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A History of the Hall County Whisker Club

This page is an index to an past memorbilia club of men with whiskers in Hall County, Nebraska.

WHISKERDOM SEEKS REVENGE

to show Wenger was suffering from an advanced condition of foolishment.

It was alleged that Wenger even worked on his own lawn and garden, mowing the grass and trimming out the weeds and do-ing other divers bits of labor, commonly the duty of the so-called fairer and gentler sex.

On the other hand it was claimed that Wenger was not as crazy as it might appear since he had gobbled up a button for the price of five cents while the rest of the boys were shelling out good fifty cent pieces for them.

Touching upon the defendant's age in the Pizer trial, he was described as on the shady side of forty-forty women-although he gave his age as 88. Furthermore, it was alleged, he had submarine hands since one could never tell where they would bob up. They even got personal, at the start, when Judge Sorensen was kicked off the jury o panel on the grounds that he was a ladies' man, whatever that is.

Piter to Render Selections

In accordance with the judge's statements, Pizer was to favor the populace with some choice vocal selections including "Step-In" by "Teddy Bear." There also were insinuations by the prosecution about some kind of an affair with those well known French unmentionables, "Negligee" and "Lingerie."

The reunion and first public appearance of the Liederkranz quartette in years was greeted with heavy applause and cheering, three groups of numbers being presented. The personnel included Harold Menck, George Heyde, Harry Paulsen and Gus Roeser, with Ham Krall at the grand piano. Selections by Pearl Willis and his bewhiskered "Dutch" band also were enjoyed.

Judicial procedure of whiskerdom which went on with 1,500 applauding Thursday night, June 16, at the sales pavilion of the

Grand Island Livestock Commission company, provided additional revenue for the members in the amount of $59.10 and an output of fun which balanced the scales of supply and demand and was conservatively estimated at $59,000,000. The bulk of the increased revenue came from fines assessed against the wearers of smooth faces.

A sales tax on tobacco also went into effect when several habitual smokers who couldn't get on . top of the habit during the session of court were called before the bar of justice and assessed fines of 25 cents each. Five new members, one of whom resides in Omaha and another of whom resides in Julesburg, Colo., were added to the roster between trials of culprits.

Herman Wellensiek, was charged with saying that whiskers are not becoming to gentlemen and senators. Mr. Wellensiek, a lawyer by profession, pleaded innocence in a vernacular much more specific than that usually employed by attorneys, but he failed to convince the jury. He was fined $5 cash money and, sans shoes, sentenced to ride a bare-back hoss in the parade.

Dr. Boyden, whose sympathies led him to refresh Traffic Officer Phil Pizer with a malted milk while the officer was on duty, pleaded not guilty to a charge of bribery. The jury laughed fiendishly at his weak defense, and Dr. Boyden, in addition to paying a $5 fine, was sentenced to lead the rampaging steed which Wellensiek rides.

Frank Ryan, Harry Nelson, and Bill Smith, three barbers of Seville, had seen Hipp Modesitt shaved in their shop, it was alleged and proved to the satisfaction of the jury. Smith was elected drum major of the parade, and Ryan and Nelson were to carry a banner.

Harold Prince sought to throw himself on the mercy of the court, but the court had no mercy, as evidenced by their slapping a five buck fine on Prince's pocket-

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