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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
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| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1919-07-04 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | Back in EC. |
| 1919-07-03 | Campen Clothing Co. | Campen & Bailey buy stock & fixtures of Gunder Thompson & lease building. More. |
| 1919-07-02 | World War I | Lieutenant Tobert Donaldson 1st EC boy to bring home French bride. |
| 1919-07-01 | Odds and Ends | Closing out sale as nation goes dry. More. |
| 1919-06-27 | Fires | Department has only 2 horse drawn vehicles left. |
| 1919-06-21 | EC Trunk Factory | Sold to Multiton Co. Going out of business. |
| 1919-06-21 | Multitone Factory | Acquire factory of trunk company will produce 100 talking machines per day. |
| 1919-06-20 | Tanberg Auto Co. | Tanberg building on River & Gibson bought by John Walter, Triangle Motor Co., selling Hudsons & Essex will occupy building. |
| 1919-06-17 | World War I | Homecoming celebration June 20 describes it. |
| 1919-06-15 | World War I | Lists sailors from EC. |
| 1919-06-10 | World War I | Sergeant Richard Johnson awarded SC. EC County subscribed total of $4,109,000 in 5 Liberty Loan campaigns. |
| 1919-06-08 | Osterman, JA & Co. | Team of horses fell in Chippewa where bank caved in. Rescued at foot of Marston. Water 12 feet deep. Mrs. Arthur J. Osterman was daughter of Robert Petrich, 703 Summer who died June 7, 1919. |
| 1919-06-04 | Fisk Tire Co. | Retail business discontinued, only wholesale. |
| 1919-05-20 | St. Patricks Church | Father Connolly died. History. |
| 1919-05-20 | Labor and Labor Unions | Two hundred union workers strike Gillette's. |
| 1919-05-18 | World War I | More about Battery C. |
| 1919-05-18 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Co. E. arrived home May 20, tells more. |
| 1919-05-17 | World War I | Lists Battery C, 120th Field Artillery. |
| 1919-05-15 | World War I | Lists Battery C, 32nd Division men at Camp Grant. 44 men from EC in 127th infantry. |
| 1919-05-14 | Children's Home | To be reopened. Gives officers. |
| 1919-05-07 | World War I | Frank Glomski won Croix de Guerre. |
| 1919-04-30 | Paper Mill | 400 union workers walk out. |
| 1919-04-22 | Auditorium and Armory | Dedicated. |
| 1919-04-13 | EC Sand & Gravel. | In full operation. |
| 1919-04-04 | White Machine Works | To double capacity with new building. |
| 1919-04-03 | International Toy Co. | Buys two acres on Menomonie & MI. |
| 1919-04-03 | Paper Mill | Group Insurance introduced, first in EC. |
| 1919-04-01 | World War I | John McInnis Co. E, 127th Infantry only EC man taken prisoner by Germans. On way home. |
| 1919-03-26 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Had $40,000 order from Norway. |
| 1919-03-20 | Labor and Labor Unions | Five new unions organize. Twenty one now in EC. |
| 1919-03-19 | Hohmann-Nelson Co. | New firm to start manufacturing thermometers & pressure instruments. AB Holmann, inventor to be head. Ed Hutchins of EC Treasurer. AJ Nelson of NY Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer. |
| 1919-03-12 | Auditorium and Armory | Wm J. Bryan appeared. |
| 1919-03-07 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | All tires & tubes company can turn out for present year contracted for. Represent $3,500,000. Company must enlarge. |
| 1919-02-20 | Orpheum Theater | Converted into restaurant by W. F. Baum cook of Galloway. Will have cresent dish washing machine, 20 tables, accommodates 105. O'Klare restaurant. 111 N. Barstow. |
| 1919-02-16 | Norwegian Lutheran Church - First Church | $50,000 church to be dedicated this summer, Oxford Ave. More. |
| 1919-02-09 | Commercial Hotel | Form hotel corporation. Kopplin, EG Kuehl, John Bauman, Grant C. Haas & Anton Weizenegger. |
| 1919-02-07 | Kiwanis Club | First luncheon, 49 members. Officers elected. |
| 1919-02-04 | U.S. Switch Company | Officers elected. |
| 1919-02-01 | Odds and Ends | Drummonds sells porterhouse, sirloin and round steak @ 23 cents per pound. |
| 1919-01-26 | World War I | 217 acres of gardens in EC, vegetables grown by 1,557 people. Timothy Connor killed in action October 20. |
| 1919-01-25 | West Side Schools | Fifteen high school boys expelled. |
| 1919-01-22 | Scandinavian American Fraternity | Prosperous year for order. |
| 1919-01-21 | Fires | Loss last year largest ever, $173,613. |
| 1919-01-21 | Auditorium and Armory | "Voice of People" proposed auditorium be soldiers memorial. |
| 1919-01-19 | U.S. Switch Company | Sold & reorganized. |
| 1919-01-19 | O'Klare Theater | Will enlarge toward north, double in size, concrete wall, to seat 900. Hoeppner Bartlett start April 1. Building on North now empty will be torn down, presently owned by Homs & Seyberth. |
| 1919-01-18 | Uecke Dairy | To build cheese factory next to milk plant. |
| 1919-01-18 | Conservatory of Music | Still at 814 Second Ave. |
| 1919-01-16 | EC Hotel | 59 men form pool to make 1st payment on site. |
| 1919-01-14 | World War I | Lists member Battery C 120th Artillery also lists EC sailors. |
| 1919-01-14 | World War I | Lists EC County dead. |
| 1919-01-09 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Deposits largest in history despite war looms. Over six million dollars for 1st time. $1,700,000 put in war bonds & stamps. |
| 1919-01-09 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Deposits largest in history despite war loans over 6 million first time. $1,700,000 put in war bonds & stamps. |
| 1919-01-02 | Children's Home | Closed because war work more important. |
| 1919-01-01 | City Growth | EC has 45 manufacturing concerns, $9,086,200 capital invested, men employed in manufacturing 2,650; 408 women, estimated payroll $2,000,000. Value of 1918 products $12,125,000. Estimated value of new buildings & additions in 1918 $450,000. Lists industries, doctors and dentists, etc. |
| 1918-12-29 | World War I | "Connie" Johnson photographed enemy positions from observation balloon. Bombed at night. Lists 70 County soldiers. |
| 1918-12-28 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Floyd Barnhardt died pneumonia in France. |
| 1918-12-27 | Labor and Labor Unions | Carpenter's Union votes 8 hour day, $.60 hour. |
| 1918-12-25 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Harold Johnson wounded 8 times. |
| 1918-12-22 | World War I | 2,063 from EC County in war, 43 dead. Navel Lieutenant Robert Frawley sees surrender of German fleet. |
| 1918-12-22 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-12-22 | Grand Theater | |
| 1918-12-21 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Nick Adler decorated for valor, DSC. |
| 1918-12-19 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Gallant 32nd including Co. E fought 20 crack enemy divisions, battled on 5 fronts without yielding a yard. |
| 1918-12-17 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-12-15 | Woman's Club | Making hot soup and delivering to flu victims. |
| 1918-12-13 | Schwahn, AF & Sons | Safe blown open during night $2,000 stolen. |
| 1918-12-13 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-12-10 | International Toy Co. | Incorporated at $100,000. President & General Manager LD Pangborn, Vice President Doctor SP Woodward of NY & EC, Secretary & Treasurer AP Hanson. Will employ 150-200. |
| 1918-12-10 | City Growth | Things manufactured in EC: toys, talking machines, gear shifts, rubberized fabrics, rubber tires, switches & other railroad equipment, comb. Trucks & concrete mixers, potash, flour, canned goods, gas engines, shoes, boots, candy, harnesses, furniture, refrigerators, lathes & other machinery, boats & launches, overalls, shirts, lumber, sawmill machinery, boxes & crates, trunks, paper, mattresses, concrete blocks, dairy products, foundry & machine shop products, sweat-pads, books & stationary. |
| 1918-12-08 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | In 32nd Division Army of Occupation 20 miles from Rhine. |
| 1918-12-08 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-12-07 | Multitone Factory | Sailstad sold 1000 multitones in Cedar Rapids, IA |
| 1918-12-06 | Knights of Pythias | Dropped name "Germania." Will be EC. |
| 1918-12-06 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-12-05 | Smith, JA Agency | Smith's will ask that insurance business be carried on by Lillian Dunnigan, Manager. Assisted by Frances Bostwick & Allen Rutherford. Minnie Smith is JA's daughter. |
| 1918-12-04 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Men of original Co. E. scattered among other units. Major Sortomme at Camp Custer. |
| 1918-12-01 | Walters Brewery | Shut down in compliance with war measure. Has stock for 1/2 year. |
| 1918-12-01 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Herman and LeRoy Foss both gassed and wounded. |
| 1918-11-30 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-26 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Corporal Joseph Mulligan wounded 3rd time. |
| 1918-11-24 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-23 | World War I Company E (see National Guard) | Private Bernt E. Benson wounded 2nd time. |
| 1918-11-23 | World War I | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-21 | World War I | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-20 | World War I | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-20 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | County Board voted to merge County Training School with Normal School. |
| 1918-11-17 | World War I | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-15 | World War I | Report of some EC soldiers. |
| 1918-11-12 | World War I | November draft call cancelled. Report of parade. |
| 1918-11-11 | World War I | Victory parade. |
| 1918-11-08 | World War I | Armistice celebration. |
| 1918-10-26 | Vocational Schools | Evening classes have 50 more this year. Study everything from china painting to civics. |
| 1918-10-23 | City Growth | 2,761 employed in industry in EC. |
| 1918-10-10 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1918-10-08 | World War I | City now $116,050 over quota. |
| 1918-10-05 | County School System | School nurse starts tooth brush drills. |
| 1918-10-01 | World War I | City goes over top in 4th Liberty load drive in one day. Quota $540,000. |
| 1918-09-25 | City Growth | Barber prices advanced, shave $.20, haircut $.40, massage $.50. |
| 1918-09-22 | City Growth | Assessed valuation $13,810,179 a $1,134,849 increase over last year. |