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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 1,601 to 1,700 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1936-06-14 | Our Savior's Lutheran | Founded 60 years ago. Claim oldest organized Sunday School. Organized in 1879 (is not oldest, several older). School moved three blocks north & now a home. Replaced by Guild Hall. Church remodeled 1921. Three charter members still alive: Mrs. Magne Olsen, Mrs. Ole Hanson & Mrs. Ole Gelein. |
| 1936-05-16 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | Plant on 9th & Broadway sold to Carl Mueller, head of Mueller Transportation Co. for truck terminal. Bank had taken over building on mortgage. |
| 1936-05-09 | Circus | Circus showing on Margaret St. for several years. |
| 1936-04-23 | Depression News | 12 city youth certified for CCC camps at Westboro & Danbury. |
| 1936-04-23 | U.S. Switch Company | New occupants bankrupt, bond holders sell. |
| 1936-04-21 | EC Savings Bank | Savings Bank building on north side sold to Herman Wittkopf for $10,000, is saloon. Neher bought it for $2,850 in 1899 from Thomas F. Frawley, sold after building erected in 1907 for $14,500. |
| 1936-04-14 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Report net profit of $305,303 or $1.50 per share for 1935 compared with $191,192 loss in 1934. |
| 1936-03-10 | Baptist Church | New church dedicated. |
| 1936-03-01 | Depression News | Carson Park athletic field approved. |
| 1936-02-27 | Depression News | Council extends real estate tax deadline. |
| 1936-02-25 | Weather | Below zero every day until 23rd. |
| 1936-02-21 | EC Cold Storage Corporation | Closed down, 200 out of work. |
| 1936-02-14 | Weather | Longest cold spell on record ends. 27 days below zero. |
| 1936-02-11 | Tendercrust | Opening McIntyre President, employ 17. |
| 1936-02-07 | Weather | Cold continues, water and sewer pipes & fire hydrants freeze -- frost 6' deep. |
| 1936-02-04 | Stevensons | Enlarging & modernizing, 1st established in EC 1925 at 211 South Barstow. |
| 1936-02-04 | Weather | Low reading below zero 18 days. Snowfall breaks cold spell. |
| 1936-01-31 | Deaf and Dumb School | Classes in 1st Ward School will be remodeled. |
| 1936-01-31 | School Board | 1st W. to be remodeled by WPA at cost $27,000. Will house orthopedic children who are now in basement of Court House. |
| 1936-01-31 | Retarded and Crippled Children | First Ward School remodeled by WPA at cost of $27,000. Will house orthopedic children who are now in basement of Court House Annex. Will have elevator and treatment room. |
| 1936-01-29 | Weather | Below zero for 13 days. January 16-28. |
| 1936-01-25 | Ford Hopkins Drugstore | Leased space in Schlegelmilch building, 122 South Barstow, 4,000 square feet. Will remodel & have tea room. Have drugstores in 43 mid-west cities. Employ about 40. |
| 1936-01-24 | People's Hide & Fur Co. | Grossman died, age 54. Came to EC in 1916. Bron France Head of Grossman Fur Co. for 20 years. Leaves wife & sons Herbert & Eugene. |
| 1936-01-22 | Luther Hospital Guild | Have given $12,662 to hospital since 1918. |
| 1936-01-21 | Depression News | Relief rolls drop 209 in December still 688 cases. |
| 1936-01-19 | Depression News | 25 old age pensions granted, 1st in EC County. |
| 1936-01-18 | Depression News | Warrants issued against 200 EC people for delinquent state income tax. |
| 1936-01-16 | Fehr Concrete | Emil Fehr who made concrete pipe, etc. at Bloomer five years moved to EC. Employs 15 men, in old Wood Motor Co. building East Madison & Putnam. |
| 1936-01-05 | Wesleyan Methodist | Tenth anniversary. History. |
| 1936-01-04 | Presto (National Pressure Cooker Co.) | Stock put on market. |
| 1935-12-25 | Skiing | Jimmy Hendrickson sails for Winter Olympics. |
| 1935-12-14 | Tendercrust | Incorporated by William D. McIntryre, Francis J. Wilcox & MW Ripley, capital stock $25,000. Will occupy new building on Walker property Platt & Oxford. |
| 1935-12-07 | Depression News | EC receives $26,979 of unexpended Federal-State relief funds under liquidation of WERA. City's share of load has been $10,000 per month. 516 on WPA & 200 employables left on relief rolls. Old age pension which goes into effect January 1 will reduce rolls. |
| 1935-12-01 | Depression News | 80 men start sanitary sewer on Pershing, Barron & other sites in paper mill village. |
| 1935-11-23 | Depression News | WPA funds allocated for six storm sewers, Marston & Putnam, EC & Farwell, 9th West, 8th West, Fulton Beach & ? $149,000 to be expended. 50 World War I vets may enroll in CCC camps December 1 at General Bates office 12 1/2 South Barstow. |
| 1935-11-09 | Urheim Drug | Lars died aged 75, 1004 South Farwell. Born Hardanger, Norway, druggist for 50 years in EC. |
| 1935-10-31 | Depression News | Approval received for four WPA projects, Band Shell at Owen Park, Marston & Putnam sewers & cleaning & painting of city auditorium. |
| 1935-10-25 | Norwegian Lutheran Church - First Church | Some history. |
| 1935-10-11 | Union Savings Bank | Have paid 50% since closing. |
| 1935-10-11 | EC State Bank | 5% dividend paid depositors total $113,193. 35% paid to-date. |
| 1935-10-11 | EC Savings Bank | Paid total of 20%. |
| 1935-10-02 | City Growth | Sears specials ladies Oxfords $.99, cotton blankets $.56, turkish towels $.10, 10 quart pail $.12, bamboo rake $.15. |
| 1935-10-01 | City Growth | Sears opens at 201 East Grand. |
| 1935-09-29 | St. Patricks Church | Long history. October 9, 1935 75th anniversary. |
| 1935-09-29 | Family Service | History of organization, 40 years. |
| 1935-09-29 | Depression News | Two large residences being remodeled into apartments. John Stuebing doing former Henry Davis property Lake & 3rd & Mrs. PC Atkinson Grand & Third. |
| 1935-09-28 | Chicago Northwestern RR | 6 trains daily going West, 5 going East, 2 North. |
| 1935-09-27 | Crime | Benson given one to five years, age 29 has three year old son. |
| 1935-09-22 | Ninth Ward School (Longfellow) | School closed for week because of scarlet fever. |
| 1935-09-19 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1935-09-19 | Commercial Hotel | Gustav Dehnke, 73 died. Brother of Mrs. Kuehl & Mrs. Kopplin. Was President Grand Commercial Hotel Co. which operates Commercial & Galloway Hotels. Not married. |
| 1935-09-18 | WTAQ | WTAQ signs off for last time, sold to WHBY. History. |
| 1935-09-17 | Crime | George W. Farrell 224 1/2 Water St. asking $15,000 damages in suit against Carl Christensen, 710 Water St. charging Christensen bit off ear. February 15, 1936 Ferrell awarded $2000 damages. Chistensen filed bankruptcy listing damages as principle debt. Not allowed. |
| 1935-09-10 | Sports | EC Polo team. |
| 1935-09-09 | Christ Church | One-story chapel to be built. |
| 1935-08-17 | Street Improvements | Birch St. widened from Putnam to viaduct, 3' taken off each side. Entire cost paid by WPA funds. |
| 1935-08-14 | Federal Building (Old Post Office) | Addition now in use gives 2/3 more space. |
| 1935-08-07 | Weather | Very wet summer, another heavy rain washed out county roads. |
| 1935-08-03 | Crime | Lawrence Barby 21,703 Broadway & Myron Perry 21, 642 Hudson sentenced for "poor box" robberies; both have long records. |
| 1935-07-11 | Crime | Claire Bailey & Lloyd Petrick jailed for breaking & entering at Alma. |
| 1935-07-11 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | "400" adds stop at Beaver Dam. |
| 1935-07-10 | Weather | More than ton of carp trapped by receeding Chippewa river in low spot near city wells. Many weighed 20-25 pounds. |
| 1935-07-09 | Depression News | Work on 1st WPA projects to start on cemeteries & parks. $48 per month for unskilled labor. |
| 1935-07-06 | Weather | Torrential rains wash out Omaha & Soo tracks, damage roads. |
| 1935-07-06 | Crime | John Walters had life sentence commuted to 14-25 years. |
| 1935-07-04 | Architecture | City Hall designed by George Awsumb, Mrmrphis EC boy |
| 1935-06-15 | Family Service | Sponsor 90 gardens. |
| 1935-06-15 | Family Service | Louisa Wilcox executive. $1 per year. More |
| 1935-06-14 | O'Klare Theater | Formal opening with Gracie Allen picture. Operated by Minnesota Amusement Co. which also have State & Wisconsin theaters. Len Fried in manager. |
| 1935-06-01 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | New train from St. Paul to Chicago via Madison in 8 hours will be known as Viking-Mountaineer, air-conditioned & pullman. |
| 1935-04-28 | St. Patricks Church | History compiled. |
| 1935-04-21 | Kepler & Co. | Sell out to Sears. |
| 1935-04-20 | American Legion | "40 & 8" christen new locomotive, one of largest. Convention here. More |
| 1935-04-20 | American Legion | "40&8" christen new locomotive, one of largest. Convention here. More. |
| 1935-04-17 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Stockholders elect WB Harding to fill vacancy by Gillette's death. RW Hutchins still President. Moon & Ralph Hutchins only EC men on board. |
| 1935-04-17 | Stokes Funeral Home | Sale rescinded & ambulance service continued. |
| 1935-04-12 | Stokes Funeral Home | Ambulance maintained for 18 years, discontinued. |
| 1935-04-09 | Street Improvements | City leveling large lot southwest corn. Dewey & Main, future site of central fire station. |
| 1935-04-05 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | Fastest train schedule in America maintained by "400" all winter. |
| 1935-03-29 | EC Airways, Inc. | Ward buys EC Airways. Will continue functions of airport. Owns Travelaire plane & Curtiss-Wright Jr. |
| 1935-02-28 | Crime | Former County Treasurer, Norman Menson, held for embezzlement of $2,169 mostly after he was defeated for reelection. Born in EC, lost both feet in railroad accident. |
| 1935-02-27 | Cutter, A.A. Boot & Shoe Company | Cutter bought building Dewey St. from Chapman & Thorp (block 60) in 1891 & installed shoe factory. |
| 1935-02-27 | Buildings | Article "Old Boarding House" by Marshall Cousins. |
| 1935-02-24 | Union Mortgage & Loan Co. | To be reorganized. TG Barland Secretary, EB Bundy appearing for petitioning corporation. |
| 1935-02-22 | Baptist Church | Congregational church offers use of building. |
| 1935-02-21 | Baptist Church | Wrecked by fire. |
| 1935-02-13 | EC Grocery Co. | Hobbs Co. buys EC Grocery building. In liquidation two years. Slocum-Bergren will continue to occupy. |
| 1935-02-07 | Hansen Furniture Co. | Article by Marshall Cousins calls this oldest business in EC. Gives History. |
| 1935-02-03 | City Growth | 1,934 homes built in EC in 18 years. Totals from 1917 on included in article. |
| 1935-01-27 | Fall Creek | History by Simon B. Randall. |
| 1935-01-24 | O'Klare Theater | Former O'Klare Theater to be remodeled. Was garage & auto sales room for a time. |
| 1935-01-24 | Weather | Record cold for 13 years. -32, Holcombe -48. |
| 1935-01-15 | Crime | Raymond Baker 18 & Darrell Golden 18, sentenced for theft. |
| 1935-01-09 | Sewer System | Sewage disposal main problem of city, etc. |
| 1935-01-05 | Crime | Lester Barde, 17 pleaded guilty to many burglaries, sentenced two to three years in reform school. |
| 1935-01-03 | Depression News | During 1934 CWA & WI Emergency Relief Administration brought 2/3 million dollars in relief funds to EC County CWA finished May 1, started November 1933. EG Hoeppner started as regional director; after he resigned, AW Bauer replaced him. General committee were Alex Garnock, CH Hutchinson, former poor commissioner, Jessie Glennen, City Relief Director; Ronald McDonald Certifying Officer & HJ Simmons Executive Secretary (History of relief project to follow). |
| 1935-01-01 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | "400" reached St. Paul after record run from Chicago 400 miles in 400 minutes. Cut 200 and 50 minutes off of previous time of steam trains. Stops only at Milwuakee, Adams and Eau Claire. |
| 1934-12-27 | Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee & Omaha RR | Mile a minute train to start January 2. Twin Cities to Chicago in 7 hours. |
| 1934-11-23 | EC State Bank | Suit for $102,000 filed here. |
| 1934-11-23 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Suit for $102,000 brought by liquidators of EC State against liquidators of EC National saying full amount not realized from notes turned over at merger. |