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 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 »
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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 Keller, Sussex Village Historian Posted: Living Sussex Sun, October , 2011 Pages From the Past October 11, 2011 100 years ago – week of Oct. 12, 1911 William Howard Taft is the United States President. In the automobile business, Charles Franklin Kettering invents an automobile self starter. 50 years ago – week of… Read more »
