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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 2,801 to 2,900 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1916-03-22 | Cornell Dam | Cornell history. |
| 1916-03-21 | Lange Canning Co. | Lands big war contract 500,000 cans of Irish stew per week for one year for Canadian firm. Will remodel & re-equip to handle order. |
| 1916-03-19 | Cary Transfer Co. | Hoeppner-Bartlett awarded $75,000 for storage building three stories corner Putnam & Galloway 140 feet by 200 feet. |
| 1916-03-18 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Interurban conductor saw large timber wolf a mile south fo CF. |
| 1916-03-15 | Lumbering | Article about being a camp cook. |
| 1916-03-12 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1916-03-03 | Auditorium and Armory | Betz site on N. Barstow accepted, $15,000 cost. |
| 1916-03-02 | Methodist Church | Last services in old building. |
| 1916-03-01 | Fisk Tire Co. | William Samuelson to erect $20,000 building at corner EC & Farwell for distribution branch. |
| 1916-03-01 | Lumbering | About Carson. |
| 1916-02-27 | Wissota Dam | Boyd writes of beginnings of Chetek. |
| 1916-02-27 | Libby, McNeil & Libby | Factory secured by efforts of Chamber of Commerce, contracted for 300 acres 1st year at $5 per ton. |
| 1916-02-27 | RL Meader Co. Gile-Smith Candy Factory. | Outgrowth Gile-Smith Co. whose incorporators were WL Gile, LA Smith, WK Coffin, WD Smith & DeAlton S. Thomas. Gives officers & history. |
| 1916-02-27 | Lumbering | Logging article by Captain Henry, many names. |
| 1916-02-27 | County School System | Judge JF Ellis writes about early schools. |
| 1916-02-27 | City Growth | Long article on building Wisota dam. |
| 1916-02-27 | City Growth | Buildings & improvements in 1915 total $1,057,600. |
| 1916-02-23 | Lumbering | Article on logging in the 1850s. Keel boats. |
| 1916-02-19 | Laursen Automatic Pump Co. | Will move to Menomonie, can get old Globe iron works plant very cheap. |
| 1916-02-17 | Stacy Fruit Co. | New wholesale house coming. Start in old Cold Storage plant on EC St. |
| 1916-02-17 | West Side Schools | Judge JF Ellis writes about early schools. |
| 1916-02-15 | Odds and Ends | Article hotel register for Tainter House in Dennville lists names etc. 1858-1868. |
| 1916-02-10 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | Ingram and Kennedy bought Eddy Mill from Sherman Brothers in 1869. Julius G Ingram put in charge. (OH Ingrams's brother). |
| 1916-01-20 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1916-01-07 | Y.M.C.A. | Directors buy more property. September 23, 1917. |
| 1916-01-04 | Lumbering | New Dells mill to reopen. |
| 1915-12-31 | Walters Brewery | Incorporated at $600,000 by John Walter, Alfred B. Loether, George L. Blum. |
| 1915-12-30 | Cutter, A.A. Boot & Shoe Company | Closed for two weeks to install new machinery. |
| 1915-12-21 | German Lutheran Society, St. Johns Church | Dedicate parrish house. Reverend AF Augistine, pastor since 1890, built by Hoeppner-Bartlett for school & auditorium. |
| 1915-12-15 | Autos | Over 672 autos owned in EC County, 370 in EC City. |
| 1915-11-24 | Farmer's Trading Corporation. | File articles of incorporation. Capital $100,000, gives names. |
| 1915-11-23 | Gillette Safety Tire Co., see also: US Rubber. | Firm with million dollar capital bought land near McDonough Manufacturing Co. on north side. Secretary Wilson of Co. like cordial manner he was received of officers of Chamber of Commerce. Gillette has rented house on north side and will supervise building of factory. Bought land 300 feet by 150 feet from Northwest Lumber Co. RB Gillette Vice President & General Manager, will liver here permanently. Has just returned from Akron, OH where new factory is being built. Firm two years old will start with production of 100 tires per day. |
| 1915-11-21 | Wissota Dam | Being built. |
| 1915-11-03 | Story of Violet Leigh (Mrs. Wilbur Phillips) | |
| 1915-10-26 | Libby, McNeil & Libby | Kraut factory working day & night. Uses local men & trains them to sue machines. |
| 1915-10-24 | Farmer's Trading Corporation. | William Larson & Ernest Volkman bought Farmer's Store building. |
| 1915-10-21 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Kepler Co. buys stock for $9,500. |
| 1915-10-19 | Ministerial Association | Meet to organize officers. |
| 1915-10-19 | Wisconsin Telephone Company | Cables in street on Grand Ave. will eliminate poles. Next spring same work will be done on Grand Ave. West. |
| 1915-09-09 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Sued by Carson Picie & Scott of Chicago for $12,734.96 bill. |
| 1915-08-12 | City Growth | Indians called EC Wah-yah-con-ut-ta-quh-yaw Sebe, or Clear Water. |
| 1915-07-06 | City Growth | James A. Grinsel livery barn being torn down to make way for city building. Barn built 40 years ago. |
| 1915-06-30 | Grace Lutheran | Ground breaking. Hoeppner-Bartlett contractor. |
| 1915-06-22 | Amusements | Chautauque at grandstands end of Summit Avenue car line. |
| 1915-06-19 | Sports | Tennis Club complete club house. |
| 1915-06-19 | Lumbering | History of logging on Chippewa River and in Menomonie. |
| 1915-06-08 | Red Cross | Organizational meeting. More. |
| 1915-06-08 | Wenzel Broom Factory | Annual meeting. Names officers. |
| 1915-05-15 | Lumbering | Randall and invention of sheer boom. |
| 1915-05-09 | Jim Falls | Account of Bateman Fort and log war at Jim Falls. |
| 1915-04-22 | Farmer's Trading Co. | New manager, Edward M. Larson. Came to EC 1879 with Alfred Kahn & with Chicago Store 35 years. Groceries under Frank Wright; hardware, Charles Dean. |
| 1915-04-22 | Girls Club | Vauderville show at Opera House, home talent. |
| 1915-04-17 | Historical Society | Incorportated. Gives officers. |
| 1915-04-07 | City Growth | Vote funds for city hall. |
| 1915-04-04 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1915-04-01 | Jennie Whipple | Page 3, column 3. |
| 1915-03-28 | Paper Mill | Fire destroys $3,000 damage. |
| 1915-03-02 | Street Improvements | Great White Way on Barstow to be lighted. Band plays at 6:30. Mayor throws switch at 7, all march to Fourniers for Chamber of Commerce banquet. |
| 1915-02-18 | Street Names | From letter from R. F. Wilson written ca 1901; Barstow, Farwell, Dewey, Doty, Dodge, Talmadge & Cass named after governors. William A. Barstow ordered state school land sale in EC. October 20, 1855. The Secretary of State, State Treasurer & Attorney General met here with their clerks and held sale. Senator Edwin P. Kelsey, a warm friend of R. F. Wilson & Gleason. General Dodge's influence located land office here instead of CF. |
| 1915-02-09 | Sports | Bowling and log rolling. |
| 1915-02-02 | Bridges - EC River | Frank Harrington removing old timbers of Five-mile Dam. John Miley superintended structure. |
| 1915-02-02 | Bridges - EC River | Frank Harrington removing old timbers of five-mile dam. John Miley superintended structure. |
| 1915-01-17 | Congregational Church | New parsonage corner 3rd & Niagara. Old one moved from next to church to make room for Community Hall. Cost $7,800, Mrs. Peter Truax gave $7,000. |
| 1915-01-15 | Music | Germania Singing Society |
| 1915-01-15 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Managers changed. |
| 1915-01-01 | Crime | Henry Foss who killed brother in 1909 pardoned on probation of Judge Blum. Member of excellent family. |
| 1914-12-29 | Orpheum Theater | Captain E. S. Pearsall buys Orpheum. |
| 1914-12-23 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Opening on Galloway St. |
| 1914-12-22 | EC Civic and Commerce Association | Provided first community Christmas tree. More. |
| 1914-12-18 | City Growth | List of firms & individuals income tax. |
| 1914-12-16 | Children's Home | Twenty fifth year. Two hundred seventy one children cared for. More. |
| 1914-12-15 | Crime | Independent $.05 & $.10 store safe blown open. First such crime in 20 years. |
| 1914-12-08 | West Side Schools | About high school strike. |
| 1914-12-08 | High School | More on student strike. |
| 1914-12-03 | West Side Schools | About high school strike. |
| 1914-12-03 | High School | More on student strike. |
| 1914-11-29 | City Growth | 3rd Ward Driving Park land to be platted. Part east of Farwell set aside for ballpark. Men platting are John S. Owen, George W. Robertson & HD Davis. Three blocks, including from Wilson east, Garfield, McKinley & Roosevelt. LG Arnold engineer tearing down old driving park sheds. |
| 1914-11-27 | News of EC soldiers. | News of EC soldiers. |
| 1914-11-17 | West Side Schools | About high school strike. |
| 1914-11-17 | High School | Students strike. |
| 1914-11-11 | Indians | Early days in Dunn County. |
| 1914-11-10 | Union National Bank | George B. Wheeler succeeds Ingram as President. |
| 1914-11-01 | Cutter, A.A. Boot & Shoe Company | Started in 1870 with two cobblers. Incorporated after Mr. Cutter died. Mrs. Cutter, President, William P. Bartlett Vice President, WJ Carpenter Secretary-Treasurer. 416-420 EC St. |
| 1914-11-01 | Schwahn-Seyberth Saddlery Co. | Established 1905 on Barstow, employed six men, now employs 30. |
| 1914-11-01 | EC Sweat Pad Co. | Built on Bellinger in 1900. History. |
| 1914-11-01 | EC Trunk Factory | Describes output. |
| 1914-11-01 | Lumbering | Dells Logging Co. and JH Kaiser Co. only ones left. (history) |
| 1914-11-01 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | History of Co. |
| 1914-11-01 | Elks | EC Club has 290 members. More. |
| 1914-11-01 | City Growth | Diversified manufacturing is supplementing the lumber industry in EC. |
| 1914-11-01 | EC Bedding Co. | Established 1902 in old Congregational church building with three men, now employ 15. Capacity 100 mattresses per day. |
| 1914-11-01 | City Growth | Slogan "50,000 population by 1920 or bust." |
| 1914-11-01 | Horn & Blum Manufacturing Co. | Began January, 1911 manufacturing overalls. Employ 75. In Huebsch laundry building. |
| 1914-11-01 | Linderman Box & Veneer Co. | Employs 150. |
| 1914-11-01 | Northwestern Steel & Iron Works | Established 1905. Employ 120-170. Make gasoline engines, "Casey Jones" handler engine, all sizes canning outfits & concrete mixers. |
| 1914-11-01 | Atlas Manufacturing Co. | Established 1906, employs 12. |
| 1914-11-01 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | Employ 200. Company formed 1886 but began modern institution 1904 when present general manager OG Brice took charge, he rebuilt factory. Make 87 styles. |
| 1914-11-01 | Drummond Packing Co. | Established 1872. Incorporated 1903. Last year sales $1,250,000. Employ 100. |
| 1914-11-01 | Bark river Bridge & Culvert Co. | Make American ingot iron "Armco" culverts. |
| 1914-10-09 | Uecke Dairy | Edward Uecke to start pasteurizing plant 522 Water St. Is from Owatona, MN. |