Category Archives: History

Pages From The Past – January 2012

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  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 »

Pages From The Past – March 2012

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  Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 3, 2012 Pages From the Past March 3, 2012 100 years ago – week of March 7, 1912 Lisbon farmers are signing up to raise acreage of sugar beets for the Menomonee Falls Sugar Beet Co. Milwaukee Sheriff Arnold, a friend of Nelson Greengo of Lisbon,… Read more »

Pages to the Past – July 2011

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Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, July 6, 2011 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 yrs ago – 1911 In a sad Lannon tale, Louis Schneider has been granted a divorce from his wife on proof of desertion. Many people from Lisbon and Sussex went to a Menomonee Falls July 4th affair in 1861, just as the… Read more »

Pages to the Past – June 2011

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Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June 1, 2011 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 yrs ago – June 1, 2011 The annual Memorial Day ceremony noted that the veterans of the Civil War are quickly dying off. A Waukesha County Civil War monument has been ordered at a cost of $4,000 from an Eastern firm. It… Read more »

Pages to the Past – March 2011

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Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, March 1, 2011 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past March 2, 2011 50 years ago – March 2, 1961 The Town of Lisbon had a primary in February as seven filed papers for two Lisbon supervisor seats. They were: Harry Bartlett, Oscar Ward, Robert Smocke, Ervin Schuldt, Will… Read more »

Pages to the Past – May 2011

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Pages from the Past Posted: Living Sussex Sun, May 3, 2011 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Pages from the Past May 4, 2011 Posted: May 3, 2011 100 years ago – May 4, 1911 The Lannon estate of Thomas McCartney and Heman Harmon have been offered for probate. McCartney was the executor of Marmon’s will and has died; a… Read more »

Pages to the Past – November 2011

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  Pages from the Past By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Living Sussex Sun, November 2, 2011 Pages From the Past 100 years ago – Week of Nov. 2, 1911 Area hunters Alfred Cessar, John Huberty and John Feilsing were out hunting rabbits in Doylestown and came back with a record 93 rabbits and two squirrels on a weekend… Read more »