Milwaukee County Wisconsin Genealogy

William Bramwell Sizer Diaries
April 1914

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 1914

4-1-1914
36 deg. SE wind. Cloudy. Off to Beloit on 9 o'c train, Mil. Road. Beloit 11:40. 25 ct. dinner. Worked Beloit. Took electric car to Janesville. 7:10 train to Orfordville. Furniture dealer at O. out of business Stopped at Reeders.

4-2-1914
40 deg. cloudy. N wind. Chilly. At Orfordville over night. Went to Brodhead, New Glarus, Monticello, Monroe. the sun shone part of the day.

4-3-1914
30 deg. NW wind. cloudy. At Monroe, Hotel Monroe Wis. Got orders from both dealers. Left M. at 12:10 PM for Darlington. D. at 1:30. Went to see Rass. found him angry about some tables he had bo't. Sold him two. Left on 9:38 to Mineral Point arriving at 10:15. Hotel Royal.

4-4-1914
32 deg. Variable wind. Cloudy. Snow flurries all forenoon at Mineral Point. Saw 3 dealers. Sold 2 of them. Dinner at Royal. Leave 1:20 for Platteville. Arr. at P. 2:30. Visited the trade. Stop over Sunday at Columbia Hotel. Met Mr. Schmidt of Mayhew Co.

4-5-1914
40 deg. E wind. Fair. Bright sunshine. Went to SS & Church. Communium Service. with Rev. Condert, pastor. Went to church in the eve. with J.D. Laughlin, Appelton Salt Satesman for Petit. Rev. Hardcastle & Geo. Fox spoke. Raining as we came out of church.

4-6-1914
30 deg. Vasriable wind. Fair. Call for mail at Boscobel. Got to Monfort at 12 M. Routed out the Hotel Prop. Slept with a hardware salesman I never had seen before. Fine fellow. Mr. A.W. Turner. At Lancaster. Must stay over night.

4-8-1914
28 deg. NW wind. Fair. Froze hard at Lancaster. Leave L. at 8:30 AM. Fennimore, 9:30 AM. Snowflurries. Sold to J.T. Thompson. Minnies Birthday. 53 yrs. Drove to Boscobel.

4-9-1914
20 deg. NW wind. Fair. Froze hard. 6:30 train from Boscobel to Muscoda. Got an order from J.H. Radquin. Travelling in company of Wiegell Bedding man. Drove to Gotham. Met Mr. Kearney, Janesville. He inquired about table. Left R.C. at 3:45 to Mazomani to P. du Sac.

4-10-1914
32 deg. SE wind. Fair. At Prairie du Sac. Chilly. Leave 7:30 for Mazomanie. Commercial Hotel, Prairie du Sac. M at 8 o'c. Cloudy & snow flurries at 9:30 AM. Dinner, S. Green. Order, Sherwood Bros. Milw. 9:45. Rain & snow all day.

4-11-1914
32 deg. Fair. Cold. Home. Went to N. Mil & to Milw. W.W. & home. chilly.

4-12-1914
40 deg. W wind. Fair. Warmer. Called on Betts. Church morning & eve. Everett & wife & Mr. & Mrs. Thorn called.

4-13-1914
32 deg. W wind. Fair. Went to N. Mil. with Walter. Went to Mil. W.W. talked to RGM. Left on 1:40 train for Waunakee via Madison.

4-14-1914
32 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Warmer. At Waunakee, Com. Hotel. Called on Schultz. Left on 8:03 for Lodi. Called for mail at Wonewoc. Very warm Letter from Walter. Two orders in Lodi. Nothing in Baraboo.

4-15-1914
44 deg. SW wind. Fair. Sw wind. Fair. Warm. Hotel Stolte, Reedsburg. Visited with both dealers. No Biz. Went to Wonewoc, 9:30. Got order from Mealy Bros. Walked to Union Center, 3 miles, on way to Hillsboro Hotel. 4PM order from Hart. Hotel Hillsboro. Shower 5 PM.

4-16-1914
40 deg. Variable wind. Fair. Pleasant at Hillsboro. Leave 9:15 for main line. Worked LaValle & Cazenovia & got to Norwalk. Leave N at 9:15. Got to Kendall & Wilton & back to Elroy.

4-17-1914
40 deg. Fair. SE wind. Cooler. At Norwalk. Leave here at 9:15 AM. Warm toward eve. Went to Kendall, back to Wilton, then to Elroy, then to Sparta at 5:30. Lewis House.

4-18-1914
60 deg. SW wind. Cloudy. Very sultry. Shower 7 AM. Showery all day. Went to Westby. Saw Sveen & Son. No. Bus. Back to Cashton. Barth, no bus. 3:30 to V. Sold $22.00 table to Ed. Vig. He was drunk.

4-19-1914
32 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Rain turning to snow. At Viroqua, Fortney Hotel. go to Sparta at 11:55. Don't like to travel on Sunday. but don't like this drunken town. Virocqua. Met Mr. Schmitt of Am. Mfg., Sheb. Chairs. Left V. at 11:55 for Sparta. Dinner at S. Went to church, 6:30 PM. with A.G. Lewis, Westboro, Wis.

4-20-1914
36 deg. N wind. Fair. At Sparta. Left for Tomah at 1:27. Sold Butts Furn. Co. $40.39. Went to Camp Douglas, 10:42.

4-21-1914
40 deg. E wind. Fair. Cool. At Camp Douglas. Go to Blk. Riv. Falls 10:48, Omaha Line. Arrived at Black River Falls at 11:30. Got order from F. E. Keefe. Went to Merrillan. Stopped at Hotel Campbell. Rickard Furn. Co.

4-22-1914
40 deg. E wind. Fair. Cool. Went to Alma Center. Sold table to C.B. VanGorden. Back to Merrillan at noon. Off to Neillsville at 1 PM. Neillsville 1:40. Visited J.B. Lowe & H.H. Ebergard. Nothing doing. Ticket to Marshfield. In depot waiting for way freight. Marshfield. Blodgett. Sold Kennal & Sturm.

4-23-1914
32 deg. Fair. NE wind. Cold. Sold two tables to Geo. W. Upham. Went to Presbyterian Church. Met F. Uphm last night. this morn. visited the Upham Factory. 12:05 over C & NW to Gr. Rapids. Met J. Normington. worked the town & took the electric car to Nekoosa at 4:30. Went to Logans Church, Grand Rapids this eve.

4-24-1914
40 deg. SE wind. cloudy. Rain. Julien Hotel. Leave Gd. Rapids 6:45 AM for Waupaca. Arrived 10:10 Am. Sold Carl Brunn $68.00 order. Leave Waupaca 2:45 PM. Train one hour late at Scandinavia. Seymour, 40 min. late. Thunder storm

4-25-1914
45 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Left Seymour 10:30 for home via Green Bay. At 5 called on Rev. Adams. Got order from Muehl. Got home at 4:45. Tired out. Weather fair & fine all PM.

4-26-1914
50 deg. W wind. Fair. Went to church with Minnie. PM.- Took Ed & Emma out for a ride. First time we had auto out this year. Ed & Emma went to church with us in the eve.

4-27-1914
40 deg. Damp & showery. Cloudy. AM- Went to N. Mil. with Walter. PM - Tore the front porch down.

4-28-1914
50 deg. W wind. Cloudy. Warm. Behnke sent me a carpenter. Worked on the porch all day. Went to Ada's to supper.

4-29-1914
44 deg. N wind. cloudy. Growing colder. Rainy. capenter came & we worked at the porch. Finished the porch at 3:15. Minnie & I cleaned up & leveled down the front lawn. Sowed grass seed.

4-30-1914
40 deg. NE Wind. Fair. Cold & chilly. Painted the porch & cut up wood in basement.

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