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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 2,101 to 2,200 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1928-08-23 | Penny Store | JC Penny store will open August 30. Alfred H. Nelson Manager. Store on corner WI & Barstow. |
| 1928-08-21 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | One engineer killed & two electricians burned. Major Hall electrocuted by 4000 volts. Guy Gunderson & Roy Cromwell burned. |
| 1928-06-22 | Airport | Chamber of Commerce arrange flying lessons. |
| 1928-06-16 | Cutter, A.A. Boot & Shoe Company | Cutter Shoe Co. sold to St. Paul man, William O'Donnell & Charles Patterson. Plant will be remodeled & enlarged. |
| 1928-06-02 | Crime | Brownell goest to Waupun for two to three years. |
| 1928-05-27 | Astor, John Jacob; will | also: May 30, June 5, Dec. 8, and April 25, 1930. |
| 1928-05-24 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | |
| 1928-05-24 | John Jacob Astor Will | May 30, June 5, December 8 |
| 1928-05-24 | Retarded and Crippled Children | Development School in 1st Ward building founded 7 or 8 years ago. Jennie Hogan, principal. Agnes Meagher and Mrs Catherine Jones, teachers. |
| 1928-05-04 | Crime | Arthur Lium 12, sent to reform school for robbing Thompson Hardware Co. |
| 1928-04-19 | Music | Organizing Civic Music. Philharmonic Jun 1, 1910, Sept. 27, 1910, May 16, 1911, Apr. 13, 1913 and May 21, 1915. |
| 1928-04-19 | Girl Scouts | Twelve troops with 195 scouts. More. |
| 1928-04-15 | Fashion Store | Bought lease of Kline Store 6 & 8 Barstow St. RR Levine manages Fashion. |
| 1928-04-14 | Crime | William A. Brownell, 423 1/2 Water St. confesses trying to poison wife. Mixed strychnine in can of Postum only wife drank. She discovered bitter taste & had Postum analysed by FW Ackerman, chemistry teacher at State Teachers College. |
| 1928-04-05 | World War I | Lists high school boys killed in war. |
| 1928-04-02 | Crime | Leonard Halverson 19, & Harold Lowe 17, Ole Nesja robbed grovery store of JB Moe, Grand Ave. West. |
| 1928-03-30 | City Growth | Long history of Commission government in EC. |
| 1928-03-24 | Lange Canning Co. | 28th anniversary, big write up. Gus J. Lange started & still directs--March 1900. |
| 1928-03-15 | Crime | John Walters, 20 son Bertha Walters 2318 Randall shot & killed girlfriend. Norma, duaghter of Ray Persons, 708 3rd St. & then shot himself. |
| 1928-03-07 | EC Book and Stationary. | Opening branches in MI & Milwaukee. More. |
| 1928-02-16 | International Harvester | Opening new building on WI & Putnam St. Contains truck department. |
| 1928-02-10 | Red Cross | Soup kitchen for flu victims. |
| 1928-01-19 | National Bank of EC (Ingram & Clark) | Otto Von Schrader, SM Larson & TB Keith incorporated EC National Bank Co. |
| 1928-01-15 | Scandinavian American Fraternity | Last year big year. History. |
| 1928-01-12 | Citizen Loan Co. | Arthur Linton, President. |
| 1928-01-12 | Crime | Ingwold Everson 20, & Bernard McSorlee 19, sent to reformatory for auto theft. |
| 1928-01-10 | County School System | Lowes Creek School completely destroyed by fire last September now replaced. Houses 40 children, Minnie Spehle, teacher. |
| 1928-01-08 | Visiting Nurse | Twenty five years old. History. |
| 1928-01-06 | Sports | Press Co. will broadcast prize fight by megaphone. |
| 1928-01-03 | Conservatory of Music | Professor Howard died. |
| 1928-01-01 | City Growth | Population 25,505 increase 20% in eight years. Estimated occupations: manufacturing, 6,763, trades 1,274, professions 468, domestic services 721, clerical 1175. 1927 was largest building year in city history, 1 1/2 million spent. 140 houses, Masonic Temple $250,000, 14 new factory buildings. |
| 1928-01-01 | Crime | Total arrests 1927 were 702, most liquor laws. |
| 1927-12-29 | Sports | Toboggan slide behind Third W. school. |
| 1927-11-10 | Masonic Lodge | Two page history |
| 1927-11-05 | Drownings | Lloyd, son of Platie Cornwell, 136 Chippewa, age 14, drowned when he jumped from boat in which he was playing. |
| 1927-09-16 | Sports | Wilbur Marx world champion log roller. |
| 1927-09-14 | High School | Teaching of German restored. |
| 1927-09-08 | Lumbering | History of log at Carson park given. |
| 1927-08-31 | Drownings | Christian Nesja, 22, farm youth, drowned in Hallie. Boat capsized. O'Brien Larson, 25, saved by Cecil Hom & Gene Hartwell. |
| 1927-08-24 | Street Improvements | Old brick from Grand & Barstow used for wide gutters up hill behind 3rd Ward school & State St. hill. |
| 1927-08-05 | Street Improvements | Last of concrete on Grand Ave. West ready by A. R. Garnock Construction Co. |
| 1927-06-22 | EC Creamery & Dairy Produce Co. | Guy Speirs built big creamery at Cameron. |
| 1927-06-14 | Drownings | Five-year old Jimmy Pape of papermill village drown while fishing with two brothers who both jumped in and tried to save him. |
| 1927-04-24 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | Hobbs retires as manager. RS Utley of Stevens-Utley Lumber Co. new manager. Oldest factory still in operation. Hobbs in firm 50 years. |
| 1927-04-21 | Hillcrest | Bought farm on Otter Creek. |
| 1927-04-08 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Speeds up output. Now 4,000 tires daily. Payroll for 1926 $1,241,000. Over 800 employees. |
| 1927-03-27 | High School | Win state basketball title. |
| 1927-03-09 | Chamber of Commerce | Name changed from Civic and Commerce Association. More. |
| 1927-03-04 | White Machine Works | Ownership transferred to Herman & HA White, brothers. Heirs of founder, AE White sold interest & withdrawn. |
| 1927-01-21 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | ? To serve as model for plant to be built in Australia. |
| 1927-01-04 | Bus | Five bus lines use Union depot. |
| 1927-01-02 | Bus | New Union bus station opened in State Theater building. |
| 1927-01-02 | City Growth | More than one million dollars spent on building here in 1926. 167 homes, no large buildings; total only $250,000 less than 1925, largest building year in city history. |
| 1926-12-31 | Galloway Hotel | Sold by Masons to EC Securities Co. consisting of Harry L. Lowe & Charles A. Stone. |
| 1926-12-22 | Street Improvements | All streets in city (115 miles) being cleared for auto traffic for 1st time in history. Formerly cleared only main arteries & highways. (snow) |
| 1926-11-11 | World War II 32nd Division | "Tales of the 32nd" by GW Garlock c. 1926. |
| 1926-11-07 | Street Improvements | New concrete Highway 12 to Menomonie open. |
| 1926-11-07 | Street Improvements | New concrete Highway 12 to Menomonie open. |
| 1926-11-04 | Federal Building (Old Post Office) | Addition 30 feet by 22 feet, one story to be built. |
| 1926-10-13 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Names changed to Family Service. More |
| 1926-09-21 | High School | New school dedicated. |
| 1926-09-05 | Bark river Bridge & Culvert Co. | 707 Cameron. Hoeppner-Bartlett start work on new plant First Crossing. |
| 1926-08-25 | American Legion | Present kitchen in Carson Park. |
| 1926-08-25 | American Legion | Present kitchen in Carson Park. |
| 1926-08-20 | City Growth | EC has greatest industrial prosperity of any city in state. All industries going full blast. |
| 1926-08-12 | Northern States Power Co. | Authorized to discontinue interurban. |
| 1926-07-10 | Northern States Power Co. | Lineman killed. |
| 1926-06-09 | Autos | Twenty filling stations, plans for five more. One for every 160 cars. |
| 1926-06-06 | Crime | George West shot Mrs. Bertha McFadden, planned to kill her & son George. George wrestled with Vest & got gun. |
| 1926-05-16 | Christ Church | Mrs. Mary Dulany gives $100,000 to establish Diocese. |
| 1926-05-08 | Street Railway | Cars collide on Grand Ave. bridge. |
| 1926-05-07 | High School | Floors being laid in new school. |
| 1926-04-29 | Elk Creek | Full page about Elk Creek, Eliza Wilson mill etc. |
| 1926-04-21 | EC Grocery Co. | Connecting with EC Candy Co. TF Brahnham President. EC Grocery Co. recently built large building next to Soo depot, Dewey St. (Seyberth there now). |
| 1926-04-21 | City Growth | 776 houses built in EC last six years: 1920-96 houses, 1921-146 houses, 1922-162 houses, 1923-134 houses, 1924-121 houses, 1925-120. |
| 1926-04-13 | Autos | Traffic count shows more than 8,100 cars in EC. |
| 1926-04-11 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Frank Modl lying drunk on interurban track near 1st crossing, had leg amputated, died next day. |
| 1926-04-10 | Fires | Fire truck on way to fire hit car and crashed into front of Thompson O Kolve hardware store, pushing front of store back 6". No one hurt. |
| 1926-04-08 | Lumbering | Wisconsin was first lumbering twenty years ago, now fourteenth. 1899 was peak. Three and a half billion board feet cut. Held first place only six years. |
| 1926-03-06 | Montgomery Hospital | Made into apartments. |
| 1926-03-02 | WTAQ | Applied to change call letter to WMGT (We make Gillette Tires) not granted yet. Gives 1st local artists. |
| 1926-02-09 | WTAQ | Moving from Osseo to EC in Gillette's cafeteria. |
| 1926-01-19 | State Theater | State Theater opening. |
| 1926-01-06 | World War II 32nd Division | Major General Robert McCoy "Red Arrow" commander died at Madison. |
| 1926-01-02 | City Growth | 1925-almost two times 1924, $1,344,088 building in EC. |
| 1926-01-02 | Fires | 1925 loss $100,000. Largest was Gillette Rubber, only other serious one was Kelley ice house. |
| 1925-11-30 | Liberty Pole in Eau Claire | Letter from George Parker: remembers removal of pole from Water St. to Randall Park. |
| 1925-12-11 | Uecke Dairy | 14 prominent EC people sure new directors. |
| 1925-11-24 | Sacred Heart Church | Golden Jubilee. |
| 1925-11-22 | Wisconsin Theater/Badger Theater | Opens tomorrow. Has pipe organ. |
| 1925-11-18 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | Bought by Hobbs. Ray F. German in charge of selling odd stock & tools. |
| 1925-11-17 | WTAQ | Daily program in paper. |
| 1925-11-15 | Crime | Case of pretended drowning in Chippewa & later hold up & attempted murder. Think both are same man. |
| 1925-10-13 | City Growth | Population now 22,375. Growth of 1,500 over 1920. |
| 1925-10-11 | Wesleyan Methodist | Being built by Walker Brothers. |
| 1925-10-01 | Autos | FJ Fitzsimmons, manager local branch Cities Service held as driver of car which killed Oscar Burdick, 77, employee of Phoenix Furniture Co. |
| 1925-09-29 | Grand Theater | |
| 1925-09-14 | Airplanes | Shenandoah crashed in storm in Ohio. Commander and 13 others died. |
| 1925-09-03 | Grace Lutheran | $10,000 addition, plans by Volkman. |
| 1925-09-02 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | Foreclosure sale tomorrow. Property valued at $800,000 consists of 17 large & small buildings on 5 1/2 acres. Built 1861. |