Community News Gleanings
for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Community News Gleanings
for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
A Banker's Residence Burned
Waupun Jan 7 - The two-story brick residence of George Jess, the banker, was burned this morning. The furniture was saved. Teh fire started in the attic near the stove pipe. the loss is $9,000; insured for $5000 in the Northwestern National insurance company of Milwaukee. At 2 o'clock p.m. the fire is still burning. The house could have been saved had it not been for a scarcity of water. [The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 7, 1884 - Sub. by K.T.]
Peter Vandervort Visit
The Daily Commonwealth (Fond Du Lac, Wis.) Saturday, 13 July 1912, page 8; submitted by Diana Heser Morse
Peter Vandervort, of Milbank, S.D., has returned to his home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Waffle and other Fond du Lac friends.
