Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
April 1910

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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APRIL 1910

4-1-1910
50 deg. Fair. W wind. chgd to NE. Betts brot my check. Cool all day. Lottie Reinhard called.

4-2-1910
40 deg. Partly cloudy.. SE wind. Linden called this morn. I helped M varnish the kitchen wainscoat & floor. PM- Shaved, took bath, & went to Meiers & gpt some Aspirin tabs.

4-3-1910
46 deg. Fair. S wind. PM- Theo. Hinnrichs came over to see me. Took a car ride to Merrill Park. Went around vis Pigsville. Saw St. Pauls M.E. Church. (Tom Gardners).

4-4-1910
56 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Thunder shower ear;y morn. I feel very stiff this morn.

4-5-1910
56 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Raining. Election Day. At home with rheumatism. Very sore & stiff. PM- Showery. Went to Essers, helped Minnie pick out wall paper. Went to vote & went home.

4-6-1910
32 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Snow. Clearing towards noon. Minnie & Helen took wall paper off sitting room. I helped a little. Jason tel. about 5 PM. Jake came soon after. They are attending Layman's Miss. Meeting at Gd. Av. Church. Jake went home on 8:30 car. JL came at 10 PM.

4-7-1910
32 deg. Fair. E wind. White frost. Very sore & stiff all day. JL came to stay all night again.

4-8-1910
36 deg. Fair. W wind. Otto Engelhardt came to paper stiiring room. JL leaves for home today. Paper hanger worked all day & barely got the ceiling done & left it full of spots.

4-9-1910
42 deg. Fair. W wind. Paper hanger quit his job. Minnie & I went to Essers, changed the wall paper & hung it ourselves. Got done at dark. Martha came this eve. She & Helen are going to Waukesha.

4-10-1910
40 deg. Fair. SE wind. Cool. Very sore & stiff this morn. Went to church with Minnie. PM- Minnie & Ada went to call on Kloety's.

4-11-1910
54 deg. Fair. W wind. Very pleasant. Our Wedding Anniversary- 27 years. How time flies. 10 AN wind chgd to NE, cold. PM- rain. I got up at 3 AM, had so much pain, couldn't rest. Called Dr. Hollenbeck at 9 AM. Mrs. Barnes bro't rent. Martha & Helen ret.

4-12-1910
34 deg. Fair. E wind. Chilly. Less Pain. Feet sore. Feel sore & stiff.

4-13-1910
32 deg. Fair. SE wind. Frost. Went to Baldauf's - got some Wintergreen & feel some better today.

4-14-1910
50 deg. Fair. SW wind. Cool all day. Feel some better. Walked around some. Mr. Davis & Mary called this eve.

4-15-1910
56 deg. Fair. SW wind. Shower during the night. Pd. Carpenter & Schultz $20.00 on acct. Helped Minnie work in garden. Quite warm all day. Notice in WIS - Betts & I passed exam for Sergt.

4-16-1910
48 deg. cloudy. E wind. Shower early morn. Cooler. PM- Rain, NE wind, cold. Minnie cleaned front room. I varnished the woodwork. Varnished kitchen floor this eve.

4-17-1910
32 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Cold & disagreeable. Reported for duty. Rain at 10 AM, very cold. Snow flurries.

4-18-1910
34 deg. cloudy. E wind. Snowing. Partly clearing at 8:30. Rain toward eve.

4-19-1910
38 deg. Fair. NE wind. Very chilly. Mayor Seidel takes his office today.

4-20-1910
38 deg. Fair. N wind. Cold. Frost. Bro/ JL's Birtday - 50 yrs. Ev. Conf. at Markesan. 10 AM- Met F. Hackbarth at 21st & Fond du Lac Av. Pd. him $22.00 in full for F. M. sidewalk at 1808 Chambers St. Jake came at noon. Settled with his Lawyer. Ada loaned him $225.00 on note at 3%. J. went home on 7:30 car.

4-21-1910
32 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Light frose. Rising yemp. Wind NW at 8:30. Drew Vac. - June 10 to 20. 10 AM wind, SE. 11AM Betts arrrested "Butcher" Boldt. at 30th & N. Av. D&Dis. He was fighting drunk. Assisted Betts. No. 5 wagon came.

4-22-1910
46 deg. Partly cloudy.. SE wind. Chilly. In court with Buch. Fined $5.00 & cost - $6.58. He didn't appear. Back to beat at 9:50. Rain all PM & snow in eve.

4-23-1910
24 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Snowed all night. 6 in. snow at 6 AM. Snowing hard all AM & partly clearing towards eve. About 1 ft. of snow fell.

4-24-1910
36 deg. cloudy. E wind. Snow, rain & slush. Jake came in & went to church with us. Goes to Juneau tomorrow to fight Schanen Brise et al. on motion to appeal to Supreme Court without bail or security for costs.

4-25-1910
36 Deg. Cloudy. E wind. Rain all day. Jake came back from Juneau without accomplishing his purpose.

4-26-1910
38 deg. cloudy. Rain. E wind. Pension Board Meeting at Mayors office at 10 AM. Pensioned Mrs. Bender, Sergt. Johnson, Zirbel & Pat. P. Kelley. Back to beat at 11:30. Geo. Maectle Jr. came to see us today. Looking for a house to rent or property to buy.

4-27-1910
52 deg. cloudy. S wind. Foggy. Cool. Snow about all gone. Clearing toward noon. Warmer. SE wind.

4-28-1910
42 deg. Fair. E wind. Cool. Rather chilly. Warmer toward eve.

4-29-1910
64 deg. Fair. SW wind. Warmer. Saloon books - worked mine all in the forenoon.

4-30-1910
44 deg. Fair. NE wind. PM- cloudy. Cool. Shower at 4:15. Checks at 2:30. Pd. Dr. Hollenbeck $2.00 for services. Elmslies moved into Helens house.

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