Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, February 5, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Eighty acres in Brookfield was announced as having sold for $7,500. The City of Waukesha voted 6-5 in favor of closing taverns and other places where spirits are offered on Sundays. Prohibition was a very strong force in Lisbon…. Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, January 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Charles L. Smith won a judgment of $2,250 in his lawsuit against the Bug Line Railroad for an accident May 17, 1906. A train had hit his buggy at Haylett Crossing in Menomonee Falls (Menomonee Avenue just east of… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, July 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 Waukesha held a huge Fourth of July parade focusing on the aging veterans of the Civil War. In Menomonee Falls, a small cannon built in 1861 for the Civil War blew up, sending pieces flying over 500 feet…. Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, August 5, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 The pastor of Sussex Zion Church was the Rev. Grauer. Worthy Master of Sussex Ashlar Lodge 193 was Frank Harris. 50 years ago 1958 A new Hercules guided missile was on display at local stores to show the… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, December 3, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago 1908 Anyone in need of an animal doctor could call Dr. G. Harland in Duplainville. He did veterinary surgery, specializing in cattle problems. People of Sussex who wanted heating coal could get it from the Sussex Elevator on Maple Avenue… Read more »
Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Month of January 2007 100 years ago- 1907 Richard Weaver, one of the richest men of Sussex, died Dec. 26, 1906, and was buried just before New Year’s Day at St. Alban’s. He had served as Lisbon town chairman, county supervisor, and in the… Read more »
Pages from the Past Posted: Sussex Sun, April 1, 2008 By Fred Keller, Sussex Village Historian 100 years ago – 1908 Hills Jewelry Store in Menomonee Falls offered pocket watches with solid-nickel cases for $3.75 or with 10-year gold-fill cases for $5.50. 50 years ago – 1958 The Sussex Fire Department sent some of its firefighters to a four-day training… Read more »
Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Transcribed by SLAHS volunteer Sarah Pichler, December 2011 Month of September September 6, 2006 100 years ago- 1906 Republican James O. Davidson of Soldiers Grove was the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin from 1903 through 1906. The Lisbon town chairman was William McGill. The supervisors… Read more »
Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Transcribed by SLAHS volunteer Sarah Pichler, August 2011 Month of January January 4, 2006 100 years ago- 1906 The train fare from Sussex to Los Angeles or San Francisco was $63.50 Waukesha County was astonished to receive a $100,00 check from Ralph Voorhees of… Read more »
Pages From The Past by Fred H. Keller, as published in the Sussex Sun newspaper Transcribed by SLAHS volunteer Sarah Pichler, October 2011 Month of July July 5, 2006 100 years ago-1906 C.G. Daniels planned to open an ice-cream parlor in the old Boots Tavern building next to St. Alban’s Cemetery. The North Lisbon Methodist Church put on a… Read more »
