Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
December 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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DECEMBER 1906

12-1-1906
21 deg. High NW wind. Fair. Growing colder very fast. Checks this AM. $1.25 less for Auditorium Sub., which we will pay in 4 installments. Change day:-Genthe out at noon.

12-2-1906
25 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Chilly raw wind. Mrs. Pat. Weimer buried this PM.

12-3-1906
32 deg. NW wind. cloudy. Growing colder. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:45.

12-4-1906
30 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Raw wind. Naab at North Av. 10 AM. Nigger at Fond du Lac. Nauman case, 2 PM. Testimony taken & case held open for one week to give Mrs. Nauman a chance to appear in her own behalf. Back to beat at 4:35.

12-5-1906
33 deg. E wind. Cloudy. Rain turning to snow then to rain & continued all day.

12-6-1906
28 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Rain during the night. Colder, snow flurries during the PM.

12-7-1906
4 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Snow flurries in the eve.

12-8-1906
24 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Raw wind. Looks like snow. 10 AM, wind chgd to W. Worked in basement all eve.

12-9-1906
21 deg. NE wind. Chilly. Very quiet all day.

12-10-1906
32 deg. N wind. Cloudy. Very damp. Drill day:- Orders at 11 AM - No drill today. No drill until further orders. Walter & I went out to his house & worked all the eve.

12-11-1906
27 deg. Southerly wind. Cloudy. Damp. Dora Maechtle came this AM. Is Going to Wauwatosa to work for Dr. White. 3:15 PM, Arrested Andraes Vogel on 25th & Burleigh, Drunk.

12-12-1906
30 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Raw wind. In court at 9 AM with Vogl's bail in my pocket. Pleaded guilty. Sentence Susp. Back to beat at 10:15 AM. Got tax bills for Minnie & Helen. Ours $34.66.

12-13-1906
36 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Rainy. PM, foggy.

12-14-1906
44 deg. W wind. cloudy. Foggy & damp. Fog lifted at 8 AM. Cooler. Eve.- growing cold.

12-15-1906
20 deg. NW wind. Fair. Growing colder. Change day:- Schroeder out at noon.

12-16-1906
18 deg. W wind. Fair. Frosty. Very mild & pleasant. duting the day. Wm. Glasnapp & wife quarrelling. Took them into church & gave them a hearing & told them to be good.

12-17-1906
16 deg. N wind. Fair. Frosty. Long Distance Tel. from Jack Eimerman saying John Maechtle's wife was dead. 1:45 PM- Mail for Henry Knoch at 3036 Fond du Lac. Took letter to 1230 Hadley. Notified Chas. Soltow to pay Saloon License.

12-18-1906
10 deg. NW wind. Fair. Frosty.

12-19-1906
16 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Chilly. Minnie & Helen go to Port this morn. to attend funeral of John Maechtle's wife. Went to tailot & truancy office, 8:45 to 10:15. Fitted dress coat & reported Kranz children, 1295-32nd St.

12-20-1906
20 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Frosty. Wrote a letter to mother. Sent her $5.00 for Christmas. Minnie came home at 9:00 PM.

12-21-1906
26 deg. NW wind. Cloudy. Snowing. "Schnee gestoeber". Partly clearing towards noon. Snow flying all day. About 1/2 in. this eve.

12-22-1906
20 deg. N wind. Partly cloudy. 20 deg. N Wind. Partly cloudy. Chilly.

12-23-1906
12 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Signed payroll.

12-24-1906
12 deg. NW wind. Fair. Cold. Went with Schroeder to chas. Soltows Saloon & told him to close up because he had no License. S. went to City Clerks office & found out his license had not passed the council as had been reported. in their proceedings.

12-25-1906
21 deg. W wind. Partly cloudy. Very still & quiet this morn. SW wind & warm at noon. 34 deg., Fair. Very warm & springlike all PM. Subpeonaed witnesses for Det. Peck in Larceny Case. - Roland Schaefer, Wm. Wegelhaupt & Marvin Meyer.

12-26-1906
25 deg. SW wind. Partly cloudy. Chilly. PM- High SW wind, very dusty. Quite warm. Eve- Rain. 2:45 PM- A&B Warr. for Fred Koeckvitz, 1501-23rd, his wife Comp. Searched all PM & could not find him. Christmas tree at Miss 2.

12-27-1906
33 deg. N wind. cloudy. Growing colder, 28 deg. at 10 AM. Went to Koeckvitz house at 7:45. Not at home. Edw. Maechtle & wife came to stay all night. Going home tomorrow.

12-28-1906
32 deg. W wind. Fair. Mild. Warm toward noon. Went to Koeckvitz house at 6:50 AM. Arrested him. Called the wagon to 28th & Hopkins. Subp. witnesses at 563-25th St. & went to court. Pleaded guilty & was fined $5 & cost. Went to Jail. Home at 11:50 AM. Ada went to Port this PM with E. Maechtle & wife.

12-29-1906
26 deg. SE wind. cloudy. Foggy & frosty. Got dollar for Election Exp. 1:45 Warr. for Alb. Bullerjahn 1132-29th. Com. drunkard, Anna B. comp. Arrested him at home, 5:30 PM. Called wagon to 27th & Fond du Lac & sent them to 15th & Clark. St.

12-20-1906
36 deg. NE wind. cloudy. Rain at 8 AM.

12-31-1906
34 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Min Temp for Mo - 24 deg. Rainy. snow flurry at 7:15 AM. Growing colder. Drill day:- Back to beat at 4:35. In court at 9 AM with Bullerjahn. 90 days in H of C. Back to beat at 10:48. Westfall told me at 7:30 that Dopke died at 9 0'c. last night. Av Temp for yr ending Dec. 31st - 41 deg.

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