Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
September 1912

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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SEPTEMBER 1912

9-1-1912
74 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Hot all night. Showers & cooler at 7:30 AM. Slept nearly all day. AM- Went to Brown St. and got ice. Took Helen to church with Auto.

9-2-1912
76 deg. W wind. Warm cloudy. Labor Day. Hot sultry & showers. Took all hands out for a spin this eve.

9-3-1912
60 deg. Fair. NE wind. Cool. 54 yrs old today. Went to 2 nd Wd. Market with Minnie & bought some vegetables, etc.

9-4-1912
66 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Rainy. Went to Glass's house. Took him with us to see his new flat. Went to Bank. Ran ahead of shower.

9-5-1912
70 deg. W wind. Fair. Warm. Hot. Minnie Ada & Helen went with me to the country. We went to Emma Liebensteins to dinner & to HJM's & home. Got apples.

9-6-1912
72 deg. W wind. Fair. Warm. Ed Young came yesterday eve. 7 AM, very warm. 10 AM- Took Young out to the Parks & around town. To hot to sleep.

9--7-1912
68 deg. W wind. Fair. Ada, Art & I went to Behnke's & bo't Lot 18, Blk. 7 for $1250. I paid $100.00 down. The bal. in two weeks.

9-8-1912
66 deg. SE wind. Fair. PM- We went to Lake Park & had our supper there.

9-9-1912
72 deg. SW wind. Fair. State Fair Begins. Linden off, Out Early. Took Mrs. Soule out for a ride.

9-10-1912
76 deg. SW wind. Fair. Off. Home at 2:25 AM. Got up at 7 AM. Aug. Fisher, wife, son & daughter came from Sturgeon Bay. Took the out for spin. .E. Conf. opens at Kingsley. Went to train at N. Av. to meet the Preacher.

9-11-1912
60 deg. NE wind. Fair. Cool. JL, Libbie & Lois are here attending Conf. Took Fischers to Fair. Geo. & Pauline staid over night with us. Attended Conf. Session. Went to N. Mil. Got 15 gals. of gasoline.

9-12-1912
56 deg. NE wind. Cool. Fair. Slept till 1 PM. Took 3 preachers out in the Park. Eve- Took Mrs. Davis & daughter Mary out for spin. Heard Bishop Quayle.

9-13-1912
62 deg. Fair. Southerly wind. Cool. Got up at 2 PM. Listened to Bishop Quayles lecture on Rip VanWinkle at 8 PM.

9-14-1912
62 deg. S wind. Cool. Fair. Mosquitos very bad all night. Jake & Lois & Josie came to take in the conf.

9-15-1912
60 deg. NE wind. Cooler. Cloudy. Rain all night. Slept from 1:30 to 5:15. Con f. appoionments at 3 PM. Kohlstedt at Kingsley. Brittain & Wade left for home. Conf. ends.

9-16-1912
60 deg. W wind. Went downtown with Rev. North's truck. Took JL, Libbie & Rev. Plauette & wife out for a ride. Left JL & Libbie at McHenry's house at noon. Got wet on way home. PM & eve., rain.

9-17-1912
60 deg. N wind. Rainy. Cool. Cloudy. Slept all day.

9-18-1912
53 deg. Cloudy. NE wind. Damp. PM- Rain. All eve. - Rain.

9-19-1912
50 deg. W wind. Fair. Cool. Rained all fore part of day. PM- Went to Meiers & then to Schnells. Took S & wife out for a ride.

9-20-1912
52 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Showers Berger Crittenden Mill burned 2 AM. Went out investigating applicants for Ptm. all forenoon.

9-21-1912
60 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Rained all night. and all forenoon. Went downtown looking up applicants for Ptm. Home at noon. Went to bed at 1:15 PM. Auto races off acct. of rain.

9-22-1912
48 deg. SW wind. Fair. Went to church. PM- Went to see the Boy. Had pumcture on Tenth & Wright. Went over race course. Went to bed at 4 PM.

9-23-1912
48 deg. Southerly wind. Fair. Cool. Rising temp. Warm. Went out to see the new place on 41st St. Went arond via Walter's house. Ada took the machine & took Minnie & Helen through the Park & came home with a puncture. Walter & I came home with his machine. Vulcanized 2 punctures. Ada took the machine out. Had another puncture PM.

9-24-1912
58 deg. E wind. Fair. Mosquitos very bad last night. I go out early. Linden off. St. celebration on Green Bay Av. Great crowd. Milton 10 mo's. old.

9-25-1912
62 deg. Rain during the night. Ptm. Louis Burmeister shot in the face at 12:30 AM, Weil & Locust Sts. by Gust. Rozefinski. I took my auto & went on a hunt for R. with Detectives. Went to Lake Shore Junc. & searched for him. Rozefinski was Arr. by Ptm. Kastern , 30th & N. Av. I got home at 5 AM.

9-26-1912
45 deg. High NW wind. Cold. Minnie & I went to help Walter move to 831-44th St. I took 3 loads in the auto. Ada took care of Milton all day. He is just begining to to try to walk.

9-27-1912
40 deg. Variable wind. Chilly. Fair. Showers in the early morn. Took auto to HDL's & had it overhauled. Went down & got it at 6 PM.

9-28-1912
42 deg. W wind. Cool. Partly cloudy. Showers at 5:30 till ? Rain all day & eve.

9-29-1912
36 deg. W wind. Fair. Light frost. PM- We went to Busse's at 2 PM. Home at 5 PM.

9-30-1912
38 deg. W wind. Fair. Frost. Harry Hughes shot Wm. Saul, Saloon Keeper, 39th & N. Ave. Kusterer arrested him at 31st & Meinecke. Minnie & Helen went to Fredonia. I took them to N. Mil. Went to see Ted. Zillmer.

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