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Watertown Daily Times, 07 30 1958
Thirty years as an automobile dealer in
Watertown, and 41 years actively engaged in the automobile business, is the
record compiled by Cliff Donahue, local Chrysler-Plymouth dealer. Friday, Aug. 1, marks the 30th anniversary of
the Donahue Motor Co. established in 1928 when Cliff Donahue took over the
agency for Willys-Overland automobiles given up by
Whitmore Garage when H. C. Whitmore retired from business. Mr. Donahue's experiences go back to 1917
when he started working for Jack Wilkes, dealer for Mitchell and Saxon
automobiles at that time. Both makes
have long since passed from the scene.
Following that he worked for J. H. Deakin, local Studebaker dealer,
later joining Whitmore who at the time had the Buick franchise, which was
dropped in 1920 in favor of Willys-Overland.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 30 1983
La Cocina Restaurant owners Larry and
Jeanne Hiscox said their new restaurant opening
Friday is dedicated to serving fine Mexican and American food. The dine-in or
carry out restaurant will feature car hops on rollers skates. Hiscox noted the
parking lot is fairly smooth and roller skates are faster than walking. Although La Cocina doesn't sport a cactus out
front, patrons can dine outside under the shade of a friendly maple.
Watertown Democrat, 09 30 1858
DISSOLUTION—Notice is hereby given
that the co-partnership heretofore existing between Henry Weaver and J. L.
Richards is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the old firm will
call at the former place of business and settled their accounts; also, all
holding claims against the firm will please present them without delay. The business will be continued by J. L.
Richards at the old stand.
Henry Weaver
J. L. Richards
Watertown, September 8, 1858
↓ More on business continued by J.
L. Richards
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Watertown Democrat, 04
14 1859
[advertisement] Keep it before the
People. That the undersigned is constantly
manufacturing a superior article of SASH and DOORS at his old stand on First
Street, corner of East Washington, opposite J. Lindon’s Watertown House. Persons wishing to purchase the above named
article would do well to call and examine his work and stock before buying
elsewhere. Blinds made and
repaired. Jobbing of all kinds done to
order and without delay. Prices to suit
the times. J. L. Richards.
Watertown Democrat, 09 30 1858
Watertown Central Wholesale and
Retail
Grocery and Provision Store
A. Medbury, Jr.,
Having removed his stock of
groceries to his new store
Two doors west of the Watertown bank
On Main Street, offers for sale the
largest and cheapest
assortment of family groceries in
the city of Watertown.
Determined to keep at all times a
good article and always selling at
A FAIR PRICE
he confidently asks attention to his
stock consisting in part of the following articles:
Sugars all grades, Molasses, Coffee,
Tea, Chocolate,
Cocoa, Broma,
Pepper, Corn Starch, Macaroni, Tobacco . . .
Our stock is the most complete ever
brought to this section of the state.
To country merchants and others, we
would say that we will
sell as cheap as can be purchased
west of New York and brought into the country.
We particularly invite an
examination of our stock and prices f
rom those who have heretofore
purchased in Milwaukee and Chicago.
With thanks to the citizens of
Watertown and surrounding country
for the very liberal patronage bestowed
upon us, we hope our
Choice goods, low prices and fairer
treatment
Will induce them to continue their
calls upon us, with many additions.
A Medberry, Jr. [ name spelled two ways in same ad ]
Watertown, July 23, 1857
↓ More on Medbury ↓
Burned and Ground Coffee
Watertown Democrat, 03
10 1859
Burned and ground coffee from the Star Steam Mills of
Milwaukee, carefully put up in cans or paper, may be obtained at the grocery
store of A. Medbury, Jr. It is a pure and unadulterated article, just
what it claims to be, put up in the best style and so prepared as to retain its
finest flavor and aroma.
Watertown Democrat, 10
21 1858
Watertown was very creditably represented at the State Fair
which was recently held at Madison. Among
the articles on exhibition in the ornamental department we saw no display of
needle work that in perfection and beauty surpassed an embroided
skirt presented by Mrs. Louise Medberry of this
city. Amidst a large collection, it was
singled out as a rare and fine specimen of skill and taste.
Proposed Laws - Schools
Watertown Daily Times, 08 01 1998
Several proposed laws concerning
student conduct in public schools were supported by the Watertown Common
Council Tuesday. The ordinances, adopted on their first readings, regulate
disorderly conduct in schools and truancy. The disorderly conduct proposal
prohibits juveniles and students in public schools in the city from engaging in
“any speech or conduct, including the use of obscene, profane, lewd, indecent,
or offensive language or gestures, which materially and substantially
interferes with the educational mission of the school.”
Watertown Daily Times, 07 22 1958
The board of directors of the Bethesda Lutheran Home has instructed its executive
committee and the management of the home to take the necessary steps to deed a
plot of ground to the Watertown Historical Society. This plot is to be sufficiently large to enable
the society to erect a log cabin on the site.
Such a log cabin is to further mark the spot as an historical location
where a stone marker thus far has been placed.
This marker locates the site of the first home established by the first
settler in the Watertown area. The marker can be found just at the bend of the
road on Hoffman Drive as this street nears the Rock River (Hoffman Drive has
been named after a member of the board of directors of Bethesda Lutheran Home
in its early days, the late Fred Hoffman who did a great deal to make the
location of the home possible in Watertown.)
Hoffman Drive leads off of Johnson Street which joins Milford Street
(county highway “A”) at the North Western Railroad track crossing. The Timothy Johnson family was the first
settlers in the Watertown area. The
marker is located on the grounds of Bethesda Lutheran Home. The home is a school and home for mentally
retarded, epileptic and otherwise handicapped persons.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 22 1983
Royce Rowedder,
chairman of the Watertown Memorial Hospital
Association for the past 3 1/2 years, announced his resignation from the
association's board of directors. Rowedder, a member of the Hospital Association Board of
Directors since Oct. 31, 1973, said a new business venture involving computer
systems and programs in the health care field would demand more of his time in
the future.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 21 1958
What's it like to go back to school
again after spending 16 years as a teacher?
One need only ask Frank M. James, of 1105 Western Avenue, Watertown, a
science instructor at Watertown High School for
the past 14 years. He is one of 50
selected high school science teachers from 12 Midwestern states currently
attending the 12th annual General Electric Science Fellowship program at Case
Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, through Aug. 1.
Watertown
Daily Times, 04 29 1961
Frank M. James, 1105 Western Avenue, a
member of the Watertown High School faculty, has been awarded a National
Science Foundation summer institute grant in chemistry and physics at Marquette
University, Milwaukee, it was announced today. Mr. James will receive a full
stipend for eight weeks, including dependency allowances and travel allowance.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 21 1998
The parent corporation for Lindberg, a
unit of General Signal, 304 Hart St., has been acquired by SPX Corp. of
Muskegon, Mich. On Monday, SPX Corp. and
General Signal announced that their boards of directors have approved a
definitive agreement for SPX to acquire General Signal for cash and SPX shares
currently valued at $45, or approximately $2 billion. SPX also will assume approximately $335
million in General Signal net debt
↓ More on Lindberg ↓
Lindberg
Recognition
Watertown Daily Times, 05 13 1984
A research team from Lindberg, a unit of General Signal, located at 304
Hart Street, has been selected to receive an award of international
stature. The Kanthal
Prize, in recognition of their development of a new product called Moldatherm. The two
men, Ludwig Porzky, development laboratory
supervisor, and Ewald R. Werych, retired director of
research and development at Lindberg, are being recognized for their
development of Moldatherm, an energy conserving high
temperature ceramic fiber insulation/heating element module first developed at
the Watertown plant back in 1972. Since
that time there have been numerous improvements and revisions in the original
product. In addition to being manufactured in the Watertown plant, Moldatherm is now being made, under a license agreement, in
Mexico, Japan and West Germany, and is sold on a worldwide basis.
↓ More on Lindberg ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 04 15 2001
Forty-three Lindberg/Blue M Electric
employees were laid off indefinitely this month, a spokesman for the company’s
corporate headquarters said today. Lindberg/Blue M’s leadership team ordered
the layoffs so the business can be sized properly, said Tina Betlejewski, manager of corporate communications for SPX
Corp., headquartered in Muskegon, Mich. “Economic conditions in the industry
require us to make some changes so the business can be healthy and profitable
both now and in the long term,” Betlejewski said.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 11 1958
Reuben F. Schulz, Jr., a graduate of
Watertown High School and Marquette University, has begun his duties here as
assistant engineer to City Engineer Floyd Usher. The City Council recently made provisions for
an assistant to do much of the engineering field work and also assist the
engineer in his other work. This will
allow the city engineer to spend more uninterrupted time at his planning board
and on his major city projects which are now underway or in the planning
stage. He also serves as city building
inspector. Mr. Schulz was formerly employed
in the engineering departments of the Allen-Bradley Co. and Caterpillar
Tractors and has also done local work and previously worked as a helper to the
city engineer at various times.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 11 1998
The city's fire hydrants, all 1,000 of
them, will be getting a face-lift during the next two years. Davies Water Equipment Co. of Milwaukee has
received the contract for sandblasting and painting all of the city's fire
hydrants. Michael Olesen, water utility
manager, estimated that the city's water department has 1,000 fire
hydrants. Half will be repainted this
summer and the other half in 1999. [ chapter on Fire
Department ]
Watertown Gazette, 06 23 1908
Yesterday afternoon, as passenger
train No. 218 on the C. M. & St. P. road, in charge of Conductor Charles
White, was approaching the depot at Hubbleton from
the west and when nearing the depot ran into a herd of cows killing five of the
number. The heads of two were cut off
and two were wedged in under the locomotive and were removed after considerable
delay and trouble and the locomotive was quite badly smeared with the blood of
the animals. From what the representative of The Leader could learn, the cattle
rushed upon the track in front of the oncoming train probably from fear and it
was one of those accidents against which no provisions could be made and for
which the train hands could not be held responsible.
Watertown Daily Times, 07 18 1983
A plan to build a parking lot along
South First Street from the Watertown Senior Center and to develop the
remaining open land for recreational activities will come before the city
council when it meets at 7 p.m. The council
sent the original plan to build a lot running along South First Street back to
the Park, Recreation and Forestry Commission earlier this year.
Watertown Gazette, 06 14 1908
A meeting of the board of public
works, together with representatives of the Milwaukee
Heat, Light and Traction Company was held yesterday afternoon to arrive at
some conclusion relative to the matter of stringing poles along Main Street for
the supports of the trolley wires.
It seems that the franchise calls for
iron posts on both sides of the street.
The company, however, is desirous of placing wooden poles on the south
side of the street, placing a cross arm thereon and painting the same black at
the base and white at the top. It seems
that there is a division of opinion among the members of the board, the
majority, however, holding to the original provisions as set forth in the
franchise, calling for iron poles on both sides of the street.
Bethesda Fair Discontinued
Watertown
Daily Times,
11 15 2007
Volunteers
with the Bethesda Country Fair, following an appreciation luncheon in their
honor on Wednesday at Horicon, voted to discontinue the annual Country Fair at
the Dodge County Fairgrounds.
With
an aging volunteer group and a growing Bethesda Country Fair, volunteers have
been expressing concern about their ability to continue to haul goods and
equipment to the fairgrounds and put in the long hours that it takes to run the
annual sale.
Bethesda
Country Fair began more than 55 years ago as a fund-raiser for the Lutheran
Deaconess Hospital in Beaver Dam. Since 1973, funds were directed to Bethesda
Lutheran Home in Watertown.
The
event was held for many years at Horicon's Discher
Park before moving to the fairgrounds in 1986 to accommodate the growing number
of volunteers, donations and customers.
While
the volunteers remained committed to help with the event, work space and
storage of goods throughout the year was becoming a problem.
Volunteers
were collecting goods all year and storing them in two barns in the area until
the annual fair. Then in 1987, Bethesda purchased land in Horicon and in 1989
the Country Store was dedicated. A second building known as “Warehouse Number
2” was built for larger items and storage of goods for the annual fair.
Now as
business increases, the store and warehouse are open Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
In
their discussion about the future of the fair, volunteers expressed concern
about the physical work that is involved in hauling tables and goods to the
fairgrounds and setting up for the annual event. Several heads of departments
indicated they plan to continue their service as volunteers at the store but
can no longer handle the hard physical work involved with the Country Fair at
Beaver Dam.
Those
who favored keeping the fair going said they would like to see it continue
because it has been a major social event as well as a shopping event for so
many years. They also said many people scheduled vacations to be able to attend
as shoppers or volunteers.
This
year's fair netted $123,000, down some from previous years when donations to
Bethesda reached well above $153,000 just from the fair. In addition, the store
sales generally results in additional funds of about $125,000 for the clients
served by Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services.
John
Nickels, vice president and chief development officer at Bethesda said, “From
Bethesda's perspective we would like to see the fair continue, but some of the
department heads have said they can't do the fair any more.”
Jim
Clary, director of services at Bethesda and chairman of the Country Fair, said
the hope is to increase the store hours at Horicon, and hopefully find enough volunteers
to keep the store open five days a week and Saturday mornings. He also would
like to see some additional events at the store to bring in more customers so
that the donated goods could be sold right at the Horicon site and not
transported.
In all,
there are 22 stores operated by Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services. They are
located in seven states and Bethesda's goal is to open a new store each year.
The latest store to open is in Rochester, Minn., and plans are to open one in
Fond du Lac in the near future.
There
are 3,200 store volunteers nationwide and in all the stores have raised $1.1
million in funds for those served by Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services. In
recent years the Horicon group of volunteers have contributed nearly a quarter
of a million dollars a year.
The
Country Store, under the management of volunteer Marlene Dahnert,
is seeking volunteers to enable the store to be open six days a week. The group
is still seeking donations of goods as in the past.
Watertown
Democrat, 06 13
1872
The First Strawberry Festival of the season
will be given by the Good Templars, at their hall, in Cole’s block on Friday
evening the 14th inst. Very extensive
arrangements having been made for a pleasant and bountiful entertainment, we
hope there will be a large attendance, as we are sure all present will have a
delightful time. Let us all cheerfully
give the good cause a helping hand and thus push it onward.
Trzcinski Bathing Saloon [Salon]
Watertown Democrat, 06 13 1872
Mr. [Frank] Trzcinski
as just finished fitting up a series of bathing rooms, in his Barber shop, in
the basement of Noak’s [Noack?] block, opposite the
Post Office, which will be ready for use on Friday and during the summer. Either cold or warm baths can be taken at any
hour of the day, with every facility to render them agreeable and healthy. This is an establishment much needed here,
and we have no doubt that most of our citizen will gladly avail themselves of
it.
↓ More on above matter ↓
HAIR, HAIR
Watertown News, 12 09 1874
The subscriber has lately received a large
quantity of HUMAN HAIR of the finest quality, of every length and shade. From these he will make to order swathes and
curls at 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than they can be procured at any other
establishment in this or any other city within 150 miles. Also make to order all kinds of Hair Ornaments
and Hair Jewelry of every pattern and device, to suit the fancy of my patrons. In conclusion, I thank the ladies for their
past patronage, and trust, by the best attention to all orders, to give them
increased satisfaction, as well as to merit the support of any portion of the
trade which have not heretofore favored me with their commands. My stock of Hair is worth at my low rates S2000.
Room at the Elegant Barber Shop Opposite
P. 0.
F. TRZCINSKI
Cross reference note: Frank Trzcinski,
Barber Shop and Dealer in Ladies Imported Hair, SW corner of East Main and
Second streets
A Grand Pic Nic
Watertown
Democrat, 06 13
1872
Sheriff Schwellenbach
attended the meeting of St. Bernard’s Temperance and Benevolent Society of this
city last Sunday, and extended to its members an invitation from the Jefferson
Benevolent Society to attend a grand Pic-Nic to be held at that village on the
24th inst. St. Henri’s Society was also
invited. Societies at Madison and other
places in the state are expected to be present and make the intended festival a
brilliant and successful affair.
Hospital Project Gaining in Favor
Three Rooms Furnished by Charitably Inclined
Watertown
Leader, 09 14
1906
Eagles Vote Unanimously for
a Donation for a Room
Mrs. Brandenburg to Supply a
Room With Sanitary Furnishings
New Hospital Will Open Oct.
1.
The starting of
a hospital in this city seems to be gaining the general favor of the
citizens and shows that the physicians are endeavoring to supply a long felt
want in conjunction with the other advancements made during the last two
years. At the present time, three rooms
have been vouched for and furnished by charitably inclined persons and
organizations.
At a regular meeting of the Eagles last night
a unanimous vote was taken for a charitable donation for the furnishing of a
room in the hospital to be known as the Eagles Room. This is in general accord with the policy of
the lodge and speaks well for a new institution in our city.
Mrs. Brandenburg, the genial proprietress of
the New Commercial has also furnished a room with sanitary furnishings and
modern conveniences.
Above all, the young ladies of the city
should be commended for their endeavors in the interest they take and show in a
charitable institution for in a three-hour canvass a sum sufficient to furnish a
room up-to-date was subscribed yesterday afternoon, the names of the donators
to appear later.
The hospital will open Oct. 1 and the
citizens through their own endeavor can take pride in its furnishing and modern
equipments.
Watertown
Democrat, 07 12
1855
At a meeting of over 1000 Germans, held on
the 6th of July, 1855, in John W. Cole’s Hall in the City of Watertown, the
following resolutions were brought in by the Committee appointed and
unanimously passed:
1.
That the brutalities committed yesterday by Henry
Mulberger and Henry Tigler,
on several honorable German citizens of this place, deserve our deepest
contempt.
2.
That we declare those who committed the same unworthy to be considered
members of any civilized community, and that we, all and each of us, pledge
ourselves to avoid any social
intercourse with the above named person, until those injured by them declare
themselves duly satisfied.
3.
That the foregoing resolutions be published in the city papers in order
to maintain the honor of the German name in the estimation of the several other
nations of which our community is formed.
JOHN B. ENGLEMANN, President
E. Grossmann, Secretary
↓ More on above matter ↓
AN EXPLANATION
Watertown
Democrat, 07 19
1855
To prevent any misunderstanding, we wish to
state that in publishing in our last paper, resolutions purporting to have been
passed by a meeting of over 1000 Germans, which reflected injuriously on the
characters of MR. H. MULBERGER and MR. TIGLER, we did so at the special
repeated request of a committee who were appointed to wait on us. Mr. MULBERGER and Mr. TIGLER claim that these
resolutions do them great wrong in public estimation, and are calculated to create
impressions abroad not warranted by an impartial statement of facts. We did not then, and do not now, wish to have
anything to do with disputes of a purely personal nature, with which newspapers
ought not to meddle. We are entirely
willing the parties claiming to have been injured in reputation by that
publication, should freely use our columns to repair any wrong done them by us.
George Meyer - 98 Years Old
Watertown
Gazette, 01 11
1889
Friday, Jan 4th, 1888, George Meyer of the
6th ward, died of general debility, aged 98 years. Deceased was born in the kingdom of Hanover,
and served in the French army under Napoleon Bonaparte, and took part in the
celebrated retreat from Moscow in 1812.
He was at one time an officer in the army in his native land, and also
for many years was a magistrate. In 1845
he came to America settling in Ohio. In
1846 he located in the town of Emmet, Dodge Co, where he resided for 10 years
and then removed to this city. Deceased
has two sons practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, William and Louis and
another son, Herman, is a prominent farmer of the town of Emmet. He was a well preserved old gentleman, and
enjoyed good health until within a few weeks before he died, and retained his
faculties up to the time of his death.
He was twice married, his second wife surviving him.
Watertown Saxophone Orchestra
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 19
1914
Watertown Saxophone Orchestra. The popularity of this celebrated orchestra
is steadily and rapidly increasing as can readily be seen from the number of
engagements they have for this fall and the coming winter, among which is that
at Doylestown, Wis., where they will play Thanksgiving evening at the C.O.I.
Ball. Manager P. Neitzel
says they have purchased new instruments and music and that they are kept busy
filling their engagements. WG
Watertown
Daily Times, 12 17
1915
A flaring full-page poster on our desk announces
a Grand Mask Ball in Turner Hall, Watertown, tomorrow evening, Dec. 18,
1915. The ball is given under the
auspices of the Watertown Boosters’ Pleasure and Social Club. About 50 prizes will be distributed among the
winning maskers. Music by the Watertown
Saxophone Orchestra.
Watertown
Gazette, 11 13
1908
Her Voice Proves of Surpassing Beauty in Last Night's
Concert in Athenaeum
The Milwaukee
Sentinel of last Friday contained the following of interest to Gazette readers, Miss [Genevieve] Mullen
being a daughter of Andrew MuIlen and wife, town of
Watertown: "With voice that attained, upon occasion, an almost startling
tonal beauty Miss Genevieve Mullen delighted an audience in the Athenaeum last
night. The only weakness in Miss Mullen's concert lay in that audience; her
ability as an artist deserved better support.
A wonderful beauty underlies Miss Mullen's
voice; care and understanding has been bestowed upon its development; Miss
Mullen has learned to produce her tones in all their rich fullness. She has
learned, in a measure, to beautifully color her renditions.
There are points of weakness, however, in her
efforts. A lack of uniformity, and uncertainty—is evinced upon occasion; there
is, too, the suggestion of an undesirable tremelo [a
rapid alternation of two tones] and sometimes an insufficient colorature. Her
greatest perfection of tone is attained in the higher registers. Last night, too, Miss Mullen succeeded in
making the change from high to lower registers with stir-passing effect. There is room for improvement in Miss
Mullen's work—but she has already succeeded in proving the worth of her effect;
in bringing to her hearers the appealing qualities of a naturally beautiful
voice.
Her program last night included old classical,
modern German and miscellaneous English songs.
It was well selected offering a variety which precluded all tiring
effects. She carried it from start to conclusion with an ease and lack of all
strain that of itself was meritorious.
↓ More on Miss Mullen ↓
Miss
Genevieve Mullen
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
Miss
Genevieve Mullen, daughter of A. M. Mullen and wife, town of Watertown, will be
one of the soloists in the concert to be given by the Milwaukee Musical Society
at the Pabst theatre, Milwaukee, on January 19th in honor of the 100th
anniversary of the composer Mendelssohn.
↓ More on Miss Mullen ↓
Praise for Miss Mullen
Watertown
Daily Times, 01 08
1915
Last Monday’s Milwaukee Sentinel contained a lengthy
write-up
of a concert given in the Auditorium Sunday afternoon.
Miss Genevieve Mullen, teacher of vocal music
in Marquette University, made a decided hit, winning the highest praise for her
superior rendition of several vocal selections.
Miss Mullen is a Watertown lady, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Mullen, of that city, and a sister of Prof. S. S. Mullen, the well-known
musical instructor in our neighboring city.
In speaking of Miss Mullen’s performance, the Sentinel said:
“Miss Genevieve Mullen, a mezzo soprano, and
a teacher of vocal music in Marquette University, was the one bright spot on
the program of the afternoon, and following her brilliant rendition of the aria
from Saint-Saens, “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” she had to respond to
insistent demands for an encore. She
graciously sang the “Happy Song,” by Teresa Del Riego. Miss Mullen has improved wonderfully since
her last appearance in concert. Her
voice has developed in quantity and quality of tone. She has voice, style, temperament and
everything that goes to make success in a singer.
“On Sunday in her two vocal efforts she
displayed a voice splendidly under control and cable of fine gradation of
tone. For a singer so young she has a
fine virility of interpretation and she has evidently worked hard, as she has
overcome the technical difficulties of vocalization that seems to be the
despair of singers. She was seriously
handicapped by the orchestral accompaniment in her first rendition, as the
musicians seemed to drag in the first stanza.
In the second she took the baton herself, figuratively speaking, and the
tempo of the piece was more vigorously rendered.
“In the encore number Miss Mullen displayed a
great variety of color without sacrifice of beauty of tone or phrasing or
rhythm.
“The quality in the higher notes, which were
produced without apparent effort, was enriching, while in the lower register it
was not blurred or dimmed, but full and round, like the notes of a flute. There was not the slightest suggestion of
strain, harshness or imperfect poise and the breath control of the singer was
perfect, while the enunciation was precise, which was not allowed to suffer
even in the most hurried passages. Miss
Mullen should not confine her efforts to teaching in the studio. She should be heard more often that Milwaukee
music lovers may realize that there is no need to look abroad for artists with
the euphemistic sounding names that seem to be the die to impress their
artistic stamp of success on our American audiences.”
↓ More on Prof. S. S. Mullen ↓
Prof. S. S. Mullen
Watertown Gazette, 02 12 1909
A recital was given last
Monday evening at the home of S. S. Mullen in Church Street by his Watertown
pupils and a number of his pupils from Nashotah. A fine program was rendered.
↓ More on Prof. S. S. Mullen ↓
Watertown Gazette, 04 30
1909
On Wednesday
evening the faculty and students of Sacred Heart
College were entertained by Prof. S. S. Mullen of this city and Prof.
Moldenhauer of Oconomowoc, with a high class music program. To comment on the excellence of the program
and its rendition is unnecessary, for the names of the performers are
sufficient guarantee of both choice selection and a perfect execution. It is to be hoped that in the near future
these two gentlemen, who are both connected with the musical department of the
college, will repeat their program when the faculty, students and friends of
the college will have an opportunity to hear them.
Michael Carroll Called by Death
Watertown
Daily Times, 03 26
1915
Well Known Watertown Business man Passed Away Last
Saturday.
Lived in Emmet Many Years
After an illness of about six months caused
by periods of heart failure, Michael Carroll passed away at his home, 101
Church Street, Watertown, last Saturday evening, March 20, 1915 at the age of
79 years.
Mr. Carroll was born in the state of New York
and came with his parents to Wisconsin when 5 years old. The family settled in the town of Emmet, this
county, in 1844 and here the boy grew up to manhood and became one of the best
known and most prosperous farmers in southern Dodge County.
In 1858 Mr. Carroll was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Burke, who preceded him in death in 1877. To their union three children, two sons and
one daughter, were born - Michael J. Carroll, who died at the age of twenty-two
years; Alice, Mrs. John T. Ryan, who died May 12, 1898 and John, who passed
away when seven years old.
While a resident of Emmet, Mr. Carroll was a
member of St. Joseph’s congregation at Richwood and contributed generously to
the building of St. Joseph’s Church. The
beautiful main altar in that church is the gift of Mr. Carroll.
In 1881 Mr. Carroll removed to Richwood where
he remained for two years when he again removed to Watertown in 1883, where he
has since resided. For two years he was
associated with Ed. Masterson and his son in the real estate business in Grand
Forks, N. D. Later he conducted a book
store in Watertown [105 E Main, in 1900] for several years.
Mr. Carroll was a man of strong Christian
character and was an active member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church for many
years. His honesty and integrity was
never quested and was beloved and highly esteemed by a large circle of
friends. He never aspired for political honors
and was modest and unpretentious and perhaps had a wider acquaintanceship than
anyone who ever lived in that section.
His funeral services were held in St.
Bernard’s church, Watertown, last Tuesday, Mar. 23, with interment in St.
Bernard’s cemetery.
1916, St. Mary’s Hospital benefactor
1917, Watertown library citation
Watertown Daily Times, 02 16 1958
The
Farmers Cheese Co., 300 South Third Street,
this year is observing its 50th anniversary, with the same family still
operating the business which is now in its third generation. The company was
founded in 1908 by the late G.A. Stallman. Mr. Stallman was associated with the
company until his death in November, 1937. At that time his son, Carl Stallman,
was already in the business with him, having come into the business in 1918.
Now his son, Howard Stallman, is also associated in the business. The Farmers
Cheese Co. does both a wholesale and retail cheese business, the wholesale
business being its greatest source of operation.
Watertown
Daily Times, 08 06
1958
The Farmers Cheese Co. of Watertown, now in
its 50th year, has acquired the Gerber Cheese Shop at 126 North Main Street in
Hartford as well as the Gerber Cheese Factory located in route 1,
Hartford. Howard Stallman, this city,
associated with the Farmers Cheese Co. will manage the business in Hartford,
spending several days a week there, but continuing to make his residence in
Watertown. Mr. Gerber who has owned both
the cheese shop and the factory at Hartford plans to retire but Mrs. Gerber
will continue to work at the store, at least for the present.
Watertown Daily Times, 06 16 1985
Stallman Cheese Inc. has taken over the production and
distribution of Golden Bar brick cheese and will produce the product at its
Hartford plant. The cheese was formerly
produced and distributed by Mr. and Mrs. William Wenger of Huilsburg. Golden Bar brick cheese, available in many
local stores, is now also sold at Stallman’s three locations in Hartford,
Mapleton and Watertown. Howard Stallman
of Stallman’s Cheese Inc. said the cheese will be produced in the same manner
under William Wenger’s supervision.
Stallman Cheese also produces Gerber’s Brick in Hartford, Bon Bree
Semi-Soft in Mapleton, and Old Time, Clover Blossom and Pennant Brick brands at
Farmer’s Cheese Shop in Watertown.
Watertown
Daily Times, 08 06
1983
Police officer Terry Triana,
who has been with the Watertown Police Department for nearly 14 years, has been
promoted to sergeant, Police Chief Richard Reynolds announced today. The appointment of Triana,
119 N. Ninth St., was confirmed by the Police and Fire Commission Monday. Triana will fill the
vacancy created by the retirement of veteran Floyd Miller. Triana, the son of
Nick and Irene Triana, 1522 E. Main St., is a
Watertown native and a 1966 graduate of Watertown Senior High School. He joined the department as a patrolman on
Sept. 29, 1969.
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 17
1916
Two enthusiastic neighbors down in Watertown
made a novel election agreement. One of
the men was a Hughes supporter and the other fellow backed Pres. Wilson. It was agreed that the loser would be obliged
to roll a pea-nut, along the sidewalk for a distance of two blocks, using a
crow bar for that purpose. George
Hoffman was the Hughes man and Freddie Meyer the Wilson man. Last Friday evening, Hoffman worked out the
agreement in the presence of a big audience.
It took him 35 minutes to do the stunt.
Watertown Celebrated
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 17
1916
The Democrats down at Watertown celebrated the
election of Woodrow Wilson, last Monday evening in a vigorous and broadminded
manner. The celebration consisted of a
parade, music, cakewalk, tin-horn concert, red fire, roman candle display, sky
rockets, firecracker shooting and other features of a demonstrative
nature. The democratic citizens paid all
expenses. They invited all parties to
join in the demonstration and make the affair a community demonstration.
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 17
1916
The Watertown
Daily Times of Nov. 15th, published the following obituary notice of the
death of Mrs. William Wilson, a lady well known to many of our readers and a
near relative of the editor of this paper.
“Mrs. Wilson, widow of the late William
Wilson, and resident of Watertown for more than half a century, succumbed to the infirmities of old age at the home of
her son, Frank Wilson, in Milwaukee this morning. Mrs. Wilson removed to Milwaukee a few months
ago to reside with her son.
Mrs. Wilson was born in Gath, County Galway,
Ireland, in 1835, and came to this country in 1854, settling in New York with
her parents. Her maiden name was
Shaughnessy and she was married in Milwaukee November 5, 1860. With the exception of a few years spent in
Columbus, the family resided in Watertown ever since. She was the mother of seven children, five of
whom are living: William Wilson, New York city: Andrew Wilson, George Wilson,
Chicago; Henry Wilson, Frank Wilson, Milwaukee.
Mrs. Wilson was a woman greatly respected in this community in which she
passed the greater share of her life.
For several years she was an invalid but always bore her sufferings with
Christian fortitude.
The body will be brought to Watertown on
Saturday over the Milwaukee road at 8:18 a.m. and will be taken to St. Bernard’s
church where services will be held. The
burial will be in St. Bernard’s cemetery.
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 17
1916
While shredding corn Friday, Gus Flohr, Route 1, a well known
farmer, was seriously injured.
Mr. Flohr was standing
near the bagger and a load of corn was nearby.
The team attached to the wagon started up, crowding Mr. Flohr between the bagger and the machine. His arm was broken at the wrist, his shoulder
badly injured and he received other cuts and bruises about the neck and head.
If he did not sustain internal injuries he
will probably recover, although his condition is considered serious.
We regret very much to hear of this
unfortunate accident to our good friend, Mr. Flohr,
and sincere hope that he may speedily recover.
Watertown Chief of Police Resigns
Watertown
Daily Times, 11 24
1916
Following the action of the police and fire
commission of the city of Watertown in passing a resolution prohibiting the Chief of Police to leave the city without
consent of either the president or secretary of the commission, Chief of Police
Herman C. Block last Saturday tendered his resignation. This action was taken by Mr. Block as he
could not see his way clear to the proper exercise of his duties if
restrictions were to be enforced similar to the one adopted by the police and
fire commission.
Chief Block has been a member of the
Watertown police department twenty-three years and was at the head of the
department for twenty-one years. He is
well known in this city, having been a frequent visitor here on official
business.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 11 1983
Tri-Mart
Corporation, 1301 Clark Street, a tobacco and grocery wholesaler, has closed
and inventory and assets have been sold to Cavella
Tobacco Company Inc. of Milwaukee, spokesmen for the firms said today. Cavella bought the
inventory when Tri-Mart closed, said Stacy Terris, of
Cavella.
Tri-Mart supplied food, tobacco and other items to businesses such as
taverns, groceries and drug stores. Terris said some of Tri-Mart's 50 employees have been
offered positions with Cavella to continue servicing
Tri-Mart's accounts. T ri-Mart had been a division of
Farm House Foods, Inc., a large Milwaukee-based firm.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 11 1998
Byron
Equipment Company of Byron, N.Y., plans to move its manufacturing operations
out of Watertown as part of a merger with Pixall,
LLC. of Clear Lake. As a result of the
move, 25 positions in Watertown will be phased out over the next few months,
according to a statement released by Byron.
Manufacturing operations at the Byron facility in Watertown, located at
W6960 Silver Creek Road, will be moved to Clear Lake to take advantage of Pixall's larger manufacturing plant.
Methodist Vocal Music Association
Watertown
Democrat, 07 19
1855
At a meeting held at the Methodist Church on
Tuesday evening, July 10th, 1855, for the purpose of organizing a Vocal Music
Association. On motion, Dr. W. J. Sawin was called to the chair, and John Ford was chosen
Secretary.
After a few appropriate remarks by several
gentlemen on the importance of such an association, Dr. W. J. Sawin, G. W. Griffith and Volney
L. Moore were appointed a committee to draw up a Constitution and By-Laws to be
read at the next meeting, to be held at the Methodist Church on Tuesday
evening, 17th inst.
JOHN FORD, Secretary
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 18
1983
A plan to build a parking lot along South
First Street from the Watertown Senior Center and to develop the remaining open
land for recreational activities will come before the city council when it
meets at 7 p.m. The council sent the original plan to build a lot running along
South First Street back to the Park, Recreation and Forestry Commission earlier
this year.
Watertown
Daily Times, 06 26
1908
Farewell to the Senior of 1908!
Northwestern
University celebrated its commencement at the university chapel yesterday forenoon,
the exercises commencing at 10:00 o'clock.
Many relatives and friends of the graduating class and of the
institution were present, the chapel being filled to its capacity.
The decorations for the occasion were neat
and appropriate and consisted of the college colors as the college colors,
black and red, and of the graduating class colors, purple and gold, above the
stage was placed the motto of the class reading “Poscimur
'08.” The letters were in gold on a
purple background.
The exercises consisted of three orations by
members of the graduating class, selections by the band, orchestra, choir and
quartette of the university, addresses by Prof. A. F. Ernst, prayer by Rev. O. Hoenecke of Milwaukee and the hymn, “A mighty fortress is
our God,” sung by the assembly. All the
numbers were listed to with intense interest by the audience and were a credit
to the institution.
Watertown
Daily Times, 07 05
1983
A six year statement of project intentions
for the Watertown Municipal Airport was tabled by the
Watertown City Council Tuesday night, pending a public hearing. Alderman Lawrence Seeber
asked that the council delay action on the statement, which is required by the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Aeronautics for planning
purposes. The statement calls for
expenditures of $120,000 in fiscal year 1984 and a new parking ramp and lights,
$185,000 in 1986 for two-inch overlay on the asphalt runway, a city project in
1988 of a new parking lot for cars and $25,000 in 1989 for seal coating a
runway.
↓ More on Airport ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 08 19 1958
The Watertown Airport Commission today announced the
appointment of Ralph Duddeck, operator of the
Watertown Aviation Co. as its official representative at the Watertown Airport,
effective Sept. 1. Mr. Duddeck, who operates the aviation company, will succeed
the present manager of the airport, Attorney Daniel J. Garber whose contract
expires on Sept. 1. Mr. Duddeck has operated the aviation company for the past four
years and employs five men in addition to himself, servicing, repairing and
maintaining airplanes in Watertown and the Watertown area. The concern has also built airplanes and its
work has attracted state and national attention.
↓ More on Airport ↓
Airport
Facts
Watertown Daily Times, 09 18 1958
Ralph E. Duddeck, the newly appointed manager of the Watertown
Airport, has taken over his duties and during an interview yesterday afternoon
revealed a number of pertinent facts about the airport which are not generally
known by the public or if they have been known have been overlooked or
forgotten. He pointed out that the
airport, which has two runways, one paved and lighted for night flying and with
hangars for plane storage, is a city-owned facility built with about 50 per
cent federal funds supplied under the Federal Airport Aid Act and 25 per cent
state funds to match with the city furnishing the remainder. Thus, 75 cents of each dollar in the airport
came from outside city tax rolls.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 07 1983
Janet M. Bauer, 31, 1001 Labaree St., superintendent of postal operations for the Watertown Post Office, has been named postmaster. The
announcement was made today by James Oster, manager of the Milwaukee Sectional
Center and Milwaukee Postmaster, Bauer's immediate supervisor. The appointment
is effective Aug. 20.
Population,
1950 & 1958 & 1983
Watertown Daily Times, 08 12 1958
The population of the city of
Watertown is 13,250, according to a report made public here today. It shows that the city's population was
12,417 in 1950 and at the end of 1957 it rose to 13,250, the period covered in
the report.
Watertown
Daily Times, 08
26 1983
Population estimates for state aid purposes indicate
that the population of Dodge and Jefferson counties have increased, even though
some communities may have lost residents.
The Wisconsin Department of Administration's Demographic Services
released the figures today. The
estimates are used to determine state shared revenue allocations based on
population. The estimate of Watertown's
Jefferson County population decreased from 12,001 in 1982 to 11,965 in
1983. The city's Jefferson County
population, according to the 1980 U.S. census, was 12,202. The estimated population of the Dodge County
portion rose from 6,306 in 1982 to 6,364 at the start of this year. The 1980
census counted 5,911 residents in the Dodge County wards.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 12 1983
New First Insurance Services owner Ron Newman has announced
plans for the agency that include expanding services and increasing the size of
the staff. Newman, who managed the
agency from 1975-78, took ownership of First Insurance Services, 600 Main
Street, on June 1. First Insurance,
whose major carriers include Home Mutual of Appleton, Heritage Insurance of
Sheboygan, All-State and Auto-Owners, will offer all lines of insurance.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 12 2008
Franklin Frederick Zabell,
69, of Watertown, died believing in Jesus, the world's Savior, and was called
to his home in heaven during the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
Franklin was born in Pigeon, Mich., on
Aug. 24, 1938, son of Frederick and Emma (Einhardt) Zabell, and was born again in the waters of Holy Baptism on
Sept. 7, 1938. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on April 27, 1952.
He met his wife, Bethel Kell, while
standing in the registration line at Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm,
Minn. The two were married on June 17, 1962, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
Watertown, S.D., and were blessed with 46 years of marriage.
From his childhood days on the farm,
Franklin took an interest in music, and he spent most of his adult life
directing choirs and playing the organ for services in church. Before
graduating from college, he served as tutor at Northwestern Lutheran Academy in
Mobridge, S.D. Upon graduation he was called to serve as principal and teacher
first at Grace Lutheran in Benton Harbor, Mich., and then at Gethsemane
Lutheran in Milwaukee.
In 1972 he accepted the call to teach
music and direct choir at Northwestern
Preparatory School (now known as Luther Preparatory School), where he
served until his retirement in 1995. While there, he founded and directed a
traveling choir of select students called the Prep Singers. He also founded and
directed a local Lutheran adult choral group called the Vesper Singers, who
presented concerts of Christian music in Watertown for a number of years.
During his time in Watertown he
directed church choirs at Immanuel Lutheran in Farmington and Trinity Lutheran
in Watertown, and was an organist at both churches. He also served for a time
as district worship coordinator for the Western Wisconsin District of the
Wisconsin Synod . . .
Watertown Daily Times, 09 03 1959
A new building for Allard Express, Inc., will be
constructed in Watertown, it was announced by Edward E. Allard, president. The new building will be erected on a nine
and one-half acre site located immediately west of the I. L. Henry Co. The property was acquired from Herman
Kant. The Watertown Association of
Commerce assisted the trucking firm in locating the site. The building will be 200 by 32 feet, which
includes a 40 by 30 area for office quarters.
It also includes a terminal unit with a 15 door cross deck, which will
accommodate 30 semi-trailers. The area
around the building will be graded and covered with crushed stone. Presently Allard is located in Hart Street in
quarters rented from Max Wolf, whose trucking business Allard Express purchased
on April 1, 1951.
↓ More on Allard Express ↓
Allard Express
Closed
Watertown Daily Times, 06 19 1983
Allard Express, 806 Elm Street, closed
its doors on Monday. Employees of the
firm were told of the decision to close the business at a meeting Monday
morning by Millicent C. Allard, president of the company. Approximately 68 people were affected by the
decision, most of whom are with the Watertown terminal. The firm also operates terminals in Chicago
and Milwaukee. It operated primarily in
Wisconsin, northern Illinois and Indiana.
Allard's terminal in Watertown as well as some equipment has been
purchased by Clairmont Transfer Company.
That firm is now operating at the Allard location. A few Allard employees have been offered
positions with Clairmont. Allard has
been in business for 53 years, and the firm has been headed by Millicent Allard
since the death of her father, Edward, in 1960.
Served as chief since being hired by the Watertown
Police and Fire Commission back in June of 1993 when he succeeded Richard
Reynolds. McGee succeeded as chief by
former deputy Chief Tim Roets.
The recurring theme of the speeches from people who
spoke during the event was that McGee was responsible for taking a police
department and making it a leader in Wisconsin.
It was noted Watertown was one of the first police departments in the
state to implement the Sex Offender Registry Program and it was implemented
through McGee's leadership.
Mayor Ron Krueger welcomed the guests, and the
invocation was given by the Rev. Brian Wilk of St. Henry’s Catholic Church.
Krueger also present McGee with a plaque holding his
badge and thanked the former chief for his 15 years of service to the police
department and the community.
McGee, who formerly lived in Broomfield, Colo.,
worked for the Northglenn Police Department starting in October of 1975. He served as a patrol officer and corporal
for five years and was transferred to the investigation department, where he
served as a detective for 24 years. He
was transferred back to the patrol division when he was promoted to
sergeant. In 1985, he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant. He was patrol commander of the department when he
accepted the Watertown position.
McGee, who also worked as a police officer in
Aurora, Colo., and Laramie, Wyo., has a master's degree in criminal justice
from the University of Colorado at Denver.
He received his bachelor of science degree from the University of
Wyoming in 1971 and graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
National Academy in Quantico, Va., in 1988.
Watertown Daily Times full text
article
2008
The first Wisconsin State Fair was
held in Janesville in 1851 on a six-acre plot along the banks of the Rock River
and was sponsored by the State Agricultural Society. At this time, the Fair was in October for
just two days, admission was only a dime and attendance was between 13,000 and
18,000 people. Some major attractions at
the 1851 Fair included a 200-pound squash and a quarter-acre plowing competition.
At this time in history, the Fair was the largest reported gathering in
Wisconsin history.
During the next 41 years, the Fair was
held in Watertown, Fond du Lac, Madison and Milwaukee. It was not until 1892
that the Fair was held on today’s West Allis site where it has remained for the
last 116 years. The new fairgrounds
featured a 6,000-seat Grandstand, a racetrack with four barns for racehorses
and various exhibit buildings.
For significant historical reasons,
the State Fair has been cancelled five different times. The 1861 Fair, set to
be held in Madison, was cancelled due to the Civil War. In fact, the Fair
grounds were used as a training camp for the volunteer troops, leading to
additional Fair cancellations in 1862 and 1863. When the World’s Columbian
Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893, State Fair officials anticipated a loss
in attendance to the Wisconsin State Fair due to the excitement in the
neighboring city and once again cancelled the Fair. The final cancellation was
during World War II, in 1945, at the request of the US Office of War
Transportation.
Watertown
Daily Times, 02 04
1916
Chief Clerk Frank F. McBride, of the 10th
division of railway mail service, examined four of the clerks in the Watertown post office on Monday with the following
splendid results:
Carl A. Semrich,
out of 1260 cards thrown, missed only one, his percentage being 99:92 Time 35
minutes; correct cards per minute 36
W. L. Schlueter, out of 1260 cards thrown,
missed only two, his percentage being 99:84. Time 26 minutes; correct cards per
minute 48.
Ary G. Keel, out of 1260 cards
thrown, missed only 6, his percentage being 99:52. Time 37 minutes; correct cards per minute 34.
Arthur E. Jaeger, out of 1260 cards thrown,
missed only four, his percentage being 99:68.
Time 55 minutes; correct cards per minute 23.
This is a very fine record and speaks well
for the efficiency of the Watertown post office force.
Firefighter Supplemental Income
Watertown Daily Times, 08 18 2008
On the
agenda of the Watertown Common Council when it meets Tuesday will be a
resolution denying a request from a Watertown
firefighter who is looking for the city to pay him a supplemental income
beyond the required 90 days will be on the agenda of the council.
Firefighters
Chad Butler is on temporary disability and has received payments from the city
for 90 calendar days to make up the difference between his workers'
compensation payments and his normal salary.
Butler
has asked fire Chief Henry Butts to petition the city to continue these
payments past the 90 required days.
↓ More on above matter ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 08 20 2008
A resolution denying a
request from a Watertown firefighter who is looking for the city to pay him a
supplemental income beyond the required 90 days was approved by the council.
Firefighter Chad Butler,
who is on temporary disability, has received payments from the city for 90
calendar days to make up the difference between his workers' compensation
payments and his normal salary. Butler
had asked Butts to petition the city to continue these payments past the 90
required days.
“When a city employee
is injured on the job they get 90 days of workman's comp, which is two-thirds
of their salary tax-free,” Krueger said. “The city matches the other third and
that is taxable. City code says the city is liable for 90 days of payments
which we have done.”
During the time for
public comment at the beginning of the council meeting, Butler, who was injured
on the job in April, asked the aldermen to consider extending his pay.
Alderman Tony Arnett
said the council feels for any city employee who suffers injuries on the job,
but he added that he could not justify extending the payments because of a lack
of exceptional circumstances.
The Finance Committee
looking at the situation did not see that this rose to the exceptional
circumstances that would merit a special exception.
Watertown Democrat, 08
07 1858
Planters is winning “golden opinions from all
sorts of people” by the excellent and liberal hospitality of [the] house.
“Confidence is restored” and every exertion made to render the sojourn of
guests pleasant and agreeable. Cook is a capital fellow and keeps a capital
house.
The
spirit of the time requires in every man not only a thorough knowledge of his
own profession, but much general knowledge, to enable him to keep pace with the
rapid changes which are taking place around him.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 20 2008
Watertown council members
endorsed resolutions approving the final plat and developer's agreement for the
Heron Landing subdivision on the south side of the city near Wal-Mart.
The 172-acre Heron
Landing subdivision is expected to include about 235 lots for single family homes,
58 duplex units and 98 multifamily units.
The subdivision also consists of 7.6 acres for commercial purposes, 5.6
acres for public parks, 18 acres of wetlands and 26.3 acres for storm water
management.
The Watertown Fire
Department has made city officials aware that it opposes the new subdivision
because of issues with response times. The city's fire station on Jones Street
is about 3 miles away from the subdivision.
“Currently it takes us
about five to six minutes on a good day,” fire Chief Henry Butts said, while
describing the time it takes for firefighters to get to the area of the
subdivision. “Fires double in size about every 17 seconds if you don't do
anything about it and when someone's not breathing, the longer you wait, the
less chance you have for a successful outcome. The whole issue is about
response times.”
Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
The
Finance Committee has fully considered the report and request of the board of library directors. The request for $2512 is not exorbitant for
stated reasons which will follow later.
The report shows that said board has husbanded its finances and that the
library is an institution in the maintenance of which the city cannot stint
owing mainly to its immense patronage by the public and its utility to those
who seek economic data. This committee,
however, regrets in view or all that has been stated, the fact that it deems it
for the best interest, to the city's finance not to allow the levy of the whole
amount asked far but that the council will show the city's good will and do
some good in a way that will not affect the tax levy of this year by
recommending a levy of $2250.
In the
removal of the public library from its former site necessary expenditures were
increased. The committee have heard the
statement that premiums paid for building insurance during last fiscal year
were increased in order to insure for the period of three years, thereby in the
end saving one year's premium money, the committee finds that rent to the
amount of $200 which had to be paid during the last year will now be entirely
wiped away as a library expenditure.
The
committee endorses the efforts of the librarian and her able assistant in
honoring the city of Watertown with the fame of having the best conducted
library of its size, and also commend the fact that the public is using the
library building for meetings. It
further finds that some small extraordinary expenses mentioned have been
liquidated and that the library is now an assured institution and that its levy
for its maintenance will stay at about an equal total, increasing
proportionately with that of the assessment rolls and the growth of population.
Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
Attorney
Nicholas Thauer has discovered a novel mousetrap in
an article in everyday use at this season of the year—Tanglefoot fly
paper. He says that whenever he is
troubled with mice in his office he places a few sheets upon the floor when he
leaves it in the evening and, on arriving there in the morning, he has found as
many as five caught fast in the paper.
This may seem a joke, but Nic says its gospel truth. Try it. [In addition to fly paper, a "Tree
Tanglefoot" product, introduced in the early 1900's, was a breakthrough
for home gardeners, commercial growers, farmers and researchers. The gooey substance stopped crawling insects
in their tracks, preventing them from climbing trees to feed on fruit or
foliage, or to deposit their eggs].
Soldiers Camp Here
Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
Batteries
E and F of the Second Battalion U. S. Artillery will camp in Watertown on the
night of October 15. They are on their
way from the west to Fort Sheridan, Ill.
The troop consists of six officers, 160 men and 250 horses.
Baseball
Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
At
Washington Park last Sunday the Watertown baseball team was defeated by the
Gross Hardwares of Milwaukee. Score 4 to 3.
Taft and Sherman Club Organized
Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
At the
club room in the public library a Taft and Sherman club was organized last
Monday night by electing the following officers:
President—J.
F. Prentiss
Vice
President—W. F. Gruetzmacher
Recording
Secretary—P. H. Swift.
Corresponding
Secretary—Fred F. Wittenwyler
Treasurer—C.
A. Skinner
Executive
Committee: W. H. Woodard, H. Werthheimer, C. A. Kohn, A. H. Hartwig,
William Wedemeyer, F. M. Eaton, J. E. McAdams.
In the
election of 1908, popular incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt, honoring a
promise not to seek a third term, persuaded the Republicans to nominate William Howard Taft, his close friend and
Secretary of War, as his successor, and James S. Sherman as his running mate.
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Watertown Gazette, 10 09
1908
The
members of the Saturday Club have secured the services
of the eminent Shakespearean reader C. E. W. Griffith for the evening of
Tuesday, October 20th, at Masonic Temple hall. Mr. Griffith has read before Watertown
audiences twice, giving some of the heavier tragedies; this time he will render
something in a lighter vein. All who
really enjoy a rare treat should not fail to hear him.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 22 1983
Durant
Architectural group has been instructed by the boards of Marquardt Memorial Manor, Mueller Apartments and
Moravian Homes to develop construction documents, the next step in the
development of Hus Apartments. The sale
of apartments will continue. The objective
is readiness for construction in November.
The Hus Apartments are designed for persons age 62 and older. The two-bedroom apartments will be designed
for security, with emergency call capacity in each room, freedom from
maintenance concerns and easy access to the noon meal program at Mueller
Apartments.
↓ More on Hus Apartments ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 11 17 1983
Ground was broken Monday for Hus Apartments, a senior
citizen facility to be operated as part of Marquardt Memorial Manor. Taking part in the ceremony were future
residents of the new apartments, officials from Marquardt Manor and Mueller
Apartments, and members of the Moravian clergy.
Hus Apartments is the fifth construction project by Maas Brothers Construction Company on the site of
Marquardt Manor. The project also
represents the fifth set of plans prepared by Jerry Dommer of the Durant group
of architects.
High School Remodeling Program
Watertown Daily Times, 08 22 1958
Roger
B. Holtz, superintendent of schools, announced this morning, following a
meeting of school authorities with the contractors working on the High School remodeling program, that it has been
decided to delay the opening of high school operations by one week. He said
that all seventh grade, all new eighth grade and all new high school students
will meet for orientation on Friday, Sept. 12 at 1 p.m.
Watertown Gazette, 10 16 1908
Gus Neitzel,
formerly engineer of the Fire Department’s Silsby fire engine, and of late years in the employ of the
Gasoline Engine Works in Milwaukee, writes from St. Louis, Mo. “Down here looking after one of our traction
engines." "Gus" is on the
ladder and following in the wake of many Watertown boys who have gained fame
and prominence.
Watertown Gazette, 10 16 1908
On Wednesday the directors of the Lutheran Home for the Feeble-Minded [Bethesda] were in
the city and held a business meeting here.
Wm. K. Weissbrodt, the superintendent of the
home, was also in the city. They visited
the site for the new home in the southern part of the Third ward, and the site
for the building was staked out. It is
to be L shaped, the main part three stories high and basement 42x86 feet, and
the wing two stories high, 26x75 feet.
It will accommodate 85 besides those in charge of the home. The cost will be about $30,000. Bids on the work will be asked for in
December and early next spring work on the building will be commenced.
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
At 1 o'clock last Saturday afternoon a
double-header freight train on the C.&N.W. Ry. going north ran into a
C.M.&St.P. Ry. freight going east at the railway
crossing at the Junction. No one was injured, but one of the
C.&N.W. engines and a number of coaches were badly wrecked. Conductor W. F. Clasen
and Engineer Chas. Burmaster had charge of the
C.M.&St.P. freight, and D. F. Harrison and C. F. Dunwiddie had charge of the Northwestern.
Young Ladies Society of St. Bernard's
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
ELECTED OFFICERS. The Young Ladies Society of St. Bernard's
Church elected the following officers last Sunday morning for the ensuing year:
Mary Florian Moore—President
Josephine Darcey—Vice-President
Mary Crangle—Secretary
Marie Killian—Treasurer
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
The Harvest Home Supper at Masonic Hall last week Thursday evening by the
Woman's Guild of St. Paul's Church was well
attended. The decorations were quite
unique, consisting of autumn leaves, cornstalks, pumpkins, peppers, etc. The affair was a very pleasant one, and all
speak highly of the menu served.
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
GRANTED REGISTERED CERTIFICATE. The Wisconsin State Board of Pharmacy granted
Max Tetzlaff of this city a registered assistant
certificate at the examination held at Madison last week.
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
Thursday afternoon of last week, on the campus
of the Northwestern University in this
city, the University football team defeated the Sacred
Heart College team by a score of 16 to 5.
The game was a very interesting one and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
large crowd present.
Board of Education will Entertain
Teachers.
Watertown Gazette, 10 16 1908
Friday evening of this week the Board of
Education will entertain the public school
teachers of this city at Masonic Hall. A musical and literary program has been
arranged for the occasion and luncheon will be served.
↓ More on Watertown Public Schools ↓
Public School Teachers Entertained by
the Board of Education
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
Friday evening of last week the Board of
Education entertained the teachers of the Watertown
public schools at Masonic Hall, the
object of the meeting being to have the Board and teachers get in closer touch
with each other in regard to the government and advancement of school
interests. The entertainment was of an
informal nature, and all present had an opportunity during the evening to
discuss school matters among themselves.
The more formal feature of the evening consisted of talks by Frank M.
Eaton, as toastmaster, welcoming remarks and a brief history of the schools and
their teachers since 1887 by President of the Board, James W. Moore. Since entering the Board of Education in 1887,
he showed that there had been a steady advance in the schools of the city—the
high school at that time had four teachers, including the superintendent, and
at the present time, it has nine, including the superintendent. Its course of study in its various
departments is in line with that laid out by the state officials, and the
school is recognized as one of the very best in Wisconsin. The grades have also advanced in standard and
kept pace with the educational spirit of the age. The standard of teachers has been raised and
as a consequence salaries have been increased about 33 per cent. The average salary paid in 1887, including
high school teachers, was $45 per month, and today it is $60.50. From year to year there is more expected of
the teacher, and as a result, their work is of greater importance, hence
deserves and should receive better salaries than even now paid them.
Supt. Roseman responded to the president's
remarks in a brief but able manner, outlining how the Board of Education and teachers
might profitably work together in the interests of the schools and extending
thanks in behalf of the teachers for the kind hospitality and interest shown by
the members of the Board of Education.
Miss Ida Kopp, Miss Mary Crangle, Miss Anna Holland and Prof. B. E.
McCormick were also called on for a few remarks, as were Hon. Wm. F. Voss and
C. H. Jacobi. Both gentlemen said they
had but little to add to what already had been said, but Mr. Voss took occasion
to make himself popular with the ladies by intimating that the best part of the
evening's program was yet to come—a fine luncheon by the wives, daughters and
sisters of the members of the Board. The
address of the evening was delivered by B. E. Nelson, superintendent of schools
of Racine. Mr. Nelson is a pleasing
speaker and his reference to the relation of the teacher to the pupil, to the
Board of Education and to the parent was discussed in a very practical and
interesting manner. Cooperation of these
forces he demonstrated could not help but result beneficially to the pupils and
society in general. His remarks on
manual training and domestic science in the schools were particularly
interesting. The old courses of study he
said tended to educate the boys and girls away from the farm and the home, and
manual training and domestic science would have the opposite effect. His remarks were highly appreciated by all
present.
Mrs. C. R. Feld, accompanied by Miss Minnie Notz, rendered a beautiful vocal selection and responded to
an encore. Her voice was in most
excellent form, and her singing was greatly enjoyed. Luncheon was now ready, and while the young
ladies were getting busy to serve the good things and all being seated at the
tables, "America" was sung with a spirit that showed that all present
were having a good time. After luncheon
Miss Vivian, by request, rendered some excellent piano and vocal music and at
11:30 all joined in singing “Home, Sweet Home,” and at its conclusion,
"Good Night, we all had a pleasant time," was heard from every
section of the hall.
SIDELIGHTS ON THE RECEPTION
One young lady took exception to the way the
High School professors flirted with the other ladies. An ex-president of the Board had more than
his share of ice cream.
A spelling contest took place between the
president of the Board and a number of the teachers seated at his table. Several of the younger teachers recently from
Normal asked him to spell daguerreotype, but he pleaded for a more difficult
test of his abilities as a speller and he was given another broadside with deleble, supposing he would of course, spell the word as
the tale [tail] end if indelible is spelled.
He retaliated by asking the aforesaid young ladies to spell two simple
words, but words that are frequently misspelled by many who consider themselves
good spellers—judgment and judgeship.
For an instant one of them was taken off her guard and put the “e” after
“g” in judgment and left it out after “g” in judgeship. She rallied heroically to her own defense and
said that the president's judgment in selecting words to catch the unwary would
be referred by her to another "judgeship" and that at some future
gathering of teachers she would present him with a daguerreotype of a deleble nature, such as a member of the Board recently
received of a lady applicant for a position in the public schools.
Watertown Gazette, 10 16 1908
The Fourth artillery, United States Army
camped here Thursday night on the Northwestern
University campus, Col. A. Solliday having looked after the selection of the place
for the troops.
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Fourth Artillery of the United States
Army
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
The Soldier Boys Visit
Watertown
Thursday afternoon of last week the second
battalion of the Fourth Artillery of the United States Army, en route from Sparta to Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, Ill.,
pitched their tents on the campus of the Northwestern University in this city
and remained here till Friday evening.
It is what is known as the mountain battery class and was only organized
last June. It consists of 212 men, 40 of
whom only are veterans, the balance being new recruits. The horses and mules are also new in
service. The battery left Camp Esch near Sparta October 7th, and will reach Fort Sheridan
on Friday of this week. Many of the new
recruits are dissatisfied with the life of a battery soldier, and it is said
there has been over 40 desertions from this battery since June last. The veterans in the service, however, say
they prefer it to civil life.
While in the city the boys appeared to have a
good time. They are a soldiery looking
lot of young fellows and though many of them were out late at night and were
given the freedom of the city while here, they behaved themselves, as soldiers
of Uncle Sam should on all occasions.
True, some of them were smitten with the fair lassies of Watertown, and
who could blame them, for Watertown has the reputation of having the best
looking women on earth, especially the young ladies. A few of our Watertown girls were also
evidently badly in love with some of the soldier boys, and, no doubt, appeared
more "spoony" than they should on the
public streets, but as every good, patriotic American girl likes the American
soldiers, especially the young and tender ones, as was so forcibly shown in the
recent war with Spain, when the girls all over the country were breaking their
necks to make love to Hubson, one of the navy's great
heroes, the people of Watertown will forgive the girls who were so badly
smitten last week on the battery boys, and hope that no greater calamity will
befall any of them than that a few of the boys at least may come back in the near
future and make two hearts beat as one.
Most of the artillery boys are New Yorkers,
and of course Watertown girls dearly love anybody from New York. Spank a girl for falling in love with a
soldier boy! No, never while the starry
banner waves over this great county, "the home of the brave and the
free." Any American girl who has
not a warm spot in her heart for the soldier boys ought to be taken out and
shot as a traitor—but girls, all jokes aside, it's not nice to get too
"giddy."
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
Mrs. Bernhard Hackenbarth
died at Pomona, California, on Sunday, October 18, 1908. Her remains will be brought here for
interment. Deceased was a daughter of
Herman Tetzlaff and wife of this city, her maiden
name being Emma Tetzlaff. She was born in Watertown May 10, 1874, and
on September 28, 1904, was married to Mr. Hackenbarth
in this city. Her husband survives
her. The news of her death was received
here with sincere sorrow. She was a most excellent lady and was dearly beloved
by a large acquaintance.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 19 1998
Elvis is alive and well - and working as a police
officer in Watertown. Actually, The King
of Rock ‘n' Roll isn't really driving a city police squad car here. Instead, recent sightings place Elvis as a
clerk at a 7-Eleven convenience store somewhere out West. However, the spirit of Elvis Presley is well
represented locally in the form of Watertown
police officer Michael Kumbier, who has been
moonlighting as an Elvis impersonator.
Watertown Gazette, 10 23 1908
Last Monday evening the clerks of Schempf Bros. Co. surprised
Arthur Heide and bride at their home in North Warren Street, where all passed a
few hours very pleasantly.
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
Democratic Candidate for Coroner, Fred Sydow, the old democratic war horse, formerly of the town of
Watertown, now a resident of the city of Watertown, is the candidate for
coroner, and if elected, no one will take more pleasure in seeing that the
republicans of this county get a respectable burial on the day after election
than he. Watch for Fred's smile if
Jefferson County rolls up one of its old time democratic majorities on November
3d next.
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
In honor of the 25th anniversary of O. D.
Pease Post No. 94, G. A. R. of this city, the members celebrated the occasion
at the post hall in Main Street last Friday evening. Commander Fred. Kusel
gave a history of the organization, and Comrades W. D. Sproesser
and David Schweiger related a number of interesting reminiscences of their
personal experiences during the war of the rebellion, which was of great
interest to all present. A fine luncheon
was served by the Woman's Relief Corps, and cards, music and speeches helped to
make the evening a memorable one in the history of the Post. The committee in charge, Jacob Ditschler, D. Schweiger and H. L. Volkmann arranged a most
creditable program. The Post was
organized on July 7, 1883, and was named after a Watertown boy who died in the
war. There were 13 charter members, and
eight of them are still living. During
its existence 133 Comrades were mustered into the post.
The officers of the charter membership were as
follows:
Commander—Fred Kusel.
Senior Vice Commander—A. Solliday.
Junior Vice Commander—John Muth.
Chaplain—D. D. Scott.
Officer of the Day—Jacob Ditschler.
Officer of Guard—L. C. Green.
Surgeon—W. C. Spalding [William]
Quartermaster—John Habhegger.
Adjurant—Charles J. Wenck.
Sergeant Major—A. Gritzner.
The charter members were Fred Kusel, Charles J. Wenck, John Muth, John Walter, L. Green, M. E. Monrean,
A. Solliday, Henry Bassinger, Jacob Ditschler, W. C. Spaulding, D. D. Scott, Amand Gritzner and John Habhegger.
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
Strauss & Sette, general merchants, who have for years been
located at 114 [East] Main Street, now occupy their new store at 117 [E] Main
Street, the southwest corner of Main and Second streets, almost directly
opposite their old stand. Their steadily
increasing trade found it necessary for them to provide larger quarters for
their business, hence they bought the property they now occupy and had it
fitted out . . . the exterior of the building is very attractive, especially
the large plate glass show window, with rounded corner, the window displaying
goods on both Main and Second streets.
The interior of the store, from basement to roof is fitted out in the
latest style, and in a manner to display the store goods to the very best
advantage. It is one of the very best
lighted stores in the city, and their fine line of goods shows up to very good
effect.
The firm of Strauss & Sette
is one of the most enterprising in the city, and their fair and honest dealing
with the general public has gained for them an immense patronage. They fully
deserve it, and their hosts of friends wish them continued prosperity in their
new home.
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
MEMBERS OF OLD ABE AERIE No. 1242 Fraternal
Order of Eagles and their ladies celebrated the 3d anniversary of the local
aerie [a nest located on a cliff or high place] last Monday evening at their
rooms in Main Street. The program
consisted of dancing, cards and music.
Football
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
The Northwestern University football team
defeated Carroll College of Waukesha last Saturday afternoon, 15 to 0. In the first half, Northwestern repeatedly
had the ball within striking distance only to lose it by penalties at critical
moments. Northwestern won by almost
perfect handling of the forward pass and the brilliant work of Captain Zeisler and Hoffman.
Farmer’s Wife and Her Churn
Watertown Gazette, 10 30 1908
The farmer’s wife is
very careful about her churn. She scalds
it thoroughly after using, and gives it a sun bath to sweeten it. She knows that if her churn is sour it will
taint the butter that is made in it. The
stomach is a churn. In the stomach and
digestive and nutritive tracts are performed processes which are exactly akin
to the churning of butter. Is it not
apparent then that if this stomach churn is “sour” it sours all which is put
into it? The evil of a foul stomach is
not the bad taste in the mouth and the foul breath caused by it, but the
corruption of the pure current of blood and the dissemination of the disease
throughout the body. Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery makes the sour stomach sweet.
It does for the stomach what the washing and sun bath do for the
churn—absolutely removing every tainting or corrupting element. “Golden Medical Discovery” contains no
alcohol.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 21 1998
MILWAUKEE
- M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank has awarded one
of its “Ten Most Admired Senior Citizens” awards to E. John and Ruby Nelson of
Watertown. The Nelsons have been involved in many volunteer activities in the
past 30 years. They have served on the board of directors and as various
officers of the Jefferson County ARC since 1969, and have sponsored twice a
year a rummage sales as a fund-raiser for the Jefferson County ARC also since
1969.
Watertown
Daily Times, 09 16
1915
Hon. Thomas Shinnick
of Watertown is probably the oldest member of the state legislature, having
served as assemblyman from Jefferson County in the year 1867 and again in
1876. Mr. Shinnick
is one of the best known democrats in Jefferson County, having served almost
continuously as chairman of the town of Watertown since 1857 until his removal
to Watertown a few years ago. He is a
native of Ireland and was born in the County Cork, April 1, 1832. He came to this section in 1853 and engaged
in farming for miles south of Watertown, which occupation he followed for half
a century.
He was elected clerk of the town in 1857, has
served as justice of the peace, town chairman and coroner of the county. He is probably the only man living in
Wisconsin today who served in the assembly as far back as 1857. He is still hale and hearty and can recite
most of the political incidents in this section of the state since he first
settled here in 1853, the year that Watertown was incorporated as a city.
Mr. Shinnick is the
father of Mrs. David Mahoney, of Oak Grove, and is a frequent visitor at her
home and in this city.
09 10 1915
Kusel, Arthur, b. 1875, d. 1915
Mr. Arthur H. Kusel
died Monday afternoon at his home in Watertown, after an illness of several
weeks. His condition was critical for
the past week and his demise was not unexpected. Mr. Kusel was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kusel and was born in Watertown,
Nov. 17, 1874. He was a tinner by occupation and was engaged in that employment
until a year ago, when failing health compelled him to retire. He is survived by his widow, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kusel, two
brothers, Theodore Kusel
and Walter Kusel, and one sister, Mrs. Paul Valerius,
Chicago. He was a member of
Old Abe Aerie No. 1242, Fraternal Order of Eagles. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. Services were in his
late residence, 223 North Water Street.
The burial was in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
10 01 1915
Mrs. Peter Frattinger of
Watertown age 62 years, died quite suddenly Wednesday while on a visit in
Chicago. She was the mother of Mr. A. A.
Frattinger and Mrs. O. C. Hahn of Watertown.
Watertown Leader, 09 10 1915
Wilbur McGovern, under bonds to answer to the charge
of detaining Edna Kunert, a minor, from the custody
of her father, appeared before Justice Schmutzler
Friday afternoon for preliminary hearing.
The evidence of the state was concluded late in the afternoon, and after
argument, Mayor C. A. Kading, appearing for the
defendant, moved that the case be dismissed.
The motion was denied and the case was adjourned to Thursday, September
16. Miss Kunert
is now Mrs. Edmund Behlke.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 27 1958
The local branch plant of the Waukesha Foundry Company again in 1957 achieved
a perfect safety record, and at a dinner meeting held last night at the Legion
Green Bowl a plaque was presented to the plant safety committee in recognition
of this achievement. It was presented by
Clyde Zamjahn, personnel director of the committee,
and was accepted by Al Hackbarth, local plant office
manager, in behalf of the committee. The
local plant also was awarded a plaque for having achieved a perfect record in
1956. It also was announced by Zamjahn that the record so far in 1958 also is perfect.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 27 1998
The board of education Thursday evening is expected
to advance plans for construction of a rest room at Watertown
High School's Stadium. The board's
buildings and grounds committee last week agreed to advance a plan to hire an
architect to update plans for the structure.
The board earlier this month voted to use $250,000 from the sale of the
old high school for the rest room.
Members of the buildings and grounds committee supported hiring Bray
Associates Architects of Sheboygan to complete the design work at a cost of
$23,000. Bray is the firm which designed
the new high school.
01 05 1915
Mrs. Catherine Prendergast, a former resident
of Watertown, died at the family home in Madison last Tuesday morning, Jan. 5
1915, at the age of 85 years.
She was the widow of Peter Prendergast, who
died in Watertown many years ago, where the family lived for about 40 years
before removing to Madison, where two of his sons are engaged in business,
being members of the Madison Candy Company.
The deceased is survived by five children -
James and Thomas of Madison, John of Milwaukee, and Catherine and Mary of
Madison. The funeral services will be
held at Madison this morning, Jan. 8, 1915.
Watertown Democrat, 10
07 1858
A white cow, with a little red spot on her forehead, red
ears, one point of one of the horns broken, and a bell on her neck fasten with
a wooden screw, strayed from the enclosure of the subscriber in the fifth ward
of this city on the 5th. Whoever will return
said cow or give information where she may be found shall be liberally
rewarded. Antony Ferkel,
Watertown.
Watertown Democrat, 10
07 1858
Into the enclosure of the subscriber on the 1st, on the
Milford Road, one mile south of Watertown, a white hog with black spots, about
one year old. The owner is requested to
come and drove [herd] the property, pay charges and take him away, or he will
be disposed of according to law.
Benjamin Graf
Watertown Democrat, 09
30 1858
The subscriber has opened a News Room in the building
occupied by the Post Office [Democrat Block, Main
St] where the latest Eastern papers, magazines and pictorials will always be
found. Harper’s Monthly, The Atlantic Magazine, Godey’s Ladies Book, The
Knickerbocker, Harper’s Weekly, Ballou’s Pictorial, Frank Wesley’s Illustrated
News, together with all the leading newspapers of the day will always be
kept on hand. Cigars, tobacco, fruit and
candies will also be kept for the accommodation of all who desire these
articles. The patronage of the public is
solicited.
October
23, 1858 John Miller
↓ More on News Room ↓
The News Depot
Watertown
Democrat, 09 22 1859
Mr. John
Miller has removed his News Depot from the Post Office to Thomas Moore’s Candy Store, where the
latest magazines and papers can be obtained by all who want to purchase
them. Among the latest periodicals on
his counter are Godey’s Lady’s Book
for October and Harper’s Magazine—the
last named of which is a brilliant and attractive number, superbly illustrated
and cramped with choice and interesting reading.
Watertown Democrat, 10
07 1858
AN ORDINANCE—Providing for improving [South] First Street in
the First Ward. The Common Council of
the City of Watertown do ordain as follows:
Sec 1. The Street
Commissioners of the 1st ward of this city are hereby authorized and directed
to improve First Street from Main to the south side of East Dodge Street in
said 1st ward of said city, by covering said street with broken stone–similar
to that in front of the Bank of Watertown on Main Street–for the width of
twenty-four feet and to the depth of one foot in the center of said street and
eight inches at each side thereof, so that when said improvement shall be
completed, the center of said street will be on a line with the established
grade of said street, and the gutters one foot lower than the center of said
street . . . H. Bertram, Mayor
Watertown and Madison Railroad Sale
Watertown Democrat, 10 07 1858
We
learn that the Watertown and Madison
Railroad was sold yesterday morning at 10 o’clock under foreclosure of the
first mortgage. Hon. Russel Sage of
Troy, N.Y. was the purchaser. We
understand from reliable authority that it is Mr. Sage’s intention to go on
with the work immediately, finishing the road up to Waterloo this fall and
completing the whole line to Madison in time for the fall trade next year. Mr. Sage has our good wishes in this laudable
and useful undertaking and we are sure that the residents of the district
through which it passes will not be wanting in the same. We hope next fall to be able to join it in
ovation to Mr. Sage which shall greet the successful accomplishment of his
design [Madison Patriot newspaper].
↓ More on Watertown and Madison
Railroad
↓
Watertown Democrat, 10 14 1858
The
Watertown and Madison Railroad—We have reliable information, says the Madison Democrat of the 7th inst., that
work on the line of this road will be resumed immediately. The contractors are already engaged in
organizing a force, which will be put to work on the line of this road and the
enterprise vigorously prosecuted until it is brought to a successful
termination.
It
may be well to remind our readers that nearly all the grading is completed,
nine miles of iron is already laid between the city of Watertown and Hanchettville [Marshall], and all the materials for
construction are on the track. We look
upon this link of railroad, short as it is, as identified with the permanent
interests of the Capitol.
↓ More on Watertown and Madison
Railroad
↓
Watertown Democrat, 11
18 1858
We may
note the fact, at a time when there are few public works going on anywhere,
that there are now about 200 men busily and regularly employed on the line of
the Watertown and Madison railroad. The
piling of Hog Island [Waterloo area, near St. Wenceslaus Church, the “Island
Church”] will be completed within 10 days and the superstructure finished
immediately. When this is done there
will be no obstacles to prevent laying the track and iron to Waterloo, thence
onward to Hanchettville [west to Marshall]. The heaviest grading, as we have before
stated, has already been done the whole distance of the road. Favorable weather will enable the contractors
to push their work forward with rapidity and nothing but unforeseen difficulties
will delay it. So much for railroad
building [during] these hard times. The
probability that this will be the most used and best paying road in this State
are the motives that have led to a resumption of work on it and will effect an
immediate competition.
↓ More on Watertown and Madison
Railroad
↓
Watertown Democrat, 12 09 1858
THE
PILING OVER HOG ISLAND was finished last Monday, and the only impediment to
laying the track beyond removed. In less
than ten days the locomotive will reach Waterloo on the rails, so rapidly is
the iron being laid down. As soon as the
track can be extended to Hanchettville [Marshall],
arrangements will be made to make a daily trip.
Even with a few miles of staging this will be by far the best route to
Madison.
↓ More on Watertown and Madison
Railroad
↓
Watertown Democrat, 12 30 1858
A
trip to Waterloo, made a day or two since, served to give us a better idea than
we had previously had as to the progress being made by the Watertown and
Madison Railroad, and the effect its completion to that point is to have upon
the business of the town, as well as upon the traffic of the Road. Of late the work upon the latter, from some
cause not understood by us, has not been pushed with as much energy as it might
have been, and consequently there has been more delay than was anticipated in
reaching Waterloo and will be still more in getting to Hanchettville,
five miles beyond. A new impetus was
given the work on Monday last, and a large gang of men put upon the work so as
to complete it, if possible, to Waterloo this week. As there remained at that time but two miles
and a half of track to be laid, it would seem that there could be no difficulty
in accomplishing that and doing the necessary ballasting and other labor
requisite to permit the running of trains.
The Waterloo people very naturally think and feel that it is one of the
grandest events of the age—perhaps not quite equal to the laying of the
Atlantic Cable—but still so important as to make theirs one of the best and smartest
towns in the State. As we felt just so
upon the completion of the Milwaukee and Watertown Road to this place—and,
indeed, as all other cities and towns feel as soon as they are put in
communication with the world by rail—their anticipations and feelings can well
be imagined, but hardly described. But
seriously, we see no reason why Waterloo should not be immensely benefitted by
the road. She is surrounded by a fine
agricultural country on all sides and will be the market of quite an extension
section, where produce will be sold and goods bought in large quantities. This must add greatly to the traffic of the
Railroad—passenger as well as freight—and prove as profitable to the owners of
the Road as its completion will be gratifying to the people of Waterloo.
Milwaukee,
Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad
Purchase of Railroad Iron
Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad
Watertown
Democrat, 09 08 1859
Next week another section of railroad
will open from this city to the west.
The iron is so nearly laid between this city and Sun Prairie on the
Watertown and Madison line that it is safe to say the track will be ready for
the cars by the 15th of the present month, when regular trains will be put on,
and that fine agricultural region have a direct communication with the lake
there. Twelve miles more—all of which is
graded—will carry this road to Madison and that, as all know, this will be the
shortest and best route between Milwaukee and the capitol.
↓ More on Milwaukee, Watertown and
Baraboo Valley RR ↓
Watertown
Democrat, 09 15 1859
Two trains a day are
now running over the Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad. The track is now down in running order on the
Madison line as far as Sun Prairie and soon as the turn tables can be
constructed the cars will run regularly to that point. This will give the farmers an opportunity to
send their grain to market this way, an advantage that will enable them to get
higher prices hereafter.
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Baraboo Valley RR ↓
Watertown Democrat, 10 07 1858
The
Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad Company has purchased
sufficient iron to lay their line from Columbus to the Wisconsin River, and as
the track is pretty much all graded, will immediately begin to put it down and
set the road in operation as far west as Leeds this season. No road in this State is doing a better
business than this and we see nothing to prevent its speedy extension into the
fertile Baraboo Valley and ultimately to the “Father of Waters.”
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Milwaukee, Watertown
and Baraboo Valley Railroad
1859 Drought
Watertown Democrat, 09 22 1859
Reprint of article from the Milwaukee Sentinel of Sept. 16th, 1859
Letter
from Watertown
Watertown,
Wis., Sept. 13th, 1859
Editor
of the Sentinel—A trip over the Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley
Railroad is one of the pleasantest to be had in Wisconsin. This road does not run through any great
extent of rich agricultural land, as do some others in that state, although a
vast amount of such country is tributary to it.
The pleasantness of the ride lies in the goodliness of the scenery in
the immediate vicinity of the road.
There
is no prairie on the way, but otherwise the land is well diversified. Hills, valleys, lakes, streams, oak openings,
handsome farms and dense woods, forming an almost uninterrupted panorama of the
simple charms of nature.
The
foliage is losing its deep green, and the forests are already tinged with a
pleasing variety of autumn colors. The
mild hazy atmosphere of Indian summer has for a few days hung lightly over the
country hereabout. Clouds of wild ducks
go whistling over head, though at the voice of my
gun, a few sometimes sail from the flock down to the earth, there to flutter
about till their necks are twisted; while the frequent bang of better
sportsmen, indicates the destruction of the finer sorts of game, which are more
plenty this season then they have been before since 1855. Immense numbers of grouse and quail perished
in the two extremely severe winters following that year, and they have not
multiplied enough until this season for it to be quite fair to shoot them. There are but very few prairie chickens in
the vicinity of this railroad.
The
city of Watertown being
one of the largest in the state, if not next in size to Milwaukee, claims
attention first among the important points on this road. Its population cannot be far from 9,000. Its handsome streets and unusually large
proportion of substantial buildings give it more of a real city aspect than any
other interior town in the state can show.
Certainly
none other is built of brick to so great an extent. On Main Street—what an original name that is
for the principal street of a town—about half the buildings are of brick, and
many are first-rate large stores, doing a better business than in most places I
have visited this year. There are
several brick yards here, supplying the city and all surrounding towns for a
considerable distance. The color is
similar to the Milwaukee brick, and in quality it is nearly, if not quite,
equal to the same.
The land around Watertown lies finely for the growth of the
city; there are many rare sites for residences, several being already occupied
with tasty dwellings—some elegant ones.
There can hardly be a prettier broad slope anywhere, than that toward
Rock River right east of the city [slope rising up from Concord Ave], as seen
by entering town on the Milwaukee plank road.
The
lakes and streams so numerous along this railroad are remarkable low, in
consequence of the long dismal drought.
This is the twelfth year I have known them, but have not seen them so
sadly used up before. Even Rock River,
one of the great streams of the west, has so little water that the mills here
cannot grind more than two or three bushels an hour. It has not been so low since white men have
known it until now. It has always been
considered one of the most reliable water-powers to be found. Its great descent and peculiar course through
Watertown make it available to an indefinite degree beyond its present
sue. It makes a complete turn in passing
through the city; and for a large part of the way is very rapid, presenting a
scene of some little attraction.
Here five flouring mills, eight saw mills,
a linseed oil mill, wool factory, sash, door and blind factories, and machine
shops, most of them in successful operation, waiting only for the usual
abundance of water to do a great amount of work on hand.
Watertown is lighted with gas, has
military and fire companies, and other city necessities, well kept up. John W. Cole’s Hall
is a convenient and spacious one—the largest one here, and will answer the
wants of the city for many years to come.
The Planter’s Hotel, with A. F. Cady for
its keeper, is as good a house as any traveler need find. The Watertown Democrat, edited by D. W.
Ballou, Jr., is one of the best weeklies in the state. It is sufficient evidence of its ability to
say, that since its establishment five years ago, five other papers—and I don’t
know but more—have had their day and passed from the stage, leaving the Democrat alone in its glory. One of the principal reasons of its success,
I think, is that Mr. Ballou gives more attention and space to local matters
than is usual with country papers. That
department, well conducted, is always appreciated.
The
Young Men’s Association is an
organization of great merit and interest, as I am convinced by attending one of
its meetings and looking through its rooms.
There
is, perhaps, a larger proportion of Germans here than in any other place of its
size in the west. In no other city that
I have visited does this class of our citizens appear to better advantage than
here. Among them are a goodly share of
the leading men to the city, and many of the best business men, all so devoted
to the good of the community, that it would be difficult to make any
distinction between the German and the American element. Two German papers are published here, one
Republican and the other Democrat. The
Democrat, already spoken of, is the only paper printed in English in this
place.
Lots
of people are leaving here today for the United States Fair at Chicago.
Watertown
possesses railroad facilities not surpassed by those of any other interior town
in the west. The Southern Division of
the Milwaukee, Watertown and Baraboo Valley Railroad branches off at this point
and is now in operation to Sun Prairie, twelve miles east of Madison. The Northern Division has been open to Columbus
a year or two. Great quantities of wheat
are now passing over the road to Milwaukee and since Mr. Merrill has been
superintendent, I believe it has done a very fair business. He and his management are certainly much
liked at every place on the railroad.
Trains
are now running on the Chicago and North Western Railway between this city and
Oshkosh and in a few days the road all be in operation to Jefferson. It is expected to be opened through from
Chicago to Oshkosh by
November 1st. Watertown will then have
the choice of two great markets for trade—Milwaukee and Chicago.
Nym Crinkle
Wheeler,
Andrew Carpenter ( Nym Crinkle ) (1835- )
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Rains Almost Daily
Watertown
Democrat, 09 22 1859
The equinoctial storms
[violent storms of wind and rain occurring at or near the time
of the equinox] have not been very violent this season, but during the past
week we have had rains almost daily.
These showers will be beneficial but if they could have come in July and
August, they would have made a difference of millions of dollars in the value
of the products of this state. Corn,
potatoes and vegetables of every variety would have been far better and
plentiful. Even as it is, however, we
have no reason to complain. They will be
bread enough for all.
Watertown Democrat, 10
07 1858
Cabinet Ware Rooms in their new block, 2d story, corner of
Main and Third streets. The subscribers
announce to their friends and the public generally that they have removed their
entire and extensive stock to the second story of their new Brick Block on the
corner of Main and Third streets. They
have now manufactured and ready a large stock of the most fashionable and
elegant articles of Cabinet Ware and Upholstery, consisting of Sofas, Bureaus
and Bedsteads of every kind, from the most common to the most valuable. Washstands, Mattresses, Lounges, Rocking
Chairs, Gilt Moldings two cents per foot cheaper than heretofore, Fancy and
Center Tables, Looking Glasses, Congress and Cane Bottom Chairs . . . 1856
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Watertown Gazette, 05
26 1859
Common Council Proceedings:
Resolved, That the Mayor be authorized to give notice to Keck and
Lehmann that the lease between them and the city for Lock-up has expired and
that said city has no further use of said room.
Adopted.
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Dissolution
Watertown
Democrat, 04 12 1860
The co-partnership heretofore existing between the
undersigned, under the firm name of Keck & Lehmann, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. Creditors and debtors
of the above firm are requested to call at the old stand for settlement within
thirty days, with either of the undersigned.
T. Keck
E. Lehmann
Watertown, April 5, 1860.
Watertown Democrat, 10
07 1858
We learn that the Executive Committee has invited Daniel
Hall, Esq. to deliver a lecture before the Young
Men’s Association of this city . . . on the subject of Astronomy . . . a
more appropriate theme for a popular address could hardly be selected and we are
sure Mr. Hall has the ability and means to discuss in a way that will be both
interesting and instructive. It is a
study to which he has heretofore had occasion to give the attention necessary
to qualify him to present the outlines of the grandest of all sciences in a way
at once pleasing and intelligible.
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Watertown Democrat, 10
14 1858
Our citizens should bear in mind the lecture before the
Young Men's Association next Monday evening by Daniel Hall, Esq., at the Congregational Church. As this is the first of the series, the
attendance should be such as will encourage the efforts that are now being made
to have a full course during the approaching winter.
While we are on this subject, we are half inclined to throw
out a suggestion to the Directors of this Association, though they may need no
advice from us. While in Madison a short
time since, Chancellor Barnard of the State University, delivered a brilliant
and finished address to a crowded house on "The Culture of the Soul and
the Soil," which might be profitably repeated here and everywhere. We presume he would accept an invitation to
lecture in this city, and a better choice could hardly be made at this early
stage of the lecture season. Nobody
could listen to that production without benefit.
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Watertown Democrat, 11
11 1858
Permit
me through the columns of your paper to call the attention of the citizens, and
especially the young men of this city, to the fact that the Young Men’s
Association is now in a healthy and flourishing condition, and that hereafter
no pains will be spared on the part of the directors to make it what it should
be—an attractive place for all who wish to become its patrons.
Although
there it is quite a large attendance at the reading room every evening, there
is still room for many more, and the simple announcement of the facts in relation
to the institution should be sufficient to awaken a more general interest and
lead a large number of young men to embrace so excellent an opportunity of
storing their minds with lessons of practical wisdom drawn from the perusal of
a list of the best of locations of this, as well as foreign countries, taken by
the Association.
There
it is no medium through which so much valuable and practical knowledge can be
obtained on all subjects that relate to the welfare of the country and the good
of the human race and that so deeply interests the masses as that of the
leading newspapers of the present day.
And it is hardly possible to believe that any young man can be so
insensible to his highest interest as to neglect any means that would lead him
to acquire a knowledge of all the important events that are almost daily
transpiring.
In
order and for the purpose of placing these advantages within the reach of every
young man in this city, the Young Men’s Association was formed. And there are none that cannot forgo the
trifling consideration required in order to become a member and entitled to all
its benefits. We have a constantly
increasing library and are in receipt of all the leading Daily, Semi-Weekly and
Weekly newspapers published in the United States. Also the leading Reviews published in this as
well as re-publications of foreign countries.
During the coming winter there will be a course of lectures delivered
before the Association, to which every member is entitled to admittance free.
The
importance of this institution cannot be too highly appreciated by the
community, and it is desirable that a general interest should be manifested
towards its hearty support.
Watertown Democrat, 10
14 1858
Whereas Mirian my wife, has left
my bed and board without any just provocation, this is therefore to forbid all
persons harboring or trusting her on my account as I shall pay no debts of her
contracting after this date.
James Cory, Watertown, October 13th, 1858.
Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du
Lac Railroad
Watertown Democrat, 10 14 1858
Measures
are in progress which there is the best reason to believe will lead to the
completion of the section of the Chicago, St.
Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, lying between the Watertown and the La
Crosse Junction. When this is done, and
the road under consideration is in operation, it will furnish the means of
communication with the northeastern portion of our State that will render the Capitol
so easily accessible that the people of that growing district will have no
desire to see it transferred to any less convenient point. We shall soon be a railroad center from which
our long lines of iron will radiate to every point of our favorite commonwealth,
and enable us to travel anywhere and everywhere with all the rapidity with
which the Iron Horse sweeps his way.
Fire Protection for Rural Townships Watertown
Watertown Daily Times, 08 14 1958
The City Council last night took the first steps
toward entering into new terms of contracts with the rural townships Watertown
serves with fire protection. The action was taken to explore the
possibility of reaching new agreements under which the townships will pay a
more equitable share of the cost of fire protection. The issue was first raised some time ago by
Council President Charles E. Kading in an article he
prepared for “The Council Corner,” which is published in the Times from time to time and in which he
set forth his views on the subject of better distribution of fire protection
costs.
Watertown Daily Times, 05 21 2008
It
turns out that dogs really are a man's best friend. A man who was sleeping when a fire broke out
Tuesday in the kitchen of a home located at 419 S. Washington St. was awoken
and notified of the blaze by his dog, according to Watertown
Fire Department Chief Henry Butts.
"There were working smoke detectors in the home, but the man said
he fell asleep on the couch and the dog woke him up and alerted him to the
fire," Butts said. The fire
department was notified of the structure fire at 1:09 p.m. and arrived at the
scene at 1: 12 p.m. "We arrived to
find a two-story brick house with smoke showing from the rear of the
house," Butts said. Firefighters
started attacking the fire at 1: 15 p.m. and were able to have the flames under
control at 1: 16 p.m. The blaze was
extinguished at 1:55 p.m. Butts said 14
firefighters helped extinguish the blaze. The fire was contained to the kitchen
area and damages are estimated at $20,000.
Butts said the blaze in the kitchen was caused by boiling water igniting
tea bags. "He was boiling tea actually on the stove and when he fell
asleep the water boiled out and then the tea bags caught on fire," Butts
added. The resident was outside of the
home when the fire department arrived at the scene.
Appeal
for Book Donations for Library
Watertown Democrat, 10
14 1858
The Directors of the
Young Men's Association are now making a praiseworthy effort to collect together
the books that belong to their Library in order to ascertain what works they
now have. All who have volumes or
numbers of magazines owned by this institution will confer a favor by returning
them without delay.
Why would it not be a good idea for every
one who has a borrowed book to take the present occasion and ascertain
who is its rightful owner and requite the kindness of the confiding lender by
once more restoring it to him? If this
were done, we know of one small library that would gain about sixty volumes,
now scattered here and there, and some broken sets of valuable works be
filled. Who will set the good example?
Fire at Hubbelville
Watertown Democrat, 10
14 1858
FIRE—A destructive fire occurred at Hubbelville
[Hubbleton] on Thursday last, destroying two dwelling
houses and personal property to quite an extent. The fire occurred on the premises owned by
Wm. H. Bourne and broke out in the house occupied by Oswald Seigel. It was not long in communicating to an
adjoining building, as the wind was blowing strongly at the time, and both were
soon leveled to the ground. The steam
saw mill and blacksmith shop on the same premises were in great danger and
probably would have burned but for the extraordinary efforts made by the
citizens to save them. Mr. Seigel’s
loss, also, will be felt severely as he saved but few of his personal effects
and lost besides quite an amount in bank bills, which were all his savings from
many years of hard, industrious toil.
Radway's Ready Relief
Watertown Democrat, 10
14 1858
The wonderful discoveries brought to light by the celebrated
Dr. Radway & Co., the eminent Chemists of New
York, within the past quarter of a century, have contributed more to the care,
comfort, safety, health and longevity of the human race than all other medical
agents in use.
These discoveries are but Lesser Lights to the Great, Grand
Discovery recently made and which is calculated to revolutionize the present
practice of medicine and treatment of disease.
The result of this great discovery is given to the world in the form of
pills elegantly coated with Gum, so as not to offend the most delicate
stomachs. They neither sicken nor
gripe. Every dose that is taken imparts
renewed strength and vigor to the sick and enfeebled body. They are called Radway's
Regulating Pills.
Watertown Democrat, 10
21 1858
LETTER FROM MR. SWEENEY
WATERTOWN, October 18th, 1858.
To the Editor of the Watertown Democrat:
Sir–I beg leave through the columns of your paper to brand
as a willful and malicious fabrication a report which has been put in
circulation among my Democratic friends in Dodge County. The report is this, that I have received
money from Hon. Charles Billinghurst as a
consideration for my vote and influence at the ensuing election in favor of
that gentleman. The author of this
report, as I am informed, is a person who has heretofore endeavored to injure
me. The mention of his name would be
sufficient to satisfy all who know him that anything which he may say of any
person or thing is more likely to be false than true, and all who are aware of
the peculiar manner in which he discharged the duties of Deputy Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors from August 29th 1856 to November 11th 1856, must be
satisfied that where my name, or any other Irish name, or interests are
concerned, a blunder, a fraud or a lie should not be unexpected. He is the person, who, as my deputy, settled
with the Board in 1856. I was here in
Watertown at the time and did not think for a moment that my deputy and the
board could possibly make such a mistake, in fact a blundering fraudulent
"settlement" as the record shows they did make, overlooking receipts,
redeemed certificates, voucher, etc., or concealing them to the amount of seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
My present slanderer, then and there acting as my deputy,
figured me in debt to the county eleven hundred dollars—for which good service
and an oyster supper to the board, the board paid two hundred and fifty
dollars. These crooked proceedings were
made straight and correct so far as they related to the county, by the board of
1857; but not to me, except the passing of a resolution directing the District
Attorney to discontinue proceedings against me and declaring in effect that it
was the Deputy Clerk who was blameworthy in the matter, and not me.
Democratic friends, you know, or should know—everybody in
Dodge County knows—that Juneau has been for some years a kind of refuge for the
broken down and discarded of other sections of the State. The trade of Deputy has been a thriving one
in that village, and at the late County Convention matters were so managed that
the Deputies selected their Principals as Candidates. My slanderer by such arrangement is now really
the Democratic candidate for Register of Deeds, for although another man was
nominated and will be voted for, yet it is he of Settlement notoriety who will
hold the office of course, as Deputy if the Principal is elected. This state of things is very unsatisfactory,
a nuisance in fact that should not be tolerated because it excludes good men
from ever getting an office; but they tell us electing them cannot be avoided
without risking the success of the Democratic ticket, for it is well known that
each of the German deputies at Juneau controls several thousand German votes in
different parts of Dodge County which would be lost forever to the Democratic
party if they one and all cannot be deputies.
As to the slander referred to, I have only to repeat that it
is a willful and malicious fabrication without a shadow of truth to sustain
it. I have never received anything from
any candidate of any party, but on the contrary, I have spent money and time
for the success of the Democratic Party.
Mr. Billinghurst has not even asked me for my
support; he expects his election from the free untrammeled electors of his own
party and from friends in any other.
Yours truly, EDMOND SWEENEY
Bashford & Co's Block, next to Planter's Hotel
Watertown Democrat, 10
21 1858
$10,000 WORTH OF WINTER CLOTHING
just received and on hand at the extensive
Clothing Emporium,
In Bashford & Co's Brick Block, next to Planter's Hotel.
The undersigned would respectfully announce to the citizens
of this city and surrounding country,
that he has just received the largest and best selected
assortment of Winter Clothing
ever brought to this city—consisting in part of ready-made
Over and Under Coats, Pants, Vests, Shirts, Collars, etc.,
for men's and boy's wear.
Our Custom Department.
We invite particular attention to our large stock of Fine
and Heavy Over-coatings,
Broadcloths, Doeskins, Cassimeres
and Plush, Velvets and Silk Vestings.
Having an experienced cutter, who has catered to the tastes
of the most fastidious for many years,
we feel confident of suiting all who may favor us with their
orders.
Our assortment of Gents Finding Goods is complete,
comprising every article necessary for the winter season.
To those requiring goods in our line, we say come—give us a
call—as we are determined all shall be suited.
M. B. SCHWAB
[Moses] / Watertown, October 20, 1858
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Lightning
Strike
Watertown Democrat, 07 19 1860
Yesterday morning, during the thunder storm that visited us, the
lightning struck the chimney of the southwest corner of Cady & Basford’s
block, and pretty effectually shattered and shivered it, doing little other
damage. The current passed down the
outside of the building with sufficient violence to loosen the plaster in some
places on the inside.
Myriads
of Ducks
Watertown Democrat, 10
21 1858
HUNTERS are now having fine times among the myriads of ducks
that now flock to our streams and lakes.
Braces of canvas backs or mallards can be bought most any day in our
streets for a trifle.
Tall Corn
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
Mr. Henry Wilson of Farmington has sent to our office some
splendid specimens of unusually tall corn.
One stock [stalk] towered up fifteen feet, full measure, and another,
though not
so lofty, was remarkable from the fact that it was loaded with seven large full
ears of ripe corn—every kernel mature and in its place. They were objects worth looking at and good
samples of what can be done in the way of
growing maze in this State.
Circuit Court of Jefferson County
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
State vs. Minor.
District Attorney for State, Messrs. Baird and Skinner for
defendant. This cause came up on appeal
and was on complaint for assault and battery by defendant on his child by
punishing him with a raw hide. The proof
showed conclusively that the punishment was such as the parent had the most
perfect legal right to inflict. The law
was fully maintained by his acquittal.
Judge Dixon
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
Judge Dixon was little known in this county
[Jefferson]. He has presided with
eminent ability and impartiality. He
brings to the decision of every question a thorough legal knowledge and a manly
integrity which command universal confidence and admiration. No finer sight was ever witnessed in a court
room than when in some exciting case he comes to charge the jury. His eye is bright and beams with intelligence
and truth. All are intent upon what he
says and a breathless stillness reigns throughout the house. His first words are words of peace to
contending passions. He lays down the
law applicable to the case, in a few weighty and impartial sentences, and when
the jury returns with their verdict it shows that his charge has not been
forgotten—justice has triumphed.
A Large Yield of Potatoes
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
Mr. James Lane has presented us with a bushel of the Black Meshannock variety of potatoes raised by him this
season. Starting with one single potato
for seed, in three plantings, on a piece of land 118 feet long by 58, he has
grown fifty-six bushels, which is at the rate of about seven hundred bushels to
the acre. From so small a beginning this
may be considered an extraordinary increase.
They are fine, large, sound, and as an article of food, admirable, no matter
how cooked.
Destruction
of a Daguerreotype
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY—State vs. Defendant. District Attorney for State, J. J. Enos for
defendant. Indictment for the willful
and malicious destruction of a daguerreotype [early photograph produced on
chemically treated plates of metal or glass].
Defendant convicted and fined $50.00.
Axioms
of the Time
Watertown Democrat, 10
28 1858
- Blushing is said to be a sign that something of the angel
is left in a woman, beautiful to the eye and bespeaking the inward purity of
the heart. When a woman ceases to blush
she has lost her greatest charm.
- The more ladies practice walking, the more graceful they
become in their movements. Those ladies
acquire the best carriage who don’t use one.
- Talk not so much of thy duties. Life is short. The time allotted us for action and
achievement is hurrying to the ocean of eternity.
- It is vain to stick your finger in the water and, pulling it
out, look for a hole; and equally vain to suppose that, however large a space
you occupy, the world will miss you when you die.
