Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
February 1908

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 1908

2-1-1908
16 geg. Cloudy. NW wind. Partly clearing at 8 AM. Growing colder. 1 foot more snow. Checks, cashed mine at Weishaupts. Got new pr. of rubber boots. Noon- High NW wind. Drifting.

2-2-1908
-8 deg. Fair. W wind. Frosty air. Bright sunshine. Ground Hog Day. Clear & cold all day.

2-3-1908
10 deg. Fair. Sharp NW wind. Asked Perm. to go to tailor & get O'coat- $27.00. Berner came back to duty after 314 days absence recovering from injury. Missed 9:45 rept. on acct. of going to tailor. Back to beat at 10:50.

2-4-1908
6 deg. Increasing clouds. SW wind. Frosty. Asked perm. to go & pay taxes- 8:40 AM. Back to beat at 9:55. Our tax $49.91. Helens $ 65. 41. Tax on home $38.48. On lots in 20th wd. $11.43- Total ax $49.91.

2-5-1908
26 deg. Cloudy. Snow storm. SE wind, blowing hard. Stormed all night. 6 in. snow fell. Snow turning to rain at 5 PM. Partly clearing & colder. Jake took Herbert home this PM. Schnell sick. Smudde & I cover his beat.

2-6-1908
18 deg. Fair. High NW wind, growing colder. Very icy & walks slippery.

2-7-1908
10 deg. Partly cloudy. NW wind. Very chilly. PM- Cloudy. Wind NE. Thawing at noon.

2-8-1908
14 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Chilly. 27 yrs. ago today I left Haylette for home after working there 10 mos. Horace took me to Thiensville. I took train to Saukville. Pa met me. Snowed all day. 18yrs. today I took Civil Service exam for letter carrier.

2-9-1908
22 deg. Fair. SE wind. Rising Temp. Fred Schneider called on me on the beat this morn. Thawing fast at noon. Wore new overcoat this PM for the first time. Otto C. preached at No. 2 for the first time in over a year.

2-10-1908
24 deg. Partly cloudy. Wind chgd from SE to Westerly. Fog Horn blowing. Rain, 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Met Genthe, 30th & Meinecke. 9:25 AM.

2-11-1908
24 deg. Cloudy. SE wind. Thawing all day.

2-12-1908
38 deg. Cloudy. SW wind. Rain at 6:30 PM. Schnell reported for duty. PM- Partly clearing. Wind SW. Rubber boots.

2-13-1908
34 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Cooler. Appointments for Election Inspectors.

2-14-1908
32 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Damp. Snowflurries. 1:45PM. Walter called up home & said he had been to Dr. Rohr & R said he had appendicitis. I told him to come go home & I went to Dr. Hollenbecks office & he said he would fo over as soon as W. came home.

2-15-1908
36 deg. Fair. High NW wind. Growing colder.

2-16-1908
18 deg. Fair. High NW wind. Colder. Got attachment for body of Chas. Riebe 2422 Hadley St. on charge of being a defaulting witness. Took him to the Sta. on car. $35.00 bail. Back to beat at 9:45.

2-17-1908
10 deg. Fair. NW wind. Frosty. In court at 9 AM with Riebe. Sen. susp. Took bail money to Sta. & went home to dinner. Walter went to work today.

2-18-1908
18 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Damp air. PM- Snbowing & E wind. 10:45 AM- Orders per tel. to go to 3008 Clark St. & help Jos. Johnston with the ambulance. No such no. Went to 3208 Clark St. & helped J.J. carry Tony Rempter in from the ambulance. He is a boy who had both feet & left arm taken off while "hitching" on a freight train.

2-19-1908
24 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snowing. Snowed all night. Drifting badley. Partly clearing at 3 PM. N wind, blowing quite hard.

2-20-1908
8 deg. Fair. SW wind. Sharp, frosty air. Signed payroll. My no. is 23.

2-21-1908
18 deg. Partly cloudy. Westerly wind. Frosty.

2-22-1908
8 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Very frosty.

2-23-1908
24 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Snow flurries. Thawing fast at noon. NE wind. Kingsley Church this eve. with Minnie.

2-24-1908
20 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Chilly.

2-25-1908
34 deg. Cloudy. S wind & rain & snow all day. Rubber Boots & Rain Coat.

2-26-1908
22 deg. Fair. Northerly wind. Cold. Snow flurries all day.

2-27-1908
8 deg. Fair. High NW wind. Cold.

2-28-1908
16 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Looks like snow.

2-29-1908
28 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Looks like snow. Av min temp for Mo. 19 deg. Orders to order down all signs projecting over 3 feet from Bldg. Checks at 1:45.

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