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Fred H. Keller | Pages From the Past


Pages from the Past 11/11/09

100 years ago - 1909

A burglar broke a window at the Lannon Kiefer Hotel to get in the basement saloon, where $20 in bills was stolen but the change was not touched. The proprietor said he usually took home the big money, but for some reason did not do it that night.

John Flanagan of Lannon married Minnie E. Hayes.

50 years ago - 1959

The Sussex Village Board sold 2 acres of the newly purchased Sussex Village Park to the Sussex VFW. The board also considered letting the new Hamilton High School use 40 acres of the land, as well as the proposed Maple Avenue School.

25 years ago - 1984

The Sussex Lions Club donated and installed a 30-foot high polished aluminum flag pole at the Bristol Court retirement home.

Reuben Sanchez, who was suspected of killing Sussex resident Sharon Egger in 1975, was assigned a Jan. 18, 1985, execution date in Illinois for a murder that took place in Lake County, Ill.

10 years ago - 1999

Two old gravestones for young girls who died of diphtheria in 1862 were discovered in a basement on North Lisbon Road.

Paul Bucher, the Waukesha County district attorney for eight years, was a featured speaker at the Pauline Haass Public Library.

5 years ago - 2004

A Shorewood man was accused of robbing the Lake Five-Lisbon Associated Bank. Ned Giugno made his first court appearance only 28 hours after the robbery.

The property value of Lisbon was more than $869 million, while Sussex stood at over $893 million.


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