Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
December 1907

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 1907

12-1-1907
18 deg. Fair. NW wind. Sharp air. Overcoat this morn. Over shoes PM.

12-2-1907
34 deg. Partly cloudy. NW wind. Frosty.

12-3-1907
22 deg. Partly cloudy. N wind. Very chilly. Met Genthe at Fond du Lac RR track, 8:30. Snow flurries at 11 AM & all PM. 2 in. snow fell.

12-4-1907
16 deg. Fair. NW wind.

12-5-1907
20 deg. Fair. SW wind. Raw & disagreeable. Paid F. Heup for Litzows house bal. due him.

12-6-1907
25 deg. Fair. SW wind. Chilly. Very warm at noon. Thawing very fast.

12-7-1907
30 deg. Partly cloudy. Southerly wind. Chilly. Thawing fast toward noon.

12-8-1907
40 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Warm & damp. Mens meeting at Kingsley this eve. 9 men spoke.

12-9-1907
45 deg. Cloudy. Variable wind. Rained during the night & early AM. PM- Rain. Eve. turning to snow.

12-10-1907
25 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. 1/2 in. of snow with snow flurries & colder.

12-11-1907
10 deg. Fair. NW wind. Frosty.

12-12-1907
15 deg. Fair. W wind. Froze hard. Met Genthe at 8:45. He went with me to Crilly's job at 30th & Burleigh. 6:45 PM. Met Minnie & Ada at 21st & Fond du Lac. Went to Gaulke's & looked at piano. Erath's & looked at watches & Nehs & B'ot watch for Helen for Christmas. Home to supper at 9:15 PM.

12-13-1907
25 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Fred Malig arrested by Ptmn. Wegner. Indec. exposure of person. I took Tillie Scholz 1236-W.24th St. to Sta. to identify him. Indentification positive.

12-14-1907
32 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Snowing. Regular blizzard, a Nor'eater, stormed all day & eve. About 8 in. of very wet snow fell. Malig got 6 mos. H.ofC.

12-15-1907
26 deg. Partly cloudy. NW wind. Colder. Pavilion in Sherman Park burned this 4 AM. Schroeder put at noon.

12-16-1907
16 deg. Fair. West wind. Frosty.

12-17-1907
22 deg. Cloudy. SW wind. 8:20 AM- Arrested Alb. Bullerjahn at his wife's home 1132-29th St. Com. Drunk. Mail at 1:45 for Louis Winkel 1262-29th St.

12-18-1907
22 deg. NW wind. Gowing colder. In court at 9 AM with Bullerjahn. 90 days. In Mayors office at 10AM. Pension Board Meeting. Invested $4000.00 in city bonds at 4%. Discussed Sullivan Pension case & adopted a resolution rescending all previous action on the case. So Mrs. S. must see if she wants to do anything further.

12-19-1907
21 deg. Fair. SW wind. Raw & frosty. Orders to go to tailor- fit for overcoat, about 8:45 to 9:45. 10:45- Orders to be at Secy's office at 2PM. 2 PM. Dan McEvoy, Deputy Sheriff, served writ of Certio rari on members of Police Pension Board. Application of Wm. McManus.

12-20-1907
26 deg. Fair. Raw SW wind. Walter & I went to Rosssheft & Weinman's & bought a Knabe piano for $425.00. $200 cash & $100 April 1st., 1908. $125 July 1st '08. Two stools, scarf & cover. They also agreed to take the old piano to Hinrichs 1117-23rd.

12-21-1907
16 deg. Partly cloudy. SW wind. Very chilly. Shorted day. PM- Our new piano came & the old one was taken to Henrichs 1177-23rd St. They pay $25.00 for some time within 6 mos. Our new piano is Knabe No. 64105.

12-22-1907
26 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Snow at 10:30. Turned to rain & continued till night.

12-23-1907
32 deg. Cloudy. Northerly wind. Very icy & slippery this morn. 2 PM- Pension Board Meeting at Mayors office to make arrangements for proceeding in Sullivan Case. 3:45- Went to Sta. for mail for Koepsel 1264-29th St.

12-24-1907
24 deg. Fair. NW wind. Kunde Case from Sept. 19th. In court at 9 AM. Guilty. Sentence suspended. Back to beat at 11:20. At noon, thawing fast. 8 PM snowing. The Gordon girls came home with Ada & tried our piano.

12-25-1907
32 deg. Cloudy. Wind chgd from SW to northerly. Snow flurries. Half hour extra for dinner. 11:15 to 12:45. We have lots of presents but no money.

12-26-1907
24 deg. Cloudy. SE wind. Very raw & damp. Wind chgd to SW toward noon. Christmas entertainment at Miss 2 this eve. Home at 10 PM. Crowded house.

12-27-1907
44 deg. Cloudy. SW wind. Warm. Clearing toward noon. Very warm. Snow going fast. Eve.- Went to N. Mil. at 6:45. Met Walter & went to the factory, looked over the plant.

12-28-1907
24 deg. Fair. NW wind. Much colder. Got my new shoes from Weishaupt this eve.

12-29-1907
24 deg. Cloudy. Chilly. 10:30 AM commenced snowing. Snowed all day turning to rain in the eve. Went to Kngsley with Minnie this eve. Sergt Schneider came up to see me this morn.

12-30-1907
32 deg. Cloudy. Snowing, Wind NE. Bo't new pr. overshoes.

12-31-1907
16 deg. Fair. West wind. Very chilly. Av. Min Temp for Mo 22.5 deg. Chacks at 2:45 PM. Met Stolzenfeld at 32nd & Fond du Lac, 5:30 PM. Went to Eng. Room of Wis. Furn. Co. for a few minutes.

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