Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
May 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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MAY 1910

5-1-1910
41 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Cool. PM. Clearing & warmer.

5-2-1910
42 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Rainy. Orders to be at Central Sta. at 9 AM to be sworn in as Sergt. Myself, Betts, Jake Heyer, Mich. Regan, Ole Hafsoos, Ed. Solverson, & Rooney sworn in. All got badges but Betts & I. There wern't enough to go around. Betts goes to No. 3. I go to No. 5 this eve. at 5:30. 5:30 Lieut Joe told me to go home & come back at 9:45.

5-3-1910
36 deg. Fair. NE wind. Went out on late shift. Had a hard night - cold & disagreeable. Home at 6:40 AM. Slept about 3 1/2 hours.

5-4-1910
32 deg. Fair. NW wind. White frost. Saw Haleu's Comet this 3:15 AM. PM- went to N. Mil. Came home with Ada. Slept about 4 hrs.

5-5-1910
32 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Cold. White frost. Everything freezable froze. Ollrogge goes on day duty. Went to Barnes & collected rent. Slept about 4 hrs.

5-6-1910
32 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Chgd to E. Chilly all day. Slept 3 1/2 hrs in morn. - 2 hours in PM. King Edward of England dies.

5-7-1910
42 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Demann reported sick at 12:30 AM. Demann reported for duty at 9:45. Minnie & Ada went to Fredonia Sta. to stay over Sunday.

5-9-1910
48 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Rain from 10 PM all night. Clearing at noon. Warm towards eve. Growing cooler.

5-10-1910
47 deg. Fair. West wind. Slept better today.

5-11-1910
42 deg. Fair. NE wind, very chilly. Cloudy couldn't see Haleys Comet.

5-12-1910
32 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Frost. Partly cloudy. Coudn't see the Comet. Cool all day. Minnie went to Zillmers & I took a walk & met Stolzenfeld.

5-13-1910
32 deg. Fair. E wind. To hazy to see comet. PM- Minnie, Helen & I went to Walters for supper. I left on 8:20 car. The rest staid for the eve.

5-14-1910
32 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Heavy frost. To hazy to see Comet. Went to N. Mil. on No. 7. Directors meeting. Moss bro't us home in his auto. Left there at 5:58. Home at 6:18.

5-15-1910
40 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Slept till 1 PM. Change day:- I take early shift. Linden late. Genthe days.

5-16-1910
50 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Warmer. Minnie & I went to Carpet Weavers & Weishaupts & got Minnie a pair of shoes.

5-17-1910
54 deg. cloudy. SE wind. & warmer. Heavy shower at 6 AM. PM- Showery. Went to tailors, ordered 4th stripe on blouse. Went to Grams & bo't some violin music.

5-18-1910
50 deg. Fair. West wind. Cool. Very warm toward eve.

5-19-1910
54 deg. Fair. W wind. Warmer. Slept till noon. Very warm PM. Southwest wind.

5-20-1910
63 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Showers in early morn. PM- Went to Union Cemetary to attend funeral of Grandma Litzkow. Rained, would have got wet but Mrs. Wood shared her umbrella with me. Minnie not well. Dr. Hollenbeck called at 9 PM.

5-21-1910
54 deg. Fair/ W wind. Foggy all night. PM- thunder storm from 2:30 on.

5-22-1910
54 deg. Fair. NE wind. PM- Rain & very disagreeable.

5-23-1910
44 deg. cloudy. NE wind. Rainy. Clearing toward 3 PM. Slept till 1:45. Went to Drs. office at 4 PM. Warmer toward eve. W wind. Eclipse of the moon.

5-24-1910
47 deg. Fair. W wind. Very pleasant all day.

5-25-1910
44 deg. Fair. E eind, very chilly. Pension Bd. Meeting 10 AM. Bo't $24,000 Sheboygan Bonds to net 4.2%. Went to tailor, tried on blouse.

5-26-1910
42 deg. Fair. NE wind, very cool. Very cool all night. PM- Went to N. Mil. at 12:08. Back at 3:15.

5-27-1910
44 deg. Fair. SE wind. Cool. Fair all day. Everett came from Chicago on his way home from Med. School.

5-28-1910
50 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Rainy during the day.

5-29-1910
62 deg. Cloudy. Southerly wind. Rain all night.

5-30-1910
46 deg. Fair. W wind. Very cool. Decoration Day. Showers in the morn.

5-31-1910
44 deg. Fair. W wind. Very cool.

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