“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.