“Auld Lang Syne”
1921
Compiled by Jeanne Mahony
Text from the Mazomanie Sickle with notes by Jeanne Mahony
1921 A u l d Lang Syne
January 7, 1921 The t e l e p h o n e company has been g r a n t e d t h e r a i s e i n t e l e p h o n e r a t e s i n Mazo-
manie as asked f o r : $3.00 a month f o r s i n g l e l i n e b u s i n e s s phones, $2.50 f o r t w o - p a r t y l i n e s ; r e s i d e n c e phones $1.50, 1.75 and 2.00 per month, f o r s i n g l e , t w o - p a r t y and f o u r - p a r t y l i n e s .
Welsch's Garage has t h e agency f o r t h e D o r t Car. C a l l and see i t . A f r e i g h t car o f f t h e t r a c k a t the Holcomb c r o s s i n g l a s t e v ening d e l a y e d t h e
west bound passenger h a l f an hour or more.
January 14, 1921 Because o f the i n c r e a s e i n t e l e p h o n e r a t e s , n e a r l y a l l t h e b u s i n e s s p l a c e s i n
Mazomanie have o r d e r e d t h e i r 'phones d i s c o n t i n u e d , many r e s i d e n c e s a l s o , and the r u r a l p a t r o n s are up i n arms.
A l i b e r a l hamburgher sandwich f o r 10 c e n t s — M a z o Lunch.
January 2 1 , 1921 T w e n t y - f i v e young l a d i e s , members o f t h e M e t h o d i s t Sunday Scho o l , were r o y a l l y
e n t e r t a i n e d a t the home of Miss Dorothy Jordan l a s t Thursday e v e n i n g . At s i x o ' c l o c k a b o u n t i f u l d i n n e r was s e r v e d t o which a l l p r e s e n t d i d f u l l j u s t i c e .
We are s e l l i n g t h e b e s t q u a l i t y o f c o a l t o be g o t t e n . The c o a l we have on hand now we charge $11 a t o n . At t h a t , i t i s cheaper t h a n o t h e r c o a l a t $7.00 a t o n . I t l a s t s l o n g e r and has no s o o t , and no f i n e s t u f f . ROY PAYL0W
January 28, 1921 I want t o g i v e due c r e d i t t o t h e s m a l l but e x t r e m e l y w e l l - b e h a v e d crowd fro m
The R a i l r o a d Men's dance t h a t were served supper a t our Mazo Lunch l a s t F r i d a y n i g h t . The Mazo Lunch, I . Unkenholz, P r o p r i e t o r .
NOTICE: a meeting o f t h e p a t r o n s o f the Mazomanie t e l e p h o n e exchange w i l l be h e l d a t Schmitz H a l l , on S a t u r d a y , Jan 2 9 t h , a t two pm. f o r t h e purposeof d i s c u s s i n g the t e l e p h o n e r a t e s . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e W i s c o n s i n Telephone Co. and f r o m t h e R a i l r o a d Commission w i l l be p r e s e n t .
February 4, 1921 At t h e m e e t i n g h e l d Saturday a f t e r n o o n , a t Schmitz H a l l , more t h a n 150 men were
p r e s e n t t o d i s c u s s t h e t e l e p h o n e r a t e s . The r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the t e l e p h o n e company and t h e R a i l r o a d Commission d i d n o t come as p l a n n e d . The d i s c u s s i o n c e n t e r e d around the p o s s i b i l i t y o f t h e s u b s c r i b e r s b u y i n g t h e exchange.
A chimney f i r e a t t h e f a r m r e s i d e n c e of Theo. Hottmann, j u s t o u t s i d e o f town c a l l e d out t h e f i r e department s h o r t l y a f t e r seven o ' c l o c k . The f i r e , w h ich was out of r each o f t h e v i l l a g e w a t e r works was e x t i n g u i s h e d w i t h o u t any p a r t i c u l a r damage.
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February 1 1, 1921 Three f r i e d eggs, w i t h b r e a d , b u t t e r , p o t a t o e s , c o f f e e , and a s i d e o f v e g e t a b l e s
f o r 400 a t Mazo Lunch. Wm Craney has f i l l e d h i s i c e house t h i s week, and i s a l s o d o i n g o t h e r j o b s . The
i c e i s about t w e l v e inches i n t h i c k n e s s and o f good q u a l i t y . An i n s t a l l a t i o n s e r v i c e w i l l be h e l d a t t h e Community Church t h i s F r i d a y even
i n g a t whic h t i m e Rev. Geo. V.R. Shepard w i l l be i n s t a l l e d as p a s t o r o f t h i s c h u r c h .
F ebruary 18, 1921 At t h e M a j e s t i c T h e a t e r , Thursday, F r i d a y , Feb. 17 and 18, Mary P i c k f o r d i n
"Rags".
At t h e Community Church nex t Sunday, t h e Boy Scouts w i l l be honored g u e s t s .
F ebruary 25, 1921 The Men's Supper a t t h e Community Church, Tuesday e v e n i n g , was l a r g e l y a t t e n d e d ,
and was a success t h r o u g h o u t . The r e c e i p t s were $72.00 The Men's Supper a t t h e M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h l a s t week Thursday was a v e r y good
success. The number of meals served was 203, and t h e t o t a l r e c e i p t s $71.05.
Mohwinkel Bros, have o r d e r e d a Fordson t r a c t o r .
March 4, 1921 The M a r x v i l i e Creamery Co. has p u t i n an o t h e r cream c o o l e r . The cream i s i n
c r e a s i n g e v e r y day, and soon t h e two w i l l be f i l l e d t o t h e i r c a p a c i t y . The enthusiasm t o p r o t e s t t h e i n c r e a s e d r a t e s f o r t e l e p h o n e s e r v i c e seems t o
have d i e d down. S.A. Mackesey and f a m i l y have moved from Madison, and are l o c a t e d i n t h e
Antony K i r c h house i n t h i s v i l l a g e . Mr. Mackesey w i l l o p e r a t e an a u t o m o b i l e t r u c k l i n e between Mazomanie and Madison.
March 11, 1921 Ju s t r e c e i v e d , a new l i n e o f heavy l a c e v e s t e e s and c o l l a r t o match, a l s o
s e p a r a t e c o l l a r s a t 500 and up. M.J. ZANGL The High School o p e r e t t a , "Love P i r a t e s o f H a w a i i " , t o be g i v e n a t t h e Maj
e s t i c T h e a t e r , Mazomanie, on Thursday and F r i d a y e v e n i n g s , March 17 and 18. T i c k e t s 350 and 200.
March 18, 1921 Coming t o t h e M a j e s t i c T h e a t e r : Wanda Hawley and H a r r i s o n Ford i n "Food f o r
Scandal", March 20 and 2 1 . Admission: C h i l d r e n 10 c e n t s , A d u l t s 25 c e n t s . Home made f r i e d cakes, 30 c e n t s a dozen, a t Mazo Lunch. John N e s v a c i l i s f i t t i n g up t h e Wendt b u i l d i n g f o r a t i n s h o p and r e p a i r i n g
and w i l l a l s o be equipped t o do g e n e r a l plumbing and o t h e r work i n t h a t l i n e .
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March 25, 1921 The High School O p e r e t t a , "Love P i r a t e s o f H a w a i i " , g i v e n a t t h e M a j e s t i c
T h e a t e r , Thursday and F r i d a y evenings of l a s t week, was a success t h r o u g h o u t , and r e f l e c t s much c r e d i t upon Miss Kaisermann and t h e p u p i l s who t o o k p a r t . The t o t a l r e c e i p t s exceeded $130.00.
L y l e Dye has a new Ford Coupe. G.L. Dunlap has purchased a new Dodge c a r f r o m t h e C i t y Garage. G i l b e r t Harrop has purchased a new Ford c a r , and a Fordson t r a c t o r .
A new passenger t r a i n t i m e c a r d goes i n t o e f f e c t t h e f i r s t o f n e x t week. The Branch t r a i n t i m e w i l l be changed, and t h e Branch w i l l r e t u r n t o t h e s i n g l e crew system, t h e t r a i n r e m a i n i n g a t P r a i r i e du Sac over n i g h t .
A p r i l 1, 1921 NOTICE: We have leased Schmitz H a l l f o r one y e a r , and w i l l use t h e same p r i n
c i p a l l y f o r g i v i n g dances. E. FOSTERLING, DAN HARRINGAN, PAUL WELSCH. At t h e M a j e s t i c , F r i d a y , A p r i l 1, B i l l i e Burke i n "The Mis-Leading Widow". A dance was h e l d a t John Lochner's H a l l , M a r x v i l l e , Monday e v e n i n g . E i g h t y
t i c k e t s were s o l d . Music was g i v e n by t h e New Crescent o r c h e s t r a , of Madison.
A p r i l 8, 1921 At t h e Cemetery A s s o c i a t i o n m e e t i n g , i t was v o t e d t o r a i s e t h e p r i c e o f c a r
i n g f o r l o t s t o $1.50 per year and i t s h o u l d be p a i d as e a r l y i n t h e season as p o s s i b l e so t h a t competent h e l p can be secured.
172 v o t e s were p o l l e d — a v e r y l i g h t v o t e — a t t h e v i l l a g e e l e c t i o n Tuesday. About f i f t y women v o t e d . The town e l e c t i o n was 105 v o t e s , w i t h about f o r t y women v o t i n g .
A p r i l 15, 1921 Geo. A. S h i e l d s , t h e l o c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f t h e U n i t e d Drug Company of
Boston, has been awarded a p o s i t i o n on t h e 1920 Honor R o l l o f I n t e r - n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f R e x a l l Clubs.
I n Arena, F.M. A l l e n t r a d e d h i s g e n e r a l s t o r e t o h i s s o n - i n - l a w , George Harrop. Mrs. L i l y Butz has a new Ford sedan.
A p r i l 22, 1921 At t h e V i l l a g e Board meeting a m o t i o n was c a r r i e d t h a t A.G. E l l i s r e p r e s e n t
the v i l l a g e a t the h e a r i n g o f t h e W i s c o n s i n R i v e r Power Co. i n r e g a r d t o s e l l i n g t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e .
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morrow and f i v e c h i l d r e n a r r i v e d here Thursday m o r n i n g , and w i l l move t o t h e l a r g e f a r m purchased n o r t h o f town. The Morrow f a m i l y comes fr o m Montana, and made t h e t r i p by a u t o m o b i l e .
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A p r i l 29, 1921 Don't f o r g e t "Bebe D a n i e l s " i s a t t h e M a j e s t i c two days, Sunday and Monday,
i n "Oh, Lady, Lady", a comedy success. Arrangements have been made t o send out s o l i c i t o r s t o see a l l t e l e p h o n e sub
s c r i b e r s f o r t h e purpose o f h a v i n g them s u b s c r i b e f o r s t o c k i n t h e proposed new company.
May 6, 1921 NOTICE TO VOTERS: A mass meeting w i l l be h e l d a t t h e v i l l a g e h a l l , t o n i g h t ,
f o r t h e purpose of d i s c u s s i n g w i t h t h e members of t h e V i l l a g e Board t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y o f s e l l i n g our e l e c t r i c t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e t o t h e W i s c o n s i n R i v e r Power Co. I t i s o n l y t h e s a l e o f t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e t h a t i s t o be c o n s i d e r e d , n o t our l o c a l d i s t r i c u t i o n p l a n t . C u r r e n t would be d e l i v e r e d t o us here i n s t e a d o f a t the P r a i r i e du Sac dam.
May 13, 1921 F i f t y or more l a d i e s have g r a c i o u s l y consented t o e n t e r t a i n a t a s e r i e s o f
"May p a r t i e s " f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e Free L i b r a r y . I t i s expected t h a t about s e v e n t y - f i v e d o l l a r s w i l l be r a i s e d i n t h i s way.
Mayor M i l o I . K i t t l e s o n and a p a r t y of t e n , f r o m Madison, were supper gu e s t s a t t h e Mazo Lunch, Sunday.
We pay t h e h i g h e s t market p r i c e f o r cream. Give us a T r i a l — L i n l e y ' s Meat Market. May 20, 1921
Comrades o f McDonald Post, G.A.R. w i l l assemble a t t h e Post H a l l on Sunday, May 2 9 t h , and march t o t h e M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h f o r Memorial S e r v i c e s .
Funds are b e i n g s o l i c i t e d f o r a new M e t h o d i s t parsonage t o be b u i l t i n t h i s v i l l a g e .
The Ford Garage has s o l d a Fordson t r a c t o r t o Hugh Morrow, and a Ford coupe t o P.F. S t i c k n e y , t h i s week.
May 27, 1921 High School commencement e x e r c i s e s w i l l be h e l d a t the Community Church Thursday
e v e n i n g . P r o f . A.P. Haake w i l l g i v e t h e address. Wesley Schroeder has purchased a new C l e v e l a n d r o a d s t e r . L o u i s Wein i s out b u y i n g j u n k f o r h i s f a t h e r , and you are thus g i v e n a chance
t o g e t r i d o f the o l d scrap i r o n , e t c . , t h a t has been a c c u m u l a t i n g .
June 3, 1921 D.L. B e s t o r had charge of t h e D e c o r a t i o n Day s e r v i c e s . The Mazomanie band
e s c o r t e d t h e v e t e r a n s t o t h e c e m e t e r i e s . Flowers were p l a c e d on t h e graves o f the v e t e r a n s b u r i e d i n b o t h c e m e t e r i e s .
There w i l l be a s p e c i a l e l e c t i o n on the 2 0 t h of June f o r t h e v o t e r s t o pass on the r e s o l u t i o n t o s e l l t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e s t o t h e W i s c o n s i n R i v e r Power Co. The c o n s i d e r a t i o n t o be $7,000.
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June 10, 1921 The c l o s i n g event o f Commencement Week was t h e Alumni Banquet a t t h e High School
w i t h a banquet served by t h e Federated workers a t t h e Community Church d i n i n g room. There was a l a r g e a t t e n d a n c e and t h e o c c a s i o n was pronounced one o f t h e most e n j o y a b l e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e a s s o c i a t i o n .
The Ford coupe i s now s e l l i n g a t $695, t h e sedan a t $760, and t h e runabout and t o u r i n g c a r s are s e l l i n g a t a r e d u c t i o n o f $25 each.
The f i r s t two days o f t h e d r i v e f o r funds f o r t h e new M e t h o d i s t parsonage have b r o u g h t $2,620. The aim i s t o r a i s e $3,000. Anybody who wishes t o donate may c a l l on Roy Paylow and Roy Denu, t h e f i n a n c e committee.
June 17, 1921 A band of g y p s i e s , t r a v e l i n g i n f o u r l a r g e t o u r i n g c a r s , v i s i t e d t h i s p l a c e
Saturday f o r e n o o n . NOTICE: The n e x t meeting o f t h e M i c k e l s o n - M a r t i n Post No. 313, American Leg
i o n w i l l be h e l d i n t h e v i l l a g e h a l l , i n B l a c k E a r t h , Tuesday e v e n i n g , June 28, a t 8:30 p.m., i n p l a c e o f June 2 1 s t . A l l members are urged t o be p r e s e n t . A.M. Paulson, Post Commander.
The M a j e s t i c T h e a t e r program on June 17 and 18 w i l l i n c l u d e t h e C h a r l i e C h a p l i n comedy, "The Vagabonds".
June 24, 1921 I n Arena, D.P. Lynch has l e a s e d t h e J.C. White meat market and has t a k e n
p o s s e s s i o n . Miss E l s i e Hodgson has t a k e n a p o s i t i o n a t t h e K i r k l a n d H o t e l a t D e v i l ' s Lake. The e l e c t i o n Monday, r e s u l t e d i n a v o t e o f 79 t o 3 i n f a v o r o f t h e s a l e o f
th e e l e c t r i c t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e .
J u l y 1, 1921 Edward Salava has purchased a Nash t o u r i n g c a r f r o m James B r o d e r i c k , t h i s
week. Wm Craney has been awarded t h e c o n t r a c t by t h e Highway Commission, t o b u i l d
about t w e n t y c o n c r e t e c u l v e r t s on t h e Mazomanie-Sauk C i t y r o a d .
C e l e b r a t e t h e 4 t h by s e e i n g Mary P i c k f o r d i n "The Hoodlum".
J u l y 8, 1921 The M e t h o d i s t Union Sunday School P i c n i c h e l d i n Schumann's g r o v e , near Mazo-
manie, J u l y 4 t h , was a grand success. The parade formed a t t h e c h u r c h a t 11 a.m., t h e v a r i o u s f l o a t s were w e l l done. The program was r e n d e r e d by t h e t h r e e Sunday sc h o o l s o f Mazomanie, Mounds Creek and B l a c k E a r t h . The b a l l game i n t h e a f t e r n o o n was won by B l a c k E a r t h .
At t h e Arena Annual High School m e e t i n g , t h e course o f Domestic Science and A g r i c u l t u r e was d i s c o n t i n u e d by a v o t e o f the p e o p l e .
At t h e Annual School meeting i n Mazomanie, a committee was a p p o i n t e d t o work i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e Board, t o secure p l a n s and s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r a new s c h o o l b u i l d i n g .
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J u l y 15, 1921 E. J. Hodgson has purchased a Fordson t r a c t o r . The i c e cream s o c i a l g i v e n a t t h e home of C.H. R o b e r t s , i n Mounds Creek, Wed
nesday e v e n i n g , was w e l l a t t e n d e d . The r e c e i p t s were over $26.00. The M e t h o d i s t c o n g r e g a t i o n has purchased t h e l o t i n the n o r t h w e s t c o r n e r of t h e
b l o c k s o u t h o f t h e s c h o o l house, and w i l l b u i l d a parsonage. L e l a n d Winch has purchased a new Ford coupe.
J u l y 22, 1921 F i l m s developed, 100, a t S h i e l d s 1 d r u g s t o r e . Misses Annie and M i l d r e d M o r r i l l , S t e l l a and M a r i o n K e r r , are a t Camp I n d i a n o l a . The Young Ladies C l a s s , or T o i l e r s , o f t h e M e t h o d i s t Sunday School w i l l g i v e an
i c e cream s o c i a l on t h e c h u r c h lawn, Tuesday e v e n i n g , J u l y 26. A l l welcome!
J u l y 29, 1921 Since l a s t S aturday no t o l l has been charged f o r c r o s s i n g t h e b r i d g e a t Sauk
C i t y and h e r e a f t e r t h e s t r u c t u r e w i l l be f r e e t o a l l t r a v e l e r s . The change was made as a r e s u l t o f t h r e a t e n e d a c t i o n by the S t a t e Highway Commission which n o t i f i e d t h e l o c a l o f f i c i a l s t h a t u n l e s s t h e b r i d g e was made f r e e , s t a t e t r u n k l i n e No. 12 which crosses t h e b r i d g e , would be changed from Roxbury so t h a t a c r o s s i n g o f t h e Wiscons i n r i v e r would be over t h e new f r e e b r i d g e a t P r a i r i e du Sac.
August 5, 1921 Peaches, $2.00 per box. A p p l e s , $3.00 per bushel.—PAYLOW'S DEPT STORE CO. I c e f o r household purposes has p l a y e d o u t , and d e l i v e r i e s have ceased.
August 12, 1921 P r o f . Harvey Jones has accepted an o f f e r as i n s t r u c t o r i n a g r i c u l t u r e i n t h e
Mazomanie High School and expects t o move h i s f a m i l y here about September 1 s t . On account of t h e h a r d t i m e s which t h e people are now p a s s i n g t h r o u g h , t h e
M e t h o d i s t c h u r c h has v o t e d t o c u t t h e p a s t o r ' s s a l a r y f o r n e x t year $375.00, or 18 3/4 %. A committee c o n s i s t i n g o f W i l l i s T urk, George K n i g h t , and Percy Reeve was a p p o i n t e d t o r e n t a c o m f o r t a b l e home f o r t h e p a s t o r u n t i l a new parsonage can be b u i l t .
Mayor I.M. K i t t l e s o n and M.B. O l b r i c h , o f Madison, w i l l be t h e speakers a t t h e home coming and F i e l d Day c e l e b r a t i o n a t B l a c k E a r t h , n e x t Monday. The c e l e b r a t i o n i s under t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e e x - s e r v i c e men i n t h e M i c k e l s o n M a r t i n Post, No. 313 o f t h e American L e g i o n .
August 19, 1921 There was a l a r g e a t t e n d a n c e i n B l a c k E a r t h Monday, f o r t h e i r F i e l d Day.
There were 1,700 i n a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e b a l l game and 406 t i c k e t s were s o l d f o r t h e dance i n t h e e v e n i n g .
Tony Novak, a s t e e p l e - j a c k , p a i n t e d t h e c i t y f l a g - p o l e S a t u r day. " R i d e r s o f t h e P u r p l e Sage" a t the M a j e s t i c , Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
evenings n e x t week.
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August 26, 1921 Route No. 11 has been changed i n t h i s v i l l a g e so t h a t t h e t u r n i s one b l o c k
f a r t h e r east t h a n f o r m e r l y . The c o u n t y o i l crew has been here t h e p a s t week, o i l i n g Hudson and Brodhead
s t r e e t s .
September 2, 1921 P r o f . Trapp has been i n B l a c k E a r t h t h i s week l o o k i n g a f t e r s c h o o l m a t t e r s .
Two rooms i n t h e basement o f t h e s c h o o l b u i l d i n g have been f i t t e d out f o r a Comm e r c i a l Course.
Roy Paylow has purchased l a n d from P.E. Reeve, and i s b u i l d i n g a c o a l and f e e d house near t h e r a i l r o a d t r a c k .
Movie " C h a r l i e C h a p l i n and The K i d " , a l s o s l i d e s and music, a t F r i e s ' b a r n , Wednesday e v e n i n g , Sept 7, a t e i g h t o ' c l o c k . Admission 3<£ and 5<£ .
September 9, 1921 Rev. W.P. Burrows has been r e t u r n e d t o Mazomanie, B l a c k E a r t h , and Mounds Creek
charges f o r a n o t h e r year and w i l l p reach i n Mazomanie nex t Sunday a t 7:30 p.m. A new f o o t b r i d g e i s b e i n g b u i l t across t h e c r e e k near t h e r e s i d e n c e o f John
K i n g . The c o s t o f t h e b r i d g e i s p a i d by those who f i n d t h i s s h o r t - c u t c o n v e n i e n t . S.A. Mackessey's f r e i g h t t r u c k caught f i r e on t h e road near t h e McCue fa r m ,
F r i d a y m o r n i n g , and was damaged t o the e x t e n t o f s e v e r a l hundred d o l l a r s .
September 16, 1921 The Halfway P r a i r i e s c h o o l s t a r t e d Monday, Miss Annie M o r r i l l , o f Mazomanie
i s t e a c h i n g . C a r p e n t e r s have commenced work on H.E. T r a g e r ' s new r e s i d e n c e . H a r r y and
Gretchen Kaisermann were m a r r i e d August 1 5 t h . Misses Laura Parman, Ma r i o n C a l k i n s , O l i v e Reeve and I r e n e Rasmussen went t o
W h i t e w a t e r , Tuesday, t o a t t e n d t h e normal s c h o o l .
September 23, 1921 Roy Paylow, Fred Weiner and Ben Wein ( B e r u l Wanelowsky) were g r a n t e d c i t i z e n
s h i p papers a t Madison, Tuesday. E r v i n B e u t h i n has purchased a new Ford c a r . Among U.W. s t u d e n t s f r o m t h i s l o c a l i t y are Wm Sawle, W i l l a r d S h a r r a t t , Misses
A l i c e Diment, S t e l l a K e r r , E l s i e Hodgson and C o r i n e K i n g .
September 30, 1921 Dr. F.L. G r i s w o l d has i n s t a l l e d an X-Ray machine i n h i s o f f i c e t h i s week. Wm G r i f f i t h , J r . , and Ray C a l k i n s drove t o LaCrosse, Sunday, t o a t t e n d a
h o t e l keepers' c o n v e n t i o n . The W i s c o n s i n R i v e r Power Co. has b u i l t a p l a t f o r m s o u t h of t h e power house
and e r e c t e d s t e e l work f o r e l e c t r i c a l a p p a r a t u s necessary t o r u n t h e c u r r e n t f r o m t h e new l i n e t o t h i s v i l l a g e .
1921 - A u l d Lang Syne
October 7, 1921 Saeman Bros shipp e d f i v e c a r loads o f s t o c k f r o m t h i s s t a t i o n Monday, and
Saeman Bros, and t h e E q u i t y S o c i e t y s h i p p e d two c a r s each, Wednesday. New j u r y p a n e l s i n W i s c o n s i n must c o n t a i n t h e names of a number o f women
a c c o r d i n g t o t h e s t a t e law passed by t h e L e g i s l a t u r e l a t e i n t h e l a s t s e s s i o n . A r m i s t i c e Day, Nov. 11, w i l l be observed a t B l a c k E a r t h , w i t h an e x t e n s i v e
program a r r a n g e d by t h e M i c k e l s o n - M a r t i n Post No. 313, o f t h e American L e g i o n .
October 14, 1921 Rev. F a t h e r M.G. S t e i e r has purchased a new Ford coupe, and Dr. L. Scheel has
purchased a new Baby Grand C h e v r o l e t coupe. W.C.P. Weinschenk, accompanied by Chas. Jones and Chester Weinschenk, drove
t o Eau C l a i r e , Thursday, t o p u t up a f u r n a c e a t t h e f a r m home o f Wolfgang S t a t z -
October 2 1 , 1921 I n B l a c k E a r t h , t h e t i r e r e p a i r shop of t h e Anderson b r o t h e r s has been p u r
chased by Hermann & Watzke, and a s e r v i c e s t a t i o n e s t a b l i s h e d . Roy Denu went t o Chicago, l a s t F r i d a y , and drove home a new Baby Grand Chev
r o l e t r o a d s t e r . The power was t u r n e d on t o t h e new 33,000 v o l t t r a n s m i s s i o n l i n e , Sunday even
i n g , and we are now r e c e i v i n g t h i s new e l e c t r i c s e r v i c e . The v o l t a g e on t h e o l d l i n e was 13,200.
October 28, 1921 No paper was i s s u e d t h i s week due t o t h e i l l n e s s o f t h e e d i t o r , H.L. Swan.
Th i s was t h e f i r s t t i m e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e SICKLE, s i n c e March o f 1874, t h a t a p u b l i c a t i o n was missed.
November 4, 1921 E. F o s t e r l i n g , who has had charge o f t h e t e l e p h o n e exchange here f o r t h e p a s t
two y e a r s , has been t r a n s f e r r e d t o Waupun. C.W. Browne of Waupun, w i l l have charge of t h e exchange h e r e .
The Sauk Branch resumed t h e two-crew system l a s t Monday. The t r a i n now r e t u r n s t o t h i s p l a c e t o s t a y over n i g h t , making t h e f i r s t t r i p up t h e Branch a t 6:25 i n t h e m o r n i n g .
Work on t h e new Ford garage i s g o i n g on i n e a r n e s t . The o l d shop was razed and c l e a r e d away, and t h e c o n c r e t e f o r t h e w a l l s i s now g o i n g up. ( c o r n e r o f S t a t e and Crescent s t r e e t )
November 11, 1921 N.J. Tepper has l e a s e d H.J. L i n l e y ' s Meat Market. The German E v a n g e l i c a l S o c i e t y ' s parsonage, now o c c u p i e d by Mr. and Mrs.
C a r r o l l K i n g and f a m i l y , has been s o l d t o P e t e r Wittmann, f o r $1,600. An o r d e r has j u s t been r e c e i v e d a t t h e p o s t o f f i c e , r e q u i r i n g a l l p e r
sons connected w i t h t h e o f f i c e must be equipped w i t h f i r e a r m s .
1921 - A u l d Lang Syne
November 18, 1921 The t o t a l r e c e i p t * o f t h e L i b r a r y Teas h e l d l a s t s p r i n g , are $107.35. There w i l l be a Union T h a n k s g i v i n g S e r v i c e h e l d i n the Community Church on
Thursday morning a t 10:30 a.m. Everyone c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d . The Mazo P o u l t r y & Egg Co. i s r e c e i v i n g g r e a t q u a n t i t i e s o f l i v e p o u l t r y t h e se
days, and has t o seek temporary s t o r a g e f o r much of i t o u t s i d e o f i t s capacious p l a n t . About 1,500 c h i c k e n s , e t c . , are k i l l e d and dressed d a i l y .
November 25, 1921 The High School has purchased a new p i a n o . The proceeds o f t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t
g i v e n l a s t F r i d a y , and o t h e r c o n t r i b u t i o n s and e n t e r t a i n m e n t s t o be g i v e n i n t h e f u t u r e w i l l be a p p l i e d t o t h e payment o f t h e same.
Miss E l s i e Hodgson, o f t h i s p l a c e , won t h i r d p l a c e i n t h e p i e show f o r Home Economics s t u d e n t s o f t h e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y a t Madison.
Work on t h e new Ford Garage i s p r o g r e s s i n g r a p i d l y , i n s p i t e o f th e weather. The w a l l s are w e l l on toward c o m p l e t i o n , and t h e r o o f i s b e i n g p u t on.
December 9, 1921 J.B. Johnson has purchased t h e Mazo Lunch r e s t a u r a n t . Christmas p o s t cards 100 a dozen.—M.J. ZANGL Welsch & Son's S e r v i c e Garage w i l l reopen f o r b u s i n e s s n e x t Monday. Ben Wein has purchased a new e l e c t r i c a l - d r i v e n machine t o be used i n t h e r e
p a i r i n g o f shoes.
December 16, 1921 Gteia±ma^—diame r , Hefeel Mazo s t y l e , a t o n l y $1.00 per p l a t e . Christmas D i n n e r — I n c r e a s e t h e p l e a s u r e s , and add t o t h e c o m f o r t o f t h e day,
by t a k i n g Christmas d i n n e r a t t h e H o t e l Mazo. Make r e s e r v a t i o n s i n advance, as o n l y a l i m i t e d number w i l l be served a t $1.00 per p l a t e . W.A. GRIFFITH & SON, Pr o p 1
A dance w i l l be g i v e n a t Schmitz H a l l , Monday e v e n i n g , December 2 6 t h . Music w i l l be f u r n i s h e d by King's o r c h e s t r a .
December 23, 1921 Arena now has e l e c t r i c i t y , secured from t h e P r a i r i e du Sac power p l a n t , on t h e
l i n e r u n n i n g t h r o u g h Mazomanie. The new Ford Garage i s n e a r l y f i n i s h e d , and w i t h i t s n i c e b r i c k w a l l s , and l a r g
g l a s s f r o n t p r e s e n t s a v e r y neat appearance. The f o r m e r Dr. West f a r m , n o r t h o f town, was s o l d t h e f i r s t o f th e week t o
Matchata & Tomka, I t a l i a n s , who t a k e immediate p o s s e s s i o n . December 30, 1921
From B l a c k E a r t h , Misses G e r t r u d e and L e l i a B a r b e r , t e a c h e r s a t Ashland and Beaver Dam are spending t h e i r v a c a t i o n s w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s .
At t h e Christmas Dance t h e at t e n d a n c e was s i x t y - n i n e c o u p l e s ; t h e most l a d y l i k e and g e n t l e m a n l i k e dance h e l d i n t h i s h a l l f o r y e a r s . Shimmy was not i n s t y l e a t a l l , and t h e moon d i d n o t s h i n e . — M a n a g e r o f t h e Opera House.
1921
January 7,1921
The telephone company at Mazomanie was
granted an increase in rates
to $3.00 for single business
phone and others in proportion.
The annual report
of the Mutual Town Insurance Co.
showed losses of $643.44 for 1919 and
there was a balance of $699.94 in the
treasury.
January 14,
1921 American
Legion Post being organized in Black
Earth.
January 21,
1921 Telephones
have been ordered out of most bus
iness places in the village of Mazomanie in pro
test of the high rate.
February 4, 1921
Two meetings
were held, one Friday evening
and the other Saturday to discuss telephone situation
due to the new
rates announced by the
Wisconsin Telephone Co.
It was
suggested that
a local
company be formed in Mazomanie to
purchase the
plant but no one stopped at the door
to subscribe for shares at
$25. About one
inch of snow on Sunday evening and
an equal amount on Wednesday evening. Previous
to this
the ground was bare.
February 11,
1921 Rev.
George V.R. Shepard installed
as pas
tor of the Community Church in Mazomanie, with
the installation
sermon being preached by
Dr. George E.
Hunt of Madison.
The Majestic Theatre, Mazomanie, joins other
theatres in Wisconsin to raise
$50,000 for Hoover's relief
fund. $100is the quota of theMajestic.
March 4, 1921
S.A. Mackessy is running truck
line from Mazomanie
to Madison. Marxville
creamery adds equipment.
Math Heiney
is buttermaker.
March 18, 1921
Adolph Handel purchased
the J.W. Pearcey
home. Fred Dussault sold his interest
in the pool hall
to Dan Harrigan.
John Nesvacil is fitting up the Wendt building
for a tinshop and
repairing. The
buggy in which Leonard Schroeder
was riding
tipped over between the Wm
Schumann and Louis Nien-
dorf places. He broke
the reach and lost part
of the
buggy there and the horse dragged
Leonard and
part ofthe buggy for a distance.
Camille Stupfel has sold his 187
acre farm in Dunlap
Hollow and the personal property to Frank
Klekoski of Gotham.
March 18, 1921
Weather very stormy. Mildred Goodlad Stacy, dies suddenly at Mitch
ell, S.
Dak. following
operation March 14.
Blakey Sutcliffe sells
his house to Johnson Bros.
March 25, 1921
A new passenger
time table goes into
effect Sunday.
All passenger
trains will arrive
earlier. E.J.
Carey is nursing a sore right
hand, the result
of having the end of the index finger
cut off by the
fan belt
ofhis car. Hilmar Schumann rents
old Seston farm in town
of Berry.
April 1,
1921 J.M.
Reuschlein has purchased
the W.F. Waterstreet
residence property in this village. The
price paid was
$4,700. The
thermometers registered
ten degrees above Monday morning.
A drop of fifty-five
degrees from the previous
day.
April 8,
1921 Mrs.
Hiram Smith, former occupant of G.P.
Nace farm dies at Rhinelander, buried
in Mazomanie.
April 15,
1921 Matt
Delesano, Milwaukee, stopped from selling
lottery
tickets on a 391
acre farm valued at $36,000 at Arena.
The winner
was to receive $16,000 i
f he didn't
want the farm. Tickets up
to 20,000 had been
sold. Money paid was
to be refunded.
F.M. Allen, Arena, traded his funeral
store to his son-in-law, George Harrop,
for the latter*s farm.
The next day
he traded the farm to Lester Harrop for
his house and
lot in Arena.
April 22,
1921 Samuel Murrish, pioneer merchant of Mazomanie,
died April 21, aged 74
years. Mr.
and Mrs.
Hugh Morrow and five
children arrive
from Montana to take possession of the John
Nelson farm.
The Morrow family drove
in a car most of
the way through a snow storm and
the car became disabled
at Lone Rock, so they completed the journey
by train. The
nest of a red shouldered hawk and the
tree in
whichit was contained were shipped by G.A.
Laws to
the PublicMuseum at Milwaukee. The
tree was
cut into
sections and crated.
April 29,
1921 Arrangements were made at a meeting
Saturday evening
to send out solicitors to see all tele
phone subscribers for the purpose of having them subscribe for stock in the proposed
new company.
May 13,
1921 Roy
Paylow spent several days in Chicago attending
a congress of retail
merchants which was held in the
Butler Bros, house.
Nathan Ellis and Mrs.
Sarah Preston, Mazomanie, united
in marriage at Methodist parsonage, Black
Earth, by the Rev.
Burrows.
May 21,
1921 The
little two-year-old daughter
of Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Lucey was
kicked on the right hip by a
horse Monday night.
The hip bone was
broken. A band of gypsies traveling
in four large
touring cars visited Mazomanie,
Saturday.
June 10, 1921
Dr. J.W.
Kester and
Leo Witzko
are representing the Mazomanie village
and town respectively
on the county
board. Mr. and Mrs.
S.T. Baillies, Mazomanie, moved to
Black Earth where Mr. Baillies
will be
employed at the
Patrons' Mercantile Co.
A special train of Milwaukee business men
arrived in Mazomanie at noon Monday.
While their
band was dis
pensing music the members of the association were mingling
with the crowd and
dispensing souveniers. Prices of Ford
automobiles have been reduced
$25 to
$50. The
coupe is now selling
for $695; the sedan
$760. Terry's Uncle Tom's Cabin to be
shown in Mazomanie, June 17.
One of the features is a pack of Cuban
bloodhounds.
June 17, 1921
Chautauqua program underway. Mrs.
John Nelson, sister
of Edgar and John Carpenter has
three fingers amputated
by power wringer.
June 24, 1921
Free bridge at Prairie du Sac
dedicated. Mrs.
Walter Schumann injured when front
wheel comes off buggy on
hill.
June 24, 1921
The election Monday resulted
in a vote 79 to 3 in favor of the sale of the electric
transmission line at Mazomanie.
George A. Shields has
resigned as director of the
Union Free High School,
and F.W.
Ellsworth has been
appointed to take his place.
July 1,
1921 Drought followed by
severe storm.
Wm Craney awarded contract by
the highway commission to build
about twenty concrete
culverts on the Mazomanie-Sauk City
road.
July 8, 1921
Winifred Gier struck by
automobile while
walking
in the road a short distance from Arena. Mrs.
W.A. Griffith
received a severe shock
from the lightning during the storm Thursday.
She was
thrown to the floor
and was
unconscious for
several minutes, her
throat being paralyized for half an
hour. Walter
E. Lees, son
of Richard Lees of
this place, received his official
credentials from Governor Ben
W. Olcott,
state of Oregon, notifying him
of his appointment as
a member of the state board of
aeronautics. He
was a pilot
of the LaGrande Aircraft
Co. Congregational
and Methodist
Sunday schools
have joint picnic
at Schumann's grove.
Several minor auto accidents by
cars of local
people.
July 15, 1921
Mrs. A.G. Ellis
has been engaged as principal
of the Mazomanie Union Free High
School. Tuesday was
the hottest day
of the year, 98
degrees at 4:30 p.m.
Mazomanie village board adopts
ordinance for
bidding ball playing on the streets
of Mazo. A pipe was
laid in Mazomanie from the
artesian well
to the bubble fountain,
the latter henceforth
t0
be supplied from the overflow of the
well.
July 22,
1921 L.F.
Schoelkoff, Madison, demonstrates a
Ford-son
tractor hitched to a wagon and guided
from the
seat of the wagon by a line
drive. "Railroad Jack"
the famous memory expert accompanied the outfit
to Mazomanie and gave a
lecture. A Farmers Bureau was
organized at the Mazomanie
Town Hall, Monday evening. Officers
elected are George Lins, president; Benjamin Showers, secretary; and
Henry Niendorf, treasurer.
July 29,
1921 New
concrete highway between Cross Plains and
Middleton nearly completed.
A large gang of men are employed at Mazomanie
erecting the new
transmission line to Arena
and west of that
place. The
Sauk City bridge over the Wisconsin
River has
been made a free bridge. The
change was made
when the State Highway commission threatened to reroute Highway 12 over
the new free Prairie du
Sac bridge.
August 5, 1921
The residence
and household
goods of Mr. and
Mrs. Turnquist was
completely destroyed by fire
Thursday morning.
August 19, 1921
Miss M. Gretchen
Kaiserman, Richland Center, and
Harry E. Trager. married August 15
in the German Lutheran church
at Madison.
September 2, 1921
Roy Paylow has
purchased land from P.E.
Reeve and
is building a coal and
feed house near the railroad track.
Charles Butz, Sr.
92, died
Wednesday. He
was severely
injured in a fall
Thursday evening last
week and
his death was hastened
bythe shock.
September 9, 1921
A new foot bridge is being built
across the
creek near the residence of John King.
The cost
of the bridge is paid by those who
find this
short cut convenient.
S.A. Mackesey's freight
truck caught
fire on the road near
the McCue farm Friday and was
damaged to the amount of several hundred dollars.
Mr. and
Mrs. H.W.
Jones and son have moved
to this
village from Dodgeville.
Mr. Jones is in
charge of the agricultural
department of the
village schools.
New Ford
car prices: Touring, less
starter, $414.12; with
starter $440.15; Runabouts, less
starter, $382.86, with
starter, $455.15; Coupe
with starter $639.64; Sedan with
starter $733.35.
September 30, 1921
Frost is holding off remarkably
well this
year, and to date no
evidence of frost
has been
seen in this section.
There is no lack of
rain. Local buyers
paid $7.25 for hogs Tuesday. A
year ago on
the same date they paid $16.25. New
law requires that children attend school
until 18 years of age
instead of
17. Three cowboys of Jackson Hole, Wyoming pass
through Sauk City on way
to New York on
horseback. They are traveling
on a wager to reach New
York by
January 1st.
Dressed in western fashion the
men are bound not to purchase
any horses,
although they have the privilege
of trading mounts. Buying to
bacco is forbidden, but they are expected to smoke
daily on
the trip.
October 7,
1921 Saeman Bros,
shipped five carloads of stock
from Mazomanie Monday and Saeman Bros,
and the
Equity Society ship two cars each Wednesday.
The voice of President Harding
speaking at the
ceremonies over the body of the unknown soldier
at Arlington cemetery
at noon on November 11th, will
be heard distinctly in New
York, Chicago,
and San
Francisco. Arrangements have been made
for long distance telephone
circuits.
October 14,
1921 I.
Unkenholz has severed
his connection with the
Mazo Lunch, his son Russell will
continue to run the
restaurant.
October 21,
1921 Power was
turned on to the new
33,000 volt trans
mission line at Mazomanie, Sunday evening.
The old
voltage line was
13,200 volts.
Roy Denu drove
home a new Baby Grand Chevrolet
roadster from Chicago Friday.
November 4, 1921
N.J. Tepper has
leased theH.J. Linley meat
market at Mazomanie.
Work on the new Ford Garage at Mazomanie is
going on in earnest.
The old shop was
razed and
cleared away and
the concrete walls are now
going in. The
Sauk Branch resumed the two-crew system last
Monday. The
train now returns to this
place to stay overnight, making the first
trip up
the branch at
6:25 in the
morning. Orders
received that all post office
personnel must be
equipped with fire
arms.
November 11, 1921
The remains
of Joseph King, who died at Boner's
Ferry, Idaho, October 26th, was
brought to Mazomanie
for burial. President Harding
and his cabinet ordered
the Marines
to guard the U.S.
mail in thirteen large
cities, where the bulk of valuable mail is handled
until a force of 1,000
former service men
can be
organized to take their places.
The Milwaukee Road was
found guilty of refusing to
permit twenty-five employees at Chicago to absent
themselves from work for two hours with pay
to vote in the primaries
last April. They were fined
$100 in each of
the twenty-five
cases. The
company appealed the
decision.
Heavy snow storm November 5th.
November 18, 1921
About 1,500 chickens, etc. are killed
and dressed
at the Mazo Poultry and
Egg plant.
Miss Elsie Hodgson won third
place in the pie
show of the Home Economics students of the State university
at Madison. John O'Connell, Sr. died November 9th.
He was
born in Ireland
in 1830. In 1870
he moved to a farm in the township
of Arena, and in 1914
settled
in Mazomanie.
December 2, 1921
Our winter seems to be
turning back and spring
days are in evidence.
Rain all day
yesterday with
the temperature at between forty
and fifty.
Train schedules
generally halted, owing to floating ice
in the Mississippi river. The
bridge at Prairie
du Chien had to be
opened for the ice to get through. village
of Arena is now using
electric lights.
The current was
turned on last
week. William Sanford
has been employed by
the Wisconsin Power and
Light Co. to take care of the
line.
December 9, 1921
Julian Swan, went to Madison to
operate a linotype
at the State Journal plant. His
father operates
the SICKLE here. The
State Department of Agriculture has
issued an order prohibiting
the shipment of corn and
a number of vegetables into
Wisconsin from corn borer
infected districts
in Ohio, Michigan
and several eastern
states. Joe
Frank, Cross Plains, making extensive
imprpvements in his butcher shop.
Wireless operators in at least twenty-six
Wisconsin cities
listened to a concert
by Josef Thevinne,
noted pianist
in the Gymnasium at the University
of Wisconsin on November 29th,
which was sent out by
the wireless station of
university physics
department.
December 16, 1921
Wisconsin laid
down 2.278 miles of new highways
in 1921.
Internal revenue tax of 25 cents on parcel post
to be repealed Jan. 1,
1922. Miss Agnes O'Hora is prom queen at
Marquette Junior Prom in Milwaukee.
Christmas Cheer:
Paylow's Dept. Stote gave over
200 boxes of candy to children visiting
the store;
Murrish & Sons served coffee and
a tasty lunch to all
who wished
to partake.
December 23, 1921
Capital stock of the Peoples State Bank, Mazomanie,
increased from $17,000 to $25,000. More than 400
families in Madison took advantage of
the Christmas offer
of Victor H. Arnold to supply
them with a Christmas
dinner of their own
choosing. He
also offered
two tons of soft
coal to any needy family in
Madison. The
former Dr. West farm north of Mazomanie sold
to Matchata and
Tomka.