Once Upon Our Peninsula: April 28, 2017

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, April 24, 1874

Unconcionable Meanness.

Reports come to us of a neighborly (?) quarrel between two residents of the other side of the bay, in which one of the beligerants carries on the war by scalding his neighbors horses and cattle, chasing the little children with axes, threatening their lives and otherwise waging the war upon the harmless children and dumb brutes, but keep very shy of the grown people who can defend themselves. Any man so cowardly and mean as to vent his spite upon dumb brutes and children is a fit subject for the penitentiary, and is not worthy of a place among even the lowest and meanest of his race.

The Republican, April 30, 1891

Our school children intend to observe arbor day again this year, tomorrow being the day in question. Trees will be planted, speeches made, and other appropriate ceremonies gone through. This is a custom that cannot be encouraged too much, as it is a work from which good will result. This is the second time it has been observed by the school children of this city.

Door County Democrat, April 28, 1900

EX-MAYOR GEO. NELSON

DIES SUDDENLY

With Scarcely a moments Warn-

ing he passes to the beyond

from an attack of Neural-

gia of the heart

The community was startled, almost beyond the power of pen to tell, upon receiving the sad intelligence at about three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, that George Nelson, Sr., one of our best known, most highly respected, and influential citizens, had but a few moments before, died from an attack of neuralgia of the heart, at his home on Court street. The sorrowful news spread rapidly to all parts of the city, and was received with intense feelings of regret and sadness by all; men, women, and even the children seemed to realize fully that the community had suffered a great loss; a calamity for which we were wholly unprepared, in the sudden taking from amongst us of Mr. Nelson. He was 50 years old.

Door County Democrat, April 26, 1918

WILL WORK ON FARMS

To help relieve the shortage of farm labor in Door County, the school board has decided to release from school tomorrow all boys who live on farms or who intend to work on farms this summer. The boys will be given full credit for their unfinished work. An informal party will be given tonight in the High School Gym in honor of the boys who are leaving school to take up farm work.

Door County News, April 25, 1929

PLAN ROADWAY TO

GOVERNMENT BLUFF

$2,000.00 Appropriation

Received

A.E. Doolittle, superintendent of the Door county state parks and a group of interested citizens spent Saturday afternoon at the Government Bluff [soon to become Potawatomi State Park] investigating routes for the proposed road to be built. Mr. Doolittle has secured an appropriation of $2,000 for road purposes in the new park this year, and the purpose of the meeting was to gather the sentiment of those interested as to where the roadway should be built….The Sawyer Commercial club, according to N.C. Haines, agreed at a recent meeting to appropriate at least $500 for the development of the park. It is probable that a lookout tower will be constructed, although definite plans have not been decided upon.