Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
March 1908

Milwaukee County Police Department

These diaries are a mixture of work and family affairs of William Bramwell Sizer. William was on the Milwaukee Police Department and a member of the Sherman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, later transferring their membership to Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church and died in 1916. The diaries give a pretty good view of life in the years involved. The diaries were given to me for presentation on this site by family members see contributors page.

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MARCH 1908

3-1-1908
30 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. 3 in. of snow & sleet fell during the night. Heavy mist all morn.

3-2-1908
24 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Snowing. Clearing at noon. NW wind becoming high.

3-3-1908
16 deg. Fair. NW to NE wind. Rising temp. Very pleasant. Bo't new pr. of overshoes. $1.25.

3-4-1908
24 deg. cloudy. E wind. Very pleasant. Thawing very fast. Clearing at noon. 2PM- partially cloudy.

3-5-1908
32 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Snow during the night. 1/2 in. fell. Rain at noon. Reported sick at 1:10 PM. Rained all PM. Bro. JL & Lyle came at 6PM to stay at night. Thunder & lightning during the eve.

3-6-1908
36 deg. Partly cloudy. High W wind. JL & Lyle went way at 8:30 AM. Walter & I are both sick this morn.

3-7-1908
30 deg. Fair. W wind. Very pleasant. Home sick. Dr. Bradley called at 4 PM. Liebenstein called this eve.

3-8-1908
30 deg. Partly cloudy. Variable wind. Home today. Walter sick all night. Went to church with Ada.

3-9-1908
14 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cold. Reported for duty.

3-10-1908
26 deg. Fair. SW wind. Rising Temp. Very warm & pleasant at noon. Mail at 1:45 for Chas. E. Jeske. Freda Eimmerman & Baby came to stay all night.

3-11-1908
38 deg. Fair. High SW wind. Still thawing. Very muddy.

3-12-1908
36 deg. Fair. Cool. W wind. 2:45 PM- Orders to go to the Sta. On way met Stolzenfeld He told me that there was nothing for me & that the operator made a mistake.

3-13-1908
34 deg. Fair. Cool NW wind. Growing colder.

3-14-1908
38 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Rain in the evening. Ada's birthday- 20 yrs. old. Tax bills. Chapmans & Wehe's came up to celebrate.

3-15-1908
34 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Growing colder. I had charge of service at Miss 2 this eve.

3-16-1908
26 deg. Partly cloudy. NW wind. Cold. Orders to go to Prize fights at Hip., 7:30. Asked Wantz to go in my place on acct. of church meeting at O.H.C.'s this eve. A Board of Trustees was elected after meeing of the Chburch at O.H. Chapin's. They are H. J. Holden, Theo. Hinrich, N. W. Hollenbeck, Mr. Mohr & myself.

3-17-1908
32 deg. NW wind. Chilly. St. Patricks Day in the Morn.

3-18-1908
32 deg. Cloudy. NE wind, Rainy. Rained all day. Cold. Rain freezing as it falls.

3-19-1908
20 deg. Fair. NW wind. Froze very hard. O.H.C. went to Rochester, Minn. to be operated.

3-20-1908
20 deg. SW wind. Rising Temp. 2PM- Arrested Rich. Roeder & Steve Jeske at 18th & Hopkins, D & Dis.

3-21-1908
26 deg. Fair. Bro. JL came to breakfast from Menomonee, Mich. In court at 9 AM with Roeder & Jeske. R. pleaded not guilty. J. pleaded guilty. Fined $5.00 each, total $11.84. Jeske paid. 6:30 PM- Arrested Jos. Kubicek at 27th & Clark St. Drunk.

3-22-1908
36 deg. Fair. W wind.

3-23-1908
32 deg. Fair. SW wind. Shower at 3:30 PM. In court at 9 AM with Kubicek, Pleaded guilty. $10.00 or 30 days. Back to beat at 10:05. Orders to be at Sta. at 6:30 PM.

3-24-1908
32 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snow flurries. Partly clearing PM. Colder. Staioned at Election Booth at 34th & Wright. Primary Election Booth closed at 8 PM. Reptd. City Ticket at 10:20 PM. I'm in for a night of it. Total No. of votes cast-442. 163 names on each ballot.

3-25-1908
30 deg. Fair. E wind. Cold & very chilly. Left the booth at 5:25 AM. Went to Central Sta. Got orders to report at 1 PM. Went home to bed. Pringle, Rose & Seidl nominated. 2 PM- 3 day men in Sta. Hutch, Hammer & myself. Hutch E of 3rd St. Hammer W of 3rd. & I west ot Teutonia. Warr. for Mike C. Smith. 840-18th, Abandonment. Out of town.

3-26-1908
58 deg. Fair. West wind. Very warm. 9 AM - Wind chgd to NE. Very chilly & cold all day. Mail at 2:45 PM for P.K. Murphy.

3-27-1908
30 deg. Clouidy. NE wind. Very chilly & cold wind. Rainy all PM. Thunder storm during the eve. John Maechtle came from Minn. today.

3-28-1908
28 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Cold, froze hard.

3-29-1908
28 deg. Fair. W wind. Cold. Black helmets.

3-30-1908
30 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Rising temp. Prize fight-Schlitz park, 7:30. I go for Wantz. Smudde absent. Schnell & I cover his beat. Home from the fight at 11:40 PM. Rain all eve.

3-31-1908
40 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Damp. PM- Wind chgd NE. Colder. Av min temp for Mo. 30 deg. Checks at 2:45. $3.75 for Auditorium Fund taken out, leaving me $88.00.

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