Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller posted Living Sussex Sun, May, 2012 No posts yet
Pages from the Past by Fred H. Keller posted Living Sussex Sun, November, 2012 Posted: Nov. 9, 2012 100 years ago – Week of Nov. 7, 1912 Paul Heling, a Lisbon farmer that lived on what is today Highway 164, is recuperating after being struck by lightening. He was working his land when a rain storm came up. He… 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 »
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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 »