Timeline: Finnegan, Charles: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1886 - 1887 (1 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1886	1886: Appleton History 1886 A Board of Public Works was established and plans were made for a sewer system in the city of Appleton. 1886: Appleton History 1886 A successful movement began to urge the public to plant shade trees in the city. 1886: Appleton History 1886 Amos A. Lawrence died of heart disease in Boston on August 22. 1886: Appleton History 1886 On August 16, the Appleton Electric Street Railway Company began operation with a track running for four miles. 1886: Appleton History 1886 The Thompson and Houston Electric Light Company of Boston received the franchise to provide electric lights for the city. 1886: Kaukauna History Thomas Reese elected Mayor of Kaukauna
2	1887	1887: Kaukauna History Peter Reuter elected Mayor of Kaukauna in both 1887 and 1888. 15 Aug 1887: Wisconsin History August 15: 1887: Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on this date. Her first job was as a reporter for the Daily Courant of Appleton. She also wrote for the Milwaukee Journal and the Chicago Tribune. Ferber developed a flair for short story writing, drawing much of her material from her life in Wisconsin. Much of her magazine fiction centered on the family, small towns and working women. Some of her novels are Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace. Ferber died in 1968.

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