Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
July 1899

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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JULY 1899

7-1-1899
70 deg. S. west wind. Fair. Warm. Wm C. Equitz 1098-24th quits saloon. Going to live private. Shedler in Saloon 2029 Center Drinking, full uniform. 20 minutes.

7-2-1899
70 deg. SW changing to NE wind. Fair. Very warm early in the morn. at 8 o'c. Wind changed to NE. Cooler. 9:45 AM orders to be at Schlitz Park at 2 PM. At park entrance with Haase, Gueguinnie & Ressel until relieved by night officers. Left wheel at sta.

7-3-1899
70 deg. E. wind. Rain. Wheel. Shower early this morn & rain again at 7:15.

7-4-1899
70 deg. N. wind. Rain. Car. Rained all night & all morn till 8 o'c. Cloudy & damp all forenoon. Old Schwartz got his head pinched by his son Ed. "Tom" Gaulke got a piece of gas pipe in his head about 1:30 PM. by trying to be smart. Stuck a cannon cracker in gas pipe & it exploded. Picnic at Zingers Park from 19th & Center.

7-5-1899
70 deg. E. Wind. Rain. Rain & foggy all night & this morn. Dead dog, 1142-21sr. Otto Neumann 2414 Wright closed up July 3rd.

7-6-1899
70 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Wheel. Warm. Kingsley picnic at S. Mil. Robt. Weiss quit saloon at 987-24 1/2 St. Cor. Clark. Geo. Kehres 2660 Fond du Lac quit saloon business July 5th.

7-7-1899
70 deg. NW wind. Fair. Wheel to-day. Shower last night. Cool breeze & pleasant. PM. Cloudy & cool.

7-8-1899
50 deg. High NW wind. Fair. Wheel. Cool.

7-9-1899
60 deg. W wind. Fair. Cool. Warmer toward noon. Wind changed to E. PM. Dead dog, 1163-23rd.

7-10-1899
70 deg. South wind Fair, wheel. Warm. PM warr. for Emelia Schroeder, A&B, Bertha Sagen, 1134-23rd St. Comp. Emelie Schroeder 1132-23rd St., 39 yrs. old, housewife, Married, German. White. A&B. Bertha Schroeder 1134-23rd. Time July 7th, 99.

7-11-1899
70 deg. NE wind. Fair. Cool wind. Sun hot. Court with Schroeder & Sager. Schroeder found guilty. Fined $1.00 & cost-$7.32. Mrs. Schroeder has a good mouthpiece. I expect more trouble there. Got back to beat at 10:40.

7-12-1899
70 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. Sergt S. Ret. from Vac. H. Schwanne 1083-20th Arr. by Hammer. Warr. by Ottellie Manteens 2017- Hadley. Disorderly.

7-13-1899
65 deg. E. wind. Cloudy. Shower in the night & this morn. at 7:30. Saloon application of Alb. Krause & Fred Maylahn OK'd. Turned into Lieut. Showers toward evening. Saarous School Picninc at Zingers Park. Bo't. Punc. proof tire of Wilter & Mueller. Limbs on shade trees, 1139-23rd hang down to about 5 1/2 ft. above the side walk.

7-14-1899
65 deg. E. wind. Cloudy. Foggy & damp. Clearing PM. Warm.

7-15-1899
Vacation begins.

7-16-1899
Kingsley Church in morn. McHenry's PM. & Grand Ave., Dr. Masden in eve.

7-17-1899
Monday:- No Entry.

7-18-1899
Left home on wheels at 4:30 AM with Sprowls. Got out to Ma's, 27 miles
at 7:24 AM. Went to Jakes at ( AM. At 11:20 J. with Nettie, Ada, Sprowls & myself started for Barton.

No entries unil 7-25-1899

7-25-1899
70 deg. W. wind. Fair. Wheel. Back from vacation. Hot wind changing to NE at 9 AM.

7-26-1899
75 deg. High W. Wind. Fair. Hot. Notified Maylahn, 927-22nd to get saloon license or close up. PM. Shower & cooler.

7-27-1899
70 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Hot. PM wind changed to east. Cooler & partly cloudy. Mrs. Lippert 1447 North Pierce St. 2 New bldgs, Bismark & Clark.

7-28-1899
75 deg. SW wind. Fair. Hot. Fred Maylahn 927-22 has saloon license dated July 20th '99.

7-29-1899
55 deg. N wind. Fair. Cool. Shower last night. Baseball game bet. City officials and State officials for the benefit of New Richmond sufferers.

7-30-1899
55 deg. Northerly wind. Fair. Cool. Met Sergt Schneider at 10:10 AM., 21st & Center.

7-31-1899
55 deg. SW wind. Fair. Walter and Ada came this noon. Officer Boyce eloped with Rose Champagne last Friday.

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