Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
June 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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JUNE 1910

6-1-1910
46 deg. Fair. W wind. Very cool. PM- Partly cloudy. SW wind & warmer. Change day:- I go on day duty at 12 o'c noon. at station. Relieve Sta. Keeper. Orders to go to tailor, fitted on blouse. Get it Sat. PM. Get grey hat Sat. PM.

6-2-1910
46 deg. Cloudy. NW wind. Rain. Took day men out at 7:45. Showery all forenoon. 11 AM showers of snow & hail fell at 10th & N. Av. Ground was white.

6-3-1910
44 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Cold & disagreeable. Clearing toward noon. PM- Warm.

6-4-1910
47 deg. Partly cloudy. SE wind. Chilly. Field day at State Fair Park. 3 men sent out there: Gutknecht, Ollrogge, & Zabel. Get clothes & hat this PM. Went to tailor, fitted on blouse. Pants not done. Left blouse till Monday. Got Stetson Hat. Pd. $5.00.

6-5-1910
50 deg. Partly cloudy. N wins. PM- Clearing & warmer. Ptm. Al. Wegner Susp. Drunk at 2:45 AM. PM- very pleasant N wind.

6-6-1910
48 deg. Cloudy. E wind. Rainy during the night & early morn. Get suit at tailors. Back from tailors at 4 PM. Had suit inspected by JL, Capt.

6-7-1910
48 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cool.

6-8-1910
52 deg. Fair. W wind. Warmer. Went to T.A. Urban, tailor, 3rd St. opp. our Sta. Ordered 2 wash vests- $4.50 ea. Visited Hutchinsons beat this PM.

6-9-1910
52 deg. Fair. E wind.

6-10-1910
52 deg. Fair. NE wind. Bright sunshine. Put up Ada's hammock this eve.

6-11-1910
50 deg. Fair. NE wind. Bright sunshine. Ptm. Wagner fined 5 days pay for drunkenness.

6-12-1910
54 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Partly cloudy. Variable wind. Rev. O.H. Chapin died last night after a lingering illness. In Sta. all PM.

6-13-1910
60 deg. Fair. W wind. Warm. Orders for blouses on Wed. to be read off in morn. Emma Maechtle came today with Helen.

6-14-1910
66 deg. Fair. Very warm all day.

6-15-1910
66 deg. Fair. No wind. Warm. Rev. O.H. Chapin buried at Wauwatosa today. Change day:- I go on late shift. Blouses & Grey Hats.

6-16-1910
66 deg. Fair. West wind. Hot. Board Meeting of Schneider Furniture Co. at Factory, 6:30 PM.

6-17-1910
68 deg. Fair. NW wind. Warm all night. PM- Went down town to see about tickets and route for Vac, next week.

6-18-1910
74 deg. Fair. W wind. Warm. PM- Thunder storm & high wind at 2 o'c. Cooler. Nice shower.

6-19-1910
68 deg. Fair. Northerly wind. Coolall night. Warm at 6:30 AM. Ringling Circus in town. Hot all day.

6-20-1910
70 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cooler in early morn. Went to Weishaupts, got my shoes fixed. To Steinborns, Got photo plates. Got my photo taken. Went to bed at noon. E wind. Cooler.

6-21-1910
66 deg. Fair. N wind. Cool. Hot toward noon. I go on Vac.- 9:30 C&NG train for Rapid City S.D.

6-22-1910
70 deg. Cloudy. S wind. Arrived in Huron S.D. at 8 AM. Departed for Pierre at 9:35. Went down town & got ice cream & soda. Rained during the night. Huron is a nice city.

6-23-1910
70 deg. Fair. Warm. At Red Hill Ranch with Gottlieb & his daughters. Minnie went to Rapid City, 6 miles, Got back at 7 PM. Thunder showers passed all aroung us. Rained a little here.

6-24-1910
64 deg. Fair. NW wind. Cool. At Red Hill Ranch, Rapid City S.D. Went down Rattle Snake Gulch & took some poictures. PM- Minnie & I went to Vandres. Ada went with George horseback riding.

6-25-1910
64 deg. Fair. NW wind. Very warm. PM- Went to R.C. with two teams.

6-26-1910
68 deg. Fair. Variable wind. Hot all day. Vandres came over. Spent the day quietly. Spent the eve. singing.

6-27-1910
66 deg. Fair. Hot S wind. G.B. & I went to Deadwood & Lead. I met W.N. Todd. He showed us around. Back to Rapid, 8:30 PM.

6-28-1910
64 deg. Fair. Went driving in the Hills. Went to the Saw Mill. Drove aound through numerous canyons & gulches.

6-29-1910
64 deg. Fair. Very warm. Dinner at Vandres. Left G.B.'s for Rapid at 4:15. Looks like rain. Willie drove us down. Took train at 8:50 for Pierre & home.

6-30-1910
62 deg. Cloudy. Slept considerably. Minnie & Ada got off train at Lake Preston to go to Madison S.D. Took their things to the train & was so slow I didn't give them money. Nearly got left, myself. Traveled all day through S.D. & Minn.

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