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Watertown Gazette, 12
04 1908
Wednesday evening of last week H. E.
Bradley was seriously injured by running against a switch near the west end of
the platform at the C.M.&St.P. depot.
Mr. Bradley has law offices in the Majestic building, Milwaukee, and was
en route to a family gathering at his parents' home in Madison on Thanksgiving,
where his wife was on a visit. He had a
package for his mother-in-law, Mrs. A. C. Bittner, Clyman Street, and as he left
the train at the depot a gust of wind blew his hat off. He called to the brakeman to hold the train
till he regained his hat, and after getting it he started for the train on a
run, thinking it had started, and ran against the switch at the end of the
platform. As he boarded the train the
passengers noticed the blood streaming from his forehead and a deep gash
therein. When the train reached the
Junction [just down the tracks] he was taken from it to a carriage and conveyed
to the Bittner home on Clyman Street, where Dr. Moulding found it necessary to
use five stitches in sewing up the wound.
He is getting along nicely under the doctor's treatment and will be all
right again in a short time.
Watertown Gazette, 12
04 1908
VERY FEW CASES OF DIPHTHERIA IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. As president of the board of
education of the city of Watertown, the undersigned has made it his official
business to communicate with the superintendent and principals of the public schools of this city regarding the number of
pupils who have been attending the public schools and are at present down with
the disease diphtheria, and they say that all told only eight cases have been
reported to them. One in the High
School, four in No. 2 School, two in No. 3 School and one in No. 4 School. Many false rumors have been set afloat to the
contrary, hence it is well that the public know the correct state of
affairs. James W. Moore, President Board
of Education. Watertown, Wis., December 2, 1908.
Mr. and Mrs. James Duffy
Watertown Gazette, 12
04 1908
25th
Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. James Duffy of the town of
Clyman were most agreeably reminded last Friday evening of an important event
in their lives which took place on Nov. 28th, 1883. Just 25 years have passed since they became life
partners, and a number of their intimate friends invaded their hospitable home
last Friday evening to remind them of that happy event. The "bride and groom" received
their friends cordially, and quickly discovering the cause of the invasion,
tendered an unconditional surrender which the "enemy" accepted. The visitors were very hospitably entertained
and wedding festivities quite as real as those of '83 followed, to the
enjoyment and delight of all present. At
a very late hour the guests reluctantly departed for their respective homes
leaving after them the pleasant memory of neighborly friendship, as well as
sincerely expressed wishes for the continued happiness of one of Clyman's most
worthy and respected households. [Juneau Telephone]
John I. Beggs
line to Beaver Dam
Watertown Gazette, 12
04 1908
W. C.
Stone of Watertown Here Yesterday in Interest of Road.
Road
to be here January 1, 1910.
Beaver Dam Citizen: W. C. Stone of Watertown was in the city
yesterday in the interest of the Milwaukee Electric
and Light Company, who propose to build an electric railway into Beaver Dam
next year. The road is now completed
from Milwaukee to Watertown and is equipped with cars that are models for
interurban travel.
Mr. Stone said: "The plans of the
company are to build a line from Watertown to Fond du Lac, and thus connect
with the Fox River Valley lines, which the company owns. When this line is completed cars will be run
from Green Bay direct to Chicago. We
will run sleeping and dining cars and make quick time, too.
"We are getting ready to build our
road into Beaver Dam, having purchased property for right of way in Watertown
and toward Beaver Dam. We will use the
very best materials in the construction of the road. We use 80 and 90 pound rails, and concrete
foundations. We do not build roads to
sell, but build them to operate and benefit the towns that we go through.
"I believe that the first road
that builds into Beaver Dam should be the one to be granted the franchise. We are going to build from Watertown to Fond
du Lac, thus making a trunk line from Green Bay to Chicago, and will have the
road in operation by January 1, 1910.
The line will go through Waupun and other towns north of there. All we ask is fair treatment, but of course
if Beaver Dam don't want us to come we will build around your city."
Mr. Stone left on the 4:57 train
yesterday afternoon, and will return here in a few days to take the matter up
with the council.
Continuous Advertising
Watertown Gazette, 12 04 1908
Advertising
must be continuous, for the generations are changing and people today are not
taking any patent medicines advertised 30 years ago, unless the advertising has
been kept up. Proof of the forgetfulness
of the changing generations is seen in the fact that clowns and minstrels do
not have to change jokes, counting on the certainty that the audience is
changed. To advertise a big Christmas
sale and not follow it up with a reduction sale would be to let the public
forget you.
Watertown Gazette, 12 04 1908
The
annual conference of the Advent Christian churches of Wisconsin convened at the
Moravian Church Tuesday evening and will continue over Sunday. There will be preaching at 10:30 a. m. and
2:30 and 7:30 p. m. each day. A number
of minister delegates and visitors are in attendance. There will be a song service at 7:80 o'clock
and preaching at 8 o'clock. The business
sessions of the conference began Thursday at 9 a. m. The public is cordially invited to attend all
the sessions of this conference.
Watertown Gazette, 12 04 1908
Rev.
C. Kreider, principal of the Moravian seminary at Lititz, Pa., visited in the
city on Monday, and while here announced that Rev. D. C. Meinert, of Nazareth,
Pa., formerly pastor of the Moravian church in Watertown, has been appointed
assistant principal of Linden Hall seminary at Lititz.
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
John Borchardt of Watertown was robbed
of a wallet containing $975 by pickpockets on a West Madison street car while
returning to the home of relatives at 597 Homan Avenue from the stock show in
Chicago last week. He formerly worked at
the meat market of Nowack & Meyer in West Main Street [223 W Main,
Watertown] and is at present stopping at R. Woelffer's in this city [Robert Woelffer ran a boarding
house at 717 W Main]. His overcoat
pocket was cut with a knife and the pocketbook containing the money taken
therefrom. He had been conducting a meat
market in Chicago and had recently sold his interest to his partner.
Public School
No. 2 / Lincoln School
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
Public School No. 2, about which we
heard so much of late, was built 40 years ago.
It has never been remodeled as some are inclined to think, but shortly
after water works and sewage were introduced in this city, the old vault‘s in
the rear of the school were condemned and toilet rooms provided for in the
basement of the school. A small addition
in front of the school was built to provide suitable entrance to these toilet
rooms, but no alterations were made inside of the school other than changing
the stairway. If the plans of the Board
of Education are carried out, a school will be built to take the place No. 2
that will be a credit to the city, and a school large enough for many years to
come, unless our city's population will increase faster than any of our people
anticipate, and even should it do so, the plans of this school will be such
that extra rooms can readily be added without in any way marring its exterior
appearance or detracting from the interior arrangement. [School No. 2 was replaced by Lincoln School the following year; the 1909
Lincoln building was gutted by fire in 1946]
↓ More on new Lincoln School ↓
Will Build New Public School
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
At a regular meeting of the Board of
Education held last Wednesday evening, the Board took official action to erect
a public school in place of No. 2 School in the 4th ward. For several mouths past this matter has been
discussed unofficially by the Board and members thereof have visited several of
the new schools in Madison, seeking information of the latest school buildings,
and have had architects Claude of Madison and Uehling of Milwaukee here looking
over No. 2 school to ascertain if anything could be saved to the taxpayers by
having it enlarged and remodeled. Both
architects decided that it would be cheaper and better to build an entire new
school building, hence on Wednesday night the Board passed preambles and
resolutions deciding to build a new school on the same plans as the Doty School
at Madison.
This is an eight room building for
school purposes proper, including a kindergarten room, and besides, has a
teachers' room, and in the large basement, a domestic science room and a manual
training room. The building is heated by
steam and its ventilating system changes the air every seven minutes. It is fitted out with all modern
improvements, every room is well lighted and its sanitary features most
carefully planned.
The building cost, complete with
furniture, is $25,000. The Board of
Education will present a communication to the city council at its next regular meeting
requesting it to provide ways and means for raising the funds for the erection
of this building. The taxpayers of Watertown in general are in favor of this
new building, and we believe the council also and mayor are enthusiastic for
the improvement. Plans and
specifications will be drawn at once, and as soon as the ways and means are
settled for the payment of the building, the contract will be let, and work
commenced as soon as the weather will permit in the spring.
↓ More on new Lincoln School ↓
Lincoln School Plans Readied
Watertown Gazette, 02 05 1909
The plans have been ready for some time
for the new school house which the Board of Education contemplates building to
take the place of the old one in the Fourth Ward, known as No. 2, which long
since has “outlived” its usefulness.
Many parents of children attending this
school have for months past urged the necessity of a new school building, and
the Board of Education has time and again been told that the State Board of
Health would be called in to condemn the building if some action was not
speedily taken for the erection of a new building. The Board has for months been at work
formulating plans for a new building, after first having considered the
question of enlarging and remodeling the old one, but two competent architects
consulted by the board declared it would cost nearly as much to remodel the old
one as to build a new one—and then it would only be a "patched-up"
building. The new school building
contemplated will accommodate about three-eighths more pupils than the old one,
and the Board of Education, which has given this matter its close attention,
declares the new building is just what the situation demands and for many years
in the future will suffice the needs of that section of the city. At the meeting of the council last Tuesday
evening the following communication was submitted:
To the Hon. the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Watertown, Wis.
Gentlemen: At a regular meeting of the
Board of Education, Dec. 2, 1908, a resolution that it is necessary to erect a
new school building in place of the present school building No. 2, in the
Fourth Ward of this city, was unanimously adopted.
The probable cost of such proposed
building will be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). At a special meeting of said Board of
Education January 21, 1909, the plans herewith submitted for your approval were
duly adapted.
The material in said old school
building may be used in the erection of a new school building, and it would be
advisable to authorize and instruct said Board of Education to offer the same
for sale in the call for sealed proposals for a new building to contractors,
the proceeds which may be derived therefrom to be applied on the contract price
for such new building.
Watertown, Wis., Feb. 2, 1909. By order of the Board, Carl R. Feld, Clerk.
The matter was laid over for further
consideration by the committees having the matter in charge.
The Board of Education is now ready to
proceed in this matter and has been for some time—it is now up to the council
to hurry the matter along—the school board cannot be held responsible for
further delay and the people must now deal with the City Council if this matter
is not speedily disposed of.
The Board of Education believes the
council should hold a special meeting forthwith and settle this matter. On this question The Daily Times of Wednesday evening says when it came up before
the council Tuesday evening:
"The proposition for a new school
to replace the present No. 2 school was debated and after all was said the
matter was laid over for two weeks. It
was evident that the members agree to disagree on the school question, but it
would be much wiser it they got together on this point. A new school is badly needed and no patchwork
will go with the city. But some of the
aldermen evidently believe that they can
play horse with the people and children's health. There should be no baby play in this
matter. It is something which concerns
the health of the children attending school.
It can very easily be taken out of the hands of the school board and
city council when a question of health is involved, which is the status of the
matter at present."
Robbed of Clothes and Money
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
Last Sunday night Frank C. Blakely,
employed by the Southern Wisconsin Power Co. erecting towers for the electric
cables in this vicinity, was robbed of clothing valued at $28.75 and $4.45 in
money. He has been boarding at the Buena Vista House in North Fourth Street and had
for a roommate, Wm. Daw, who was also employed by the power company. When he discovered his loss, he also found
that Daw was missing, but it is not known whether he took Blakely's property or
not.
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
An X-Ray machine has just been
installed at St. Mary’s Hospital in this
city. This machine adds greatly to the
already fine equipment at St. Mary’s Hospital and the management are doing all
in their power to make it the equal of any hospital in the state and in this
good work are entitled to the hearty support of all our people.
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
Elect
Officers
At a meeting of Hook and Ladder Co. No 1 held last week the
following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—Arthur Goeldner.
Vice President—Arthur Doerr.
Secretary—A. A. Hardie.
Treasurer—George J. Weber.
Foreman —George Schmechel.
Assistant Foreman—Wenzel Kunert.
Trustee three years—L. Mollart.
Watertown Chapter No. 11, R. A. M.
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
At a meeting of Watertown Chapter No.
11, R. A. M., the following officers were elected last week:
E. H. P.—William H. Woodard.
K.—George P. Traeumer.
Secretary—Emil Orenz
Treasurer—William D. Sproesser.
Watertown Lodge No. 49, F. & A. M
Watertown Gazette, 12
11 1908
At the annual meeting of Watertown
Lodge No. 49, F. & A. M., the following officers were elected:
W. M.—Emil Tanck.
S. W.—William Halfpap.
J. W.—John Schatz.
Secretary—F. M Eaton.
Treasurer—William F. Voss.
Trustee three years—S. M. Eaton.
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Eminent
Critic Praises Work
of
Local Author
In answer to a request for an impartial
criticism on his new book, entitled “Telepah," Joseph
A. Salick is in receipt of a communication dictated by Charles H. Cochrane,
who has under his charge the department of literary revision of the Cochrane
Publishing Co. of New York City.
Cochrane is noted as one of the most
able and fair of literary critics. The Boston Globe says of him: "Mr. Cochrane is well-known as a careful
and a skillful manipulator of good English." Among many others endorsing Mr. Cochrane's
abilities in this connection are The
Washington Post, Boston Journal of Education, Review of Books, New York Times,
New York World, Broadway Magazine, Van Norden Magazine, etc.
In reporting on the review Mr. Cochrane
says, in part: "This (Telepah) is
an exceedingly strong production. It
appeals to the very best class of readers, but goes away over the heads of the
herd. One of the benefits to the author
would be a recognition of his literary ability, giving him entrance to the best
literary circles, and creating a demand for his work among high-grade magazines.”
In view of this extraordinary splendid
recognition and endorsement of "Telepah” by so eminent a literary critic
and so undoubted an authority as Mr. Cochrane, Watertown, the birthplace of the
author, will, through its citizens, undoubtedly extend to Mr. Salick the
substantial encouragement which his literary work deserves.
The editor, who has read
"Telepah" with absorbing interest, would suggest that our citizens
individually purchase liberally the still remaining books of the first edition,
and reserving a copy for themselves, use the remaining ones as holiday gifts.
Telepah:
A Dramatic Poem
By
Joseph Aloysius Salick
Published
by Press of the Times Pub. Co., 1907
166
pages
TELEPAH BOARD. Design on wood. Looks like someone spilled alphabet soup
right in the center of this board from Salem, MA. Instructions on the back
claim that the Telepah is "a medium for the purpose of thought
transference or materialization, and is believed to be one of the most
successful and practical instruments for this purpose."
Cross Reference: Telepah,
full text
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
The old pioneers of Watertown are fast
passing away and this week it is our sad duty to record the death of one of
Watertown’s oldest and most esteemed ladies, Mrs. Wm. Lister, who died at her
home, 631 Milford Street, Friday evening, Dec. 11, 1908. She had been in poor health for over two
years past, and gradually grew weaker till death relieved her. Deceased's maiden name was Sarah A. Johnson;
she was born at Isington, England, July 12, 1831, and shortly after being
married came to America in 1856, settling in this city, where she has ever
since resided. No lady who has ever
resided in Watertown was better known or better liked than was Mrs.
Lister. She possessed a cheerful and
frank disposition and all who knew her prized her dearly as a friend and
neighbor.
She was a most charitable lady and ever
strove to aid and assist all who were less fortunate than herself and her many
good deeds have been the cause of much good in the world, hence it may be well
said of her that she well and faithfully carried out the will of her Creator.
She was an old and esteemed friend of
the editor, being one of the very first ladies and neighbors we met when coming
to Watertown away back in November, 1861.
During all the years since, from our childhood on, she has ever been our
friend, and now that she has passed to the great beyond, we, with her many
other friends, mourn her death as that of a true and faithful friend and
neighbor.
Her husband and four children, seven
grandchildren and two great grandchildren survive her. Her children are: Mrs. Martha Weissert of
this city, Mrs. G. J. Wilbur and W. E. Lister of Chicago, and Alfred P. Lister
of Seattle, Washington. Monday afternoon
at two o'clock her funeral took place from St
Paul's Episcopal Church, and her remains were laid at rest in Oak
Hill Cemetery. Among those from out
of town . . .
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
NOTICE
A
person has written to me as the city’s executive in which is described a most villainous
offense which the writer alleges was actually committed in this city last
Sunday night. The letter lacks the force
it should have because it is without proper
and identifying signature, but owing to its terrific impeachment of order, law
and decency, it must be considered.
From
its nature, it appears to me as perhaps genuine [and] if so the writer has but
one recourse and that is to acquaint the officials with the names of the
alleged offenders and their alleged victim.
If a bona fied charge, the law
will be in behalf of such outraged person.
On the
other hand, if the facts of this pitiful and prayerful anonymous letter is
[are] not substantiated by some responsible person within a few days, it will
be treated as a "hoax."
Now
writer; be brave and make good but, if a joker, forever hold your silence.
December
16, 1908
Yours
truly,
Arthur
Mulberger, Mayor.
Mayor
Mulbergar has caused the above notice to be published, and it is hoped the
matter complained of therein will be thoroughly sifted.
The
Ietter referred to in the mayor's notice as read by him before the city council
last Tuesday night. The writer says she
is the mother of a young girl who came home last Sunday night in an intoxicated
condition, and if what the mother says she told her is true, a crime has been
committed that "cries to heaven for vengeance." A committee of the retail liquor dealers
association was before the council Tuesday night and its spokesman told the
mayor that he understood things of an unsavory nature were being carried on in
some saloon back rooms and they should be suppressed. The mayor appointed Aldermen Humphrey,
Tetzlaff, Strauss, Hartwig and Klemann to confer with the saloon keepers’
committee on the subject and report at a special meeting Friday evening.
Nearly Killed by
Electric Wire
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Last Tuesday afternoon C. H. Pfeiffer
of Milton, who has been but a short time employed here by the Watertown Gas and
Electric Co., came near being killed while at work on an electric light pole in
Western Avenue. He was working on a lead
wire from the power house at the dam and he
placed his arm on another wire, making a complete circuit, voltage of 2300
passing through his body. He was
rendered unconscious and was held suspended from the wires. A fellow workman went to his rescue and
jerked him from the wires. His hand and
arm were terribly burned. At this
writing it is thought he will recover from his injuries.
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
An
excellent life-size picture of D. W. Ballou, editor of The Watertown Democrat from 1854 to 1876, has recently been placed
in the gentlemen's room at the public library.
Mr. Ballou was one of the most noted editors in the west in his time,
and articles from his paper were always read with a great deal of interest.
Watertown Gazette, 12 18 1908
The Phoenix Fire Co. will give a grand ball at Turner opera house on
Saturday evening, January 30, 1909, to which the public is cordially
invited. Tickets 50 cents. A good time is promised all who attend.
Red Cross Stamps
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Ein Watertowner Soll Immer Dabei Sein
In the American National
Red Cross campaign against tuberculosis Wisconsin is doing her part. And Watertown is a credit to the state. Let all native sons of Watertown, far and near,
make an effort to maintain this enviable reputation. This city has, up-to-date, had a consignment
of 8,000 Red Cross stamps, of which number 2,000 have been sold outright.
Help the good work
along. Elsewhere in this issue we
publish an interesting article on this subject from The Ladies Home
Journal. It should be read by all
patrons of The Gazette.
The Saturday Club has
pledged itself for 1,000 stamps. The Board of
Education sanctions this movement and 1,400 stamps have been placed
in the schools. The teachers are glad to
interest the children in this charity, because of its educational value,
realizing that an evil of this kind can best be “stamped out” through the
younger generations.
Our neighbor, Johnson
Creek, goes on record for 1,000 Red Cross stamps in one day, for three leading
producers.
Notice to Subscribers
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Subscribers to The Gazette are earnestly requested to
keep in mind the regulations of the post office department regarding newspapers
and keep their subscriptions paid up.
While the amount of annual subscriptions is a small item to the subscriber,
it is of considerable importance to the publishers under the present rule of
the government.
Christmas No Fast Day
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Although Catholics are expected to observe every Friday as a fast
day they will not be called upon to abstain from meat on Friday, Dec. 25, as that is
Christmas day. Through all the centuries
when Christmas has fallen on Friday, a general
dispensation for a feast day has been granted.
New Year's Day will be observed as a fast day, however.
↓ More on New Year’s Day fasting ↓
Catholics May Eat Meat New
Years Day
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Throughout the
entire world on Friday next, New Year's day, Catholics may eat meat, the pope
having granted a special dispensation on that day. Notice of said dispensation was read in all
the Catholic churches last Sunday.
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
Brooks & Boyle, the West Main Street undertakers, have opened a branch of
their business in that line at Waterloo.
They are experts in the undertaking business and any one in Waterloo or
vicinity requiring their services will find them first-class people to deal
with.
Watertown Gazette, 12
18 1908
John C. Gruel has sold his bowling alleys in Madison Street
[202-204, where M&I Bank is today] to Edw. Schultz, traveling salesman for Wiggenhorn Bros.
Mr. Gruel contemplates locating on the Pacific coast.
↓ More on bowling ↓
State Bowling Tourney
Watertown Gazette, 12
25 1908
Great
Interest in Meet
Watertown
will enter three and possibly five teams in the state bowling tourney, which
will be held here next month, according to John Gruel, the well known Watertown
knight, who was in Milwaukee yesterday visiting Secretary Woodbury of the
Wisconsin State Bowling Association.
"Interest
in the tourney is at a fever heat in Watertown," said Gruel, "and I
expect that at least three teams will enter.
Several other bowlers are also talking of coming so it is not unlikely
that five teams will represent Watertown.
The game is booming out there and tourney prospects look especially
bright."
Charles
F. Moll, president of the Wisconsin-Illinois Baseball league and a former
official of the state bowling association, who has just returned from a trip
around the state, says that the tourney is attracting attention all over
Wisconsin. "The bowlers all over
the state are talking of the event," said Matt, "and if a record is
ever to be established, now is the time.” [Milwaukee
Sentinel, Dec 18]
Watertown Gazette, 12
25 1908
There
is a rumor current that the report of the Water
Works Commission will show marked progress in more ways than one. The amount of water pumped was enormous on
account of the Van Camp Company taking such large
quantities, perhaps $300.00 worth each month, and it is claimed that the saving
in fuel amounts to four-fifths of a cent less on each 1000 gallons pumped as
compared with the work done at the pumping station the year preceding the management
by Albert Donner. We await the arrival
of matter to be published concerning progress at the pumping station, and hope
that rumors of economy there are true, for we are informed that all the
employees in the water works department have been very watchful.
↓ More on Water Works Station ↓
City Water Works Plant
Watertown Gazette, 03
05 1909
Since it
has become an open secret, as well as a patent fact, that there has been
notable improvements going on at the water works plant during the past year, we
frequently hear words of approval on every hand; not a few who have noticed
minor matters for several months, now recall little incidents that would have
gone by practically a dead letter or unnoticed.
In several places water pressure gauges have been put on and there has
been no disposition to growl if taxpayers and firemen desired to know if the
pressure was up to the point promised or required; all are satisfied that the
men at the pumping station do not go to sleep or neglect their duty.
The
great saving in fuel may in some way explain why the large, dense volume of
black smoke has been cut down. It
belched forth from the chimney years ago in quantities large enough and for
periods long enough when the wind was right to completely envelop a long train
of freight cars; and would the writer be wide of the mark in saying that it was
as safe to walk upon. We opine that one
could have ambulated thereof as safely as on the grimy black clotheslines in
the neighborhood, in other words it cast a gloom that shrouded our beautiful
city in streaks of darkness, after causing taxpayers not inclined to be profane
to disobey the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Swear." This, it is safe to say, was not confined to
the breadwinner alone, but to the housekeeper as well.
Now
that the men who ride the hose wagons praise
the pressure, and that the amount of water pumped was increased thirty-two
million gallons last year, and to help this along the fuel saved has amounted
to nearly $500, resulting in cutting down the smoke fully one-half, we would
very naturally infer that the boys in charge of the pumping plant have done
their best and arrived at the end of the rope.
However,
if there is any opening to go farther with this good work, that meets with the
hearty approval of our trusty city officials, and residents in general, we are
of the opinion, that it would be a mistake to block the way of progression or
improvement in the plant at the foot of First Street, and that the ones on the
city pay rolls employed therein should be applauded for past efforts, and
encouraged if they can go further with improvements.
Not a
murmur of disapproval have we heard of the above action of the City Council on
Jan. 19th when the pay of employees at the power house was raised and it is on
record that "sober and reliable men" are at the helm.
During
the year past water was pumped for 2 and 67-100 cents per 1000 gallons; under
former management it cost 3 and 37-100 cents per 1000 gallons.
When
Mr. Donner took charge at the plant the boilers were badly "scaled,"
or in other words the incrustations on the flues were so thick and heavy that
the distance between the flues had been closed so much as to hardly admit of
the passage of a lead pencil between them.
Therefore the cutting down of the coal bills might perhaps be charged up
to the removal of incrustations and careful firing, which means better
combustion; resulting invariably to less dense, black smoke, thereby reducing
the fuel expense as well as the dirt, soot, work, worry and waste.
Mr.
Donner has proven to our people that he is not and does not intend to be one of
the swivel-chair breed of hybrids who sometimes travel on a record that might
have been incubated at or near Paducah, Kentucky. The hammer heads and yellow hammers will have
something to do to keep up with our superintendent and his aides at the
waterworks.
Watertown Gazette, 12
25 1908
During
the noon hour on Monday a team of horses owned by John C. Schumann, who resides
east of this city, became frightened by a street car while they were standing
in front of Neuman & Kerr's commission store in West Main Street [217-219 W
Main] and ran away. The driver was about
to get in his rig when an interurban car came from
the west and the horses whirled around and ran east, running into Val. West's
sleigh in front of Kusels' Hardware store and making a wreck of it; they
continued east and ran with great force against an iron post of the street car
company on Main Street bridge and finally came to a halt on the Merchant's
National Bank corner, where they ran into another iron post, one of the horses
breaking its leg. In order to relieve it
of its misery Chief of Police Block shot it.
The horse was valued at $150.
Watertown Gazette, 12
25 1908
A
meeting of the Out-Door Art Association was held at the Public Library last
Wednesday evening. President H. Wertheimer
presided and Supt. P. Roseman awarded the prizes. The report of the committee on out-door art
prizes was as follows:
To the
Officers and Members of the Watertown Out-Door Art Association:
Your
committee appointed to pass judgment upon the work of contestants for prizes
offered for best work done in beautifying unsightly places beg leave to report
that on or about June 20 they visited twenty two sites and that Sept 19 or a
few days later they again visited the same sites for the purpose of deciding
upon the best work done.
The
committee was surprised at the results achieved and it is after careful
consideration, point by point, that a decision has been reached.
To
Reginald Humphrey, ten years of age, has been awarded first place, because he
effected the greatest transformation.
His grounds at 602 Lafayette Street were in a crude state—some parts
even ugly—and out at them he evolved an attractive surrounding, suggestive of
beauty.
Gerhardt
Trachte, 813 Third Street, is awarded second place because his work was
specially good in design. It could
almost rank with that of a professional landscape gardener in this particular.
Arthur
Krebs, fourteen years of age, improved upon and rounded out his work of last
year so that this year his grounds at 217 Seventh Street could be called
beautiful. To him is awarded third
place.
Adolph
Stiemke is entitled to fourth place because of the unity and harmony in this
work. His work is a good example of what
the society intended to accomplish by offering a prize, viz: to make and keep beautiful a spot whose
utility is a necessity.
Herman
Kohlbry, 511 North Church Street, also had much to overcome in the way of
necessary hindrances, but showed considerable ingenuity in overcoming them and
presented an attractive back yard, as well as an improved lawn and boulevard. To him is given fifth place.
At
Ellsworth Miller’s 302 Ninth Street we found a model back yard in regard to
neatness; the result of persistent and careful attention. To him is given sixth place.
The
committee also wishes to make honorable mention of John Keck, 800 Second
Street; Freddie Wolf, 512 North Montgomery Street; Arthur Buege, 706 Market
Street; Fred Hollenbeck, 408 Washington Street, and Harold Cruger, 416
Washington Street, all of whom worked well and did their part toward
beautifying our city
Respectfully
submitted,
Idaline
Stone,
Ella
Wilder,
William
J. Stuebe.
Watertown Gazette, 01
01 1909
Christmas
was an ideal day in Watertown in every respect.
The weather was delightful and everybody seemed to be happy and well
provided for. There are very few real
poor people in our city and the few that are here were well provided for by
charitably inclined people. Large
congregations attended the religious services, and special musical programs
were rendered at all the churches - the music at St. Bernard’s, St. Henry's,
St. Paul's, St. John's, St. Mark's and the Congregational churches being
particularly good.
Christmas Celebration Cancelled
Watertown Daily Times, 10 20 1993
Watertown’s annual Old-Fashioned Christmas parade and
holiday kickoff celebration has been cancelled, according to Jack Erdmann,
executive director of the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the
event. The parade has been cancelled
because of a lack of a chairman to oversee the parade which has been the main
event of the celebration, Erdmann explained.
“We are disappointed that no one would step forward to chair or co-chair
the parade this year, but a few people have expressed interest in doing it next
year,” he said, adding that he did not feel a change in date had any bearing on
the lack of a chairman. Old-Fashioned
Christmas celebration has traditionally been held on the first Sunday of
December, but last year the parade committee decided to change the date to the
last Sunday of November.
Watertown Gazette, 11 20 1908
A
large crowd attended the cinch party at St. Henry's school hall last Monday
evening given by the Young Ladies' Society of St. Henry's Church. Frank Kehr, Leo Koser and Frank Butzler were
awarded the prizes.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 20 2008
A resolution entering EMS contracts with the
villages of Lowell and Reeseville will be on the agenda of the council. The
2009 contract with Lowell is for $5,708 and the contract with Reeseville is
$11,254.
The Watertown Fire
Department will provide EMS coverage to Reeseville and Lowell by providing
one ambulance staffed with two firefighters or paramedics.
All
patients, except those who are critically ill or injured, will be taken to
Watertown Regional Medical Center.
In the
event that the fire department is committed to previously received requests for
service and is unable to respond, mutual aid agencies will be contacted and
dispatched to the call. These circumstances would not be considered a breach of contract.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 18 1998
Half
of the schools in the Watertown Unified School
District participate in the federally subsidized school breakfast program
and, by the end of the year, all are expected to take part. Three elementary schools in the district and
the middle school have breakfast programs, food service supervisor Armando
Martinez said. On Monday, Watertown High School will join the
initiative. The remaining three
elementary schools are expected to begin programs before the end of the school
year, he added.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 17 1983
Doug Dupre knew he was doing
the right thing back in May when he turned over an envelope of money to San
Francisco police. Being honest has now
paid off for the Maranatha Baptist Bible College
sophomore. He received a check this week
for about $6,400 for the unclaimed cash.
Dupre discovered the booty on the bus trip home from school last spring. After his first year of college here, Dupre
boarded a bus the evening of Friday, May 27, for what would normally be an
uneventful trip across country. The
mundane turned exciting when Dupre heard a man, who boarded with another in
Salt Lake City, crying about a lost envelope.
He says the pair were trying to scare the people on the bus with their
yelling, but never mentioned the brown paper envelope contained money. Dozing off to sleep like other passengers,
Dupre woke early Monday, May 30, and decided to clean up. That's when he found
the package next to his shaving kit.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 17 1998
A Watertown man who has been
keeping time with the polka since discovering his talent as a youngster is
still going strong after more than two decades.
Merlin Schwartz has been living the life of a musician while working a
day job and raising seven children with his wife, Betty, since he was 21 years
old. Along with his family, which now
includes 16 grandchildren, it's the polka he loves. The strong, steady beat of Wisconsin's state
song seems to follow him everywhere.
It's in the background when he talks on the telephone. It plays in his kitchen and echoes through
the walls of his Meadow Street home. He
even carries four cases of polka tapes with him on the road as a salesman for Berres
Brothers Coffee of Watertown.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 14 1958
At the plenary board meeting
of the Bethesda Lutheran Home Association this
morning, Dr. Otto F. Dierker, board member for the last 15 years and board
president for the last 10 years, announced his retirement. Dr. Dierker was an eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist in Watertown for 29 years, having retired from active practice in
December, 1953. Since his retirement,
Dr. Dierker has been active in representing the cause of the Bethesda Lutheran
Home at conventions throughout the U.S. and Canada.
↓ More on Bethesda ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 10 16 1958
The Bethesda Lutheran Home
Association in its annual meeting Oct. 21 elected as its new president Ed
Rindfleisch of Jefferson, well known in Watertown business circles through his
association with the local Rindfleisch Farm Hatchery Store. Until yesterday he was the secretary of the
association and a member of the plenary board.
He succeeds Dr. Otto F. Dierker who announced his retirement earlier
this week.
Prof.
W. P. Roseman Elected School Superintendent
03 31 1916
Prof. W. P. Roseman of
LaCrosse, formerly of Watertown, was elected superintendent of the public
schools of Sheboygan last week at a special meeting of the board of education,
and will assume the duties of his office as soon as he can arrange his private
affairs. Prof. Roseman is a native of
Wisconsin, and has given practically all of his life to educational work. He is a graduate of the state normal school
at Platteville and of the University of Wisconsin and has done extensive
graduate work in both the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago, especially
along the lines of vocational training.
He served as superintendent of the public schools of Reedsburg for six
years and at Watertown for seven years.
Expansion Plans
Watertown Daily Times, 10 23 1958
Reports which have been in
circulation for some time relative to expansion plans of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. for Watertown,
including introduction of a dial system, were revealed to members of the City
Council at their committee meeting yesterday afternoon. The company revealed plans for construction
of an addition to its present building which is directly west of the Market
Street parking lot. In order to carry
out such a plan the company would need the parking lot and has offered to
purchase it from the city. The addition
would conform in color and design with the present building and would be two
stories high. It would be approximately
100 by 100 feet.
↓ More on parking lot matter ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 11 06 1958
Councilman George Shephard
said this morning that he believes the City Council will give favorable
consideration to any proposal the Wisconsin Telephone Co. presents to the City
Council relative to the proposed purchase of the Fifth Street parking lot for
future expansion purposes by the telephone company. The plan for a 100 by 100 building addition
to the present telephone building, which adjoins the lot, was conveyed to the
Council at a recent meeting but a definite plan and proposal are still to be
given the councilmen.
↓ More on parking lot matter ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 11 14 1958
The property of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in North Fourth Street,
running through to North Fifth Street, is one of the sites that has been
proposed as an alternate city off-street parking lot to take the place of the
South Fifth Street lot in the event the latter is purchased by the Wisconsin Telephone
Co. to enable the utility to carry out its recently announced expansion
program. That was reported to the City
Council last night by the City Plan Commission which has been making a
preliminary survey of possible sites to replace the present parking lot.
↓ More on parking lot matter and
St. Luke’s
↓
Watertown Daily Times, 01 06 1959
The Wisconsin Telephone Co.
failed to have a representative at yesterday afternoon's City council committee
meeting to outline a proposal relative to replacing the South Fifth Street
parking lot in the event it is sold to the company for its announced expansion
program. City manager C C. Congdon in
his letter to the Council outlining the agenda for discussion had stated that
the company representative would be present.
But he did not appear and as a result the Council did not get
information for which it has been waiting.
↓ More on parking lot matter and
St. Luke’s
↓
Watertown
Daily Times, 01 23 1959
It was
announced today at the office of City Manager C. C. Congdon, that the Wisconsin
Telephone Co. now plans not to begin expansion work on its Watertown facilities
until about April of 1960. The telephone company is seeking to purchase the present South Fifth
Street parking lot from the city for its expansion project. Since it does not propose to begin expansion
until 1960, the company will have ample opportunity to prepare plans and
specifications for a new parking lot which it proposes to furnish the city on
the present St. Luke’s property in North Fourth Street.
↓ More on North Fourth Street
parking lot matter ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 09 01 1960
Informal negotiations for at least two more property purchases
to eventually extend the parking facilities in the North Fourth Street parking
lot, recently opened, have been underway here.
One involves the Grabow property, north of the present lot, fronting on
North Fourth Street, and the other is the Hesse property in North Fifth
Street. Prices have been secured on both
properties and Councilman George Shephard is preparing to bring the matter into
the open at next week's council meeting. The Grabow property would permit the
extension of Madison Street through to North Fifth Street.
↓ More on North Fourth Street
parking lot matter ↓
Watertown
Daily Times, 10 08 1960
Indications are that nothing
further will be done, at least for the time being, on the question of acquiring
a North Fourth Street property and a North Fifth Street property in order to
extend Madison Street from North Fourth to North Fifth Streets. At this week's council meeting, the council
was informed that the price tag on the Theodore Grabow property, located at 123
North Fourth Street, is $15,000 and the tag on the John Hesse property, located
at 120 North Fifth Street, is $14,000, making a total of $29,000. This report, made by Acting City Manager
Glenn Ferry disclosed that both property owners were willing to enter into a 90
day option at these figures, on the condition that they could retain the
properties until July. The price, in
each instance, far exceeds assessed valuation.
1858 Tax List
Watertown Democrat, 12
30 1858
Treasurer’s
Notice. Notice is hereby given that the
Tax List of the city of Watertown for the year 1858 has been delivered to me
for collection, and that taxes on personal property must be paid within twenty
days from the first publication of this notice, to wit: the 23d day of December
instant, and taxes and assessments or real estate before the fourth Monday of
January next and that all tracts and parcels of land specified in such tax list
upon which the taxes and assessments shall not be paid by that day will be sold
at the office of the City Treasurer on Second Street, in said city, commencing
on Monday, the 24th day of January next, at 10 o’clock a.m., and continuing
from day to day until all of said lands are sold. D. S. Chadwick, City Treasurer. December 13, 1858.
Watertown Democrat, 01
06 1859
BARN
BURNING. Last Thursday night, the 23d
inst., about 7 o’clock, the barn of Mr. Cyrus Whitney, whose farm and residence
lies about a mile south of this village, was discovered to be on fire. The barn being filled with hay, corn stalks
and unthrashed rye, burned with fearful rapidity and in less than two hours it
was a smoldering heap of ruins. It was
supposed to be the work of an incendiary and suspicion was at once fastened
upon a man named Patrick Tearney, a day laborer upon the Wisconsin Central Railroad,
who had, prior to the barn burning, boarded at Mr. Whitney’s house, where a
difficulty arose between Patrick and his wife, which resulted in his expulsion
from the house and his wife being retained as a servant by Mrs. Whitney. Patrick’s treatment of his wife was of so
gross a nature that the sympathies of Mr. Whitney’s family were enlisted in her
behalf, and upon two occasions, when her husband came to annoy her, he was
forcibly thrust out of doors. Patrick,
not relishing the unceremonious treatment, made threats of having satisfaction
upon Mr. Whitney, which resulted in his being arrested upon suspicion. He was examined before Justices Bird and
Savage last Thursday; District Attorney Hall on part of the State and Daniel F.
Weymouth, for defendant. The testimony
for the defense all tended to show the Patrick was home on the night of the
fire, which was about three-fourths of a mile from Mr. Whitney’s barn. He was accordingly acquitted.
There
is no doubt but that the barn was set on fire by some evil-disposed person, as
no one belonging to the farm had been near the barn later than between five and
six o’clock. The loss sustained in barn
and produce cannot be less than $1,000.
Mr. George L. Chaplin, who owns the farm adjoining Mr. Whitney, had 159
bushels of barley stored in the barn, which was also burned up. – Jeffersonian of the 30th inst.
Watertown Democrat, 01
06 1859
To the Editor of the Watertown Democrat:
A few evenings since, the
following resolution was laid before the Young Men’s Association of this city for
discussion:
“Resolved, That Modern
Spiritualism is contrary to Nature and Revelation.”
At first it was accepted
and arrangements were made to debate the question involved, but for some reason
best known to themselves the majority have seen fit to “back out” after the
opposite party had engaged a gentleman from abroad to meet them. Notwithstanding this rather cool and unfair
treatment the resolution will be discussed—at least one side of it—next Tuesday
evening, January 11th, at Cole’s Hall, by Ira Porter, Esq., of Waukegan,
Illinois, at which time if there are any who feel disposed to express their
views on this question they will have an opportunity to do so. A special invitation is extended to the
clergymen of this city to come and hear Mr. Porter. The lecture will be free. All who may dissent from the opinions
promulgated will be at liberty to refute them if they can. There will be no choking or dodging. The doctrines of Modern Spiritualism are
either true or false—it is the fact that is wanted, no matter what it is or
where founded.
INVESTIGATION.
January 5th, 1859
↓ More on Spiritualism ↓
Watertown Democrat, 01 27 1859
To the Editor of the Watertown Democrat: Dear Sir—A kind friend has transmitted to me
your published notice of my late effort in Watertown to demonstrate that Modern
Spiritualism is not contrary to Nature and Revelation and has requested me to
reply through your paper. I desire to
make no reply further than to thank you for the tone and temper of your
criticism. You have good naturedly given me
credit for sincerity and the formation and expression of my opinions on that
occasion and have dismissed me with the very harmless brand—“A HUMBUG.” This is a concise and easy way of disposing
of the subject and I am pleased with it because it gives me reason to infer,
from the fact that that epithet had been applied to other men on the occasions
and proved harmless, that in this case also you knew it would do no hurt. If you had turned up your hypocritical nose
and cried humbug with an air of seriousness I should have been half displeased
with the imputation, but the style in which you wielded that harmless old weapon
is as much to say—“Mr. Porter, you know my bread and butter requires that I
must thrash you a little—I hope you will excuse me while I call you ‘A
humbug.’”
Ira
Porter / Waukegan, January 15th, 1859.
Watertown Democrat, 01
06 1859
DWELLING
HOUSE BURNED. Last Thursday night, the
30th ult, about three miles south on Jefferson Road, the dwelling of Rev. Mr.
Kaltenburn [Kaltenbrunn], pastor of the Moravian Church, was entirely
destroyed by fire. We have not learned whether
any contents were saved or whether it was insured.
1958 Watertown
High Football Squad
Watertown Daily Times, 10 27 1958
Frank
Schmitt, aggressive tackle and linebacker, has been named most valuable player
on the 1958 Watertown High School football squad and
the four seniors on the club, Ralph Krueger, Tom Justman, Joe Rhodes and
Schmitt were elected co-captains at a squad meeting. Sixteen gridders and four managers were
awarded letters for their season's efforts.
The gridders were Schmitt, Krueger, Justman, Rhodes, Dick Rohde, Ed
Twesme, Tom Theder, Art Parson, Paul Fernholz, Kent Karberg, Rich Crupi, Jim
Pirkel, John Mooney, Jim Cahoon, Leo Checkai and Mike Schuenemann. The managers honored were Dick Plenge, Allan
Krause, Tom Hornickle and Richard Leiknes.
↓ Watertown Football ↓
Watertown High Football Awards
Watertown Daily Times, 11 29 1958
“Wisconsin's 1959 football
team probably will wind up with a 5-4 record,” Lavern Van Dyke, an aide in the
University of Wisconsin's grid coaching camp, told Watertown High School's
gridders at their dinner at the high school Monday night. Coach Bob Buel of Watertown High distributed
football awards to 16 players and four managers. Russ Twesme, junior high principal, was
master of ceremonies. Members of the
board of education were guests at the dinner.
Letter awards went to Frank Schmitt, Ralph Krueger, Tom Justman, Joe
Rhodes, Dick Rohde, Ed Twesme, Kent Karberg, Paul Fernholz, Dick Crupi, Art
Parson, Tom Theder, Jim Pirkel, Jim Cahoon, John Mooney, Mike Schuenemann and
Leo Checkai. Manager awards went to Dick Plenge, Dick Leiknes, Al Krause and
Tom Hornickle.
Market and Emmet Street Bridge
Proposed
Watertown Daily Times, 10 27 1983
A proposal to reroute east-west
through traffic in downtown Watertown from Main Street onto Madison and Market
streets received mixed reviews during a public informational meeting and
hearing Wednesday before the Community Development Committee. The plan was developed by the committee with
professional assistance from the Madison engineering firm of Donahue and
Associates. Major projects include
construction of a bridge over the Rock River connecting Market and Emmet
streets and extension of Market Street east to Main Street through purchase of
all or portions of properties at 115 and 205 College Avenue and 921 Main
Street. [File on
bridges]
↓ More on Proposed Market and Emmet
Street Bridge
↓
Watertown
Daily Times, 02 21 1984
Failing
to receive a single vote, plans to begin design work on a Rock River bridge
connecting Market and Emmet streets were scrapped Tuesday night by the
Watertown Common Council. In addition,
the council rejected a resolution authorizing plans on the development of a
one-way loop system using Market and Madison streets. The loop system would have used Market Street
as the eastern route from First Street to about Tenth and Main streets through
the purchase of all or portions of properties of 115 and 205 College Avenue and
921 Main Street.
Chief Reviews Work of Fire
Department
Watertown Daily Times, 10 28 2008
Watertown Fire Chief Henry
Butts talked about the current role of the city's fire department during the
seventh annual state of the community luncheon sponsored by the Watertown Area
Chamber of Commerce.
The Watertown Fire
Department is responsible for providing fire and emergency medical services to
the entire city of Watertown and portions of the townships of Emmet, Milford,
Shields and Watertown. The fire department
also provides emergency medical services to the villages of Lowell and
Reeseville. The entire area the fire
department supplies services to is approximately 101 square miles. The fire department responded to 2,083 calls
in 2007.
The Watertown Fire
Department also provides a number of other services, including paramedic
intercepts and mutual aid responses. The
fire department only responds to vehicle crashes in the city that include
injuries or creates a hazardous situation.
The fire department has a
budget of $2,186,348 in 2008, which is up about $21,000 from 2007's total of
$2,165,587.
As of Nov. 14, The Watertown
Fire Department will consist of a fire chief, five assistant fire chiefs, 24
full-time firefighters or paramedics and 15 paid on-call firefighters.
The firefighters and
paramedics work 24-hour shifts, averaging 56 hours per week. They come in at 7 in the morning and they go
home 7 o'clock the next morning.
The training division
handles the monthly training for the full-time and paid on-call firefighters
and the goal for each firefighter is 20 training hours per month.
The fire department also
provides several fire prevention and public education programs, which includes
station tours, school visits, fire prevention contests and presentations of the
Survive Alive House, a miniature dwelling built on a trailer that gives
students the opportunity to practice lessons they learned from a brief, prior
lecture.
Firefighter/Paramedic Jim
Acker also took some time during the luncheon to discuss the duties of
Watertown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 877, the union that represents
the city's fire lieutenants and full-time firefighters. Acker, who serves as the group's president,
said the Watertown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 877 is run like any
business and its members conduct a meeting every month.
Complete article on Watertown Daily Times website:
http://wdtimes.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/news2.txt
Watertown Daily Times, 11 01 1998
HORICON - Six new inductees were
admitted to the Rock River Baseball League Oldtimer's Association Hall of Fame
Saturday. Rich Block of Watertown was
recognized for more than four decades of work with the Watertown
Cardinals. “If it weren't for Rich
Block, I don't think that there would be much baseball in Watertown,” said
banquet emcee Will Eske. Block and his
wife, Sue, have four sons and one daughter, all of whom had a lasting interest
in baseball. Much of the family remains
active in the sport. Block is currently
the Watertown Cardinals' business manager.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 31 1958
Mr. John W. Keck and family
were dinner guests of Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, ambassador to the United States
from the Philippines, in Milwaukee this week where he was one of the principal
speakers at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Education Association. He addressed the first day's session. Gen. Romulo, who spoke in Watertown under
Rotary Club auspices during the darkest days of World War II appearing at Northwestern College gymnasium, asked Mrs.
Keck to convey his greetings to all the friends he made in Watertown on the
occasion of his visit here. Among those
at the dinner in Milwaukee were Attorney and Mrs. John A. Keck, Attorney and
Mrs. Herbert Brickson, Jim and Virginia Keck and Attorney John Tuttle and Mrs.
Keck.
Watertown Daily Times, 10 30 1983
Construction of a school at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 211 North Ninth
Street, was discussed this week at the meeting of the Watertown Planning
Commission. The Rev. Orlo Espeland,
Immanuel pastor, said plans are to build a school on two lots of church
property along 10th Street. The old
schoolhouse and a house directly to the south would be torn down for the new
school. Espeland noted that the church
has been considering a school since an initial architectural study was done in
1976.
Watertown Aviation Co
Watertown Daily Times, 10 28 1958
The Watertown
Airport and the Watertown Aviation Co., which operates a flight school at
the airport, recently underwent two separate inspections and both have won new
official state approval. Inspections
were made by the Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission and the Governor's
Education Advisory Committee. Carl Guel
of the aeronautics commission was here for one of the inspections while the
governor's committee was represented by Laurin P. Gordon who conducted the
inspection here.
↓ More on Wisconsin Aviation ↓
Wisconsin Aviation Moves Madison Department
Watertown Daily Times, 10 28 2008
Wisconsin Aviation Inc.,
which is headquartered in Watertown, has recently relocated the aircraft
avionics department of its Madison location into a new 10,800-square-foot
facility on the east side of the Dane County Regional Airport. The new avionics hangar is co-located with
two other hangars that now comprise the Technical Service Complex. In the complex, aircraft maintenance and
avionics are side by side, providing one-stop service for any technical need.
Wisconsin Aviation has been
involved with the aviation industry since 1981 and has grown to be the largest
fixed-base operator in Wisconsin with over 150 employees.
Wisconsin Aviation manages a
fleet of more than 50 aircraft, which together average more than 19,000 flight
hours and 3 million miles annually.
↓ More on Wisconsin Aviation ↓
With the opening of a new 10,800-sq-ft
avionics facility, all of Wisconsin Aviation’s maintenance operations at Dane
County Regional Airport in Madison are consolidated in one set of buildings
called the Technical Service Complex.
Now avionics and aircraft maintenance services are all done in
co-located buildings, according to Wisconsin Aviation, “providing one-stop
service for any technical need.
Wisconsin Aviation has
operations at three airports–Dane County, Watertown Municipal and Dodge County
in Juneau. At Madison 21 technicians
offer factory-authorized maintenance on Cessna, Cirrus, Piper and Socata aircraft,
and Wisconsin Aviation is a dealer and installation center for avionics
manufacturers Garmin, Honeywell, S-Tec/Meggitt, L-3, Avidyne, Aspen Avionics
and others.
Wisconsin Aviation is also
an FBO, offering a flight school, aircraft sales, charter and aircraft interior
refurbishment. The Watertown location is
Wisconsin Aviation’s headquarters and also provides maintenance, avionics and
interior services.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 25 1983
Watertown
Skilled Care Center will change its name to Beverly Terrace
on Thursday, Administrator Sally Schroeder announced today. Beverly Enterprises, a California-based firm
that operates many nursing homes in the Midwest, has owned Skilled Care since
May 1982. Schroeder said the employees
suggested the name change, and, along with residents of the facility,
petitioned Beverly’s Northern District office for the change. The residents and employees selected the name
in a vote, said Schroeder. The nursing
home at 122 Hospital Drive is undergoing a $60,000 redecorating project. The entire facility, including patients’
rooms, the lobby, restrooms and dining room, will get new paint, carpet and
wallpaper.
↓ More on Beverly Terrace ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 11 05 1983
“Our main goal is to make
Beverly Terrace as much like home as possible. Our environment is different
here but there are lots of things we can do to make our residents feel as at
home as possible,” stated Duane Floyd, new administrator of the skilled care
nursing home facility. Floyd, who became administrator of the 130-bed home a
month ago, has several programs in mind to enhance the homey atmosphere. A
$175,000 remodeling project is underway and will be completed early in 1984. An
open house for the public will be scheduled when the remodeling is completed.
↓ More on Beverly Terrace ↓
Watertown Daily Times, 09 14 2005
“Beverly Enterprises, of Fort
Smith, Ark., owner and operator of Beverly Terrace Nursing Home, 121 Hospital
Drive, of Watertown, is in the process of being sold. North American Senior Care Inc., a group of
private investors formed specifically to acquire the Beverly group, is in the
process of purchasing the company.
Beverly Enterprises owns and operates 345 nursing homes throughout 23
states. Blair Jackson, vice president of corporate communications, said at the
beginning of the year there was a hostile takeover attempt of the Beverly
Enterprises by another company. Jackson
said the stockholder base changed from investors with a long term orientation
to investors with a short term orientation.
Watertown
Splits on School Referendums
Watertown Daily Times, 11 05 2008
[abstract] The Watertown
School Board will finally be able to alleviate space issues within the district elementary schools, but may have a
difficult time funding additional teachers and staff for that space, according
to the outcome of Tuesday's vote.
The $22,385,000 referendum
was approved Tuesday with 7,536 residents voting in favor of the proposed
additions and renovations, and 6,465 residents voting against it.
The second question asking
for approval to exceed revenue limits by $560,000 for seven years was defeated
by 918 votes with 6,475 residents voting in favor of the additional funds, and
7,393, voting against it.
Plans are for additions
which include constructing 11 new classrooms to Douglas School, a new gym to
Webster School, seven additional classrooms and a cafeteria at Schurz School,
an elevator at Lincoln School, and a secure entryway at Lebanon School. The funds will also be used to purchase new
equipment, furnishings and fixtures.
Each elementary school will
have windows and floors replaced and updated security systems and doors.
Heating, ventilation and air condition systems will also be replaced at all
elementary schools.
The Watertown High School will have windows and boilers
replaced and the security system will be upgraded.
The Riverside Middle School
will have outdoor lighting, entryways, air controls for the HVAC all replaced.
Upgrades will be made to the restrooms, the emergency generator and the front
driveway.
Construction on the
additional classrooms, cafeteria and gym will begin in June 2009. Work on the
additions will continue through the school year and renovations will take place
the next summer. Projected to be complete
by August 2010.
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Watertown Daily Times, 05 26 2001
[abstract] Dr. Frederick Lemke left in his will over
$2.5 million to be used for scholarships for Watertown
High School students.
Ruth Lemke, sister of Dr.
Frederick Lemke was a treasure chest full of stories about herself and her
brother, and especially the profound influence their parents had on them and
their educational pursuits.
The vast majority of her brother's estate was given
for the scholarship program to honor their parents, the Rev. F. W. and Ruth
Lemke. Rev. Lemke was the pastor of what is now Watertown Moravian Church at Fifth
and Cole streets. He served that
congregation from 1912 to 1936 when he retired.
Reflecting on the large role their parents played in
getting their children to understand the value of higher education, she told
the group, "I remember the many years of guidance and the vision we
received from them. Our parents were
committed to education." She said
it was because of that commitment from her parents that her brother, Dr.
Frederick, decided to leave the large estate for scholarships to Watertown High
School students so they too could have quality educations.
In his early years Dr. Lemke was a paper carrier for
the Watertown Daily Times, delivering
newspapers in the North Fourth Street area.
Later, at the age of 14, he worked at Village
Blacksmith. By the time he graduated
from Watertown High School in 1922 he was valedictorian of his class. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1926, and a year later received his Master
of Arts degree, and by 1933 he had received his doctorate and began a lifelong
career at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.
It was the college his father had recommended because of its quality
education and religious connections.
2001 scholarship recipients were Ellen Coughlin, Heidi
Pennel, Roberta Massuch, Christopher Spoehr and Lance Fischer.
The Watertown Area Community
Foundation, a tax exempt organization, is managing the Lemke funds.
The Lemke scholarship has
eclipsed the Joseph E. Davies scholarship in both dollar value and number of
awards.
Catherine Eagen Called By Death
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Passed
Away At Watertown
Last
Friday Morning, January 8, 1915
Mrs. Catherine Eagen, widow
of the late Mr. William Eagen of the town of Shields, died at her home in
Washington Street, Watertown, at 3:45 o’clock last Friday morning. Death followed an illness with bronchitis of
nine days duration, though she had been in failing health suffering from a
general breakdown for the past three years.
Only one daughter and one
brother of the immediate family survive, but her loss will be mourned by a
large circle of friends who recognized those fine qualities of motherhood and
womanhood which were hers and which made her one of the best loved women of the
community.
Mrs. Eagan was born in New
York City October 31, 1887. With her
parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. John Driscoll, she came to this vicinity when in
her tenth year. The family became
pioneer residents of the town of Shields near the village of Richwood. She married Mr. William Eagen when she was 19
years of age, and had she lived until January 19, she could have celebrated the
fifty-eighth anniversary of her wedding.
The home which herself and
husband occupied was but a mile and a half from the home of her parents. Mr. Eagen died January 18, 1886. With her daughter, Miss Mary A. Eagen, Mrs.
Eagen continued to reside on the farm for a few years, but in 1891 they moved
to Watertown. The daughter survives as
does one brother, Mr. John Driscoll, Peoria, Arizona.
William Eagen, the husband,
who died in 1886, was a brother of Peter Eagen of Richwood and of the late
Thomas Eagen of this city.
The funeral of Mrs. Eagen
was held at St. Bernard’s Church, Watertown, last Monday morning, Jan. 11,
1915. Interment in St. Bernard’s
Cemetery.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 13 1983
Beginning Sunday, downtown
merchants will be open on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. year around. The decision was made earlier this week by
the Downtown Watertown Business Association and is voluntary for each downtown
business. Some individual stores will
not be open on Sundays, but most retail outlets were receptive to the
additional store hours. Expanding hours
for businesses was done for several reasons.
The first was to allow business people a better opportunity to
shop. The association's vote to support
more shopping hours was also based on national studies which indicate Sunday is
one of the peak shopping times of the entire week.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 13 1998
Building railroads has always been slow,
backbreaking work but it's becoming more efficient with the development of new
technology in the past decade. Much of
that new technology is at work in Watertown this week, as Canadian Pacific
Railway installs new track from the city west to Columbus. The new track will allow for faster, safer
and smoother runs for the approximately 20 cargo and passenger trains which use
the rails each day. “The old
clickety-clack is gone,” said Don McCall, project manager, as he watched an
Amtrak train slowly roll by Tuesday afternoon.
“The railroad industry is changing.
There's so much technology compared to 20 years ago.”
American Red
Cross - Watertown Chapter
1943
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
ROLL CALL
E. Chas. Doerr
DISASTER
G. H. Lehrkind
PRODUCTION
Mrs. H. C. Whitmore
Mrs. Floyd Shaefer
LIFE SAVING
E. G. Hubb
FIRST AID
Dr. T. C. H. Abelmann
DENTAL
Mrs. Elizabeth Haukohl
HOME HYGIENE & HOME
NURSING
Ella Heim
FARM & HOME
John D. Clifford
HOME SERVICE
E. Chas. Doerr
PUBLICITY
Cl. H. Wetter
JUNIOR RED CROSS
Mrs. A. P. Hinkes
BLOOD BANK
Mrs. F. J. Kaercher
NURSES' AIDES
Mrs. J. J. Christopher
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Mrs. B. H. Thauer
Mrs. W. S. Waite
CANTEEN CORPS
Miss Hilma V. Fondell
HOME SERVICE
Gladys Mollart
Watertown Daily Times, 11 14 1983
Watertown's Ramona Hackbarth
was elected president of the Wisconsin Women's State Golf Association at the
annual fall meeting at Watertown Country Club Saturday. Hackbarth was first vice president the past
season and served as chairman of the state match play tournament at Ville du
Parc Country Club in Mequon. As second
vice president the previous year she chaired the mother-daughter tournament at
Tuscumbia Country Club in Green Lake.
Adams hired by Watertown Fire
Department
Watertown Daily Times, 11 13 2008
Bill Adams has been
hired as a firefighter/paramedic with the Watertown
Fire Department.
Adams is replacing
firefighter/paramedic Jude Redenbaugh, who resigned in July.
Adams received his paramedic
training at Gateway Technical College and all of his Wisconsin state fire
certifications through Fox Valley Technical College.
He graduated from the Academy
in 2006 and went on to complete an internship with the Oshkosh Fire Department.
He also worked for the Fort Atkinson Fire Department as a paid on-call
firefighter and with Ryan Brothers Ambulance Services as a paramedic tor the
past year.
Adams is originally from
Oshkosh and currently lives in Fort Atkinson where his wife, Kaaren, works as a
second grade teacher.
“I am grateful for the
opportunity to work for the Watertown Fire Department and I am eager to fulfill
my responsibilities as fighter paramedic." Adams said.
Manke hired by Watertown Fire
Department
Watertown Daily Times, 11 14 2008
Tanya Manke has been hired
by the Watertown Fire Department as a
firefighter/paramedic.
Manke
fills the position that was left void when Kraig Biefeld was promoted to
assistant fire chief in August.
Manke is expected to
graduate from Waukesha County Technical College in January 2009 with an
associate's degree in fire science. She also holds state certifications as
firefighter I, firefighter II, fire inspector and fire officer.
She received her paramedic
schooling from city of Brookfield paramedic training department in June 2007.
Manke started out
volunteering with the Stone Bank Fire Department in November of 2004. She has also worked as a
firefighter/paramedic with the town of Brookfield Fire Department since May of
2006.
Manke, 22, is a resident of
Stone Bank and will soon be moving to Oconomowoc.
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Fred Block, aged 20 years, son of Rudolph Block skated into an air hole
in the ice on Rock River under Main Street bridge
last Sunday evening and would have drowned only for Almond Eaton who rescued
him by putting his own life in danger.
Martha Kelm, aged 15 years, skated into a hole nearby where Block went
in and was rescued by her companions.
There are so many holes under and around Main Street bridge and near the
Masonic Temple in the ice that it is very
dangerous to skate in that vicinity. The
policemen have chased skaters away from these places time after time, and
warning has been given in the newspapers but it seems to do no good and these
are just the places some skaters like to be around. It would seem that they court danger, and do
not fear death by the drowning route . . . Jack Peterson, a singer at the Lyric
Theatre, skated into an opening in the ice near Main Street bridge last Tuesday
morning and came near drowning. Charles
A. Salick heard his cries for assistance and was the first on the scene to help
rescue him. Frank B. Weber was also
quickly on the scene and with the assistance of Joseph Hoeffler and R. H.
Radtke they succeeded in rescuing the young man. He had a very narrow escape from a watery
grave.
Watertown Gazette, 01 01
1909
"Watertown is growing slowly
but steadily," said F. E. Woodard at the Plankinton. "There is no city in the state better
situated for manufacturing than Watertown, and this fact has been recognized by
the manufacturing interests. Labor is
plentiful and steady employment appreciated.
There are more people owning their own homes in Watertown than any other
city in the state, or northwest, for that matter. The last census puts Watertown third in the
list of cities of the country in that respect.
Baltimore ranks first, the second city I do not remember, but we are
third. More homes were built there last
year than in any year before, which shows that the home spirit is not
decreasing.
The time is not far distant when
Watertown will become a great center for interurban
traffic. With the extension of the
interurban lines north and south, as planned by the Beggs interests, our city
will become the junction point.
Eventually a Iine will be built west to Madison, which will add to the
importance of the city as a railroad center.
That this will be of material benefit to the business interests has
already been shown through the line which was built through from Milwaukee to
Watertown. It brings business to the
city, and when the other lines are built these benefits will be increased. Preparations are being made for the extension
north, which will be built, I understand, as soon as franchises are
secured. There is an opposition company
in the field, but we favor the Beggs company, as we believe this promises the
best for Watertown’s interests. It looks
now as though, when the census is taken in 1910, the city will have about
12,000 inhabitants, which is a satisfactory increase in the decade elapsing
since the census of 1900.—[Milwaukee
Sentinel, Dec. 27]
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Monday
evening a large audience was at Turner opera house to hear the famous Schildkret
Hungarian Orchestra under the auspices of the Men's
Club of the Congregational Church.
The music furnished was of a high order and was greatly appreciated by
all present. Three violins, a cello, a
bass violin, piccolo, clarinet, flute and dulcimer constituted the orchestra,
and each was an artist in his particular line.
John B. Ratto, in character studies
from life, on January 25th will be the last of the series of entertainments by the Men's Club.
↓ More on Congregational Church ↓
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
The
special musical program prepared by the choir of the Congregational Church and
rendered with marked success last Sunday will be given again January 3 in the
morning. Mrs. Feld will again sing the
Message of the Angels. The three anthems
contain solos by Miss Alma Feldschneider and Messrs. William Richards, Wolfram,
Exner and John Schempf. At the vesper
services at 4 p.m. the Junior Choir will repeat two anthems, which include
several solo parts. Miss Alma
Feldschneider will sing and Frank Sloan will contribute a violin solo. In the morning the pastor's subject is
"Time, a False Standard;" in the afternoon the theme is "If the
New Year Were Your Last."
Juvenile Band at Richwood
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Ed.
Boch, William Thauer, Irving Schoeberle, Herbert Lange, Percy Volkert, Raymond
Volkert, Winfield McCall, Francis McCall, Edward McCall, Vernon Etscheid,
Raymond Carroll, Bennie Carroll, Freddie Ihde, Arthur Seibel, Oscar Lemmerhirt,
Edw. Giese, Leo Zoellick, Theo. Hoefs and Oscar Hoefs have organized a juvenile
band at Richwood, with Herbert Schroeder as instructor. Shortly after organizing, the band paraded
around Richwood, headed by Peter Thauer, John Scheberle, John Carroll, H. F.
Lange and F. J. McCall. H. F. Lange
officiated as drum major and F. J. McCall as sergeant at-arms.
↓ More on bands in Richwood ↓
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
The Juneau
Telephone of last week says:
And once upon a time, in the dim and distant
past, there was another band in Richwood.
It was organized in 1869 or 1870, with Prof. John Miller of Watertown as
instructor. The band consisted of twelve
members, as follows: John Driscol,
leader; Jerry Driscol, John Kelley, John Carroll, John McCall, William Hanley,
Philip Riley, John Kerr, Henry Bergen, Michael Quinn, James J. Solon and Stephen
White. The rehearsals, once or twice a
week, were held in the old red school house at Richwood and the meetings were a
source of considerable pleasure to the members, as they greatly relieved an
otherwise monotonous life. The first
time the band attempted to march and play, at the same time, there was a
"parting of the ways." The
great feat was attempted at a picnic in Adam Schneider's grove. Each player had his eyes glued to his little
book and, with red face and bulging cheeks, he proceeded on his journey over
sticks, stones and logs. When the
"tune” was finished two of the boys were in Norton's marsh, one fell down
and the other nine were scattered through the brush, several rods apart. The marked feature of the selection were
explosive notes caused by high stepping.
Later on, however, the boys learned how to play some and in 1872 came
right to the front in the Greeley campaign [Horace Greeley, an unsuccessful
candidate for President in 1872]. About
the year 1874, some of the original members began to drop out and others took
their places. The organization continued
to exist until the instruments were sold to the Sacred
Heart College boys in Watertown about 1877 or 1878. Of the twelve original members, all are
living except Bill Hanley, who died many years ago. John Discoll lives in Janesville, Jerry Driscoll
resides at Superior . . .
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
William
Williams has sold his 200 acre farm in the town of Emmet to his neighbor
Christian Weisenberg, the consideration being $26,000. This is one of the finest farms in Wisconsin,
and $130 an acre is certainly a fancy price.
Mr. Williams will remove to this city about April 1st.
Paul Thom's Dancing Social
Watertown Gazette, 01 01
1909
A large crowd attended Paul Thom's
dancing social at Turner opera house last Tuesday
evening and as usual at Mr. Thom's socials all in attendance had a fine
time. The music was fine and the dancing
program a most excellent one.
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Seriously
Injured. Last Tuesday at Fort Atkinson
William Zier of this city was seriously injured. He was employed by the Dornfeld-Kunert Co.,
placing a fire escape on a building in that city and fell a distance of 18 feet
to the ice on the river below where he was working. The same evening he was brought to his home
in this city and it is hoped that he will shortly recover from his accident.
Firemen Hold Meeting
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Anchor Volunteer Hose Co. No. 1 elected the
following officers last Tuesday evening for the ensuing year:
President—Charles Kohn
Vice President—George Kunert
Secretary—Albert Schebstadt
Treasurer—Carl F. Otto
Foreman—Edward Kaercher
Assistant Foreman—William Kuester
Hose Captain—Emil Doerr
Assistant Hose Captain—Frank Meyer
Trustee 2 years—George Kunert
Standing Committee—Emil Doerr, William
Kueuster, Theodore Bergmann
FIREMEN'S
BALL
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
The Phoenix Fire Co. will
give a grand ball at Turner opera house on Saturday evening, January 30, 1909,
to which the public is cordially invited.
Tickets 50 cents. A good time is
promised all who attend.
Which can, and when?
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
Grocers
in trouble! Red can for gasoline used
for kerosene oil in the winter months or out of gasoline season is
unlawful. There is a large fine for
using a red can for kerosene oil or a plain can for gasoline. The only remedy, two cans, one red for
gasoline the other plain for kerosene.
Watertown Gazette, 01 01 1909
A Fine
Christmas Gift. The employees of the Van Camp Packing Co., this city, presented
Superintendent W. P. Bingham with an elegant mission clock as a Christmas
gift. The gift was most worthily
bestowed and Mr. Bingham appreciates it very much.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Rev. Father Boland, pastor of St. Bernard's
Church, gave a complimentary banquet last Wednesday evening at Masonic Temple
hall to the altar boys of St. Bernard's and St. Henry's churches, about 60
being present. Rev. Fathers Boland,
Schweitzer and O'Connor of this city, and McBride of Oconomowoc, were also
present.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Thursday evening of last week about 40
couples attended the New Year ball at Masonic
Temple hall given by the local lodge of Elks. The decorations were Alabama smilax [a
climbing plant that is admired for its foliage rather than its bloom] and
Christmas bells. All present pronounced
it a delightfully pleasant social.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Tuesday reminded one of a balmy day in
spring, and as the snow and ice melted the water ran in tiny brooks into Rock
River, but within a few short hours that same evening the thermometer dropped
to 24 below zero, and Wednesday we experienced one of the coldest days ever
known in this vicinity. All day long
Wednesday and Wednesday night the thermometer registered below zero and, at
this writing, Thursday a.m., the mercury is still hovering around the zero
mark. A change of over 75 degrees less
in than 24 hours is the pace in the weather that kills the sickly and weak ones
of the human race and almost freezes the marrow in the bones of the strongest
mortal, and even the ice man exclaims:
Hold, I have enough!
↓ More on Winter of 1908-1909 ↓
A Terrible Storm
Watertown Gazette, 02 05 1909
One of the worst storms that
has ever visited this section of the country set in here last Thursday
night. It started with a strong wind,
accompanied with wet snow and sleet and finally wound up with a terrific blizzard. Nearly two feet of snow fell during the night
and the following day, and since then Watertown might well be styled the white
city. Ice and snow stuck to
everything—trees, shrubbery, telegraph, telephone and electric light poles and
wires, buildings of every description, fences and in fact everything out of
doors, and the weather having remained cold for several days the winter scenes
were charmingly beautiful. The scenes in
the city park and on the West side of the river on Washington, Church and Montgomery
streets were particularly
grand. This is the pleasant side of the
storm. Great damage was done throughout
the city to trees and shrubbery of all kinds, the telephone and electric
services. Over 400 telephones were put
out of service for nearly a week, and for twenty-four hours the electric
service was rendered useless. The rural mail service was badly crippled, only one
carrier making his complete route on Friday.
The Interurban railway service between
Watertown and Milwaukee was at a standstill from Thursday evening till 6
o'clock Sunday evening, when a car was started from here to Milwaukee. Monday morning the street car tracks were
cleared of ice and snow from the terminus at the C.&N.W. depot to the
limits of the city, and the service is once more on schedule time. The fire alarm
system is still demoralized and it will take some time before the lines can
be repaired. From Thursday night till
Monday morning the weather was quite severe, ranging from zero to 10 below.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Edward
L. Rogan and Miss Caroline R. Wright were married at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning, January 7, 1909, by Rev. Father Schweitzer in the presence of a large
number of friends and relatives. Charles
Kehr and wife, brother-in-law and sister of the bride, attended them. After partaking of a wedding feast at the
home of the bride's parents in [504] Clyman Street, the groom and his bride
left on a brief wedding tour, at the conclusion of which they will return to
this city. They will be at home to their
friends after January 14th at 205 Church Street. The groom is manager of the Western Union
Telegraph office in this city, and is a grandson of the late Hon. Patrick Rogan, one of Watertown's first
citizens. He is one of Watertown's most
esteemed young men and has secured for a bride an amiable and accomplished
young lady. She is a daughter of Joseph Wright
and wife, Clyman Street, and a member of one of Watertown's oldest and best
known families. The Gazette joins their many friends in extending hearty
congratulations.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Owing
to the necessity of having a larger office room and modern conveniences, Dr. T.
F. Shinnick has found it necessary to remove from his present location to the
suite of rooms over Feurhaus-Gloger's store.
He has now one of the best equipped offices in the state and welcomes
everybody to his new quarters.
New Motor Co -
Copeland-Roach Motor Co
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Old
Engine House Sold
The
Copeland-Roach Motor Co., incorporated, of this city, has purchased from the
city the property in [108-110 South] First Street which was formerly used for fire engine purposes and more recently
for an emergency hospital. It has a
frontage of 40 feet on First Street and extends 120 feet back to Rock
River. The above named company will
erect an up-to-date garage and automobile livery business thereon and will
carry a full line of automobiles and supplies in stock. Work on the garage will be commenced as early
as possible in the spring. It will be
40x100 feet, two stories high. The
company will handle the Rambler, the Mitchell and the Reliable Dayton
machines. Mr. Roach was formerly a
resident of Waterloo and while a resident of that village was elected in 1896
sheriff of this county, but for several years past he has been engaged in the
automobile business in Milwaukee. Mr.
Copeland has been for many years the C.&N.W.Ry. agent at Jefferson
Junction, and is well and most favorably known hereabouts. Mr. Roach resides at 502 North Church
Street. Our citizens heartily welcome
this new enterprise to our city, and will give the proprietors thereof every
encouragement.
↓ More on new motor companies ↓
Watertown Gazette, 12
25 1908
Edward
G. Buroff has disposed of his garage in North Third Street [211-215 N Third] to
F. A. Tuschen and H. C. Tuschen, former residents of Sun Prairie, the
consideration be $8,000. They will take
possession January 15, 1909. [Frank and
Henry Tuschen]
↓ More on Buroff ↓
Edward G. Buroff
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Edward
G. Buroff has purchased of Herman Hilgendorf the 23 feet front property at the
northwest corner of Main and North Fifth streets [418 E Main] and will erect a
garage thereon in the spring.
↓ More on Tuschen Brothers ↓
Tuschen Brothers
An Enterprising Firm
Watertown Gazette, 04 16
1909
Tuscher Brothers, dealers in
high-grade automobiles, gasoline engines, steam engines and threshers, 211-217
North Third Street, are meeting with great success in their line of business
since establishing themselves here a few weeks ago, having already made many good
sales. They are enterprising and honorable gentlemen and when in need of
anything in their line don't fail to call at their place of business and look
over their different lines.
↓ More on new motor companies ↓
Knick-Wegemann
Motor Co
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
Paul
Knick and Albert Wegemann have formed the Knick-Wegemann Motor Co. and will
occupy the building at 206 Second Street
[?] on February first [ad of 04
02 1909 has address as 108 Second]. They will handle motor cycles, motor boats
and bicycles, automobiles and supplies.
↓ More on new motor companies ↓
Reference note
The
Model T was introduced on October 1, 1908.
The car was very simple to drive, and easy and cheap to repair. It was so cheap at $825 in 1908 (the price
fell every year) that by the 1920s a majority of American drivers learned to
drive on the Model T.
Ford
created a massive publicity machine in Detroit to ensure every newspaper
carried stories and ads about the new product.
Ford's network of local dealers made the car ubiquitous in virtually
every city in North America. As
independent dealers, the franchises grew rich and publicized not just the Ford
but the very concept of automobiling; local motor clubs sprang up to help new
drivers and to explore the countryside.
Always on the hunt for more efficiency and lower costs, in 1913 Ford
introduced the moving assembly belts into his plants.
↓ More on Wegemann Garage ↓
Wegemann Garage Sold
Watertown Gazette, 09 17 1909
Albert Wegemann has sold his
automobile garage at 108 Second Street
to R. A. Fuller of Sturgeon Bay and Edward Bellman of Milwaukee.
(*) Believed to be
Flyer. The Flyer was an automobile
manufactured by the
Flyer Motor Car Company from 1913-1914.
Watertown Gazette, 05 17 1923
Jim Spear took out a fliyer on the route
Thursday. He has used the old nags in
delivering mail for better than twenty five years and at last gave up the
struggle and want to gas. Jim was the
first mail carrier appointed from the Watertown post
office and probably one of the first appointed in Wisconsin where rural
delivery was instituted. The first
delivery of rural mail in the United States was made from the post office at
Sun Prairie as an experiment. Jim Spear
took the only route from Watertown at that time which was known as number one
up through the west side of the town of Emmet and later was transferred to
number three. He is probably the oldest
rural carrier in point of service in the United States. And he is not so awfully old at that.—[Daily Times]
The editor of The
Gazette hopes Jim Spear will live 25 more years, and live to enjoy his
fliver on his rural route unless Uncle Samuel retires him on a good big
pension. Jim is well liked by every man,
woman and child on his route, and is especially liked by all the young
ladies. He is thorough in his work,
obliging to his patrons and is a regular encyclopedia of the route's doings,
the past the present and on future events.
During the Gazette editor's
administration as postmaster in the Watertown post office there is nothing we enjoyed
so well as a ride with Jim Spear over Jim's 27 mile route—it was a real treat
and Jim kept one royally entertained from start to finish and at the same time
never failed to call our attention to all the good and bad things on his route
relative to the delivery of and collection of mail.
Banquet
at New Commercial Hotel
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
On Friday
evening of this week the Watertown Advancement Association will hold a banquet
at the New Commercial Hotel, at which a few
from outside the city will be present.
Aside from the banquet matters of general interest to the city will be
discussed and means taken to still further advance our enterprising little
city. The officers and executive
committee of this association since its organization several years ago have
done a great deal to advance the city's interests, and they have been ably
assisted in their good work by the majority of our business men. It can be truly said that the Watertown
Advancement Association has done more towards the welfare of its home town than
any like association in the west. An
annual event of the kind to be held at the New Commercial Friday evening would
be a good thing and help to keep up an interest in the good work being done by
the association.
↓ More on Advancement Association ↓
Music at Advancement
Association Banquet
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
The music rendered at the
Advancement Association banquet at the New
Commercial Hotel last week was furnished by Frank Bremer and Miss Edna
Goeldner of this city, and John Heubner of Oconomowoc. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
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Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
AN
ELABORATE AFFAIR
Advancement
Association Banquet at New Commercial Hotel
John
I. Beggs Guest of Honor
The Advancement Association of this city
gave a banquet at the New Commercial Hotel
last Friday evening, the guest of honor being John I. Beggs, president of the Milwaukee Heat, Light and Traction Co., 62 in all
being seated at the banquet table. It
was nearly 9:30 o'clock when all were seated at the table ready to partake of
the good things prepared by Mrs. Brandenburg, the proprietor of this popular
hotel. Nothing was left undone by her to
make the affair a success—in the parlor to the west of the dining room the
Weber-Stube orchestra dispersed an excellent musical program during the
progress of the banquet. The banquet
room decorations were in red, white and blue, old glory occupying a conspicuous
place to one side, and the table decorations were in green and red stringers of
smilax being stretched the entire length of the two long tables and beautiful
red and green shaded candelabra, with red and green candles, added beauty to
the elegantly arranged tables. The menu
served was delicious and the promptness with which one course followed the
other was indeed a credit to the pretty waiters and the proprietor of the
hotel. A better satisfied crowd of
people never sat down to a banquet and all complimented Mrs. Brandenburg on its
excellence. It would do credit to some
of the famed caterers of the larger cities.
When
the inner man had been completely satisfied, then the flow of wit and reason
followed. Ex-Mayor Herman Wertheimer,
president of the Advancement Association, presided as toastmaster and certainly
filled the roll well. Mayor Arthur
Mulberger was the first to respond to a toast, and he eloquently referred to
the building of the interurban railway into our city and extended a most hearty
welcome to the guest of honor, John I. Beggs.
Mr. Beggs responded, prefacing his remarks by saying:
“When
a town is so provincial that it cannot see any benefits from a railway line,
let it sleep and pass into the chaos which its people want. If a city is progressive, lines of railway
will come and help it, but there is no inducement for capital to invest when
the people oppose or obstruct. You may
think this is only talk, but how many people in this section will put their
money into it with all the franchises we have?"
He
stated that with proper encouragement from the citizens of Watertown, it would
become the hub of a great system of interurban railways extending to all
quarters of the compass. He called on
the people of our city to get together on all questions tending to the city's
welfare, cast aside all petty differences and success would certainly crown
their efforts. He said a short time ago
representatives of the Inter-County Fair called
on him to ascertain if it were not possible to build the interurban railway
this year as far south as the fairgrounds so that it could be of use in time
for the 1909 annual fair. In response to
this wish he said the railway would be built as far as the fairgrounds in time
for the fair, but it seems there is a proviso attached—he wants a right of way
in Second Street south to the fairgrounds, and thence the line would be
continued to Johnson Creek, Jefferson and Janesville, the old survey as granted
by the franchise south in Montgomery Street to be abandoned.
H. W.
Heinrich, vice president of the M.
D. Wells Shoe Co., was called on for a few remarks and he stated that
Watertown is an ideal spot for factory purposes. He said his factory started here five years
ago with about 37 employees and that now 178 find employment, and that in the
near future the capacity would be doubled; that he never in all his experience
found a more contended lot of workers . . . that whereas he did not get all he
asked from the people in the way of financial encouragement, he was well
satisfied with his treatment.
Should
Mr. Beggs not get all he asks, we hope he will be also well satisfied with his
treatment, as we believe the rank and file of our people appreciate his efforts
bringing his railway into our city and are willing to extend him every
encouragement that does not tend to the detriment of the city.
W. D.
Sproesser, William F. Voss, Drs. Whyte and Werner, Fred Kusel, Gordon Bacon, H.
G. Grube, Supt. W. V. Roseman and Gustav Buchheit also made a few interesting
remarks. On the motion of Mr. Buchheit,
J. I. Beggs and H. W. Heinrich were voted honorary members of the Watertown
Advancement Association, the motion being carried by a rising vote, and thus
ended at 2 a.m. Saturday one of the most enjoyable banquets ever held in
Watertown.
Following
is a list of those present at the banquet:
H.
Mulberger, H. Wertheimer, O. C. Wertheimer, Max Kusel, Dr. F. C. Werner, E. B. Parsons, F Kusel, J. W.
Moore, Eugene Meyer, C. F. Viebahn, J. W. Wiggenhorn, G. E. Bacon, C. A.
Skinner, H. T. Eberle, W. C. Stone, G. J. Nichols, W. E. Brandt, C. E. Frey, C.
R. Blumenfeld, C. D. Wiggenhorn, A. R. Eberle, Harry Beurhaus, George P.
Koenig, Louis Cordes, C. A. Comstock, W. G. Pritzlaff, W. F. Voss, William
Hartig, Gustav Buchheit, E. F. Wieinan, W. Sproesser, E. Faber, Ferdinand
Schmutzler, E. Fischer, A. Baumann, E. A. Pratt, W. P. Roseman, W. C. Raue, F.
H. Hoffmann, H. O. Volkmann, F. S. Weber, W. F. Brandt, C. Mulberger, W. H.
Woodard, H. G. Grube, Dr. W. F Whyte, W.
F. Earle, J. W. Schempf, J. F. Prentiss,
Dr. C. J. Habhegger, F. E. Woodard, Edward J. Brandt, W. D. Sproesser,
E. L. Bartlett, Max Rohr, F. H. Lehmann, F. G. Keck, M. H. Gaebler, Arthur
Mulberger, Otto R. Krueger, Edward L.
Schempf, H. W. Heinrichs.
It
might be of interest to the people of Watertown to know that since the
organization of the Watertown Advancement Association here some nine years ago,
about $32000 has been contributed by our business men toward establishing and
encouraging factories to locate here.
The officers of the association are as follows:
President—Herman
Wertheimer
Vice-President—Jas.
W. Moore
Secretary—William
H. Woodard
Treasurer—Edward
L. Schempf
Board of
Directors, with officers included: Ferd. Schmutzler, Fred. H. Hoffmann, Henry
Mulberger, Eugene Meyer, Herman Grube, Fred. Keck and Max Kusel.
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to fairgrounds
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We
Uphold the Franchise
And Call on the City Officials to do
Likewise
Watertown Gazette, 01 22 1909
The Gazette is a friend of the Milwaukee, Light, Heat and Traction Co. That is just where we stand; it is also a
friend of the city of Watertown, first, last and all the time. Our representatives in the city council gave
that company a franchise. All we have to
say just now is: The Milwaukee Light,
Heat and Traction Co. received the franchise asked for—now let it be carried
out! The Gazette is progressive—not a knocker, it has always advocated
public improvements, its editor has contributed liberally to all public
enterprises beyond his means, he is frank in his expressions, and never tries
to carry water on both shoulders—no man has ever started a public enterprise
during our residence in Watertown of 46 years for his health—the people of
Watertown are not here for their health, but are working together for their
interests, and in the present case we believe the majority of the people of
Watertown want to see the franchise as granted to the Milwaukee Light, Heat and
Traction Co. carried out before any more concessions are granted.
Boost!
Boost! Boost your city! Hurry up the
building of the Inter-Urban Railway to the fairgrounds
via of the route the franchise given this railway calls for! Under the franchise, as we see it, it must be
built within a few months!
Mayor
Mulberger and the city council, no doubt, will do their duty in seeing that the
franchise is lived up to.
Wisconsin State Jour, 11 03 2008
Rev.
Harold Wicke passed away peacefully on Saturday Nov. 1, 2008, at the Sterling
House in Sun Prairie. He was born July
12, 1912, in Kirchhaeyn, Town of Jackson, the son of Henry and Eleonora
(Toepel) Wicke. Pastor Wicke was united
in marriage to Thekla Hanke on Oct. 23, 1940, in Hortonville. He was called and ordained minister for the
Wisconsin Evan. Lutheran Synod and served WELS churches as minister in
Hortonville, Weyauwega, and Watertown.
He also served the synod as an editor at the Northwestern Publishing
House in Milwaukee. He was a resident of
Sun Prairie since his retirement in 1981.
After his retirement he served as interim and substitute pastor at
various WELS churches. Pastor Wicke is
survived by Thekla, his wife of 68 years, his daughter, Ann (Robert) Swanson;
and a son, Timothy (Judy) Wicke, all of Sun Prairie; his grandchildren, Kara
(Jon) Sieg of Madison, David Swanson (Jennifer Koves) of Jeffersonville, IN.,
Amelia (Alan) Bogle of New Berlin, and
Matthew Wicke of Sun Prairie; nieces, nephews, and other relatives and
friends. He was preceded in death by his
parents; brothers, Roland, and Hugo; and sisters, Veronica and Cornelia.
Funeral services will be held on Wed. Nov., 5, at 12 p.m. at Eastside Lutheran
Church with the Rev. Glen F. Schmiege officiating. Burial will be at the
Lutheran Cemetery in Watertown. Visitation will be held Wed. from 11 a.m. until
the time of service.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
David
J. McDonald, an old Watertown boy, now employed in the office of the Samuel
Binghams Sons, manufacturers of printers' rollers, Chicago, writes as follows
to his old friend, the editor:
Chicago,
Dec. 30, 1908.
Dear
Friend: Enclosed please find check for subscription to Gazette. I am pleased to see
that Watertown is alive and doing something to push herself along. Too bad it did not start twenty years sooner
and there would not have been so many of her people scattered around the world,
for no matter where you go, you can find someone that had to leave home because
there was nothing for them to do in their native city.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Albert
Fuermann has gone on the road as travelling salesman for Wiggenhorn Bros.
He is one of the most popular travelling salesmen in Wisconsin and with
Wiggenhorn Bros. fine line of goods he will certainly add to his popularity.
August Stoppenbach
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
August
Stoppenbach of Jefferson, an old friend of the editor, was a pleasant caller at
The Gazette office on Monday. Mr. Stoppenbach and his son-in-law are
erecting an up-to-date wool carding factory at Jefferson and will in a few
weeks have everything in shape to handle that line of business.
Watertown Gazette, 01 08 1909
Julius Podolske in Charge of Lumber Business at Waupun
Manager
Cole of the Yawkey Crowley Lumber Co. at Waupun
left the country three weeks ago and a warrant has been sworn out for his
arrest on the charge of having embezzled $4000 of the company's money. Julius Podolske of this city is at present in
charge of the company business in that city.
Mr. Podolske is a most trustworthy and capable young man and would make
a good manager for the Waupun office.
For several years past he has been employed in the office of the company
in this city.
Holstein
Cattle Purchased in Dodge County
for Notre Dame University
Watertown
Daily Times, 02 01 1923
George
O'Connor of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, was here last week and
assisted the Dodge County Holstein Association in purchasing 85 head of
pure-bred Holstein cattle for Notre Dame University. The cattle were purchased in Watertown,
Hustisford and Burnett. The cattle were
shipped last Friday to Notre Dame.
Francis Darcey aided Mr. O'Connor greatly in selecting a fine line of stock.
Stage Equipment for High School
Watertown Daily Times, 11 17 1958
The Board of Education at
its meeting last night voted approval of stage equipment for the High School totaling $25,985. The contract went to the Metropolitan Stage
Equipment Co. of Omaha, Neb., which filed the lowest of four bids. The next lowest bid was $5,000 higher than
the Omaha concern's. The equipment
represents basic stage facilities. Much
of it is electrical equipment, lights, spots, etc., as well as wiring.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 17 1998
A school bell rang out
Friday morning as a silent crowd sat in anticipation at Lincoln Elementary School. "Our school is now in session,"
called out Dorothy Strayer-Zuck.
Strayer-Zuck, who used to teach at the school, joined dozens of other
former staff members and students in celebrating the building's
rededication. It's been 50 years since
Lincoln school was erected after the original building burned down.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 18 1958
A
completely automatic gate which will be of considerable interest to farmers and
others has been invented and patented by Carl Piper and Eugene Kotlarz, both of
Watertown. The gate is so constructed
that no electric power or battery is needed to operate it. It is the first gate of its type. Mr. Piper, speaking for himself and his
partner in the invention and patenting of the gate, said that they are not in
the manufacturing end of it; that the manufacturing and sales distribution
rights have been assigned by them to Farmrite Sprayer, Inc., of Juneau.
Watertown Community Child Care
Watertown Daily Times, 11 18 1998
A
conditional use permit approved Monday afternoon by the Watertown Plan
Commission could clear the way for the expansion of a child-care center in the
city. While the commission OK'd a
possible move for Watertown Community Child Care to a portion of the Bethesda Lutheran Homes facility, the child-care board
has yet to decide whether to move ahead. That board will meet next week to
consider the move.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 19 1983
Dr.
Louis W. Nowack, a retired Watertown physician, will leave his position as
health commissioner for the city, effective Dec. 30 of this year. Mayor Kenneth Thiel announced Nowack's
resignation at Tuesday evening's meeting of the Watertown City Council. Dr. Nowack will continue as medical director
of Marquardt Memorial Manor.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 20 1958
Mrs.
Ralph O. Ertl, 36, of 1311 River Drive, has been named Watertown's new deputy
city clerk and will begin her duties on Dec. 8, City Manager C.C. Congdon
announced this morning after he had dispatched letters announcing his
appointment to members of the City Council yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Ertl was chosen from a list of some 11
applicants who were under consideration.
She worked in the office of the city clerk as an assistant at the time of
the death of Arthur W. Duffy, city clerk.
She is at present employed in the office of the Sears Roebuck Co. store
here.
Dan
Herbst
Watertown Daily Times, 11 20 1998
Watertown
senior receiver Jeremy Wesemann earned one more honor, and Watertown head
football coach Dan Herbst earned one more chance to coach a game. Wesemann, who finished with 906 receiving
yards this season, was named to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association's
all-state first team offense. Herbst,
who recently retired as Watertown head football coach after 29 seasons, was
named to coach the South team in the Shrine Game next summer.
Reconstruction
Project
Watertown Daily Times, 11 14 2008
North
Church Street to open Monday, November 17, 2008
The
end of a six-month reconstruction effort on North Church Street
approaches. A ribbon-cutting ceremony
will be held Monday at 2 p.m. to celebrate the reopening of North Church
Street.
North
Church Street, from West Main Street to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks just
south of Spaulding Street, has been closed since the reconstruction project
started at the end of April.
The
work included the installation of new underground utilities and storm sewer,
and new concrete pavement, sidewalks and decorative lighting. The rehabilitation project called for a
two-lane urban roadway with curb and gutter on both sides. There is still going to be one through lane
in each direction and there is still going to be parking the whole length.
The
width of North Church Street has remained the same. North Church varies in width and around Main
Street it is 61 feet from curb to curb. North Church Street from O'Connell
Street to Cady Street is 48 feet wide, from Rock Street to Union Street is 44
feet wide and from Union Street to the railroad tracks is 42 wide.
All of
the crosswalks on the new stretch of road are red in color, similar to those
that were part of the South Church Street project that occurred earlier in
2003. All of the new light poles and bulbs are also similar to the ones on
South Church Street.
The
total cost for the project is $3.19 million.
Full article on Watertown Daily Times website:
http://www.wdtimes.com/articles/2008/11/14/news/news1.txt
Watertown Daily Times, 11 21 1998
When Dale Schultz couldn't
find the special gift he wanted to give his father, he started surfing the
Internet. “At first, I didn't know how
to turn on a computer but I learned in a hurry,” said the Watertown man, adding
that he now has all the information he needs - but he still doesn't have the
gift, and may never get it. Dale, son of
Lawrence and Marcella Schultz of Watertown, spent hours researching and
documenting that this father is entitled to two bronze stars, five battle
stars, two medals and a presidential citation ribbon. The awards were earned while Lawrence was
serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II in 1944 and 1945 in Asiatic-Pacific
and Philippines operations.
Watertown Daily Times, 08 10 1983
Dan Brandenstein went around
the world a few times last month, but when it comes down to local boys ranging
far and wide, John Hertel has been doing it for years. Since 1977, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias
Hertel, 308 O'Connell Street, has lived in Pakistan and China, has worked in
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore and Thailand, has vacationed regularly in
Hong Kong and Indonesia and recently has married a beautiful wife from the
Philippines. He's been a long way from
home for a long time, and during his vacation visit to Watertown last week, he
said he will stay in southeast Asia for at least the next couple of years.
Old
Fashioned Revival Meeting
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
Commencing
Monday evening January the 18th there will be held an old fashioned revival
meeting in the Sunday school parlor of the new Methodist
church. The pastor and congregation
will be assisted by Miss May Gibson, conference Deaconess. The services begin every evening at 7:30
o'clock p.m. promptly. The public it most cordially invited. This is a cozy, homelike church.
O.
E. Scherer
Fire
Causes $8,000 Loss
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
Palmyra—The
store building of O. E. Scherer was destroyed by fire, including three
automobiles. The Gospel brigade of seven
persons, which temporarily occupied the apartment over the store, barely
escaped. The loss is estimated at
$8,000.
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
The
Mayflower Sewing Circle was entertained last Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Gustav
Doerr at her home in North Water Street.
Watertown Building Trades Council
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
Last
week Thursday evening the Watertown Building Trades Council at its annual
meeting elected the following officers:
President—Edward
Simdars
Vice
President—Henry Schlueter
Recording
Secretary—Hugo Laabs
Financial
Secretary—William L. Ellis
Treasurer—William
E. Nienow
Business
Agent—Fred Schurr
Trustee
18 months—Henry Schlueter
Trustee
12 months—William Gruenert
Trustee
6 months—Arthur Kusel
Watertown Daily Times, 11 10
1997
Innerpak,
Inc. will construct a 16,000-square-foot addition to its plant at 411 Dayton
St., according to Joseph Rhodes, president. Rhodes said construction on the
addition will begin Monday and will be completed next spring. Innerpak is a
division of the Rhodes Group. The firm
employs about 50 people and that is expected to increase by about 30 next year,
Rhodes said. He said, “We have approvals and permits from all necessary
government agencies. We’re anxious to
get started next week.” When completed Innerpak’s building will consist of over
43,000 square feet. Most of the addition will be used for additional
manufacturing space.
Watertown Daily Times, 11 22 1998
The Watertown Common Council
on Tuesday approved an economic revolving loan for Innerpak to expand its
building and purchase machinery.
Innerpak, 411 Dayton St., expects that an additional 20 to 30 full-time
equivalent positions will be created by the expansion within about two years. Terms of the loan specify that the city would
loan Innerpak $124,716 at 4 percent interest to be amortized over 10 years.
Tilden Cheese Factory Officers
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
At a meeting of stockholders
of the Tilden Cheese Factory in Emmet the following officers were chosen:
President—Frank Meitner
Secretary—Frank Klecker
Treasurer—I. Pitterle
Directors—Bernard Zeiner,
Ferdinand Pitterle, Theo. Lehmann.
The factory was again
leased to Michael Casey for another year.
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
The habitual eater of sauerkraut is
invariably a man of extraordinary vigor, both physical and mental. Did you ever hear of a lunatic or a puny,
shaking invalid who liked the incomparable viand [a choice or delicious
dish]? Did you ever hear of an athlete
or a philosopher who disdained it? Of
course not! Find a man with a plate of
sauerkraut before him and you have found a man who thinks clearly and
powerfully, loves his wife and children, fights for his country, succors the
indigent, sleeps soundly and snores all night like a freeman and a
patriot. Palates attuned to the
transcendent flavor of the emperor of all victuals are palates that never
tremble to a lie. Eyes that sparkle as
the trencher of steaming kraut comes on are eyes that look ever to the front,
as the eyes of brave men should.—[Baltimore
Sun]
Will Build New Congregational Church
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
At the
annual greeting of the Congregational Church
last Monday evening it was decided to build a new church, much enthusiasm
prevailing at the meeting on this subject.
About $7500 has already been subscribed, and the Clover Club promises a
generous donation. The new church as
planned will cost about $12,000. It will
be of pressed brick 60x70 feet, and will seat about 200, and besides will
contain a Sunday school room 30x36 feet, a pastor’s study, a primary room and a
choir room. There will be a well
arranged choir loft and a classroom in the second story. In the basement there will be a gymnasium or
dining room 60x30 feet, a kitchen 20x16 feet, shower baths, toilet rooms,
etc. Van Ryn & De Gellecke of
Milwaukee are the architects. Work on
the new building will begin as early as possible in the spring. The financial report read at the meeting
showed that over $1800 had been paid out
last year, all expenses had been paid and there was a balance of $1991 in the
treasury—more than at any time in the church's history. The Clover Club donated $800 during the year
to the church treasury.
At the
meeting Alex Platz was elected treasurer and clerk for the ensuing year and F.
E. Woodard, John W. Schempf, B. W. Schultz and E. A. Pratt were elected
trustees. The ladies of the Clover Club
served luncheon at the meeting and all present thoroughly enjoyed it.
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New
Church Plans
Watertown Gazette, 02 19 1909
The new Congregational Church plans and
specifications are now ready to be submitted to the contractors for bids. The architects are Van Ryan & Gelecke of
Milwaukee. The old edifice will be at
auction Saturday, February 27; the framework and pews will be disposed of. The brick will be used in the new
building. The old structure is to be
moved or wrecked some time in March and building operations will begin at
once. It is hoped to dedicate in
September.
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Watertown Gazette, 03
12 1909
The
plans for the new Congregational Church have been received and bids for the
building of the church will be opened on March 15th. The church will have all modern
improvements. A special feature of the
building will be the large gymnasium in the basement, 30 x 52 feet, in which
basketball, football and athletics of all kinds can be indulged in.
Thursday
evening of last week a large crowd of people attended the supper given
at the church parlors by the Clover Club of the Congregational Church. The menu served was most excellent and the
Clover Club certainly furnished a very pleasant evening for all present. This was the last social gathering at the old church as it will soon be torn
down for a modern structure.
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Congregational
Church Contract
Watertown Gazette, 03
26 1909
The
contract for the erection of the new Congregational Church has been let to
Ferdinand Behlke and will cost about $12,000.
It is expected that the church will be ready for dedication by Sept.
1st.
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Trustees
Will Sell Old Church
Watertown Gazette, 03
19 1909
The
old Congregational Church building which is now over fifty-eight years old will
be sold to the highest bidder on March 24.
Sealed proposals will be opened in W. C. Stone's office at 3 p.m.,
instead of holding a public auction.
This will give prospective buyers sufficient time to look over the old
edifice. The framework of the building,
the pews, the furnaces and gas fixtures will be sold separately, so as to give
all an opportunity of buying just what they want. The brick will be cleaned by the church and
used in the new building.
It has
been suggested that the auditorium of the [old] church would make an ideal
gymnasium for the public school children.
It could be moved to the First ward park and with few alterations would
make a very attractive gymnasium.
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Auction Saturday 11 a.m.
Watertown Gazette, 03
26 1909
Congregation
[Church] building as a whole or in part.
Fine timbers for barns. Would
make a good house. Name your price.
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Watertown Gazette, 04 02
1909
Edward Racek purchased the Congregational Church building last week, and has
removed it to his lots in Second Street, where he will have it fitted up as a
double flat residence building.
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
The Euterpe Club has donated $15.00 towards fixing up
the grounds in the rear of the library building. This is very commendable and it is hoped
other generously inclined clubs and residents of Watertown will quickly follow
suit for the Library Board would like to beautify the park in the rear of the
public library as early as possible in the spring.
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
The
Janesville Gazette — Mrs. Edward C. Baumann passed away Sunday morning shortly
after 10 o'clock at her home, 14 North Wisconsin Street, after a prolonged
illness of typhoid fever. Her husband,
Edward C. Baumann, is still in a critical condition from the same disease and
two children, Harold, aged three, and Loraine, aged five, are slowly
recovering. A third infant, Franklin,
passed away from the same trouble a month ago.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the chapel in Oak Hill
Cemetery (Janesville) at ten o'clock, a prayer being read by the Rev. John
Koerner, and the remains will rest in the vault until her husband is able to
attend the regular funeral services. He
has not yet been informed of his wife's death owing to his own critical
condition.
Mrs.
Baumann was born in Watertown July 28, 1875, and is a daughter of Mrs.
Wilhelmine Zahn, who resides 915 North Second Street.
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
At the
annual meeting of the Watertown Fire Department
held last Monday evening, officers for the ensuing year were elected as
follows:
President—
August Henze
Vice
President—Arthur Doerr
Secretary—Charles
A. Kohn
Treasurer—George
Weber
The
election of chief, assistant chief and fire wardens will take place at the
annual meeting in March.
Cigarmakers' Benevolent Association
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
The
Cigarmakers' Benevolent Association elected the following officers last Tuesday
evening:
President—F.
A. Krueger
Vice-President—Albert
Borchart
Recording
Secretary—Henry Moser
Financial
Secretary—John Kessler
Treasurer—Gus
Exner
Public
Lecture on Greece
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
A
public lecture will be given in the chapel of Northwestern
University on Friday, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p m., by Dr. A. Cooley of Armondale,
Mass. His subject will be "A Tour
through Greece," and will be illustrated by stereoptical views of the most
interesting localities in modern Greece.
Dr. Coolly, who is a well-known educator in this country, is personally
acquainted with the localities on which he lectures and his Iantern slides are
masterpieces of art. The public are
cordially invited. Tickets 25 cents.
Directors
and Officers Reelected
Watertown Gazette, 01 15 1909
At the
annual mating of stockholders of the Wisconsin
National Bank held Tuesday, January 19, 1909, the old board of directors
were reelected, vis: Fred Miller, H. G. Grube, A. Solliday, Charles A. Feisst,
M. Carroll, Henry Mulberger, William F. Voss.
The above named directors met on Thursday, January 14, 1909, and elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
William
F. Voss—President
A.
Solliday—Vice President
H.
Mulberger—Cashier.
A. D.
Platz—Asst. Cashier
R. M.
Hahn—Teller
Watertown Gazette, 09 21 1894
Chas. Raabe is now fully prepared to serve his
many customers in fine style in his new quarters at 823 Main Street, formerly
known as the “Sharp Corner." One of
the finest business spots in the city has just been erected on that corner, and
it is finished and arranged in fine style.
Mr. Raabe occupies the entire building for residence and saloon
purposes. The bar room proper is large,
well ventilated and lighted, and presents a most inviting appearance, with its
elegant metallic ceiling, hard wood and tile flooring, elegant bar fixtures,
etc. In the rear of the bar room is a
nicely finished card room, and to the right a finely furnished room, in which
refreshments are served to ladies. The
building contains fine toilet rooms for ladies and gents, and many other
accommodations not to be found in any other resort in the city.
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
A Close Call From Death. At about 7:30 o'clock on Thursday evening of
last week Herman Ziemer and family, who reside north of this city on route 1,
came near being killed at the corner of Main and North Fourth streets in this
city. They were driving south on North
Fourth Street when their team became frightened and started to run away—a west
bound street car was approaching and Mr. Ziemer, with wonderful presence of
mind, turned his horses to the right, where they slipped and were caught by the
car and were dragged a few feet westward.
Little damage was done, but had Mr. Ziemer not altered the course to
cross the track no doubt all would have been killed or seriously hurt.
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
Miss Winifred Bucklin of Brodhead
and Miss Bertha Rogers of Reedsburg, students in the state library school at
Madison, have been assigned to the Watertown Public
Library for the months of February and March. The library is one of six cooperating
libraries in the state connected with the state library school to which its
students are sent for practical training and experience. Miss Bucklin assumes her duties February 1
and Miss Rogers March 1.
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
At the regular monthly meeting of
the directors of the Merchants National Bank
held Thursday of last week the following officers were chosen for the current
year:
President—W. D. Sproesser
Vice President—Joseph Terbrueggen
Vice President—D. H. Kusel
Cashier—Charles E. Frey
Assistant Cashier—Max Rohr
Judges of election—John G. Conway, U. Habhegger, Fred
Kusel
Examining Committee—John Habhegger, W. A. Beurhaus, F.
Schmutzler, Fred Kusel, L. H. Cordes
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
At the regular meeting of the
Webster Debating Society held last week at the High
School the following officers were elected:
President—Alex Hardie
Vice President—Cyrus Casey
Secretary—Zeno Walthers
Assistant Secretary—John Seager
Treasurer—Henry W. Krause
Watertown Republican, 03
27 1895
Monday
A. B. Weigly, proprietor of the dollar-and-a-haIf shoe store at 206 Main Street, appeared in Justice Henze’s
court in answer to a summons to defend an action brought by the city of
Watertown through its attorney, Harlow Pease.
The city's complaint says: "Said
defendant is indebted to said plaintiff in the sum of $200 for penalties
incurred in violation of an ordinance of said city of Watertown, entitled “An
ordinance to provide for licensing transient merchants, traders or dealers, in
the city of Watertown” passed June 10, 1889, between the 12th day of February
1895 and the term of the commencement of this action; therefore said plaintiff
demands judgment against said defendant for the sum of $200 damages, and the
costs of said action." Upon request
of the defendant, the case was postponed until April 5, when he expects to have
able counsel from Richland Center.
Watertown Republican, 03
27 1895
About
5 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, while handling an old revolver in his home
on Milford Street, Third ward, Charles Crangle, the 24-year-old son of Robert Crangle, shot himself in the left
side. The shooting was apparently
accidental. The revolver was only a
22-calibre and the wound therefore not very serious. Drs. Masterson and Feld attended the case and
on Saturday the bullet was located and extracted.
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
A large crowd attended the card
party given at Masonic Temple Wednesday
evening by the young ladies' of St. Bernard's congregation. Josephine Moore was given the half ton of
coal donated by Edward O'Byrne and Mrs. James P. McGolrick and Mrs. M. Reilly,
the $2.00 book donated by John T. Ryan.
Telephone Pay Station
Watertown Gazette, 01 22
1909
A telephone pay station has been
established in the Deutsches Dorf Cafe,
Main and North Third streets, where long
distance telephoning can be done without going to the general office by
depositing the charges in the phone receptacle.
↓ More on Telephone Company ↓
Watertown Republican, 08 21
1895
The Wisconsin
Telephone exchange is now permanently located in the Post Office block.
The service throughout the city has been rebuilt and improved, notable
change being the substitution of the "return" system for the old
method of ground circuits. A new
switchboard holding 100 wires adorns the central station, and is used to nearly
its full capacity. The wires enter the
station in cables, which overcomes the great network of wires formerly in
evidence. With the most modern devices
in electrical appliances in operation here, the company claims Watertown now
enjoys the very best telephone service obtainable.
Watertown Republican, 12 18
1895
Miss Jennie Kusel gave a dancing
party Saturday evening at her home on North Church
Street [216 N Church, 1899 City Dir] . . . A myriad of Japanese lanterns gave the party a pretty
an inviting appearance, while on the canvassed floors of the spacious parlors the "giddy mazes" furnished
unlimited pleasure for the company.
Light refreshments were served in the dining room. An unusually happy and congenial evening was
passed by all.
Judge Wm. J.
Mooney killed at sea
His Body Sank With The Ship
Formerly Resided Here
Brother of Miss Annie Mooney, 401 Church Street
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
Our people were horrified last
Monday morning on reading the daily papers to learn that Judge Wm. J. Mooney of
Langdon, North Dakota, was killed on board the ocean steamship Republic of the
White Star Line, which was rammed by the Italian steamer Florida early Saturday
morning and sank Sunday evening. Mr.
Mooney and his wife and Mr. Mooney's partner in business M. M. Murphy, and wife
were on their way to Europe, intending to pass several months visiting the
cities bordering on the Mediterranean Sea.
Mrs. Murphy was seriously injured, and Mrs. Lynch of Boston was the only
other passenger killed outright and the latter's husband was fatally injured
and died after reaching the hospital in New York. Four of the boiler room help of the Florida
were also killed. The Republic was about
120 miles from New York when she was struck by the Italian steamer
Florida.
Mr. Mooney was one of the most
prominent citizens of North Dakota. He
was owner of the Mooney State Bank in Langdon, and half owner with M. Murphy,
whose wife was seriously injured on the Republic, in the new bank at
International Falls, Minn. H. B. Bendok,
a friend of Mr. Mooney, is Norwegian counsel in North Dak., and is at present
stopping at the Hotel Knickerbocker, New York.
"The Mooney's and the Murphy's were making the voyage to the
Mediterranean together. I am agent for
the White Star line in North Dakota and I made their arrangements for them,” he
said. Just before going aboard the
Republic Mrs. Murphy, who is a rather timid woman, remarked that she felt
afraid of crossing the ocean. I
introduced her to Capt. Sealby, whom I knew as a good seaman, and what I told
her of him restored her confidence somewhat."
Mr. Mooney was born in Watertown
September 29, 1857, and was educated in the public schools and Sacred Heart College, this city, graduating from the
latter institution in 1878, shortly after going to Langdon, North Dakota, where
he was elected clerk of the circuit court and later county judge. Retiring from the latter office he engaged in
the banking and real estate business and amassed a fortune, being one of the
wealthiest men in the northwest. He was
a whole-souled, progressive man; he had a word of good cheer for everybody and
always looked on the bright side of life.
His hosts of friends all over this section of the country and especially
his old neighbors in Watertown heard of his sad ending with sincere
sorrow. Mr. Mooney was twice married,
his second wife and one son by his first wife, cashier of his father's bank at International Falls,
Minn., and one sister, Miss Annie Mooney of this city survive him, to whom the
heartfelt sympathy of all our people is extended. Shortly after the accident the bodies of Mr.
Mooney and Mrs. Lynch were placed in coffins and went down with the ship, hence
their funerals will not be held until the recovery of the bodies.
Watertown Gazette, 01 29 1909
Miss Maude R. Macpherson, who has been librarian at the public library here since its establishment over six years
ago, has handed in her resignation, to take effect April 1st and possibly March
1st. She has accepted a similar position
at Hoquiam, Washington, at a salary of $1200 a year, considerably more than she
has been receiving here. Miss Macpherson
is one of the very best librarians in the country and she is well worth this
splendid recognition of her services.
The people of Watertown will regret her departure very much, especially
the Board of Library Commissioners. It
was under her supervision that the library was opened here, and it is owing
quite materially to her individual efforts that we have such a fine library
building, and such a well managed library.
She is possessed of good executive ability and took the initiative in
many things that tended to the betterment of the service at the library. She has the hearty good wishes of the Public
Library Board and of the entire community wherever she may reside in the
future.
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New Librarian Appointed
Watertown Gazette, 02 12 1909
Miss Gabriella Ackley of
Oconomowoc, at a regular meeting of the Library Board held last Tuesday
evening, was appointed librarian at the public library to succeed Miss Maude
Macpherson, resigned, the appointment to take effect April 1. Miss Ackley was very highly recommended by
Mr. Legeler, secretary of the State Library Commission, and both being present
at the meeting of the Library Board Tuesday evening, the board thought it
advisable to engage her services at once.
She has had considerable experience as librarian at Oconomowoc, Brodhead
and Oconto, resigning her position at the latter place some time since on
account of the illness of her mother at Oconomowoc. She is considered one of the best librarians
in the state and is a most worthy successor to our present efficient librarian,
Miss Macpherson.
↓ More on Maude R. Macpherson ↓
Watertown Gazette, 02 26 1909
The members of the Saturday
Club were hostesses at a very pretty reception tendered to Miss Maude
MacPherson last Thursday evening in the assembly room of the public library.
Under the skillful hands of the ladies the rooms were made very pretty
and “homey” with rugs, potted plants and cut flowers, with a plentiful supply
of easy chairs. Each member of the club
was privileged to bring one guest; the members of the library board and their
wives were also invited to be present, so the “goodlie companie” numbered about
sixty five. Invitations were to Miss
Lutie B. Stearns, Mr. Henry Legler and Mr. F. A. Hutchins of the state library
commission to be present, but very much to the regret of all, previous
engagements prevented them from accepting the invitation. The receiving party consisted of the officers
of club, the guest of honor and Miss Hilgendorf, our very efficient and
obliging assistant librarian. After the
guests were assembled a short musical program was given, consisting of vocal
numbers given by Miss Anna Smith and Mrs. C. R. Feld, both ladies were in fine
voice and their numbers were greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. S. S. Feld, Mrs. William Sproesser and Miss Lydia Pease followed
with instrumental numbers which were finely executed and secured a round of
applause. Later Mr. S. S. Mullen gave
several piano selections in his very pleasing manner. Shortly before 10 o’clock the guests were
invited into the men’s reading room, where light refreshments, consisting of
coffee, ice cream and cake were served.
This room had been made to look cozy, red shades over the electric
lights cast a warm, pretty glow over the room while broad bands of red
descended from the ceiling to the four corners of the room; on the table was a
large bouquet of red carnations and ferns which gave the needed touch of beauty
and spicy fragrance. A very pleasing
feature of the evening was the fine tribute paid to Miss MacPherson by Prof.
Ott on behalf of the library board, telling how much we feel she has done for
us in the six years she has been with us and voicing the feeling of all when he
mentioned how much we regretted her going from among us . . .
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Gone to Washington
Watertown Gazette, 04 02
1909
On Sunday last Miss Maud R.
Macpherson left here for Hoquiam, Washington, where she has been appointed
public librarian at a salary of $1200 a year. The library over which she will
preside will be opened under her supervision. . The people of Hoquiam have
secured one of the very best librarians in the United States; she is efficient
in every respect, being well versed in book lore and she uses admirable
judgment in her selection of books. She
is also an expert in conducting the affairs of a library, and possesses good
executive ability and fine tact and judgment in dealing with patrons of a
library. The Watertown library was
established under her supervision about six years ago, and during all that time
she has been a favorite in our city. The
Watertown library board accepted her resignation with much regret, for it was
not within their means to retain her at the fine salary she has secured at
Hoquiam. The citizens of Watertown, and
the library board especially, wish her success and happiness in her new field
of usefulness.
↓ More on Maude R. Macpherson ↓
Letter from Miss Macpherson
Watertown Gazette, 07
23 1909
Miss Maud R.
Macpherson, formerly public librarian in Watertown, writes as follows to the
editor from Hoquiam, Washington, where she is librarian at the public
library. The people of Watertown in
general will be interested in hearing from her.
Editor Gazette:
I have neglected “paying
up” my subscription to The Gazette
with the hope that I might find a convenient moment in which to write you
something of interest concerning my library and my impressions of the Pacific
Northwest. However it looks as though
that convenient season would never arrive, for I am busy every moment of the
day and every night in the week . . .
. . . Hoquiam is truly
the most unpicturesque city one could possibly imagine. Nowhere is civic improvement more
necessary. Why I believe this stupendous
task of improving its appearance would discourage
even the energetic Watertown Outdoor Art Association . . .
↓ More on Librarian position ↓
Watertown Gazette, 04 09
1909
Miss Gabriella Ackley, of Oconomowoc,
recently appointed librarian at the public library,
entered upon her duties last week Thursday, and is taking hold of the work in
fine shape. Miss Ackley is experienced
in her line of work and is considered one of the best librarians in the state. We predict for her success at the Watertown
library.
Athletic Exhibition
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
There was a good-sized crowd at Turner opera house last Tuesday evening to witness
the catch as-catch-can wrestling match between O. F. Goeslin, the Canadian
barber employed at J. C. Seager's barber shop,
and Johnny Hayslip of Milwaukee. Hayslip
was to throw Gosslin three times in 90 minutes.
He threw him once in 68 minutes and 38 seconds, but failed to get
another down inside of 90 minutes. B. W.
Smith was referee and H. W. Kronitz timekeeper.
Previous to the wrestling match Conant and Weichert gave a one round
boxing bout, and Harry Zoelle and Henry Clausen tried their skill at wrestling,
the former winning two falls in succession in 3:51 and 3:03 minutes.
↓ More on O. F. Goeslin ↓
O. F. Goeslin
A Hold-Up
Watertown Gazette, 04 23
1909
As O. F. Goeslin, a knight of the
razor employed in J. C. Seager's barber shop,
was going home last Saturday night to the Bursinger Hotel in North First
Street, he heard some one calling for help in the vicinity of Madison Street
and on investigation he saw three men trying to pick the pockets of another man
whom he thought was under the influence of liquor. One of the fellows threatened to hit Goeslin
with a bottle, but he knocked the fellow down and all four ran away.
Eagles Initiated
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
Last Monday evening a class was initiated into Old Abe
Aerie No. 1242 Fraternal Order of Eagles at their aerie in Main Street, after
which a luncheon was served and a musical program rendered.
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
On Monday Andrew Mullen purchased at
sheriff's rate the Emerson residence property at the corner of Church and West
Madison streets [215 S Church], the consideration being $1400. He will erect a residence thereon in the
spring. Link to image.
Watertown Gazette, 01 05
1905
Alderman Radtke & Son are
now the sole proprietors of the confectionery, ice cream and restaurant
business in West Main Street, formerly conducted by Wm. Magwood. They will keep up the excellent reputation of
the place and give the public first-class service. If in need of anything in their line you will
do well to patronize them.
1908
↓ More on Radtke & Son ↓
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
Radtke & Son have sold their ice
cream and confectionery business at 107 West Main Street to W. C. Vick of
Waterloo, who will take possession the latter part of next month. Of the new proprietors The Waterloo Democrat of
last week says: "Watertown gains one of our best citizens, in W. C. Vick,
who last week purchased the restaurant and confectionery of Radtke & Son,
possession to be given Feb. 1. This is
the famous old Hawkins [William N.,
confectioner] place at 107 West Main Street. "Billy" has a knack of being handy
at anything he turns his hand to and will surely make a success of his new line
of business. While we regret to see him
and his estimable family leave here, we wish them an abundance of happiness and
prosperity in their new home. We
recommend Mr. Vick to the people of our neighboring city as honest and upright
in all his dealings and hope they will give him a goodly share of their
patronage." [107 W Main, earlier
Marie Vick’s ice cream parlor; later the Bridge Inn, then Bright Spot Cafe;
today the Chalet Restaurant]
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In Easter Attire
Watertown Gazette, 04 09
1909
W. C. Vick, successor to R. H. Radke,
in the confectionery business at 107 West Main Street, has his place of
business fitted out in most beautiful Easter attire. Festoons of white and purple ribbon decorate
his place of business from front to rear, and Easter novelties of all kinds are
to be seen in every nook and corner of the place. If inclined to make Easter purchases in the
line of confectionery, Easter decorations and novelties, you will find Mr. Vick's,
107 West Main Street, just the place to get them.
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William C. Vick
Watertown Gazette, 08
27 1909
William C. Vick died at his home at 107
West Main Street last Wednesday afternoon of nervous troubles. Deceased was born September 20, 1867, in Milwaukee,
and when quite young removed with his parents to Waterloo, where he was a
prominent business man and leader of the Waterloo band for years. In February last he purchased the ice cream
and candy business of R. H. Radtke in West Main Street and conducted it up to
the time of his death. He was a most
excellent, kindly citizen and his death is learned of with sincere sorrow. His wife, five sons and one daughter survive
him. His remains will be taken to
Waterloo on Friday for interment, services being held here from his home at 1
o’clock. The burial will take place
Saturday afternoon at Waterloo.
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
At a regular meeting of Central
Labor Union held at Union hall last Friday evening, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President—Theodore Zick
Vice President—Frank Kalina
Recording Secretary—Emil Doerr
Financial Secretary—E. J. Seifert
Treasurer—Anton Wyczynski
Sergeant at Arms—Carl Tietz, Jr.
Executive Committee—Fred Hinze,
Eugene H. Killian, Arthur Doerr
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Union Labor Annual Picnic
Watertown Gazette, 09 03 1909
The members of the Watertown
Central Labor Union will hold their 7th annual picnic at Tivoli Island on Monday, September 6th. Amusements of various kinds will take place
on the island during the afternoon and evening, including a dance in the
evening. The Watertown Military Band and
the Weber-Stube Orchestra will furnish the music. The usual parade will take place at 1
o’clock. E. T. Melms of Milwaukee will
deliver the address and Mayor Mulberger will also deliver a short address.
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
P. Riley, employed at the power
house of the Watertown Gas and Electric Co. in
First Street had his hands badly scalded Thursday evening of last week by the
blowing out of a steam pipe on the boiler.
His face and neck were also scalded.
Dr. Shinnick attended him and he says he will be all right in a few
days.
Watertown Gazette, 01 29
1909
The Watertown Gazette made the
surprising statement in its last issue that since the organization of the Watertown Advancement Association nine
years ago about $32,000 have been contributed by business men of that city
toward establishing and encouraging factories to locate there. This being true, and we accept the statement,
it is not at all strange that Watertown is forging to the front. Among traveling men it is freely predicted
that Watertown will within a few years be one of the liveliest and most up to
date cities of the state. They have a
business association there that is certainly a "hummer". [Waterloo Democrat]
Watertown is now one of the
liveliest and most up-to-date cities of the state. During the past ten years she has built more
miles of paved streets and cement walks than any city of her size in Wisconsin
and has added more miles of water mains and power extensions than any city of
10,000 inhabitants in Wisconsin in the last ten years and has likewise added
more manufacturing establishments to the commercial interests of the city than
any other city in the state during that time.
Her Advancement Association starts the year 1909 by contributing $3000
to another factory about to be established here which will employ 75 hands.
For Sale
Watertown Democrat, 01 06 1859
A good improved farm of about 175 acres, one
mile east of the village of Portland, on the Plank Road leading to
Watertown. The farm is well watered and
well fenced; about 45 to 50 acres under the plough, about 40 acres good meadow,
and about 25 acres heavy timber, balance openings. There is a fine lot of apple, pear, plum and
cherry trees on the premises, and many of them bearing. Also two log houses, a good 30 by 40 foot
barn, good blacksmith shop and a first rate well. Part of purchase money can remain on bond and
mortgage for 1, 2 and 3 years. For
particulars and terms inquire of Cone & Co., Portland, or of Baird &
Skinner, Watertown. April 1st, 1857.
Watertown Democrat, 01 06 1859
Having a complete abstract of the records of Jefferson
County, including Deeds, Mortgages, Judgments and Taxes, the subscriber is
prepared to furnish abstract of title to all land lying in said County. Charge reasonable. C. B. Skinner, office over the Bank of
Watertown.
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
We can
liken the editor of the Beaver Dam Democrat
to nothing but a certain nameless animal, to which people of ordinary
discretion usually give a very wide berth.
We have been at fault perhaps in noticing him at all, for while no sense
or shame or friendly counsel can have any effect upon him, his abuse can do no
body any harm. To abuse him would be an
utter impossibility, and to notice him, is only to add to that notoriety which
he seeks by attacking everybody and everything that has [an ounce of] goodness
in them.
The
editor of the Democrat has, however,
given currency to charges against Mr. [Carl] Schurz
which we believe even he would not have thought of. Somebody must have told him the story he
repeats. In this region, it is thought
by many that his informant must be Judge Mertz, of Beaver Dam. We have a better opinion of the Judge than to
believe him guilty of such conduct. It
is due to Mr. Schurz, however, and to the public, that the Editor of the Democrat should give the name of his
informant, if he has any. If he is an
honorable man and can prove his statements, he can certainly have no motive for
concealment, and if his object is to annihilate Mr. Schurz, he can do it in no
better way than to show his hand like a man, and face the music. The story is either true or false. If true, why not come out with the whole
thing at once?
↓ More on charges, assumed to be
the same
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Charges
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
The Weltburger, we are informed, charges
that the printing materials with which the German Democrat paper was printed
here last summer were bought up by Mr. Billinghurst, Judge Barber, and others
in Dodge County, previous to the last election, for the purpose of putting a
stop to that paper. That the printing
materials were purchased by the aid of parties in Dodge County is perhaps true;
but it was not until after a mortgage against them had been foreclosed and the
property was in the hands of another individual. That individual offered the press, etc., for
sale, as he had a right to do, and found purchasers who gave him his
price. If there is anything deserving of
censure in that, we are at a loss to see it; and we think it is in very bad
taste for the Weltburger to raise
such a fuss about the matter, especially as the publishers of that paper could
have saved the materials themselves before anybody else knew they were for
sale, had they been so disposed.
Fifty Years in Chains
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
[Advertisement] FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS or The Life of an
American Slave. Written by Himself. 430 pages.
This is the title of one of the most intensely interesting biographies
of the day. It is the plain history of
an American Slave in the far South, who, after two or three escapes and
recaptures, finally, an old man, found freedom and rest in one of the Northern
States. Here is a book of fact stranger
than fiction, and a thousand-fold more thrilling, a simple tale of life-long
oppression, revealing truly the workings of the “peculiar institution” in our
country. To the story loving, we would
say, here is a story worth reading. A
thorough canvasser is wanted in each county in the free states to engage in the
sale of the above work immediately.
The Next Census
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
In
accordance with the constitutional provision, an enumeration of the inhabitants
of the United States must be taken next year.
The law under which the last census was taken contains a clause giving
it vitality in 1860 . . . In the House of Representatives notice has been given
of a new census bill, which seems to have for its object the enumeration of the
people, rejecting all statistics in regard to manufactures, agriculture and all
the varied branches of industry in which our people are engaged. Considering the fact that a corps of clerks
are still engaged in the departments, compiling and putting into form the
statistics of 1850, which will be of no more use when they get them done than
an inventory of the catacombs in Egypt, it is not surprising that it may be deemed
politic to do away with another collection of statistics. It would be much better, however, if the
statistics were taken and arrangements made for their prompt publication. –Free
Democrat.
Horicon Argus Denial
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
The
Horicon Argus denies the assertion of
the Beaver Dam Democrat that the
paper is to be discontinued for want of support and says: “Did he (the Democrat man) say what he knows to be the truth in regard to the
Horicon Argus he would testify to the
fact that no local paper in Wisconsin has a better support, or is less likely
to be discontinued, and were he honest and possessed of a little human
gratitude, he would also acknowledge that the Horicon Argus “once upon a time” afforded him the means of procuring a few
day’s sustenance, without which his lying stomach would have been placed in
exceeding jeopardy. We wonder if Beaver
Dam relies upon such men for help?”
Becoming the Custom
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
It is
becoming the custom out west for newly married people to send newspaper
publishers, along with their marriage notice, the amount of a year’s
subscription. This is a very sensible
custom. Next to a good wife or husband,
the greatest earthly blessing is a good newspaper. The custom has not reached as far as this
locality. Being a sensible custom,
however, we have no doubt it will.
Watertown Democrat, 01
13 1859
Resolved. That a committee of three be appointed by the
Mayor to examine the docket of the police court of this city and report the
amount due the city upon said docket, if any, and what amount from each person
who has held the same. –Adopted.
Resolved. That the City Treasurer be and he is hereby
instructed to receive the money due on the tax certificates in his hands, for
the taxes for the years 1856-7, less the interest on the same at any time
previous to the 1st day of April next. –Laid on the table.
Resolved. That a committee be appointed to make inquiry
and report to this Council, what relief, if any, can be had, to indemnify the
city against the payment of the city bonds issued in aid of the Milwaukee &
Watertown Railroad Company. –Adopted.
Ald.
Dutcher introduced the following Ordinances, to wit: An ordinance regulating the mode of procedure
in the removal of city officers. An
ordinance regulating the licensing and the duties of Auctioneers.
Resolved. That the Mayor be authorized to settle with
Peter V. Brown for the road plank by the payment by [to] said Brown of the sum
of seventy-five dollars. –Adopted.
Resolved. That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized
to purchase for the use of Pioneer Engine Co.
[fire dept], four lanterns, provided he can purchase the same at a cost not
exceeding five dollars, and that he bring in his bill for the same. –Adopted.
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Watertown Democrat, 01
27 1859
Accounts
presented and referred: F. Gebhardt
[Francis] for rent of [Pioneer fire dept] engine room 1 month, $6.50.; W.
Volkman & Co., for 4 globe lanterns [for the firefighters], $5.00; W.
Bieber & Co., for rent of lock-up to
March, 1859, $18.00.
Resolved. That the Council Room shall not be occupied by
any persons other than the Common Council, except by permission, first obtained
by resolution of the Board. –Adopted.
Resolved. That permission be and the same is hereby
given to the Young Men’s Debating Club to occupy the Council Chamber Tuesday
night of each week. Referred to
committee on corporations on motion of Ald. Rogan.
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Engine Room
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Watertown Gazette, 05
05 1859
Common
Council. The account of F. Gebhardt for
rent of [volunteer fire company] Engine House was referred to committee on
finance [Francis Gebhardt ran the Buena Vista
House]
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Watertown Gazette, 05
26 1859
Resolved,
That the Mayor be authorized to enter into contract with Peter Seibel for rent
of engine room [for the volunteer fire department] for a term of one year from
19th day of April, 1859; sum not exceeding $3.50 per month. Adopted.
Watertown
Democrat, 09 08 1859
To H.
P. Seibel, for rent of engine house for three month, from April 19, 1859, to
July 19, 1959, $10.50. Also, for
cleaning engine and greasing hose, $2.50.
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Ordinance Regulating Auctioneers
Watertown Democrat, 01
27 1859
No
person shall hereafter act as Auctioneer and sell or exhibit for sale at public
auction or venue or in any other way to evade this act within the City of
Watertown, any goods, wares or merchandize unless duly authorized as this
ordinance provides. Any person who shall
sell or dispose of any goods, ware or merchandise contrary to provisions of
this ordinance shall forfeit to the city ten dollars for each offense besides
costs of prosecution. The Common Council
shall appoint a City Auctioneer whose term of office shall be for one
year. Said auctioneer may appoint one or
more deputies, for whose acts he shall be responsible. And the said auctioneer shall keep a book in
which he shall enter all sales by him or his deputies made at auction, which
shall be open for inspection to all persons interested, a copy of which sales
so entered shall be filed with the City Clerk, duly verified by the said
Auctioneer to be correct. At the end of
each and every month, shall pay to the City Treasurer two per cent upon all
sales by him made during said month. –Henry Bertram, Mayor.
Watertown Democrat, 01
13 1859
[Advertisement] New Store in Cole’s Block. Third Door East of Second Street [205 E
Main]. S. S. St. John would announce to the
people of Watertown and the surrounding country that he has just opened a large
and well selected stock of goods suitable for the season at the above stand, to
which he respectfully invites their attention.
Dry Goods. Dress Goods. Groceries, Hardware, Crockery and
Glassware. Cash and Ready Pay only. And those who buy on that principle will find
it to their advantage to give him a call before purchasing.
Country
Produce of all kinds will be taken in exchange for goods and the highest market
price allowed.
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Watertown Democrat, 01 27 1859
NEW STORE. Mr. S. S. St. John has recently opened a new
store in this city and is now ready to meet the wants and wishes of all who may
give him a call. He has a valuable and extensive
stock of every variety of Dry Goods, which he proposes to sell at the very
lowest cash prices. We cheerfully
commend him to the patronage of the public as a gentleman who in all his
dealings will prove himself a merchant of enterprise and integrity.
Indian Tribes Occupying Territories
Watertown Democrat, 01
13 1859
The
progress of civilization in several of the Indian tribes occupying Territories
west of the States will soon bring up a new question for the decision of
Congress. What shall be done with the
Indian Governments or States that are now fully organized? Are they to be finally admitted into the
Union? The Cherokees organized a regular
government as early as 1839, copying the peculiar features of the Constitution
of the United States. The forms of
legislation and the arrangements of the courts of justice so nearly resemble
those of the States that, but for the tawny skins around him, the traveler into
the Cherokee territory would scarcely find any indication of having passed its
boundaries. The tribe has improved in all
the arts of civilization to such a degree that many of its principal men would
grace the refined society of any nation.
The Choctaws formed their government, taking the institutions of the
United States for their model, in 1834.
Last year they revised their Constitution and adopted even the most
minute forms of government and the names of officers which prevail in each of
the States of our Confederacy.
Watertown Democrat, 01
13 1859
Long
John, who was a wonder when he was alive, did not cease to be a marvel when he
was dead. Probably the largest hog ever
fatted in this market was slaughtered by Mr. J. B. Van
Alstine of the Exchange last Thursday.
He weighed seven hundred and fifty-five pounds and was the heaviest pork
that has been seen in the Milwaukee market either this winter or last. When exposed for sale his mammoth dimensions
attracted universal notice and envy among dealers in pork.
Watertown Democrat, 01
13 1859
Howell
Chapter No. 11—The annual election of this chapter held on the 14th December,
A.D. 1858, resulted in the choice of the following officers:
T. R.
Mott, H. P.
J. C. Gilman, S.
W. B.
Folds, Treas.
Austin
Kellogg, P. S.
S. S.
Green, M. 3 V.
A.
Stein, M. 1 V.
H.
Graves, K.
J. A.
Hadley, Sec’y
W.
Chappell, C. H.
G. W.
Austin, R. A. C.
O. P.
Coy, M. 2 V.
Jos.
Bardwell, G.
Governor’s Message
Watertown Democrat, 01
20 1859
By
chapter 75 of the General Laws of A. D. 1858, the Governor was authorized
“whenever it appeared to his satisfaction that any person confined in prison in
pursuance of the sentence of any of the courts of this State, was not a proper
subject of such punishment by reason of insanity, to cause the said insane
person to be removed and kept in some safe and convenient asylum, either in or
out of the state, where such insane person might receive proper medical
treatment, until he should be restored to reason or the term of his
imprisonment had expired.” There being
no suitable place in this state for the confinement and treatment of such
prisoners I made earnest efforts with the superintendents and officers of a
large number of insane asylums of other states but have been unable to procure
any place for such prisoners. The
uniform objection has been that while they received and treated insane persons
from other states in ordinary cases, yet they could not consent to receive
insane criminals. I have been unable to
provide for their keeping and treatment as contemplated by the act.
Public
economy advises a short and busy season, and the people expect it. The curse of local legislation which has
heretofore been upon us can now be avoided.
Errors may have been committed by the last Legislature, as errors have
always been committed by Legislatures, but with all its faults, it did much
that is vastly useful to the State. If
it had faults, it had virtues. It had
labored to perform and public duties. If
it was not always wise, it was honest and bold.
General laws to meet the wants and necessities of associated enterprise
and capital were passed, and the people approve them. There is little in amount in the way of
legislation required at your hands. Let
it be done quickly and well. –Alexander
W. Randall
Pike’s Peak Fever
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
PIKE’S
PEAK FEVER has broken out in our city with considerable violence, and the
indications are that it will carry off a number of our citizens. There is a party making preparations to leave
here about the 1st of March.
The Horicon Argus
Watertown Transcript, 01
12 1859
THE
HORICON ARGUS urges the good people
of that place to throw up [out] their present form of municipal government and
apply for a city charter. It thinks that
they should have a city name as well as Beaver Dam and other places. We think we speak the minds of a great many
Beaver Dam people when we say that they would gladly swop charters with their
Horicon neighbors. These city
governments are expensive luxuries for which the honor of the thing is a very
poor compensation.
Watertown Transcript, 01 12 1859
The
children of the Sabbath School of the First
Congregational Church held a festival in Cole’s Block on Thursday
evening. The attendance was very large,
the spacious room being filled with bright and smiling faces and the little
ones had a very pleasant time of it.
Addresses were delivered by the pastor of the church and others, to
which the children listened very attentively.
The assembling of so many children together on such an occasion is a
cheering evidence of the success which is crowning the worthy efforts of the
pastor and teachers of this Sabbath School.
The future usefulness and promise of the rising generation are in a
correct moral and spiritual training, and they who devote their efforts to
impart such instruction will assuredly reap their reward.
Watertown Transcript, 01 12 1859
There
is a series of meetings now being held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in this city.
Preaching every evening by Rev. A. C. Huntley, pastor of the
church. Quite a number have embraced
religion and the interest is increasing.
