Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
August 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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AUGUST 1908

8-1-1908
57 deg. Fair. SE wind. Went to 5th & Cedar at 1 PM. Left there for beat at 5:15 PM. Cornerstone of Auditorium laid.

8-2-1908
66 deg. Fair. NW wind.

8-3-1908
72 deg. Fair. SW wind. Very dry & warm.

8-4-1908
74 deg. Fair. SW wind. Hot. Shower at 4 PM. Robt. Reinhard Tel. that Uncle & Aunt Lapp both died last night.

8-5-1908
64 deg. NW wind. Cool & pleasant.

8-6-1908
66 deg. Partly cloudy. Variable wind. Warm. Minnie & Helen took 11:10 train to Reeseville to attend funeral of Uncle & Aunt Lapp.

8-7-1908
60 deg. Fair. Northerly wind. Cool. Minnie & Helen ret. from Reeseville. Henry, Geo & Jake Maechtle went to the funeral. Came here to stay all night.

8-8-1908
56 deg. Fair. E wind. Cool. Took the boys to the car at 6:30 AM. I went with them via 3rd St. to Atkinson Ave.

8-9-1908
60 deg. Fair. SE wind. Warm toward noon. Cloudy & cool towards eve. 14 yrs. since Arthur died.

8-10-1908
60 deg. Fair. SE wind. Muelendyk case from June 10th. Two weeks longer on probation. Back to beat at 11:30.

8-11-1908
64 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Showers- 4PM & all eve.

8-12-1908
62 deg. Cloudy. W wind. Showery. Rain during the night. & all forenoon.

8-13-1908
64 deg. Partly cloudy. W wind.

8-14-1908
60 deg. Fair. Northerly wind. Cool. Aband. Warr. for Frk. Mostel 2117 Fond du Lac. 9:30 to 10:30 went to Ross Scheff & Weinman. Pd, Bal. on Piano. $125.00.

8-15-1908
68 deg. Cloudy. Rain. E wind. Rain all day. Change day:- Schroeder at noon.

8-16-1908
72 deg. Fair. SE wind. Sultry. Showers. during the ight. 9 AM, wind chgd to West. Hot. Thunder shower at 5:30 to 6:30.

8-17-1908
74 deg. Fair. W wind. Hot. PM- cooler. Buffalo Bill's Show in town.

8-18-1908
56 deg. Fair. Cool west wind.

8-19-1908
64 deg. Fair. Shower at 4 AM. Cooler. Wind NE.

8-20-1908
50 deg. Fair. W wind. Rising temp. toward noon.

8-21-1908
56 deg. Fair. SW wind. Cool.

8-22-1908
61 deg. Fair. NE wind. Cool. Minnie went to Chicago on 9 0'c boat. Ada went to Racine on Epworth League excursion this PM. Walter went to Waukesha Beach this PM.

8-23-1908
60 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cool. Genthe on Vac. Schroeder on night duty.

8-24-1908
62 deg. Fair. NE wind. Cool. Muelendyk case from Aug. 10th. In court at 9 AM. Case cont. to Sept. 24th. Back to beat at 11:00 o'c. Minnie came home at 3 PM.Went to Suelflowesons- Settled up accts. Left $25.00 for R. Winkelman. Got check for $27.66 to bal. acct.

8-25-1908
52 deg. Fair. E wind. Cool.

8-26-1908
58 deg. Fair. E wind. Warmer. Very pleasant all day. Paid N. Av. Fuel Co. $10.00 on acct.

8-27-1908
63 deg. Fair. SE wind. Warm.

8-28-1908
64 deg. Fair. SE wind. Warm. Bro. JL & wife came this eve. to stay all night.

8-29-1908
64 deg. Fair. Warm. SW wind. Paid R. Winkelman Bal. due on house, 1403-34th St. Met Dr. Pfeiffer om 27th & Meinecke, 10:40. Went to see his lots & took him to dinner with me. Ada went to Lomira this eve.

8-30-1908
68 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Warm.

8-31-1908
70 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Hot. Av min temp for mo. 63 deg. Edwin Young came to stay all night. Went to Sta. 6:30. Got orders for Primary Election tomorrow.

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