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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 2,201 to 2,300 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1925-09-01 | Parks | 609 people used camp last week. Cars from 23 states. |
| 1925-08-22 | Street Improvements | In repairing 1st Ave. north of Elizabeth St. for 100' it was found that huge pine piles had been driven in what used to be river bank to prevent washing away. Fill around piles had settled, but piles driven too deep to settle or be removed. City excavated around them & sawed off 4' from top. Street refilled & new concrete laid. |
| 1925-08-22 | Street Improvements | In repairing 1st Ave north of Elizabeth St. for 100' it was found that huge pine piles had been driven in what used to be river bank to prevent washing away. Fill around piles had settled, but piles driven too deep to settle or be removed. City excavated around them & sawed off 4' from top. Street refilled & new concrete laid. |
| 1925-08-21 | Street Improvements | City blasting out stumps & great slabs of sandstone to open Bergen Ave. from Birch to Bellevue. Have extended Grand through Boyd Park to Summer St. |
| 1925-08-18 | Airplanes | Shenandoah to pass over EC Sept. 15 on trip from Lakehurst, NJ to Minneapolis. |
| 1925-08-18 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Fire damage $300,000, explosion in bead room from gasoline vapors. Kurt Stubenwall, chief chemist. Steve Andres & Arthur Ness escaped from lab by climbing out a skylight. Some men slightly injured. Plant now employs 900. Northern State Power cut electric service to city in vicinity of plant to prevent hazards from falling wires. |
| 1925-08-18 | Soo Line Railroad | Wrecking old depot built 1890 as terminus of Wisconsin Central RR corner Dewey & EC streets. Will be replaced by EC Coffee Co. builidng which will also house new Soo depot. A train coach will be parked on tracks to serve as waiting room. |
| 1925-08-18 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Wrecking old depot built 1890 as terminus of Wisconsin Central corner Dewey & EC Streets. |
| 1925-08-04 | EC Hotel | Irving Berlin spent night. |
| 1925-07-17 | Stages | Mohawk Stage Line bought gear shift garage on Wisconsin St. for busline repair shop and garage. Eighteen buses go through EC. First bus made trip between EC and St. Paul 14 years ago. AW Boaurline, president, drive first bus, will live in EC. |
| 1925-06-28 | Crime | Peter Adler given two months in workhouse. 9th Ward saloon keeper. |
| 1925-06-16 | Street Improvements | Right of way purchased for new highway 12 between EC & Menomonie, goes out Cameron St. now. |
| 1925-06-07 | City Growth | 1/2 million in new building in six months. Double same period last year. |
| 1925-06-02 | Weather | Severe wind storm wrecked many barns and power lines. |
| 1925-05-27 | Street Improvements | Shawtown bridge open, cost $85,000. State & Co. each pay 1/2. Old bridge will be wrecked. Built 1884, had longest wooden span, 275', other span, also wood, 175'. |
| 1925-05-09 | Elk Creek | Dam to be built at old Eliza Wilson home by Anderson Land Co. |
| 1925-05-03 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1925-03-25 | Crime | Estimated 500 bootleggers in EC. |
| 1925-03-25 | High School | City condemns lots for new school. |
| 1925-03-24 | Auditorium and Armory | Paul Whitman appeared |
| 1925-03-11 | Fires | Goethel block of W. Grand, Jensen drug store; smoke damage to flats above stores. |
| 1925-02-25 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Bond holders hid in property, in receivership. Being reorganized. Operating at peak output. Monthly payroll $80,000. 600 in payroll. |
| 1925-02-22 | Crime | Ray Marshall Tyler given year at Green Bay for breaking probation. |
| 1925-02-18 | Farwell House | Mrs. Essie MacTardy died in IL age 80. Husband built Farwell House & operated hotel many years ago. |
| 1925-02-12 | Soo Line Railroad | Will wreck old roundhosue near bridge over EC. |
| 1925-01-14 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1925-01-01 | Soo Line Railroad | Engineer hangs self in Mpls. despondent 21 year record marred. Broken bo? caused cold weather, not his fault. |
| 1924-12-25 | EC Hotel | Christmas celebration in lobby. |
| 1924-12-21 | Soo Line Railroad | Soo car plunges into Chippewa, 8 dead. Dining car derailed & thrown upside down into river near CF depot. Broken switch responsible. Emil Weinfeld eye witness. |
| 1924-12-21 | Crime | John B. Anderson who crushed his 2 1/2 month old baby boy to death because baby prevented wife from working, seeking pardon. |
| 1924-12-21 | Sports | Flood tennis courts for skating. |
| 1924-12-20 | City Growth | Population now 24,042 increase 15% in four years. |
| 1924-11-18 | Wisconsin Theater/Badger Theater | EC Theater Co. served notice on tenants to vacate; Hugh Carey Dray Line, William Schumacher & August Moessner's repair shop. Edward J. Handcock architect. |
| 1924-11-08 | Auditorium and Armory | Mischa Elman appeared. |
| 1924-11-08 | Grand Theater | |
| 1924-11-02 | Boy Scouts | Stanley Shaver resigns. |
| 1924-11-02 | Auditorium and Armory | Sousa concert. |
| 1924-11-01 | EC Daily Leader | Roswell Hobbs putting up new building on site. |
| 1924-10-13 | Odds and Ends | Barn is being built in Hay Market which will hold 24 farmers' teams. |
| 1924-10-13 | Odds and Ends | Prince of Wales passed through city. |
| 1924-09-23 | Street Improvements | New Madison St. bridge opened. 1st car across G. J. Lange. 3 years in making, cost $240,000. |
| 1924-09-22 | Weather | Severe rain storm wrecks train service between EC and CF and EC and Minneapolis. Both Omaha and Soo lines blocked by train wrecks. |
| 1924-09-13 | Paper Mill | $20,000 fire. |
| 1924-09-04 | Sports | Log rolling history. |
| 1924-08-23 | Weather | Cyclone at Thorp, Owen, Augusta and Chetek. EC property damage severe. St. John's church struck by lightning during Sunday school, none hurt. |
| 1924-08-07 | Weather | Bloomer and Osseo hit by tornados. |
| 1924-08-01 | Northern States Power Co. | Start work on new $50,000 garage & store house between River & Railroad St. |
| 1924-07-17 | EC Civic and Commerce Association | Last livery stable gone. Discuss building barn for farmer's horses. |
| 1924-07-10 | Stokes Funeral Home | New parlors 105 East Grand. |
| 1924-07-03 | Dells Water Power Co. | William Roetke broke back in accidental 50 foot fall while working on dam. |
| 1924-05-23 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | $30,000 fire in bicycle tire building. |
| 1924-04-29 | Kresge | Old location was 310 Barstow. |
| 1924-04-25 | Gun Club | Club house on Water St. |
| 1924-04-25 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1924-04-13 | Auditorium and Armory | Paderewske appeared. |
| 1924-03-24 | Auditorium and Armory | Heifitz appeared. |
| 1924-03-14 | Street Railway | Brakes on Wisconsin Street car failed at top of depot hill. All details. |
| 1924-03-04 | Odds and Ends | Fiery cross burned for several hours on Eddy St. hill. |
| 1924-02-22 | Woman's Club | Gift was Henry Hudson property. |
| 1924-02-12 | Skiing | Batson on Olympic team. |
| 1924-02-08 | Auditorium and Armory | Dr. WT Grefell appeared |
| 1924-02-06 | Visiting Nurse | History. |
| 1924-02-05 | Boy Scouts | Four boys earn Eagle award. |
| 1924-01-12 | Crime | Last year $5,620 in fines for liquor violations collected in county. |
| 1924-01-11 | City Growth | 3/4 of income tax payers in county earned less than $1,000 each during 1922; 90% had less than $2,000. |
| 1923-12-16 | Kresge | Secured long term lease on Boston Store site, 208 South Barstow. Mrs. Robert Jacobs owner Boston Store. |
| 1923-12-01 | Our Redeemer's Church | Reverend Herbert Juneau in charge of chapel on Birch St. Remodeled from small house. |
| 1923-11-10 | Springs | How Becky Springs got its name. (Now Silver Spring) Cold Spring story. (Now disappeared.) |
| 1923-10-02 | Olivet Evangelical | Cornerstone laid. |
| 1923-09-28 | High School | FM Bray, high school principal, died. |
| 1923-09-13 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Jaastad resignes after 10 years as principal. |
| 1923-09-13 | Normal School | |
| 1923-07-17 | Northern States Power Co. | WI-MN Light & Power Co. merged with Northern States Power Co. More. |
| 1923-07-08 | Presbyterian Church | North church built from design by Carl Volkman. |
| 1923-07-08 | Library | Library given picture of EC of 45 years ago. |
| 1923-06-23 | Amusements | More than 400 enjoy river swim at 2nd Ward. |
| 1923-06-21 | Drownings | 11-year old Burton Robinson playing on logs Dells. |
| 1923-06-21 | Visiting Nurse | EC has first organization in state. |
| 1923-06-07 | American National Bank & Trust Co. | Application for new bank, etc. |
| 1923-05-27 | EC Baking Co. | Control of Co. passes to Charles J. Regan & Associates of Minneapolis. Regan will live in EC, increase production 140%. |
| 1923-05-27 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1923-05-20 | Weather | Seymour boy, Carl Meyers, 16, killed by lightning. |
| 1923-05-10 | Auditorium and Armory | Schumann-Heink appeared. |
| 1923-05-04 | Woman's Club | Mrs. Hayes gives $10,000. (Half page article.) |
| 1923-05-04 | Woman's Club | Mrs. Hayes gives $10,000. (Half page article.) |
| 1923-05-03 | Fires | Wisconsin Grain and Cereal Co. elevator, S. Dewey burned. Most spectacular fire for many years. Top floor destroyed. |
| 1923-04-28 | Standard Oil | Filling station Barstow & Jones opens, free air, free water & three attendants. George Rathbone in charge of alses force. Company has five stations in EC. Seven oil stations in city & 40 curb pumps. |
| 1923-04-18 | EC Book and Stationary. | Fire destroys building open across st. |
| 1923-03-31 | EC Daily Leader | First grocery store ads, A & P Hams $.16 a pound, bacon $.19 a pound, Websters Famous Fudge $.39, hamburger $.11, boned & rolled beef roast $.20. |
| 1923-03-24 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | |
| 1923-03-21 | Auditorium and Armory | Fritz Kreisler appeared. |
| 1923-02-24 | Retarded and Crippled Children | Development class for retarded children at 1st Ward School, Mrs AH Behrens teacher. |
| 1923-02-18 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1923-02-17 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | In receivership. |
| 1923-02-07 | Street Names | Changes made in street names and some numbers. Main change is in Menomonie Street which runs like letter S. Part is now Ferry St. & part Shaw St. Changes make for more conformity & less confusion. |
| 1923-01-06 | Farmer's Store (Is this the same as Farmer's Tradi | Moved to new building |
| 1922-11-30 | Grand Theater | |
| 1922-11-26 | Bluedorn Florist | Herman died, 604 Gray. Born Germany 1855. Learned florist business at 14. Came to America at 27. In business in EC 32 years. Leaves wife, children Esther, Elsie, Ann, Ernest, William, & Irwin. |
| 1922-11-23 | Lange Canning Co. | Started $100,000 building project on Madison St. property. Will increase output 30%. Volume of business has increased 2,300% since organization 22 years ago. |
| 1922-11-05 | Auditorium and Armory | Galli-Curci appeared. |