Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
October 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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OCTOBER 1899

10-1-1899
32 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. White frost. PM Thunder showers toward eve.

10-2-1899
45 deg. SE wind. Fair, Warmer. Checks at 1:45PM.. Lois & Laura came back from Waukesha. Lois goes home on 1:50 PM train. Went to Chapmans to celebrate their Silver Wedding this Eve. Conf. appointments. Sprowls goes to Tomahawk. A.R. Grant comes to Kingsley
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10-3-1899
45 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer. Kassow's funeral today. Took my wheel to shop, 26th & North Ave. Got my wheel at 11:30- charge 25 cts.

10-4-1899
45 deg. Northerly wind. Fair. Cloudy. Moderate. Quite warm toward noon & PM. Laura went home on 1:50 train.

10-5-1899
55 deg. NW wind. Fair this AM. Warm all day. Met Lt. JK at Eng. 22 at 3:20 PM.

10-6-1899
50 deg. N. Wind. Fair. Warm. Light showers last night. PM wind sprang up from SE. Cooler toward eve.

10-7-1899
50 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Warm.

10-8-1899
50 deg. N. wind. Fair. Moderate. Growing warmer toward noon. Foggy this morn. Sergt. S. tel. for me to meet him on Center St. at 9:30. Which I did. Met Rev. A.R. Grant on way from dinner. PM. Wind sprang up from NE changed to E to SE. Cool.

10-9-1899
40 deg. SE wind. Fair. Cool. Dead dog, 1060-27th.

10-10-1899
50 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warmer. Otto Neumann applied for saloon license at 2414 Wright St. OK. Ordered signal light placed at 20th & Hadley on trench where water pipe had been laid. Hennings team, 1027-22 got in there 6:30 PM.

10-11-1899
55 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Rain in the night. Warmer. Orders from sta. per Hentz to bring in lantern from 20th & Hadley. Muddy riding on 11th & Walnut. Fell & broke lantern globe. Tore pants at right knee. Got to Sta. where men were up ranks.

10-12-1899
55 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Rainy & foggy. Clearing after noon. New bldg. 24 1/2 & Clark. New bldg, 30th & Auer Ave.

10-13-1899
60 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. New bldgs; 24 1/2 & Clark & 30th & Auer. Noon hot SW wind. Had to change underwear.

10-14-1899
50 deg. Northerly wind. Fair. Warm & showery all night. Changed to cool this morn. Growing colder. 1st quarterly conf. at Kingsley last night. PM. Put on flannel underwear at noon. Orders at 1:45 to go to footBall game at 2:30. S. Side High vs. Marquette College. 20 min. halves. 17 to 4 favor of S side High. Head ache caused by by catching cold by sudden change of weather.

10-15-1899
50 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Moderate weather. A, J. Krause, 2029 Cwnrwe St. keeps noisy saloon at this moment. 5 PM There are 10 boys in the saloon from 14-17yrs of age,

10-16-1899
70 deg. SWE wind. Cloudy lasting till 3 PM. Wm. Dopke 1119-23rd died last night. I gor orders to cover Dopke's beat on acct of his fathers death he is absent. Pres. McK expected to arrive at 6PM. Got orders to be at W. Side Sta. at 5 PM. 5PM went to Deutsche Club. Pres. came at 8 PM. After a time of handshaking went to the Pfister. We were sent home at 9:30.

10-17-1899
45 deg. W. wind. Fair. Cool. Quite warm at noon. Went to Central this AM. Was stationed at W. Water & Grand Ave. Saw Pres. pass in carriage with Gov. Scofield. Then went to Mil. & Wis. St. till they came back from Soldiers Home. Then went to dinner at 11:20. PM- Shot horse for Wm.Schwertfiger, 23rd & Locust.

10-18-1889 32 deg. SW wind. Fair. Cool raw wind. Frost last night. Forenoon reports:- 1. Wright and Fon du Lac; 2. 22nd & Locust; 3. 21st & Center; 4, Wright & Fond du Lac. I make the above memo because the op. wants to know if I was in court. Imply that I had missed report. Pa & Ma came on 6:45 PM train. Walter & Ada met them at Depot.

10-`19-1899
34 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Cold damp air. Sprinkled at 7:40 AM. Asked Lieut JK for an hours time to-night to take Pa & Ma to the depot. Per. granted. Went to the train Pa & Ma. Saw them off. Got back home at 8:30 PM.

10-20-1899
38 deg. E. wind. Fair. Cool. Dead dog, 2518 Center. New bldg., 24th N. of Hopkins.

10-21-1899
40 deg. E. wind. Fair. Warmer. New bldg., Clark bet. 23 & 24.

10-22-1899
40 deg. High SW wind. Fair. Warm. Hot at noon.

10-23-1899
45 deg. High SW wind. Fair. Warm & very dusty. 83 deg. at noon. C. Schroeder takes lower 20th wd. beat- Wiright to Hadley, 7th to 20th Sts. Dead dog, in pond at 25th & Locust.

10-24-1899
50 deg. High SW wind. Fair. Hot all night. Some cooler this morn.

10-25-1899
45 deg. High SW wind. Fair. Some cooler, partly cloudy. Wind variable. Commenced raining at 6:15 PM.

10-26-1899
40 deg. Wind NE. Rain all night. Walked home last night. Took car this AM. Rainy all day.

10-27-1899
40 deg. NE wind. Rain. Car. Rain & very damp. All night & this Morn. Rainy all day.

10-28-1899
40 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Cooler. Orders to go to foot Ball game at 2 PM. 2PM-Foot ball game: Wis. P & S vs. Normal. Medical won, 6 to 0. Back to beat at 4:10 PM. Sewer finished into our house.

10-29-1899
32 deg. NW wind. Fair. Frost- Warming up toward noon. Air in Wheel.

10-30-1899
32 deg. No. wind. Fair. South wind, warmer toward noon. PM wind changed to SE. John Schmidt connected our eave conductors to sewer today.

10-31-1899
32 deg. No. wind. Fair. Cold & foggy. Frost, ground froze. Warm at noon. Stolzenfeld traded with Strack for beat. Bldg, 2915 Brown St. Got mortgage & note from Secy.

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