Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
May 1906

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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MAY 1906

5-1-1906
45 deg. E Wind. Cloudy. Rain at 8 AM. Lasting till noon. Checks this morn. PM. Foggy. Mail at 1:45. Letter from J. Pleyte, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Box of fish from J. Pleyte, Sturgeon Bay per. U.S. Expr. John Roberts brought them up to the house.

5-2-1906
54 deg. W wind. Fair. Very pleasant. Wind chgd toward noon to NE. Cold & disagreeable. Went to Secy's office, Paid Interest - 8:45 to 9:45.

5-3-1906
40 deg. SW wind. Fair. Cool. Warmer towards noon. J. Binninger came up & got plans for house this eve.

5-4-1906
50 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Showery. Cool all day.

5-5-1906
44 deg. W wind. Fair. Cool & pleasant. Baseball commences to day at 8th & Chambers.

5-6-1906
36 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Cold & very chilly. Orders to go to Union Cemetary from 1:30 to 5:30. Left cemetary at 5:10.

5-7-1906
38 deg. Variable wind. Partly cloudy. Very cool. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:35.

5-8-1906
38 deg. NE wind. Cloudy. Rain during the night. Rain & snow during the day. Colder, disagreeable. Vogt on Vac,

5-9-1906
30 deg. NW wind. Fair. Heavy frost. Warmer towards noon. Cool. PM wind chgd to E.

5-10-1906
40 deg. W wind. Fair. Frost during the night. Rising temp.

5-11-1906
46 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Warmer. Concert at Kingsley Church this eve. Ada's SS Class trying to raise money for their bonds.

5-12-1906
64 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. Naabs boy sick. I go home to dinner today. Bo't 3 lots, No. 1,2, & 3 Climax Sub. 20th Wd. 34th St. adjoining Mil. Bridge Co's property. Paid Ferd Weylan $10.00 & agree to make up the Bal. on or before Sept. 1st '06. Mortgage of $300 on lts 1 & 2. Purchase price $600.00

5-13-1906
62 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Very warm. Showers during the night. Rain & cooler at 8 AM. !:30 PM Went to Union cemetery. 3 funerals. Rain all the time. Left at 4 o'c. Home to dinner today.

5-14-1906
48 deg. E wind. Cloudy. Foggy. Heavy rain during the night. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:30. J. Binninger & wife came up this eve. & made a bargain for house for $2050 to be done in 3 months.

5-15-1906
50 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. Schwertfeger hauling sand for Binninger's house. Hauled 9 loads.

5-16-1906
63 deg. Southerly wind. Partly cloudy. Warm. Very warm at noon. 8:15- Arrested Geo. Haberer at 32nd & Fond du Lac, Drunk.

5-17-1906
66 deg. SW wind. Fair. Warm. 84 deg. in shade at noon. In court at 9 AM with Haberer. Sentence suspended. Back to beat at 10 o'c.

5-18-1906
58 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cooler, Very pleasant. PM. Wind SW. Vogt ret. from Vac. Orders for blouses & white helmets on Sunday.

5-19-1906
48 deg. NE wind. Fair. Cool. Very cool all day. Took storm house down this AM. Schwertfeger hauled 2 loads of sand for Binninger's house,

5-20-1906
42 deg. NW wind. Fair. Very cool. Blouses & White Helmets. Alices birthday 37 yrs. old. Went to cemetery at 1:30 PM.

5-21-1906
50 deg. SE wind. Fair. Cool & pleasant. Walter to go to 2422 Cold Spring Av. at 8 PM. Kuechel's Notary Public. Drill & Inspection. Back to beat ata 4:30. No more drill for this season.

5-22-1906
56 deg. S wind. Fair. Warmer. PM wind SW, warm. Rassch hauled a one horse load of sand to put in our garden.

5-23-1906
58 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Showery. Rain at 8 AM. Shower at 4:45 with heavy thunder. Cool. Signed payroll.

5-24-1906
53 deg. E wind. Partly cloudy. Cool. rising temp. Ascension day. PM NE wind, cloudy & chilly.

5-25-1906
52 deg. Variable wind. Partly cloudy. Very heavy fog early this morn. Partly clearing towards noon. Warm. Showers at 2:40 & 5:10 PM. Very sultry all eve.

5-26-1906
43 deg. High E wind. Cloudy. Rain during the night. Growing colder.

5-27-1906
42 deg. High NE wind. Cloudy. Rain. Cold. Disagreeable. Rained all day. Very cold.

5-29-1906
40 deg. Northerly wind. Fair. Rising temp. Cool at noon, NE wind. In court at 9 AM with Raasch. O..W. Bow def. Atty. Guilty, fined $10.00 & cost $18.23. Back to beat at 11:30.

5-30-1906
48 deg. SE wind. cloudy. Heavy rain during the night with Lightning, thunder & hail. Decoration day. Partly clearing toward noon. At Cemetary at 10 o'c & at 1PM to 5:30.

5-31-1906
58 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Warm. Wind W at noon. Min. temp. for mo. 48 deg. Murphy case today. Murphy did not put in an appearance & Bench Warr. will be issued. Back to beat at 11:30.

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