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KUEHL/KÜHL BIOGRAPHY
Emil Otto Kuehl (Mar 23, 1889 - Jul 07, 1967)

Paternal Grandfather of [Marcia Ann Kuehl]

From: March 1957 NEPCO news bulletin

The above news bulletin article has been contributed by [Sandy Ciszewski]. You can click on her name to contact her and say THANKS! To see all her contributions for WoodCoWI, go to: [Contributors Index]

COMMENTS: A broke hustler is a job that has since been automated. It entails leaping into a big metal box in the 'basement' of the mill and "marching" for hours to stomp down the shavings from the finishing room that rained down on you from a hole above your head. NOT a fun job and exhausting. The shavings were later recycled into the beaters and re-made into new paper, and the process repeated.

Being a machine oiler has not changed much. The person is required to oil certain spots on the paper machines while they are running. VERY hot in summer (120-130 during a heat wave is not unusual) and about 85-90 degrees in the machine rooms in winter. Lots of opportunity to be injured with paper moving along on the wire at high speeds (mainly cuts from the wire "felt" where the wet paper is being pressed and dried, in grandpa's day the wire may have still been a very heavy woolen or cotton 'felt'). The noise of the paper machines make conversation below a shouting volume nearly impossible. But--they are paid alot better than broke hustlers and it beats stomping paper shavings all day--so it makes sense that he chose that job when it was available.

Thanks to Joan M Benner of [Golden Rule Genealogy] for providing the job descriptions and above comments.