Monday, April 22, 2024

Passover in Milwaukee - matzos, matzos, matzos!

Jewish baker Julius Kohn (1724 Walnut St.) tells his valued customers that his matzos are available again this year and can be purchased at Klingbeil's on State St., Gottschalk's on Chestnut St., P. Welch's on Van Buren St., and at Ph. Weis' butcher shop on Jackson St. Weis was another advertiser of Kosher products in the Milwaukee Herold (the mainstream paper published by W. W. Coleman


Saturday, April 20, 2024

Engagements announced in the German papers! ... including this rare event ...


 

Clarice Fah Toy is engaged.

Will marry Thon Chung, a colleague of her wealthy father.

A Chinese wedding, a rare event for Milwaukee, will soon take place when Clarice Fah Toy, the pretty young daughter of Charley Toy, will tie the knot with a rich Chinese man, Thon Chung. The groom also has a restaurant in Milwaukee. [Sept. 1907]

Friday, March 29, 2024

Chain & caravan migration stories are a part of Milwaukee's Germanic history ... just as they are today for other groups.



Mr. Peter Schmidt, together with his sister, Mrs. Dorothea Meuser, picked up his 86-year-old father from Germany, and went fishing here last night in his father's company. Twelve more members of the family from Germany will be arriving here in the next few days.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Intelligent voting for the public good, versus ignorant voting for selfish interests. (© The Inter-Racial Council)

Intelligent voting for the public good versus ignorant voting for selfish interests.

This was the quandary for US citizens in the 1920s when this was published in Milwaukee's remaining daily German language newspaper (©The Inter-Racial Council).
In 2016, non-voters and the electoral system miserably failed Democracy.
This issue remains the same for the USA in November 2020 ... and reposted for 2024 as Secular Democracy hangs in the balance caused by xtian-evangelical lunacy & desperation.