Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 3, 2013 Posted: April 11, 2013 100 years ago – Week of April 10, 1903 The Panama Canal opens for international shipping. A. L. Greengo, a prominent farmer on Woodside Road in Lisbon, went to the University of Wisconsin’s annual Short Course Agricultural Banquet reliving attending the… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, 2013 August 21, 2013 1913 100 years ago Robert Jones, a fancy poultry hobbyist in Lannon has died of acute bladder trouble that came on suddenly. He was a talented paving stone cutter. Young Walter Haass suffered a severe hand accident as he caught his hand in… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, December 3, 2013 1963 — 50 years ago Glenn Davis who is running for 9th District U.S. Representative to the House addressed the Lisbon GOP to get their endorsement. The Wis. State Supreme Court is listening to the counter claims of the Hamilton School District and the Village… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller posted Living Sussex Sun, October, 2012 Posted: Oct. 17, 2012 100 years ago – Week of Oct. 17, 1912 The hilltop Union/Nelson Cemetery on Townline Road and Schlei Road that served Colgate and northwestern Menomonee Falls only had two burials in 1912. The first was James Lounsbury, 75, who died July 28,… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, September 5, 2012 100 years ago – Week of Sept. 5, 1912 Butter is 25 cents a pound, wheat 99 cents a bushel and corn 77 cents a bushel. The Prohibitionist Party is planning a political campaign in Waukesha County this fall. R.H. Gumz of Lannon has been… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, April 4, 2012 Pages From the Past Five years ago Week of April 4, 2007 Hamilton planned to put up a memorial for two fallen Hamilton soldiers, U.S. Army Airborne Corps. Spc. Michael Jankowski (1987) and U.S. Marine PFC Mike Wilson (1966). A bank, gas station and… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, August 1, 2012 100 years ago – Week of Aug. 1, 1912 A group of volunteers, mainly from Lannon, cleaned up the grounds of Sunnyside Cemetery. A newspaper article details the best way to blast out stumps. It reports a quarter-stick of dynamite will do it if well… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller posted Living Sussex Sun, December, 2012 Posted: Dec. 13, 2012 100 years ago – Week of Dec. 12, 1912 George Hoenig a local area cattle buyer shipped a carload of fancy steers to Chicago from Colgate. The warm, favorable weather has allowed Lannon stone crushers to continue their work and there is… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, February , 2012 Pages From the Past February 29, 2012 100 years ago – week of Feb. 29, 1912 The Wittlin Motor Co. in Menomonee Falls via the Bugline Railroad received a shipment of 1912 Ford cars. The ad, “Children cry for Fletcher’s Castoria,” should probably read,… Read more »
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller posted Living Sussex Sun, January 10, 2012 Pages From the Past 100 years ago – week of Jan. 11, 1912 As of Jan. 1, fire wood can not be sold by the “load.” It must have a cubic foot sale receipt. The new Ford touring car is for sale for $600… Read more »
