown in October of 1974 when he formed a partnership with Matteson and opened an Oldsmobile, GMC truck dealership.
Watertown
Daily Times, 02 22 1986
Farm and Fleet has agreed to dedicate a
4,900-square-foot piece of its property for the construction of a third
eastbound lane on Bernard Street at South Church Street. The Watertown Plan Commission Monday
recommended the city accept the 35 by 140 foot land
dedication on Bernard Street’s south side.
The strip of land will be used to build a right-tum only lane, making
the approach similar in layout to the east side of the intersection. Assistant City Engineer Joe Radocay hoped the improvement would be done this
summer. He said there were no plans to
change the location of the entrance into the Farm and Fleet parking lot.
Watertown
Daily Times, 01 25 2001
A proposal to build a new grocery store on South
Church Street was approved by the Watertown Plan Commission Monday. Aldi Inc.
proposes to construct a modest-sized Aldi Foods store this year on the west
side of South Church Street near Omena Street. Construction is anticipated to begin in
spring or summer, said Marcia Sperber, director of real estate for Aldi. The commission’s unanimous approval came
months after the city’s site plan review committee received its first exposure
to Aldi.
Watertown
Daily Times, 12 22 1985
The state of Wisconsin was willing to build a new
seven-mile connector route from Watertown to Interstate 94 if Toyota Motor
Corporation had chosen to build its new plant in the city. In a Milwaukee
Sentinel article published this morning, Patrick A. LeSage,
president of Forward Wisconsin Inc., said the new route was just one of the
pledges made to the auto firm in the hopes of landing the $125 million
factory. Sites just west of Watertown
and near Janesville were two of the 11 finalists for the new plant. Last week, the firm decided to go with a
Kentucky site, stating weather was the key reason it did not choose a Wisconsin
location. In addition to the new
highway, LeSage said the state was willing to buy the
needed land at a cost of about $2 million and finance water and sewer
improvements through a tax incremental financing district.
Watertown
Gazette, 07 01 1915
Albert Cavanagh and C. Fleuter are now the
proprietors of the popular Eagle Buffet and restaurant at No. 10 Main
Street. Mr. Cavanagh has been a popular
dispenser of liquors in this city for the past fourteen years, while Mr. Fleuter is also well known to our citizens. The new firm will no doubt enjoy a large
patronage.
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 20 2005
A group of residents rallied together in 1945 to help
a community business from closing its doors.
Exactly 60 years later, the Watertown Chamber of Commerce’s Promotive
Corp. is still promoting new and existing businesses in the city. The main purpose of the nonprofit
organization is to promote the city as a solid place for economic development
and to help start local businesses and assist existing companies to
expand. Dave Hulick,
president of Promotive Corp., said the group meets once every month to discuss
business ideas and they also regularly converse with each other through e-mail
and telephone.
Watertown
Daily Times, 12 22 2000
A donation of land for a city skate park offered by
the school district was unanimously accepted by the Watertown Common Council
Tuesday. Final approval of the donation
by the district board Thursday is needed before the city can build the
1.65-acre skate park next year on the southwest comer of high school
property. Alderman Patrick Bleske said he is in favor of accepting the donation
because a skate park on that land will give young people the opportunity to
keep active in a great activity.
Rezoning
of 104 North Church St.
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 16 1965
A city ordinance providing for the rezoning of the
property at 104 North Church Street from residential to commercial to permit
expansion of the Cities Service Oil Co. facility will be up for its initial
reading at tonight’s meeting of the common council, but final action is certain
to be deferred with the second reading and a vote at the July 6 meeting.
Last night, at the council’s committee meeting, there was
objection to the present plan which was entered by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Klink of
108 North Church Street. They registered
a protest regarding the plan, pointing out that if the rezoning is carried out
they would have difficulty because of the nearness of the station, but the
company representatives told the council the company is willing to work out a
solution with Mr. and Mrs. Klink via an easement and the council told them to
make an effort to settle the differences and come back with some form of an agreement
so the council can consider the settlement and take action on the ordinance,
even though the final decision will not be made tonight.
Watertown
Daily Times, 01 21 1986
The state of the art product line may not be the
easiest to understand for a lay person, but the philosophy behind one of
Watertown’s newest businesses comes through loud and clear .
“The best way to put it is that we want to be the best employer in
Watertown. We want to have stability,”
said William Shier who with Enno Knief are the
executives of Ennovation, designers and manufacturers
of what they are calling “intelligent sensors.”
The company is located in the Wisconsin
Telephone Company building, 115 South Fourth Street, which is being renovated
into an office building equipped with a new digital telephone system. Knief is president
of the firm, Shier vice president. Both
men left Eaton Corporation in 1985.
Beaver-Meyers
Ford
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 08 1961
1957 ad
Announcement is made today of a change of ownership of
Hornburg Motors, Inc., local Ford dealer. Harold Homburg,
Hartland, today announced the sale of his interest to Howard Beaver and
Lawrence Meyers, who acquired the bulk of his stock, and Urban (Red) Schuenke and Harold Manthy. The firm now is known as Beaver-Meyers Ford,
Inc. Officers are Beaver, president; Meyers, treasurer; Schuenke,
vice president; and Manthy, secretary.
______________________ more on Beaver-Meyers Ford
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Watertown
Daily Times,
09 21 1968
Reorganization of Beaver-Meyers Ford, Inc., was
announced today following the sale of his interest in the company by Howard J.
Beaver. His interest has been sold to
his fellows associates, Harold L. Mantey
and Urban (Red) Schuenke who have been actively
engaged in the operation of the dealership since its original organization in
1944. The name of the corporation will
be changed to Meyers Ford, Inc. The business will continue to be operated at
the same location at South Second and Market Streets.
Handsome
Young Lady in Brown
Watertown
Republican, 08 10 1898
The Columbus
Democrat remarks: "It was the
handsome young lady in brown who caught the eyes of some of the Columbus boys
at Watertown last Monday. The elastic
necks were outstretched whenever she wheeled by. Her address will be wanted 'just for a week
or two' " which the Daily Times
queries: "Who it is?"
Can't you guess?
Ask us something hard.
How
to Keep Healthy
Watertown
Daily Times, 07 16 1898
Don’t worry.
Don't lay awake at night to think about your shortcomings and other
people's sins. Don't care violently for
any one. Hearts and consciences are
opposed to rounded contours and shapely necks.
Eat meats with fat on them. Eat
fish with white sauce. Eat potatoes,
corn-starch, simple pudding and ice creams.
Wear warm, luxurious clothing, but be careful not to have it so warm as
to induce perspiration, for that will prove thinning. Do not let it be too heavy, either. Drink
milk and cream whenever you happen to want them. If you don't care for these nourishing
drinks, cultivate a taste for them.
Avoid lemonade, lime juice and the like.
Eat fruit for your breakfast, but not the tart grape and the tartar
grape fruit. Eat baked apples with
plenty of sugar and cream, and all-sorts of stewed fruits, which require
sweetening. Eat for breakfast oatmeal
swimming in cream. Drink not tea and
coffee, but cocoa, chocolate and milk.
Spurn toast, especially if it be made of graham or gluten bread. Eat freshly made wheat bread, with butter and
honey. Do not take more exercise than is
absolutely essential to health. Take the
air – yes. But let it be in a carriage,
whenever you can, or on a sunny bench in the park. Violent exercise is the worst possible thing
for the woman who would fain grow plump.
Watertown
Republican, 08 03 1898
A number of crooks came to the city Monday in the wake
of Buffalo Bill’s show, and as a result there was some daylight thievings done.
During the parade C .E. Heyn's branch bakery
on Third Street was entered through the rear door and while the clerks were out
viewing the sight the money drawer was robbed of about $5 in change. The residence of Mrs. Wilhelmine Bernhardt,
at 315 North East street, was also entered and a gold watch and $17 in cash
stolen. No arrests were made.
Wisconsin
Curd Test
Watertown
Republican, 07 27 1898
The Agricultural Experiment station of the University
of Wisconsin has recently issued an illustrated bulletin entitled "Factory
Tests for Milk," This bulletin
treats of the various tests used in studying milk, laying a special emphasis on
what is known as the Wisconsin curd test, a method for detecting tainted or
poor milk, devised by our Experiment station.
By means of this test the factory operator can readily determine which
patron or patrons, if any, are bringing poor or tainted milk to the factory,
and by rejecting such milk be in position to make the good cheese, or to
improve the quality of butter produced, if it is a creamery.
Watertown
Republican, 07 27 1898
In Justice Henze's court last Friday
Edward Wiensten was bound over for trial before the
circuit court on a charge of horse stealing.
Bail was fixed at $100, but not furnished. The complaining witness was Herman Laabs, of Lebanon, District Attorney Wigdale
appeared for the state. Wiensten claims to hail from Milwaukee. Last fair day, July 12, he figured in a
partly negotiated horse trade with Mr. Laabs, but
before the deal was closed, it is claimed, caused the latter's horse to be
driven out of the city. Wiensten returned the same evening and was arrested. He had
an accomplice in the deal named Fred Ligen, but he
made good his escape.
Watertown
Republican, 07 20 1898
Matthew Maloney has returned from his outing at Fox Lake and
reports a narrow escape from drowning last Sunday. While fishing from a boat he was run into by
another boat and dumped into the water.
Timely assistance was rendered him and he was brought to shore safely.
Riding
of Bicycles on Sidewalks
Watertown
Daily Times, 08 04 1898
The first arrest for violating the city ordinance prohibiting the
riding of bicycles on the sidewalks of this city was made shortly before 7
o'clock this morning by Officer Bruegger. The men taken into custody are Otto Riebe and
John Miller, both of whom reside in the country [countryside]. The men appeared before Justice Stacy later
and plead guilty to the charge. It cost
them $4.68 apiece to settle with his honor, which was promptly paid. The men claimed that while coming into town
they noticed a bicycle rider riding his wheel on the sidewalk and concluded
there was no objection to such things, and consequently utilized the sidewalk
on the north side of Main Street, but were seen by the officer, who promptly
arrested them. It is probable that the
young men did not know of the existing ordinance, but their arrest will have a
salutary effect upon people in this city who daily defy the bicycle
ordinance. The law in this regard should
be strictly enforced.
Watertown
Daily Times, 12 17 1985
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. of Watertown has moved into its
new facilities at 208 Main Street. The
Dean Witter Reynolds office was opened in Watertown in 1975 by Dave Veldhuizen and Willard Hughes. Veldhuizen now
manages the office in Minocqua. Hughes
is vice president and manager of the Watertown office. Members of the investment firm’s staff
include Bob Schuett, who joined the staff in 1977,
Art Turke, 1979; Dale Bowgren,
1981; Tom Finnel, 1985; Mary Beth Engel, 1977, who is
a fully registered representative, and Bonita Zimdars,
1975.
Heavy
Rains
Watertown Gazette, 08 05 1915
The last three days over six inches of water fell from
the clouds and the rain still continues today, though there is every indication
that the rainy weather is at an end.
This is the greatest amount of rainfall that has ever fallen in a like
time in this vicinity. The country roads
in many places are impassable, and it was with difficulty the interurban cars
were run between here and Milwaukee, there being several places where the car
tracks were covered with small lakes of water.
Oats and all uncut barley and other small grain have been greatly
damaged by the heavy rains, and a week ago what promised to be the greatest
grain cop raised here in many years has suffered a loss of at least 50 per
cent.
Summary
of the War
Watertown
Gazette, 08 05 1915
It is now costing $55,000,000 a day to run the great
European war. Total expense for the
first year of the conflict is estimated at $16,500,000,000 and losses in men to
the belligerent nations are placed at more than ten million. These are some of the facts given in a review
of the first year of the war which The
Gazette has secured and presents on another page of this issue. Do not miss this interesting feature.
Interest
to Farmers
Watertown
Gazette, 08 05 1915
We regard the present time as most opportune to
caution farmers and impress upon them the importance of care in the threshing
and storage of grain. Millers in general
prefer to pay highest market prices for goods of suitable quality rather than
accept grain of doubtful merit at prices unsatisfactory to the farmers. Shock threshed grain oftentimes does not
sweat until placed into bins and in consequence turns damp and moldy, thereby
losing its milling value.
It is recommended that if grain is damp and wet it be
placed into bins at a depth not to exceed three inches; then to be stirred and
turned periodically to give it opportunity to dry out and preserve its natural
odor.
If this is followed it will prevent dispute between
miller and farmer relative to worth of the grain and the farmer will be better
pleased with prices obtained and find that it will pay him well to give his
product this extra care.
The lateness of the harvest combined with recent heavy
rains prompt us to suggest the above at this time.
Are
You Interested In Some Deaf Child?
Watertown
Gazette, 08 05 1915
The Deaf are Taught to Talk and to Read the Lips —
They Follow the Same Course of Study Used in Public Schools for Hearing
Children — Are Given Industrial Training So That They Become Better Bread
Winners.
The Wisconsin State School for the Deaf at Delavan,
Wis., opens its next term on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The opportunities offered to deaf boys and
girls by this school are free to all deaf boys and girls in Wisconsin. Among those advantages are:
1. A good academic education similar to that given in
the common school for hearing children.
2. A high school education preparatory for college.
3. Excellent domestic science and manual training
facilities, together with various shops for industrial training.
4. Great attention is paid to speech and lip reading.
5. Careful supervision of habits and morals. Nowhere is
there collected a cleaner-minded lot of students than are at this school.
6. Medical attention is constantly on hand for those
who need it.
7. Board, washing, light, heat and medical service are
all furnished free to deaf boys and girls in Wisconsin.
For further particulars apply to E. W. Walker, Supt.
Wisconsin School for the Deaf,
Delavan, Wis.
St.
Joseph’s Picnic
Watertown Gazette, 08 19 1915
Many of our citizens attended the picnic of St.
Joseph’s congregation at Richwood on Sunday and all report a splendid time.
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
We call attention to the advertisement of Messrs.
Schumacher & Johanson, who have recently started
a new and extensive boot and shoe store in this city. They are prompt and skillful manufacturers
and intend to supply their customers with articles superior for beauty and
wearing qualities. We bespeak for the
favor and patronage of the community.
1866-67
City Dir
Shumacher & Johanson’s New Shoe Store
Watertown Democrat, 08 31 1865
Third Street, North of Main, opposite Walthier & Wiesman’s Store.
We take pleasure in announcing to our friends and the
public generally that we have this day opened a new boot & shoe store where
we will always keep on hand a complete and choice assortment of cloth &
leather gaiters, balmoral gaiters and slippers, boots, gents’ gaiters, brogans,
etc.
We also call attention to our stock of children’s
shoes which in quality and beauty are unsurpassed by any in town.
Our custom work department will be conducted with
ability, guaranteed by an experience of over ten years in one of the best
shoemaker shops in the west.
Calf skin boots, gaiters and all other custom work will
be executed with neatness and at the shortest possible notice. Particular
attention paid to repairing.
Inviting our friends and the public to examine our
stock, we respectfully request a share of their patronage, promising fair and
honest dealing and cheap prices to everybody.
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
We received a call yesterday from Richard Jones, Esq.,
of Watertown. Mr. Jones informs us that
he opened the first Sabbath school in this city in the Welsh language, just
twenty years ago. The school was held in
the house of a Mr. Price, on “Walker’s Point.”
Prayer meetings and other public religious services in the same language
were organized in Milwaukee soon after.
The first Welsh church in the state was organized in the town of
Genesee, Waukesha county, in 1842. There
are now over fifty religious organizations in this state who worship in this
language. — Milwaukee News.
The
Atlantic Cable
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
The reported failure of the third attempt to establish
telegraphic communication between Europe and America will be a sharp and severe
disappointment to the originators of that splendid enterprise on both sides of
the Atlantic. There is scarcely room for
the least doubt that the present effort has proved wholly ineffectual. After the Great Eastern had laid out 700
miles of cable the signals suddenly ceased at both ends of the wire, and all
endeavors to renew them were useless.
This disastrous result will go far to render certain the
impracticability of accomplishing this grandest project of the age.
Dodge
County Fair
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
The fourteenth annual fair of the Dodge county
agricultural society will be held at the fairgrounds in Juneau on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, September 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 1865. Merchants and manufacturers out of the county
are invited to exhibit their wares at the fair.
Suitable accommodations will be provided for them. The first day will be devoted exclusively to
entering and arranging articles and animals for exhibition. No entrances after the first day. Second day, the gates will be open for
admission of the public from 9 o’clock a.m. until sundown each day of the fair.
The track on the grounds is in good condition for the
exercise of horses from now until fair time, free of charge to members of the
society. Balls by Wm. Barber at the
Juneau House on the second night of the fair, and by J. C. Brown at the American
House on the third night.
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
A very pleasant little affair took place in this city
last Friday evening. Hetty Howell, Libby
Dennis, Bertha Miller and Kitty Bennett got a notion into their heads that
something must be done to relieve the wants of destitute families in this
city. So they formed themselves into a
committee, went to work, got up a fair in one of the rooms in Mr. William M.
Dennis’ Block, gave as much notice of their display as the short time would
allow, and realized a little over twenty-eight dollars from their sales, and
then went and made the best disposition of it they could. They sought out those who most needed
assistance, and furnished it as far as their means would go. These little “sisters of charity” did
exceedingly well, considering the brief time they had to make the effort. They secured a very fair attendance, and were
as busy as bees in making all present do their part. They originated and carried out the whole
plan themselves, and all who attended were delighted with the way in which they
managed this, and the success which attended their benevolent enterprise. We believe not one them is over eleven years
of age. It was amusing to see the skill
and shrewdness with which they won the change from the “old folks” by their
activity, smiles and gaiety.
Watertown Democrat, 08 03 1865
The Waterloo Oil Company, recently organized, promises
to be a grand success. Some our citizens
are members of it and there is every prospect they will be lucky and
fortunate. Dr. G. Shamberg,
who is now on the ground where the wells are located, telegraphed as follows to
S. P. Day: “Number 37 and 60 are good
wells. No more down. Excitement high.” The next day the Doctor sent the
following: “37 a big flowing well and 60
all right.”
Oil
found at Palmyra
Watertown Democrat, 08 03 1865
A letter received in this city claims that oil has been struck
at last at Palmyra, Jefferson county. It
is known that a well has been in progress of being sunk there for some time
past with great expectations and here, if the statement is corroborated, is the
realization.
Street
Cleaning
Watertown Democrat, 08 03 1865
The ordinance requiring the sweeping of certain
streets once a week went into effect last Saturday and was generally
observed. The result is that our
principal streets are comparatively free from dust and filth and have a neat
and clean appearance. The new
arrangement seems to give general satisfaction and if properly carried out will
contribute to the health and pleasantness of the city.
The
Trial of Reapers
Watertown Democrat, 08 10 1865
On Wednesday, the 3d inst., an exciting trial look
place between the John P. Manny and Kirby’s Reaping and Mowing Machines on the
farm of Mr. T. J. Jones, in the town of Emmet, about two miles north of this
city, for the purpose of testing their merits.
When we reached the ground, a large number had
assembled, both from the city and country, to witness the friendly
contest. Both parties were confident of
success, for both knew their machines could reap and mow rapidly and well, and
had good claims to popular favor. There
were friends of both machines on the ground, but as far as we could judge, most
of those present were disposed to lay aside their preferences for the time
being and let their judgement be governed, in this instance, by the actual
accomplishments and results of the trial about to be made on the fair and equal
terms agreed upon by the parties, and we believe there was a pretty full
concurrence that the conclusion arrived at by the committee, taking all things
into consideration, was correct. The
prize was awarded to the John P. Manny, and it was fairly won, though the Kirby
men ask for another chance to prove the claims of their machine.
The John P. Manny machine was ready for work when we
arrived there. Soon the Kirby men
declared themselves ready and called for Mr. C. P. Swain, agent for the J. P.
Manny, to name his choice for committee. Mr. Swain selected Mr. L. T. Lewellin of Watertown.
The Kirby agent named Mr. Harvey Crandall of Emmet. Mr. Swain objected to Mr. Crandall on the
ground that he used and owned a Kirby.
Mr. Crandall stated the machine was his father’s, whereupon Mr. Swain
withdrew his objection and Mr. Crandall acted for the Kirby . . .
Watertown Democrat, 08 10 1865
SURGEON DENTIST.
W. H. SHULZE, SUCCESSOR TO DR. G. SHAMBERG, has permanently located
himself in Watertown and is prepared to perform any operation or execute any
artificial work in his profession, and hopes that by his particular attention,
carefulness and experience, to merit your patronage, which he respectfully
solicits.
Office over the Bank of Watertown.
Watertown, August 1st 1865.
We can most warmly recommend Mr. Shulze
to the confidence and favor of the public.
To a large experience he adds a ready skill which enables him to do his
work to the entire satisfaction of all who employ him. He is thoroughly familiar with all branches
of his profession, and makes it his object to do well whatever he
undertakes. Those who need his services
may be sure that he will give them the full benefit of his best efforts to meet
their wants. He can furnish sets of as
good artificial teeth as can be made, and he fills teeth with a perfection not
surpassed by any other dentist. - Watertown Democrat
Watertown
Gazette,
01 02 1913
On Christmas Eve, while the family were away from
home, the residence of John C. Seager was entered and several articles of
jewelry stolen, including a gold watch and a gold brooch. Nothing else was disturbed. Entrance was made through a rear window.
The same evening the
home of Herman Hilgendorf, 107 Eighth Street, was
also entered, and $4 in cash was taken.
Watertown
Gazette,
01 02 1913
Monday, December 30, 1912, Charles Becker died at the
county hospital at Jefferson, where he was taken from this city several months
ago. Deceased was born in Germany on
August 27, 1836, and located in this city in 1894 and engaged in the cigar
business here, which he followed until a few months ago. His wife, two sons and two daughters survive
him, his children being Mrs. Fred. Atkinson and Ernst Becker of this city; Wm.
Becker of Minneapolis, and Mrs. John Boyles of Madison. His funeral will take place here from his
late home in Main Street at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Watertown
Gazette,
01 23 1913
On Monday we received a supply of fine fresh eggs by parcel post from Henry
F. Schulz, town of Emmet. Monday morning
he mailed them to us, and they were delivered shortly after noon. Mr. Schulz has the reputation of supplying
the finest quality of egg that goes out from this market, and he always
receives the highest market price for them.
The eggs were a gift to the editor, for which Mr. Schulz has our hearty
thanks.
Watertown Gazette, 01 16 1913
Fred B. Schneider, engaged in business in Main Street
for several years past, and his wife, left here on Saturday for Seattle, where
they will reside in the future.
Watertown Gazette, 01 23 1913
Friday afternoon a number of friends comprised a
surprise party at the home of Mrs. Julia Abele at her home on [at 710] Western
Avenue in honor of her birthday anniversary.
It was in the nature of an old times costume party, some of the costumes
worn being over 100 years old.
Richwood
Juvenile Band Entertained
Watertown Gazette, 01 23 1913
Last Tuesday evening Peter Thauer
and wife, town of Emmet, royally entertained the members of the Richwood
Juvenile Band and a number of other friends.
A fine supper was served and dancing and games indulged in. Mr. and Mrs. Thauer
are most hospitable entertainers and were at their best on this occasion.
Watertown
Gazette,
01 23 1913
Tuesday evening a number of friends of Miss Agnes Kreuziger, 508 Lafayette Street, called at her home in a
body and treated her to a genuine surprise party. She received her callers in a most gracious
manner and all passed a very pleasant evening together. Luncheon was served and games and music
indulged in.
Watertown Gazette, 01 23 1913
Frank Gritzner died of heart
trouble at his home on North Second Street, last night at 10 o'clock. He had been ill only since Monday. His wife and two children survive him. Deceased was one of Watertown's best known
citizens, and a man who was well thought of by everybody. Some years ago he conducted a saloon at No. 5
Main Street and later in First Street.
Retires From Business
Watertown Gazette, 10 24 1912
William Wiesemann has traded
in his [208] West Main Street meat market business and the building in which it
is located for the O’Neal farm north of Milwaukee, containing 160 acres of land
and fine farm buildings. The
consideration was $16,000 for the farm and $10,000 for Mr. Wiesemann’s
property.
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Meat Market______________________
Watertown Gazette, 01 02 1913
Wm. Wiesemann, who for the
past ten years has conducted a meat market at 208 West Main Street, retired
from that business on January 1st and that market will be hereafter managed by
Otto Bayer. Frank Bartz,
the old and reliable trusty in this market, will continue at the old stand
under Mr. Bayer. Mr. Wiesemann
conducted one of the very best markets in the state and the new manager means
to keep it up to its past good standing.
Otto
Bayer’s Meat Market, c.1930
Well Known in Watertown
Watertown Gazette, 01 16 1913
We learn from the Sun Prairie Countryman that "Happy Jack," the itinerant, umbrella
mender who has frequently visited Waterloo, was the victim of a terrible
accident at Arena [Iowa County] several weeks ago, losing both his legs by
being run over by a freight train. [Waterloo Democrat]
1865
County Fair
An Opportunity for Manufacturers and Merchants
Watertown
Democrat, 08 31 1865
There are good reasons to believe the next county fair
to be held in this city next October will be generally attended. The officers are making strenuous efforts to
enlist the active interest of all classes in its favor. This will afford a rare chance for
manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, milliners, and others to display the
results of their skill and bring their articles before the public.
We hope all will present something worth seeing, and
thus not only contribute to the value and variety of the exhibition, but
promote their own interest by letting buyers know what there is for sale and
where to get what they may need. If each
individual will do what he or she can, there will be a splendid display of the
useful and ornamental, which it will be worthwhile to see and examine. The farmers in this vicinity should make it a
point to have their best products on hand, and we do not doubt they will do
this. We want to see the largest and
finest display of stock, grain, fruit, vegetables, flowers, implements,
machinery, and articles of taste and skill that has ever been made in Jefferson
county. Let all join in this work and
make it a brilliant success.
Watertown Democrat, 09 07 1865
On Wednesday, the 30th, we visited the celebrated Rock
Lake Vineyard, in the town of Lake Mills, owned by Mr. Isaac Atwood, the
pioneer grape culturist of Wisconsin.
His vineyard is now a splendid illustration of what intelligence,
enterprise and perseverance can overcome and accomplish. He chose a spot for his experiment — for such
it was in the beginning — that must have worn a hard and forbidding appearance
at first. His grounds are situated on
the sloping sides of a rough, stony ridge, facing southwards, nearly circular
in form, and formerly barren and desolate.
In the bottom was a pond of water, in which fish were once caught
plentifully. Now a large portion of
these hill sides are thickly covered with vigorous and flourishing vines, which
are loaded with long and heavy clusters of ripening grapes of many and choice
varieties, all presenting a beautiful and magnificent spectacle of fruit and
verdure.
If the season is favorable and no early frosts blight
the fair prospects, Mr. Atwood will probably gather not less than a thousand
bushels of grapes this fall, which, at present prices, [would be] a profitable
investment of labor and money.
And yet the growing of this favorite and luscious
fruit, for which there is always a ready market, is not the most important part
of the business. The sale of roots,
plants and cuttings has become very extensive, and orders are constantly
received from all parts of the western states.
It has been ascertained that those grown here are better, more safe,
live longer, give more complete satisfaction, and bear fuller than the same
kinds brought from the east.
In this material branch of grape culture, on which so
much depends, no one has been more fortunate and successful than Mr.
Atwood. In fact, he now finds it so
difficult to fill the orders that come pouring in upon him that he is greatly
enlarging his vineyard and adding to its productive capacity in this respect.
Mr. Atwood has made grape culture a special study, and
thoroughly understands it in all its practical details. During several years he has made numerous
trials to ascertain what varieties do best in this climate, yield the largest
quantity and finest quality of fruit.
The results of his system show that he has hit upon the right way to
rear and manage vines. Under his
treatment they grow and produce wonderfully.
The information he is able to impart on these matters
is reliable, full and valuable to all engaged in this pursuit. He has demonstrated, beyond a doubt, the
entire practicability of raising grapes to any extent in the west, and proved
that it may be made more remunerative than almost any other crop, with less
cost and labor. He is confident that a
part of nearly every farm and garden might be advantageously set apart for this
purpose, and thus every family adequately supplied with this most healthy and
delicious of all fruits.
In connection with his vineyard Mr. Atwood also
carries on an extensive nursery, in which is kept an ample assortment of the
small fruits, apple, pear, plumb, cherry and ornamental trees and shrubbery.
A trip to Rock Lake, near which the handsome village
of Lake Mills is located, carries one through a fertile, rich and prosperous
region. The grain is all harvested, and
threshing machines are busy at work, but the broad and wide-spreading corn
fields are in all their plumed glory of green leaves and yellow tassels, all
waving and rustling in the winds, and requiring only a few days more of warm
and sunny weather to render certain as full a crop as has ever been reaped.
There are many and large orchards surrounding the
comfortable-looking farm houses all the way on both sides of the road, and most
of the trees are bent low with the weight of their burdens. If we may judge from what we saw as we passed
rapidly along, there will be an unusually large amount of apples gathered this
year in this vicinity.
Rock Lake itself is a clear, pure and beautiful sheet
of water – a liquid and sparkling gem, hemmed in by gentle and forest-covered
hills, with here and there the grand old woods towering above, which make it as
inviting and pleasant a place for occasional excursions as can anywhere be
found in this immediate neighborhood.
The cool and breezy groves and winding and pebbly shores, the sail over
the blue surface, the excellent angling and trolling for bass, perch, pike and
pickerel, together with many other desirable facilities conveniently at hand
for diversion and amusement, should form sufficient inducement for more
frequent visits by those who now and then can find a day for relaxation and
escape from the cares of business.
New
Skirt of 1865-66
The great invention of the age in hoop skirts.
Watertown Democrat, 09 14 1865
J. W. Bradley’s new patent duplex Elliptic (or double)
Spring Skirt.
This invention consists of duplex (two) elliptic
refined steel springs, is generously braided tightly and firmly together, edge
to edge, making the toughest, most flexible, elastic and durable spring ever
used. They seldom bend or break, like
the single springs, and consequently preserve their perfect and beautiful shape
more than twice as long as any single spring skirt that ever has or can be
made.
The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and
pleasure to any lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic Skirt will be experienced
particularly in all crowded assemblies, operas, carriages, railroad cars,
church pews, arm chairs; for promenade and house dress, as the skirt can be folded
to occupy a small place as easily and conveniently as a silk or muslin dress.
A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort and great
convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic Steel Spring Skirt for a single day
will never afterwards willingly dispense with their use. For children, misses and young ladies, they
are superior to all others.
Cross Reference: http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/62511.html
Watertown Democrat, 09 14 1865
F. Baebenroth, Bookseller,
Stationer & Book Binder, has opened a store on Fourth Street, first block
north of Main Street, in which he is now offering, at the very lowest figures
the market affords, a large stock of everything in his line, including all the
school and college text books used in this city. Bibles and prayer books, stationary and
account books, pictures and picture frames, etc.
Every kind of book binding will be neatly and promptly
executed.
Watertown Democrat, 09 21 1865
In “the silly hours” on one evening last week we were
awakened by a “concord of sweet sounds” and found we were complimented with a
serenade by a Glee Band, recently formed in this city. They showed that they could make music and
“discourse eloquently” on the instrument and with the voice. We thank them for their kind remembrance, and
if they will only give some remote hint when they intend another similar favor,
we shall be glad to make some better return to exchange for their tuneful
notes.
Art Gallery
Watertown
Democrat,
03 30 1865
Almost ready. Next week J.
D. Kellogg’s new art gallery will be ready for business. He has a fine suite of rooms and everything
about his establishment will be in the best order.
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Watertown Democrat, 09 21 1865
Messrs. Taylor & Hall have become the successors
of J. D. Kellogg and assumed the management of his art gallery. They are skillful and experienced artists,
and are able to furnish their customers with as fine and beautiful photographs
as can be obtained anywhere. They have
well-furnished and elegant rooms, splendid instruments, and every facility for
taking all varieties of pictures, in the best style of the art they
practice. Their card will be found in
another column.
______________________ more on Taylor & Hall
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Watertown Democrat, 11 09 1865
Wanted. A smart
intelligent girl to learn the photographic business. A German girl who speaks English
preferred. Apply in person at the photographic
rooms of Taylor & Hall, successors to J. D. Kellogg.
Watertown Democrat, 09 21 1865
After a lingering illness, Mr. Case Goodnow died at
his residence, in this city, on Tuesday morning, September 12th, 1865. Mr. Goodnow was one of the longtime residents
of Watertown. He came here in 1843 —
twenty two years ago. Quiet and retiring
in his habits, and disliking all kinds of mere pretension and display, he was a
citizen whose industry and integrity secured him the respect of all in the
community. Beneath a somewhat rough
exterior, he carried a warm and a generous heart. He leaves a wife and two children to lament
the death of a husband and father.
Going
Watertown
Democrat,
04 21 1864
John. M. Bohan, the popular
and enterprising city auctioneer, is now selling off his entire stock at public
auction, preparatory to closing up his business and leaving the place. He is daily offering chances of the best
bargains to buyers – in fact, you have only to bid on
what he puts up and get it at our own price.
We are sorry that we shall soon hear his cheerful and animating voice no
more in proclaiming the merits of the articles he is selling to the crowd
around him, convincing all what a splendid trade he is giving them, if they
will only raise the bid once more.
GOING, GOING – LAST CALL – GONE – will soon be a reality with him. If he has not made a fortune here, we hope he
will somewhere else.
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Watertown
Democrat,
04 14 1864
A Card – In answer to the anxious inquiries of
Alderman J. T. Moak’s friend “Quilp”
in the last Watertown Republican, I
would state that Mr. H. S. Howell, late Democrat for Alderman in the First
ward, is negotiating as much as he was for the premises occupied by Mr. Bohan, on the corner of Main and Second streets, and when
he buys them he will pay for them, [he] not having yet “left for parts unknown”
with the assets of the firm. Any further
information Alderman Moak may want on the subject
will be cheerfully given. – Joe Giles [Sheriff]
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Watertown Democrat, 03 12 1863
[Advertisement]
NOTICE! J. M. Bohan’s
Auction and Commission Store, corner of Main and Second streets. Having complied with the U.S. Auction License
and also being a duly Licensed City Auctioneer, I am now prepared to attend to
all business in my line in the city and country. Particular attention will be paid to outdoor
sales and prompt returns always made. I
will also pay cash for all second-hand furniture, stoves, feather beds and
bedding – also second-hand clothing of every description. Regular auction sales will be held on
Tuesdays and Fridays. Parties having
goods to dispose of should send them in early in the week to insure
publication.
J. M. Bohan, Auctioneer.
Watertown
Democrat,
03 24 1864
Flowers are the memories of childhood, which accompany
us from the cradle to the grave. Teach
your children to love flowers and they will love home and all its inmates. Beautify the ground around your dwelling with
rich foliage, plants, and the bright blossom of sweet flowers and the faces of
all who look upon the scene will be lighted with smiles, while their hearts
will worship the great Giver of all good and perfect gifts to man.
If I could be the means of creating a general taste
for gardening and love for flowers, I should feel as though I had been of more
benefit to my country than all the military heroes of the present age.
Select School
Watertown
Democrat,
04 21 1864
Miss E. L. Merriam, who has been a successful and
valuable teacher in the Union Schools during the past year, intends to open a
Select School in this city on Monday, the 3rd of next month, for the smaller
class of children. She is a
well-qualified and faithful teacher, with the experience and talents necessary
to enable her to do her work wisely and to the satisfaction of all. Parents who would like to place their
children under the charge of one who will take a pride and pleasure in
benefiting her pupils in every possible way can commit them to her with the
assurance that she will do her best to improve them.
Idaho
Watertown
Democrat,
03 31 1864
Some of our Idaho adventurers have started on their
long journey. We hope they will be
fortunate and successful, but we cannot resist the conviction that the old
scenes are to be repeated over again.
The wild and exaggerated reports that come from the new gold land have
raised expectations that will never be generally realized.
The precious metal is there in abundance but it will
require skill, patience, perseverance, industry, capital and labor to get
it. Thousands will pay dear to learn
this lesson from hard experience, which a little calm reflection would teach
them a good dear easier.
North
Western Sanitary Commission
Scurvy
Watertown
Democrat,
05 05 1864
The spring campaign is about to open. Scurvy has made its appearance and is on the
increase. The plague must be
stayed. Men who have this taint in their
system, if wounded, must surely die, as it deprives them of recuperative
power. In one division of the 15th Army
Corps thirty cases of scurvy were recently reported. When the surgeon was informed he could have
four barrels of potatoes and one of onions, his eyes filled with tears,
exclaiming in delight, “that will save them till more can reach us.”
Farmers of the northwest, will you hesitate to share
your abundance with those ready to perish, for want of them? Business men of the northwest, will you
withhold your means to purchase treasures, surpassing gold and silver in value,
to the soldiers fighting for you?
The time is short.
Day by day fresh graves will be filled.
Publish this call in your papers, through your pulpits, in your aid
societies. Act promptly – send liberally
to the store of Mr. G. [George] Charboneau in this
city.
Re-construction
of Main Street
Watertown
Daily Times,
08 03 1965
When the common council meets this evening it is
scheduled to adopt a resolution calling for the formal filing of a city
application for state aid for the re-construction of Watertown’s Main Street, a
project that has been under discussion and study for a number of years. This move was decided on at last night’s
council committee meeting after Richard S. Podolske
of Podolske and Associates, appeared at the meeting
to make a progress report of the plan he was recently authorized to work
out. Under the plan, Main Street will be
widened to 46 feet from Main Street bridge, east to Fifth Street, or two feet
on each side of the street, and to 42 feet from Fifth Street to Ninth Street,
or the so-called Sharp Corner.
Watertown
Gazette,
02 05 1914
Friday evening Miss
Alice Zeidler was pleasantly surprised by several of
her young lady friends calling in a body at her home on Washington Street and
passing the evening with all. All were
attired in "school day" costume.
The
Troubles of Life
Watertown Democrat, 06 11 1863
It is an old saying, and true to most people, that
more than half of our troubles are borrowed troubles. In contact with those of this world, any
individual will do well to make up his mind that he will meet with many things
that will worry him, fret and chafe his mind, harass and bother. Now there are enough of those that are real
and unavoidable, one would think, not to imagine others.
One point of well-being is not to multiply the
troubles of life by a morbid imagining of unreal ones. Another is to put a good face on, look
cheerful, be hopeful, and go straight forward in duty, when they do come. Take matters as
they come and make the mission of life a cheerful and successful one. Give dark, brooding, foreboding cares to the
wind.
The
Crops
Watertown Democrat, 06 11 1863
The broad wheat fields now weaving all around us, both
winter and spring, have never appeared more vigorous, thrifty and encouraging
than they do now. We know it is not too
late yet for the crops to be seriously injured from various causes, but if all
turns out well, this year will be distinguished as having produced the largest
yield of grain ever raised in Wisconsin
Fruit in this region have never looked better or more
promising than it does now. Most of the
trees are already borne down by the weight of the thick clusters that hang on
the limbs. Wisconsin will soon be an
extensive fruit growing state, and instead of procuring most of our fruit from
abroad, we are destined to have a large surplus to spare. Every farmer will find it for his interest to
give more attention to this branch of agriculture, for it is a
paying business, when properly carried on.
Another
Shooting Affair
Watertown Democrat, 06 25 1863
Mr. Jarius Cole of Woodland,
Dodge County, was shot on the 19th, while in the discharge of his duty as an
enrolling officer. We learn that a
father and son have been arrested for this attempt to murder and held on bail
to the sum of $2,000. It is full time for the strong arm of the
law to take hold of these assassins and make them feel all its force. No favor should be shown them, for they
deserve none. It should be understood
that the laws will be enforced at all hazards and under all circumstances.
Discovery
at Pompeii
Watertown Democrat, 08 17 1865
Mention has been made of the discovery at Pompeii of a
temple of Juno with more than three hundred skeletons. Those remains, which crumbled to dust by
degrees as they were brought to light, were those of women and children who had
been buried beneath the burning ashes thrown out by the volcano, at the moment when
the sacrifice was being offered up in the temple of the Queen of the Gods, no
doubt to implore her to avert the terrible calamity which menaced the
city. To the arm of one of these
skeletons, which, from the rich jewels with which it was covered, is supposed
to be that of the high priestess, was still attached by a gold ring a censer of
the same metal, filled with calcined perfumes.
This vessel is of the form of those now used in the ceremonies of
Catholic churches and is of beautiful workmanship and inlaid with precious
stones. The statue of the goddess is one of the most magnificent relics yet
found in that city; its eyes are of enamel, and on the neck and arms, as well
as on the ankles, are jewels and bracelets of precious stones of the most
exquisite finish and elegance of form. The peacock placed at her side is almost
entirely composed of precious stones.
The tripod before the altar is, like the censer held by the high
priestess, magnificently worked gold. The
temple also contained lamps, artistically chased [?], of bronzed iron, silver
and gold; branches of foliage, vine stems, interspersed with flowers and fruit
of the most beautiful form . . . .
Fisher-Barton Inc.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 08 1990
Although Philip A. Parmley
will take over as president of Fisher-Barton Inc. this month, succeeding
Richard Wilkey in that position, no major changes in
leadership are expected. Parmley, currently vice president of manufacturing
functions, has been with Fisher-Barton since its beginnings in 1973, so his
role with the firm has been a continuous one.
And Wilkey will continue his ownership role,
although he will phase out his day-to-day involvement. Given the firm’s success, a shake-up
certainly isn’t warranted. Parmley said business at the company is as good as it ever has
been during his 17 years at Fisher-Barton.
“I can’t recall a time when we’ve ever been caught up,” he said. “We have a half-million pounds (of metal) to
do this month and we’ll have to push to do it.”
Watertown Daily Times, 08 07 2015
Island lying in the Rock River near the intersection
of North Water and Margaret streets.
Listed in 1919 plat book as Willow Island, the same name another island
upstream a ways was named. Another early
plat book listed the island as being Perry Island.
July 30, 1920 WDT article
“To Build Dance
Hall on Island in River.”
“A building which will be devoted to dancing and like
diversions will be erected on the island in Rock River north of Cady Street
bridge, and adjacent to North Water Street. The work on the foundations has
already been commenced and the building, which will be 40X60 feet and of stucco
will be completed as soon as possible.
“The island is owned by Dr. F. C. Werner and he has leased it to a
club of 10 young men who are back of the enterprise.
“While the building will be used for dancing, a
portion of it will be converted into a place for the sale of confections,
cigars, ice cream and the like.
“The young men contemplate acquiring a line of boats
and will most likely conduct an ice rink during the winter months.” WDT
article of 08 07 2015
Cross Reference: Goose Island see in photo, WHS_009_397
Death
of F. A. Hutchins
Watertown
Gazette,
01 29 1914
Madison, Wis., Jan 25. — F. A. Hutchins, aged 67,
father of the extension department of the University of Wisconsin and
identified with state library work, died tonight from paralysis. He was formerly a business man in Berlin and
Beaver Dam, Wis.
Mr. Hutchins put the township library plan on a firm
foundation, making it the pattern for many other states in the union. He was also one of the organizers of the
university extension idea and, until stricken by illness, was one of its
principal workers.
He was the founder of the legislative reference
department. He had aided in the
organization of many farmers' clubs and he has promoted other educational
interests.
Mr. Hutchins death is greatly regretted in Watertown,
for he did much to establish our public library here, and took great interest
in its success. He was a personal friend
of the editor of The Gazette, and we mourn his death as one of the very best of
men and a friend whom we highly prized.
Watertown
Gazette,
02 25 1915
On Thursday, February 18, 1915, Charles J. Noack died
at his home in Sacramento, California, at the close of an illness of several
months. Deceased was a son of Mrs.
Charles Noack, 809 Eighth Street, this city, and was born here June 22,
1854. After leaving school he learned
the jewelry business of W. D. Sproesser, and in 1876
went to Sacramento, California, and engaged in the jewelry business. In 1882 he married Miss Ida Bertram, daughter
of the late General Bertram. His wife
died two years ago, but he is survived by two sons and one daughter. He is also survived by his mother and
sisters, Mrs. H. Sterz and Miss Ella Noack, of this
city, his sister, Mrs. E. Heck of Chicago, and his brothers, Otto J. and Alex
Noack of Sacramento. His remains were
interred on Saturday at Sacramento, California.
Mr. Noack’s death was learned of in Watertown with sincere sorrow, for
he was greatly beloved by a large acquaintance here and all mourn his death
sincerely.
Watertown
Gazette,
02 05 1914
Monday evening shortly after six o'clock William Spear
locked his home at 202 North Washington Street and went to the Junction to meet
his wife, who came on the 6:22 train from Reeseville. He was scarcely off the premises when it was
entered by burglars, and $17 in money, a gold watch and a pin worth $30 and a
new pair of Mr. Spear's gloves were taken.
On the way back from the Junction Mr. and Mrs. Spear visited at a
relatives' home for a short time and on reaching home at about 8 o'clock found
every bed in the house turned over, and the contents of every bureau drawer
scattered around the rooms. Neighbors
saw light in the house after Mr. Spear left, but supposed Mrs. Hafemeister, sister of Mrs. Spear, was in the house and
paid no attention to it. At 7:30
o'clock, Edward Schultz, who lives across the street from Mr. Spear, says he
saw a man leave the house, but supposed it was Mr. Spear.
Tuesday afternoon the thieves, one a white tramp, the
other a negro tramp, were captured near the C. & N. W. Ry. depot, and the
gold watch but no money was found in their possession.
Wednesday morning the prisoners were taken before
Justice Stacy and their examination set for Thursday morning to allow District
Attorney L. J. Mistele to give them a preliminary
hearing. Before Judge Stacy they gave their name's as Harry Wise and
Joseph Regams (colored.) Wise claimed he watched the Spear home while
the negro looted it. Wise gives his
place of residence as Pittsburg and the negro is supposed to be from Green
Bay. The negro says he met Wise in La
Crosse and that they arrived here Monday at noon.
Watertown
Gazette,
01 15 1914
The
following boys of Jefferson County participating in the corn growing contest
won scholarships in the Young People’s course to be held in Madison College of
Agriculture, January 27-31. Walter Rieck, Watertown, rural route 6;
John Hertel, Watertown, rural route 6.
Sunday
School Worker Coming
Watertown
Gazette,
01 15 1914
Miss Mabel Bailey, field worker in the employ of the Wisconsin Sunday
School Association, will be in the city Friday to confer with the Sunday school
workers of the city. She will also make
a formal address particularly for teachers and advanced students in Sunday
schools at the First Methodist Church in the evening of that day. The meeting is called at 7:30 o'clock.
Importunities
of a Certain Family
Able to Work
Watertown
Gazette,
01 22 1914
The
Associated Charities desires to warn the generous people of Watertown against
the importunities of a certain family who are making a regular begging campaign
from house to house.
The
society has already given generously to this family and would be perfectly
willing to help more, but upon careful investigation here and in their former
home, do not feel justified in doing so.
The father and son, both strong and able-bodied, have refused to work
even when good jobs have been found for them.
In all
like cases of begging, information as to the reliability of the subject could
be very easily obtained by telephoning an officer of the Associated
Charities. It is not necessary to beg in
Watertown and it is a pity to waste sympathy upon unworthy paupers when there
are really deserving people.
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