Pages from the Past – March 2013 100 years ago – Week of March 6, 1913 In Colgate, Miss Martha Connell put $4 in the rural mailbox for her residence and expected a $4 money order in return, but it is suspected that a “tramp” opened the mailbox and withdrew the money. Albert Schoeder, 18, died at his Lisbon home… Read more »
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 »
A look back on the year’s top stories of 2013 Posted: Dec. 23, 2013, Living Sussex Sun January · Brookfield developer Arthur Sawall outlines to Village officials his plans to develop a multiuse residential and retail complex at the corner of Waukesha Avenue and Main Street, the site of the former Mammoth Springs Cannery Co., including rerouting portions of the… Read more »
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Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, June, 2013 Posted: June 11, 2013 100 years ago June 12, 1913 Wisconsin defeated a suffrage vote in the state for the right to allow women to vote in the presidential election by a majority of 92,000 voters. In Major League Baseball, the two Philadelphia teams are… 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, 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 »
