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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 2,901 to 3,000 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1914-10-03 | Lange Canning Co. | August Johnson killed in accident while working in Lange Co. yard. |
| 1914-10-01 | Luther Hospital Guild | Will have Christmas sale and supper. |
| 1914-09-26 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Eighty five enrolled, will be 100 by Christmas. |
| 1914-09-20 | Eagles Printing Co. | Located 103 E. Grand. |
| 1914-09-20 | Leinenkugels (Dells) Brewery | J. Leinenkugels at 559 North Dewey. |
| 1914-09-20 | Hoeppner-Bartlett | At 412-422 East Grand. |
| 1914-09-20 | Bluedorn Florist | Herman Bluedorn florist 416 Dodge. |
| 1914-09-20 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | Broadway & 9th Avenue. |
| 1914-09-20 | Drummond Packing Co. | Address 409-411 Galloway. |
| 1914-09-20 | Odds and Ends | Long directory of local manufacturers. |
| 1914-09-20 | Der Harold | Located 307 S. Barstow St. |
| 1914-09-20 | Red Front Flour & Feed Co. | 425 Galloway. |
| 1914-09-20 | Schwahn, AF & Sons | Delicatessen 329 North Barstow. |
| 1914-09-20 | Atlas Manufacturing Co. | Dewey & Galloway St. Makes ice-boxes. |
| 1914-09-20 | Egg-O-Baking Powder Co. | At 227 North Dewey. |
| 1914-09-20 | Cheney Co. | 411 Eau Claire St. |
| 1914-09-20 | Wisconsin Pipe and Fuel | 10 South Dewey. |
| 1914-09-18 | Girls Club | Open house Kelly Building over Flemings. |
| 1914-09-15 | Sports | Long write up of log rolling. |
| 1914-09-15 | O'Klare Theater | Will open doors tomorrow, Mike Homs & Leonard Seyberth owners, new building. |
| 1914-09-13 | EC Manufacturing Co. (Opsata Motor Plow Co.) | Plant to be near old power house at 1st Crossing. |
| 1914-09-13 | Girls Club | Quarters to be flat in Mandelert Building. |
| 1914-09-09 | Autos | Superior man killed by auto driven by CL Jackson, 1117 S. Barstow. |
| 1914-09-08 | Kelley, May | New millinery store opens 318 South Barstow. A Chicago trimmer & designer hired. |
| 1914-09-06 | Sports | Six thousand at log rolling contest. More. |
| 1914-09-01 | Foss & Armstrong Hardware Store | Closing up, shipping remaining goods to branch at Wibaux, MT. Will vacate store in Schlegelmilch Building. |
| 1914-08-30 | Country Club | New 18 hole course. |
| 1914-08-29 | Grace Lutheran | Reverend HM Thompson leaves. |
| 1914-08-28 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Street car to Altoona starts, fare 10 cents. |
| 1914-08-27 | Union Savings Bank | Remodeling building. Bank & Union Mortgage & Loan Co. will occupy entire 1st floor including storeroom at rear formerly used by Samuelsons Dry Goods. |
| 1914-08-22 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Gives officers. Will open general store. |
| 1914-08-21 | Tanberg Auto Co. | HT Lange Co. had been in Tanberg building on Barstow until they outgrew it. 513 South Barstow |
| 1914-08-20 | Grace Lutheran | Norwegian Rally on Mount Tom. |
| 1914-08-19 | Girls Club | Organization. More. |
| 1914-08-14 | Street Improvements | Road to CF being shaled to make it one of best roads in Wisconsin. |
| 1914-08-07 | Girls Club | Mass meeting for organization of club. |
| 1914-08-02 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Ellen Marsh, present HS teacher offered position. |
| 1914-08-01 | Farmer's Trading Co. | Incorporated at $200,000. Buy Drummond building & remodel. Will handle & store grain. |
| 1914-07-30 | Sports | William E Hart promoting log rolling. More. |
| 1914-07-30 | World War I | Efforts to localize war fail, only miracle can avert war involving all Europe. |
| 1914-07-28 | Kelley Construction Co. | Incorporated with $25,000 capital. JJ Kelley Jr., OW Moehlee from WI-MN. Light & Power Co. office 318 Gibson. Kelley with Chippewa Valley Ry. Light & Power Co. 22 years. |
| 1914-07-28 | World War I | Fires of European War ablaze; clash between Austrian and Serbian forces. |
| 1914-07-21 | Union National Bank | OH Ingram resigns as President because of hearing loss. |
| 1914-07-19 | Drownings | Fire Department now has 16 foot rowboat & drag hook. |
| 1914-07-17 | Montgomery Hospital | Lungmoter has arrived. |
| 1914-07-15 | Old Settlers | Gives officers. |
| 1914-07-14 | Drownings | Jessie Erlandson, 825 Main St. & Rose McGuinness, 300 Ball St., drowned in EC river near foot bridge; swimming hole 16 feet deep. Robert Evans & Frank Wright tried to save them Evans saved another girl & two girls nearly drowned Mr. Wright. |
| 1914-07-10 | Congregational Church | To be remodeled, Community House being built with OH Ingram's money. |
| 1914-07-08 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1914-07-04 | Street Railway | First car around new loop, Gibson and River. |
| 1914-07-04 | Gas Company | Stockholders meeting. Officers listed. |
| 1914-07-04 | Water Street Bridge | Second arch being completed. Cleary-White Construction Co. of Chicago doing work. Coffer dam for 2nd pier flooded out, but rebuilt. 75 workmen, 2/3 from EC. |
| 1914-07-01 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Office to be moved to Gas Co. building on S. Barstow bought controlling stock in EC Gas Co. To be called Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co. Only local change is replacement of Wheeler who resigned after 23 years service. |
| 1914-07-01 | Gas Company | Chippewa Valley Light & Power Co. bought controlling stock. See Chippewa Valley Light & Power Co. |
| 1914-06-30 | City Growth | Picture of proposed civic center showing city building next library & auditorium behind both buildings. |
| 1914-06-26 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | George B. Wheeler, B. A. Buffington & O. H. Ingram local representatives in transfer. A. E. Pierce becomes 2nd Vice President in charge of this area. |
| 1914-06-23 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Kelsey-Brewer Co. of Grand Rapids, Michigan to take over Chippewa Valley Light & Power Co. $3,900,000 deal. One of largest transfers of property in Northern Wisconsin. Marger with LaCrosse Gas & Electric Co.; also control property at CF, Ellsworth & Menomonie. |
| 1914-06-09 | Drownings | Arthur Barney, 2 1/2 years, son of ML Barney, 167 Ferry St. drowned in river behind home. |
| 1914-06-04 | White Machine Works | Enlarged, leased entire Losby building on WI & North Dewey. Gives good report. (229 North Dewey) |
| 1914-06-02 | World War I | Page 3 Balkans still boiling with racial strife. Trouble in Mexico overshadows interest. |
| 1914-05-26 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Emma Baird succeeded Mrs. Willtrout, now resigns. |
| 1914-05-24 | Business Colleges | Hunt's Business College in Gas Building. |
| 1914-05-24 | Theaters | Star theater on Water St. sold. More. |
| 1914-05-24 | Amusements | Star Theater changes hands. |
| 1914-05-24 | Y.M.C.A. | Site for camp chosen; June 28, 1914. |
| 1914-05-10 | City Growth | 1200 sign peition for new city hall. |
| 1914-05-03 | Sons of Norway | Tenth anniversary. One hundred fifty members, auxiliary 200 members. |
| 1914-05-03 | Unique Theater | Hiller Brothers leased entire 1st floor of K. P. Castle will tear down partition and double size of Unique. |
| 1914-04-30 | EC Baking Co. | Big Jo bread baked in new building on Galloway (425). Building one formerly used by Red Front Flour & Feed. |
| 1914-04-25 | Congregational Church | Booker T. Washington talked at Congregational Church. |
| 1914-04-19 | Crime | Thomas Miller who lives on east side hill near golf course stole trunk of traveling actor. Police find brass from Omaha Railroad & refrigerator & hinges. Miller worked at paper mill & WI Refrigerator Co. |
| 1914-04-15 | Labor and Labor Unions | Buy Labor Temple from John Walter, 306 Madison. |
| 1914-04-07 | Crime | Telegram account of knife purchase in Seitz murder of 1858. |
| 1914-04-04 | Water Street Bridge | Work started on Water St. Bridge. |
| 1914-02-08 | Lumbering | Very interesting article about lumbering in EC in 1848. |
| 1914-02-03 | Amusements | George Arilss appearing in person in "Disrali." |
| 1914-01-06 | Luther Hospital Guild | Small meeting, only 30 attended. |
| 1914-01-06 | Christian Science | Church Farwell & Grey dedicated. In 1891 rooms were rented in McVicar bulding on South Barstow. Organized 1895. Bought church building 1898 & paid for it in seven years. |
| 1914-01-01 | EC Book and Stationary. | 320 South Barstow. |
| 1914-01-01 | EC Bedding Co. | 110-112 North Dewey. |
| 1914-01-01 | McDonough Co. | 1500-1600 Galloway St. |
| 1914-01-01 | Northwestern Steel & Iron Works | Ball & Spring St. |
| 1914-01-01 | EC Concrete Co. | 501-515 Main St. |
| 1914-01-01 | Dunphy Boat Works | Address 527 First Avenue. |
| 1914-01-01 | Girnau Manufacturing Co. | Peter Girnau & Sons 118 South River St. |
| 1914-01-01 | Griffin Rifles Armory (Fourniers?) | Old skating rink on Ann & 2nd rented for $50 per year, bought for $300 in 1887. |
| 1913-12-12 | Wabasha Milling Co. | JG Lawrence building two-story addition to Wabasha Roller Mill Co. Red Front Store handling Big Jo four. |
| 1913-12-10 | Kepler & Co. | Pictures and history. |
| 1913-12-06 | Camp Fire Girls | First group started. Laura Olsen guardian. |
| 1913-12-02 | Weather | Lilacs budding, launches still running at Rice Lake.l |
| 1913-11-29 | White Machine Works | Newly incorporated at $50,000 by Albert E. White, William A & Georgianna White. |
| 1913-11-07 | Lange Canning Co. | Starting three-story annex on Gibson & River. |
| 1913-10-28 | Lumbering | Loggers to have banner year. Kaiser operating on Thornapple and Flambeau. Estimated output 25,000,000' for mills in EC. They bought Shaw mill and rebuilt. |
| 1913-10-28 | Wenzel Broom Factory | Moved into new factory on Randall between tracks & Half Moon. Old factory on Bellinger St. started two years ago. Albert & Emil Wenzel brothers now employ 15 & two salesmen. Will produce 60-65 brooms per day. |
| 1913-10-21 | Branstad Drugstore | Kahn store (Truax Chicago Store building) being remodeled. Brandstads will occupy northeast corner. Present location Grand & River St. |
| 1913-10-19 | McDonough Co. | Plant working day & night, making machinery for six complete saw mills. |
| 1913-10-16 | Fires | Mrs. William Bishop, 422 Ave. B burned to death when she dropped Kerosene lantern. |
| 1913-10-08 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | George M. Pitts, 627 Franklin St. killed when he came in contact with 33,000 volt wire while repairing roof of power house at Paper Mill. Ellsworth Harrington electrocuted same place in July. |
| 1913-10-06 | Amusements | Five theaters adv. |
| 1913-10-01 | EC Merchants Association | Six day fall festival huge success. |