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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 2,701 to 2,800 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1917-08-19 | Gas Company | Wisconsin Minnesota Light & Power Co. spending $100,000 on new gas plant for EC. All machinery in duplicate. |
| 1917-08-15 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | Living in cave. |
| 1917-08-10 | Drownings | George Bendrickson's car goes into river at foot of Newton St. |
| 1917-08-01 | World War I | Co. E leaves for Camp Douglas, Captain Sortomme, Lieutenant Boberg, Lieutenant Vermilyea. Parade accompanies them. |
| 1917-07-29 | World War I | Frank Ness given 90 days for slacking. |
| 1917-07-29 | Auditorium and Armory | Suit dropped vote pending. |
| 1917-07-26 | Sports | Bathing in C. off Center St. |
| 1917-07-25 | Drownings | Two drown at Lake Hallie as boat capsizes. |
| 1917-07-25 | Drownings | Body of unknown man found in EC river. |
| 1917-07-25 | World War I | Co. greeted by Captain P. C. Atkinson, regimental adjutant of 34rd Infantry. |
| 1917-07-24 | World War I | Troop L, 1st Wisconsin Calvary under command Captain James Cahill left headquarters in YMCA and marched to Omaha depot. Roll call read by Lieutenant Bluedorn. Boy Scouts carried flag, Emil Weinfeldt announced with megaphnone from car, calling on crowd to chip in and help swell mess fund of troop L (nearly $100). |
| 1917-07-24 | World War I | Co. L, 1st Wisconsin Calvary leave quarters in YMCA for camp Douglas. Captain James Cahill. Roll call read by Lieutenant William Bluedorn and marched to depot escorted by Co. E under Lieutenant Boberg. Girl's Club packed a lunch for each boy. Lieutenant Cornelius Nisourd also in Co. (article lists all men). |
| 1917-07-21 | World War I | National lottery for draft #! William Ham(?), #2 Ernest M. Stetzer, #3 Stanley E. Shaver, #4 Axel C. Berg, #5 Even A. Evenson. |
| 1917-07-21 | World War I | Naitonal army lottery designated EC men. |
| 1917-07-15 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-07-10 | Red Cross | Barn dance at Tristrum farm to raise money. |
| 1917-07-10 | Congregational Church | Doctor John Nelson pastor for one year dropped dead of heart trouble in YMCA locker room. |
| 1917-06-29 | World War I | District Attorney J. C. Gilbertson rounding up all male idlers over 16 - all must work during the war. |
| 1917-06-29 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-06-23 | World War I | 1st EC boy on foreign soil with British in France, Private Joseph Jordan. |
| 1917-06-23 | Methodist Church | Dedication on 24th. Cost $45,000 Carl Volkman architect. |
| 1917-06-16 | Linen Mill | Legal steps started to dissolve old Co. OH Ingram was President & WA Dana Secretary. |
| 1917-06-14 | Fires | James Meservy, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Meservy, sent to new home in Sparta by County Court. |
| 1917-06-10 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1917-06-10 | Auditorium and Armory | Injunction served on city to stop construction. |
| 1917-06-09 | West Side Schools | Two thousand grade school children take part in claesthenic drill at Athletic Park. EC Band furnish music. |
| 1917-06-09 | Auditorium and Armory | Badger Supply Co. being wrecked for auditorium. |
| 1917-06-09 | School Board | 2000 grade school children take part in calisthenic drill at Athletic Park. EC Band furnish music. |
| 1917-06-08 | Lumbering | New Dells has to pay $5,356 compensation to families of seven local men who died when typhoid broke out in camps in 1914 from polluted water. |
| 1917-06-08 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-05-21 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | |
| 1917-05-20 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-05-15 | Fires | Old frame laundry building on corner of Gray and River fired by incendiary. 4 die. Peter Burns tried to save children and died. 3 Meservy children died, youngest girl saved, also Mrs. M. and her mother, Mrs. Mary Webber. |
| 1917-04-18 | World War I | Seven billion war budget passed, greatest in history of world. |
| 1917-04-15 | Lumbering | Two stories about logging. |
| 1917-04-15 | World War I | Senate passed war resolutions 82-6 House acts today. |
| 1917-04-15 | World War I | Company E mustered in. |
| 1917-04-08 | Crime | Body of newborn baby with throat chewed by animals found in package behind 3rd Ward School. Found by four small boys. |
| 1917-03-27 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-03-18 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1917-02-27 | Red Cross | Enlarge scope of work. More. |
| 1917-02-24 | Stacy Fruit Co. | Started March 1, 1916. Headquarters in Minneapolis. Glen W. Hack Manager with four men, now 20 men. |
| 1917-02-24 | City Growth | Buildings & improvements 1916 over $1,000,000. City building near completion. 1916 one of most prosperous years. |
| 1917-02-24 | EC Manufacturing Co. (Opsata Motor Plow Co.) | Reorganized last year, renamed EC Manufacturing Co. Added foundry. RB Gillette President, JP Norrish Vice President, MS Opsata Secretary, Charles Keller Treasurer. |
| 1917-02-24 | Autos | Sales of autos in EC County in 1916 are $350,000. |
| 1917-02-23 | Paper Mill | Man killed while working at mill. |
| 1917-02-16 | Weather | Continued cold weather makes coal shortage. |
| 1917-02-09 | Northwestern Steel & Iron Works | Loyal character found frozen to death in garage of Northwestern Steel. Empty whiskey bottles, part of last robbery of Jack Rooney saloon found by stiff body of Fred Brownell. Serviced by brother in Menomonie & niece & nephew in EC. |
| 1917-02-04 | World War I | U.S. breaks relations with Germany. |
| 1917-01-23 | Weather | Worst blizzard in many years. 9" of snow in 18 hours. Winds made huge drifts. Street car traffic stopped. All roads into city blocked. 1 drift 11' high. |
| 1917-01-21 | Second Ward School (also called Thorp or Boyd) | New Second Ward school finest in city. Architect is Edward J Hancock. |
| 1917-01-09 | Seybert-Nueser Co. | Incorporated at $30,000 by Conrad Seyberth, Edwin Nueser & William Rathke. Incorporators have been butchers for many years. Will wholesale & retail meat & general merchandise. |
| 1917-01-05 | World War I | History of "Independent Company". |
| 1917-01-05 | World War I | New Company being formed "Independent" Co., names listed. |
| 1916-11-30 | National Guards, Company E | March 27, April 14, April 15, September 14, September 26 |
| 1916-12-08 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-11-21 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | $200,000 of eastern capital added to firm. Will treble capacity. SP Woodard, President CE Rose General Sales Manager. |
| 1916-11-19 | Omaha Railroad | Four freight cars telescope in spectular smash up near depot. Traffic held up on Dewey St. hours. |
| 1916-11-17 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-11-14 | EC Daily Leader | Tubular duplex press prints 30,000-16 page per hour. |
| 1916-11-10 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-10-03 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-09-21 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1916-09-21 | Elks | Lease second floor of Hahn Building. Will remodel. |
| 1916-09-17 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1916-09-14 | Dunphy Boat Works | Moving to old EC Motor Sales Co. building on Water St. Will remodel & enlarge. Present site part of Owen Park. |
| 1916-09-10 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-09-10 | Chicago Store | Will start selling out tomorrow. Building sold to Culvers for Woolworth to occupy. Harry, Leon, & Ben Kahn been conducting business since mother died. |
| 1916-09-01 | Altoona | St. Mary's church dedicated. |
| 1916-09-01 | Altoona | St. Mary's church dedicated. |
| 1916-08-25 | Paper Mill | Three drown at flume gate. |
| 1916-08-08 | Autos | Leonard Seyberth's Buick stolen from garage & a Ford owned by Ben Osborn. Ford recovered, Buick still missing. Owners should lock garages & remove spark plugs. |
| 1916-08-04 | West Side Schools | School on corner of Spruce and Mill to be sold to highest bidder. |
| 1916-08-01 | Weather | Heat wave. 5 die in EC. |
| 1916-07-27 | Street Improvements | Main St. hill blacktopped. |
| 1916-07-23 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-07-06 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | Biggest celebration in history, 10,000, Carson Park. |
| 1916-07-04 | Odds and Ends | 10,000 at celebration at Carson Park. |
| 1916-06-22 | National Guards, Company E | Company E off to Camp Douglas. More June 23, July 29, Nov 17, Dec 15, Dec 21, 1916 history of Company. |
| 1916-06-18 | Luther Hospital | Open $80,000 campaign to enlarge hospital. |
| 1916-05-30 | East Side Schools | 3rd Ward #2 for sale, lots 6, 7, & 8 of block 12 cont. EC L Co. 4th addition. |
| 1916-05-24 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-05-18 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-05-14 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-05-09 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1916-05-06 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-05-05 | EC Mutual Building & Loan Association | Incorporated at $5 million. |
| 1916-05-05 | Autos | Dan Calkins of EC left at 10 am to visit relatives, were stuck & pulled out five times in 35 minutes. Arrived in Fairchild 9 pm in time for train back. |
| 1916-04-29 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-04-26 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-04-25 | Theaters | EC Profit Sharing theater inc. More. |
| 1916-04-23 | World War I | U.S. making plans for possible war. |
| 1916-04-19 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-04-12 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-04-06 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-04-02 | Christ Church | Dedicated, old one moved to Owen. |
| 1916-04-01 | City Growth | Excellent article on founding of town in 1856. |
| 1916-03-29 | Lumbering | Story about logging. |
| 1916-03-24 | Lumbering | Article on shandy man or Bull cook. |
| 1916-03-24 | City Growth | No vacant store buildings or homes in EC. |