Once Upon Our Peninsula: May 26 – June 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 Independent, May 25, 1877

A singular death occurred at Ahnapee last Monday. It seems that a Mrs. Mary Hronek, wife of a worthy farmer in the western part of the town, gave birth to a child, and the husband, wishing to celebrate the event, called in the neighbors for a season of dancing and merriment. During the revelry, one of the visitors stepped into Mr. Hronek’s room, and insisted upon her drinking with him. This she did laughingly, and turning over in the bed after swallowing the liquor, she died in less than five minutes, leaving the gay throng paralyzed with horror. Her funeral was largely attended.

The Democrat, May 25, 1893

MUCH PROPERTY BURNED.

WORK OF THE FOREST FIRES IN THIS

COUNTY DURING SATURDAY.

The city was not alone in its visitation by the fire fiend, and if any one had been riding through almost any town in the northern part of the county last Saturday he would have been met by dense clouds of smoke and occasionally hot gusts of suffocating winds, alive with blazing brands and glowing coals. The very atmosphere seemed on fire in places….Reports from all parts of the county show that the greatest amount of damage was done in the northern part of the town of Sevastopol, Voseville receiving a particularly severe scorching….Through the blinding smoke farmers could be seen perched on the roofs of their barns and other buildings, anxiously watching the flying sparks, while other were hurrying here and there, carrying pails of water to the most exposed places, all fearing that they would be the next to suffer, as reports came to them of their neighbors who were burned out.

The Door County Democrat, May 26, 1906

Robert Noble was taken to the city poor house on Saturday of last week. Although a city charge for several years Mr. Noble and his young son have resided by themselves in a house owned by the city. The boy is to be sent to the orphans home at Waukesha.

The Door County Democrat, May 31, 1918

Don’t Fail to Register.

Dr. T.C. Proctor head of the local exemption board wishes to emphasize the importance of all young men who have become twenty-one since last June to register Wednesday, June 5. The penalty for failure to register is one year in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas., and the man is liable to military service afterwards.

Door County News, May 26, 1927

SIXTY-SIX SENIORS

TO GRADUATE FROM

S.B. HIGH NEXT WEEK

Largest Class in History.

Sixty-six seniors, the largest ever graduated from the Sturgeon Bay high school will be awarded their diplomas at the commencement exercises to be held on Thursday evening, June 2^nd at the Door Theatre.

Door County News, May 26, 1938

Maxwelton Braes at Baileys Harbor, which has become known as “Wisconsin’s Loveliest Resort,” will open its eighth consecutive season today (Thursday). The place is now under active management of the owners for the first time since the death of the late M.W. McArdle, its founder. Harry Ridings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ridings of Sturgeon Bay, will act in the capacity of managing director.