News From This Week’s Past: Oct. 27 – Nov. 2

All items are from the Door County Library’s newspaper archives, and they appear in the same form as they were first published, including misspellings and grammatical errors.

The Expositor,

October 24, 1873

MISSING – Nate Sanders, of Menominee, started last Friday evening at dusk from Squaw island, north of Washington island, in a pound boat to go to the schooner Lucy Graham which was lying at anchor near by; nothing has been heard from him since. In view of the terrible gale that raged that night it is quite probable that Mr. Sanders found a watery grave.

The Republican,

October 23, 1890

The trade in fresh fish is quite brisk, Mr. Kalmbach and John McDonald having shipped over twelve tons this week, the most of which were trout. Mr. Kalmbach had among the lot a mammoth trout that tipped the scales at over thirty pounds, which came from Jacksonport. The price runs from 3 to 3½ cents a pound for trout, all the whitefish that come in being sold at home.

Door County Democrat,

October 28, 1899

Perhaps the best drama ever presented to a Sturgeon Bay audience was the celebrated Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Opera House last Friday evening. A fair sized audience was in attendance. W. H. Hartigan as Mr. Hyde was a fiend in human guise, a beast. His transformations from one character to the other in view of the audience without artificial aid was realistic and effective.

Door County Democrat,

October 26, 1907

A six horsepower Kahlenberg gasoline engine is being installed in the life boat belonging to the Plum Island station, at the boat factory. All the stations on the great lakes are to be supplied with motor boats which will greatly aid the life savers in their work or rescue.

Door County News,

October 25, 1917

PAYS FINE OF $100

Disloyal Utterances Of Fred Junion Of Jacksonport Sunday Gets Him Into Trouble.

A LESSON IN LOYALTY

Fred Junion of the town of Jacksonport was very forcibly given to understand that expressions of disloyalty will not be tolerated in Door county. This was impressed upon his mind on Monday morning when Justice Meverden imposed a fine of $100 and costs for having greeted the solicitors for Liberty Bonds with the announcement “To h—l with the Liberty Bonds, I’ll do as I please with my money.”

The complainant was H. A. Wagener, chairman of the Liberty Loan committee of the county, who caused the arrest of the man….When Mr. Wagener solicited Junion to purchase a Liberty Loan bond he was greeted with the statement quoted above….

The district attorney informed the defendant that had the charge been brought against him under a federal court it would have meant a term in the federal prison at Leavenworth and that he should feel grateful that even this leniency was shown him.

This is the first instance in this county where an individual has been called to account for using language of disloyal nature. It is not likely to be the last unless the sympathizers with the Kaiser crawl into their holes and stay there. …There is no room in Door county for people whose sympathies are with our enemies. The sooner they pick up their belongings and move the better it will be for the community. The place for them is the detention camps until after the war. There they will find plenty of sympathizers.

Door County News,

October 25, 1928

Cornell Places Order For New Fish Boat

Leslie C. Cornell, of Washington Island, last week placed an order with the Burger Boat Works, Manitowoc, for a new fish tug to be delivered by November 15, in time for the winter’s fishing. The cost of the tug, without motor or equipment is approximately $2,800.

The tug will be forty-four feet in length and similar in design to the ill-fated Lila C., which was struck by the Steamer Coolidge near Pilot Island recently. Mr. Cornell’s loss in the recent accident was estimated at about $7,000. All effort of recovering the boat has been abandoned.

Door County News, October 20, 1937

RID CITY OF RATS IS NEW PROGRAM

Bait to be Distributed Free to Local People

The rat extermination program, inaugurated as the result of an appropriation made by the city council, promises to get under way in earnest Nov. 1 and indications point to the campaign being most successful.

County Agent G. I. Mullendore states that residents and business men of the city have responded to the call for cooperation and rat bait, freshly mixed under the supervision of the U.S. department of agriculture, will be distributed free of charge.

Instructions for spreading the bait are furnished with each package to be given out, but inasmuch as the bait is made up of partly fresh meat and fresh fish, the warning is issued that it should be applied the same evening or placed in a cool location where it will not spoil.