Once Upon Our Peninsula: Nov. 22

News from this week’s past

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

November 24, 1876

The newest style of trowsers for boys have copper bottoms, knees steel-plated, seams riveted and tin cans made water tight, for pockets to hold broken eggs.

The Independent

November 25, 1887

The thieving operations mentioned in THE INDEPENDENT a short time ago were not confined to the taking of meat from the slaughter houses. One or two parties have had bags of flour taken and others have missed minor articles of value. Just who the parties are, is not known, though there are several suspected and they are being watched.

Door County Democrat

November 28, 1896

The rate of taxation in the city this year will be $2.20 on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. Last year the rate was $2.40 per hundred.

Door County Democrat

November 27, 1909

RAID DRINKING PLACES

Proprietors of Soft Drink Places

Arrested on Charge of Sell-

ing Intoxicating Liquor

A. H. Zechiel, superintendent of the Appleton district of the Anti-Saloon League, arrived in the city Wednesday morning and before five o’clock of the same afternoon Felix Fortemps, John Goettelman, Dan hitt, A. H. Koch, Jos. Schlise, Ed. Acker and Chas. Piswcha, of this city, proprietors of soft drink places, had been arraigned before Police Justice Henry Reynolds on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor.

Mr. Zechiel, Sheriff H. A. Wagener and Chief of Police John Walker, armed with search warrants, raided the places kept by the gentlemen arrested, but found liq1uor in only three of the places and in small quantities. The arrests, however, were made on evidence secured through Frank N. Hammond, a detective, who has been in the city during the past six weeks, and who has been making a “good” fellow of himself.

A warrant was also issued against Chas. Pischa for selling cigarettes, and one against Ed. Pfeil, of Sevastopol, for selling liquor on Sunday and to minors.

Door County News

November 27, 1919

The failure of the High Falls Power company to extend its line into this county will prove a disappointment to many of the people in the southern parts of the county as well as this city. It means that the city will have to provide a plant large enough to handle the business.

  Door County News

November 28, 1928

Turkey Gobbler

In Background

On Thanksgiving

From all indications it appears that the people of Sturgeon Bay and vicinity are looking for chicken for the Thanksgiving dinner. A survey of meat markets discloses chickens to be much more in demand than any other fowl. There are, perhaps, several reasons for this – the major complaint being that people with smaller families do not care to purchase a Thanksgiving bird and pick over a lot of left overs from now until almost time for the next feast of the season – Christmas dinner.

The price of other fowl compared to chicken can hardly be considered in the demand this year for a general run of the local prices quote chicken between 25c and 30c a pound while geese are selling at 29c. There is a general scarcity of ducks and the average price per pound at the local markets is 32c. Turkeys are selling for 42c.

Probably one of the largest turkey gobblers on sale this season in the city was shown in the window of the Lawrence Market, weighing slightly less than 22 pounds.

Door County News

November 25, 1938

One Tavern for Each

130 Persons in County

A recent survey by the Wisconsin Liquor Dealers’ association reveals that Door county, with 140 tavens which represents one for every 130 persons tops considerably the state average of one for every 170 persons. Outagamie county, is the only one in this section below the state average with 297, representing one for every 211 persons, while Calumet county had the highest ratio, 140 taverns, or one for every 120 persons.

The survey was made by the association with the end in view of attempting to reduce by law the number of tavern outlets in Wisconsin. There are at present 17,000 retail liquor outlets in the state, which the association feels, should be reduced.