Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
February 1904

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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FEBRUARY 1904

2-1-1904
14 W wind. Fair. Clear and cold. Snow Flurry at 4:46 and 7:30 PM. Change Day. Heineman on North Dist. At noon. Went to City Attorney about cities liability on Fond du Lac Ave. west of 27th St. City is not responsible for that street in any way.

2-2-1904
6 deg, SW wind.cloudy. Raw wind increasing in force. Candlemas day.
Drifting. Stolzenberg went to corner of 3rd and Chestnut Sts. Smuda on his beat. Clearing towards noon.

2-3-1904
Zero. W wind. Cloudy. Snow flurries. Clearing toward noon. Raw wind.
Growing colder.

2-4-1904
10 deg. W wind. Fair. Very cold. Drill day. Back to beat at 4:30. Walter came home at midnight from Directors meeting at N. Milwaukee. He is in charge of the factory office work and Zipfel & Schneider do the buying.

2-5-1904
12 deg. Southerly wind. Partly Cloudy. Much warmer, foggy and damp. Damp all day.

2-6-1904
40 degrees. SW wind. Cloudy. Thawing all night. Thawed all day. Foggy.

2-7-1904
10 degrees. N wind. Growing Colder. Snow flurries during day.

2-8-1904
-8 deg. NW wind. Fair. Very cold but pleasant.

2-9-1904
8 deg. NE wind. Fair. Chilly. Snow flurry during the night. Cold and chilly all night.

2-10-1904
10 degrees. NE wind. Fair, Very chilly. Cold all day. Very quiet. Mail at
1:15. Card for Gut. F. Wilde, 1011 17th St, Med. Exam Saturday

2-11-1904
Zero. W wind. Fair. Zero weather. Snow flurries toward noon. Notice for
.exam for promotion on Sat. Feb. 20th at 2 pm. Leonard Beyer dies this morn. Drill Day back to beat at 4:30. Fred Giencke goes to Trinity Hospital to be operated
on for Appendicitis.

2-12-1904
-3deg. W wind. Fair . Frosty, Cold all day.

2-13-1904
18deg, SE wind. Partly Cloudy. Walter sick. Did not go to work today. I
called Dr. Boerner this PM.

2-14-1904
20deg. NW wind. Partly Cloudy. Growing colder. Walter still in bed. Dr. called
at noon. YMCA Boys came to Mission No. 2 this PM.

2-15-1904
-9deg. NW wind. Fair. Very cold. -4deg. At noon. Change day.Schroeder on
North Dist. at noon. Walter better. Will go to work this PM.

2-16-1904
-4deg. NW wind. Fair. Clear and cold. Zero at noon

2-17-1904
Zero. NEwind.. Partly Cloudy. Chilly. Handed in application to take exam
for Sgt. On Saturday.

2-18-1904
11deg. NWwind. Cloudy. Snowing. Snowed all day. Drill Day.Back to beat at
4:30

2-19-1904
4deg. NWwind. Fair. Frosty. Rising temp. Very warm and pleasant all day. Ludwig Alpeter applies for saloon license at 1655 Hopkins.

2-20-1904
-2deg. outherly wind. Fair. Very frosty. Fog hangs over the low land. Went to City Hall at 2PM. Took exam for Sgt. Back on beat at 3:30.

2-21-1904
26deg. Ewind. Cloudy. Snowing at noon. Snowed all day. About 6 inches of snow fell. Met Sgt. Schroeder at Eng. 22 at 9AM.

2-22-1904
-2deg. Wwind. Fair. Cold and frosty. PM. Clouded toward noon, much to my
relief. I was nearly snow blind. 6:45 called to1243-20th. Reich on a drunk. Chased his family outdoors. Would have arrested him but his wife did not want me to.

2-23-1904
24deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. About 1 inch of snow fell during the night.

2-24-1904
Zero. NWwind. Fair. Cold and Frosty. Mail 1:45 for O. J. Gilbert.

2-25-1904
Zero. NEwind. Cloudy. Cold and Damp. Drill Day.Back to beat at 4:45. Commenced snowing from SE at 4:30 PM.

2-26-1904
15deg. Cloudy. 2"snow fell during night. Snow flurries.

2-27-04 - 8deg.. Cloudy. Rising temps. Thawing towards eve.

2-28-1904
35deg.Variable wind. Partly cloudy, Thawing, Very pleasant. Noon thawing very fast. Herman Meyer dies this 3 AM. He is brother-in-law to Paul. 9:15 AM arrested Peter R. Johnson at24 ½&Hadley. Drunk. Did not know where he was and unable to take care of self,

2-29-1904
30deg. NE wind. Raining at 7AM. Rained all forenoon. 9AM on court with Johsnon. Case in default. $5.00 in costs Average minimum temperature for month -8deg

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