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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 3,301 to 3,400 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1910-02-05 | Normal School | Site near Putnam Drive picked. |
| 1910-01-30 | Methodist Church | Sold property on South Barstow to Taylor & Prio? Hope to buy Doctor Noble property on South River St. |
| 1910-01-30 | Music | New string quartette, Steinberg, Sommermeyer, HA Schwahn, RF Kaiser. |
| 1910-01-28 | Kepler & Co. | To enlarge & put in elevator. Using 2nd floor space formerly used by E Company. |
| 1910-01-26 | Bridges - EC River | Contractor for Barstow St. bridge trying to collect extra ($5,000-$8,000) for work allegedly ordered by the then City Engineer, ? Dodge. City Council trying to get Dodge to return & clear up matter. |
| 1910-01-23 | Y.M.C.A. | Meeting of inc. Y. |
| 1910-01-23 | West Side Schools | Pictures of graduating class. |
| 1910-01-23 | High School | Pictures of graduating class. |
| 1910-01-16 | Wisconsin House | Part of WI House made from old 1st Ward school. |
| 1910-01-15 | Lumbering | Omaha line running extra trains to haul logs into EC. Half Moon Lake nearly full. |
| 1910-01-12 | National Bank of EC | Directors chosen: DS Clark, WK Coffin, David Drummond, DM Dulany, AJ Keith, TB Keith, CW Lockwood, AJ Marsh & T. Slagsval. President WK Coffin, Vice President Lockwood, Cashier EJ Lenmark, Assistant Cashiers JA Playter & Otto Von Schrader. |
| 1910-01-12 | Union National Bank | Directors reelected: JT Barber, WP Bartlett, BA Buffington, CT Bundy, WL Davis, NC Foster, ES Hayes, AH Hollen, JT Joyce, SG Moon, JS Owen, HC Putnam, GW Robertson, K Rosholt, WJ Starr. Same officers as 1906. ME Baumberger & MB Severson Assistant Cashiers. |
| 1910-01-12 | Union Savings Bank | Same officers plus AJ Firth Assistant Cashier. Officers of Union Mortgage & Loan Co. reelected. |
| 1910-01-07 | Crime | Civic League complains, disorderly houses raided on north side. Seven fined, Mrs. Mary McCann, Myrtle DeMars paid $10. Mable Hartl, Dolly Patrow, Mary Brown, Hazel Green & May Ford paid $5. |
| 1910-01-05 | Altoona | Mrs. George Murray died. Their home was first built in Altoona. Daughters include Mrs. WK Atkinson of EC & Mrs. WL Botsford of Altoona. |
| 1910-01-05 | City Growth | Only one house on Rusk St. which begins at Swedish Lutheran church & extends toward Beech St. House occupied by Fred Brauer employee of Phoenix Co. |
| 1910-01-05 | Altoona | Mrs. George Murray died. Their home was first built in Altoona. Daus. include Mrs. WK Atkinson of EC and Mrs. WL Botsford of Altoona. |
| 1910-01-04 | Grace Lutheran | Organized new church. |
| 1909-12-31 | City Growth | 14 new firms launched in last year. Aggregate stock over one million. |
| 1909-12-28 | Crime | Miller released from Waupun on parole, to live in EC. Has two nephews here. |
| 1909-12-26 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Charity Ball at EC Club great success. |
| 1909-12-21 | Sewer System | First trunk sewer being laid in 3rd Ward. |
| 1909-12-21 | Y.M.C.A. | Putnam and others pressing for new building. |
| 1909-12-16 | Normal School | Article. |
| 1909-12-02 | Luther Hospital | Sigvold Quale donated $30,000 to Luther. |
| 1909-11-27 | Presbyterian Church | Daniels left $4,000 for care of his 30-year old horse. Rest to go to church after horse died. Total estate $60,000. |
| 1909-11-27 | Crime | Christian Miller serving life sentence for murder of Willard Taylor 10 years ago. Judge Singleton & Attorney Frank Farr appealing to Governor for pardon, think extenuating circumstances. |
| 1909-11-17 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Clark, principal. Average attendance 56, average age 17. |
| 1909-11-14 | Culver Shoes | Firm of Potter & Culver started November 13, 1892 at 111 East Grand (Kelsey St.) In October 1894 moved to corner Barstow & Grand. Howard L. Culver bought out Potter February 1, 1908 |
| 1909-11-11 | Stokes Funeral Home | Bessie Miller 19, daughter of John Miller 113 1/2 West Grand died. Was lady embalmer last two years at Stokes. |
| 1909-11-06 | Airplanes | Contract being drawn up by AH Shoemaker with WP Lorshbaugh who is to fly plane. |
| 1909-11-03 | Airplanes | Walker Russell perfecting his airplane & will fly it Friday. His backers are West Side Boosters Club. Works on plane at 302 Water St. |
| 1909-10-05 | Orpheum | Vaudeville theater on North Barstow opens. |
| 1909-10-03 | Minor Crimes | Another infant's body found on river bank. 1st case not solved. |
| 1909-09-23 | Presbyterian Church | Conway Daniels left money for new steeple & manse. |
| 1909-09-14 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Start Day Nursery. |
| 1909-09-12 | Reinhard Ball Bearing Pad Co. | Incorporated with $40,000. Incorporators are David Douglas, Frank Reinhard & Frank R. Farr. Will manufacture horse collars. |
| 1909-09-07 | Olinger's Gardens | Big Union men's celebration on Labor Day. |
| 1909-09-03 | Northwestern Steel & Iron Works | Output doubled past year. Treasurer SR Wells, Secretary HA Ralph. |
| 1909-08-24 | Business Colleges | Union Business College. Article and picture. |
| 1909-08-22 | Laundries | Run by Yep Shin. Located around corner from Hobbs Auto Works, South Farwell & EC River. |
| 1909-07-20 | Minor Crimes | Infants body found on river bank near Putnam residence. |
| 1909-07-10 | Hart House | Ex-alderman, H. Henrich, bought Hart House for $6,000 plus two cottages. |
| 1909-07-08 | Crime | Foss pleaded guilty & sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| 1909-06-18 | Luther Hospital | First graduation. |
| 1909-06-10 | Normal School | Bill passed legislature. |
| 1909-05-30 | Lumbering | Sherman mill burned after being struck by lightning. Recently sold to LaCrosse man by OH Ingram. Had closed about a year ago. |
| 1909-05-21 | Lumbering | Ingram becomes president of Dells Lumber Co. Mill will not shut down. |
| 1909-04-21 | Bark river Bridge & Culvert Co. | Opposite Evans-Lee Lumber Yard on Cameron St. One of three new industries brought here by Commercial Association. Kim Rosholt, president; Ole Harstad, manager of Co. |
| 1909-03-17 | Crime | Murder & attempted suicide. Henry Foss shoots brother Josheph. Sons of Anotn foss, 710 Division St. |
| 1909-02-09 | Amusements | Report on National Ski Meet. |
| 1909-02-02 | Eastside Methodist Church | First church burned. |
| 1909-01-27 | Airplanes | Plane on Driving Park but engines won't start. |
| 1909-01-13 | Airplanes | Wings, tail, etc. attached to body of plane which rests on 4 bicycles wheels at 422 Water St. One wheel bent at corner Water & 4th as it was being pulled by an auto toward east side. |
| 1909-01-05 | Amusements | Ski club building new scaffold on Mt. Washington. |
| 1909-01-01 | Steinberg Piano Co. | Commercial Association guarantees $10,000 for a building for piano factory. |
| 1908-12-05 | Jackson Agency | Incorporated by Willard, Frederick D. & Mary C. Jackson. Real Estate & Loans. |
| 1908-11-06 | North Side Schools | Frawley gives talk about early schools. |
| 1908-11-06 | West Side Schools | Speech by MS Frawley says first school on west side on Water Street in 1858. Building still standing. Later same year school built on site of 7th Ward school, 2 rooms taught by Mr. Kidder and daughter. |
| 1908-10-11 | Sewer System | Sewage drying on sand bars in river during dry season, especially near Grand Ave. bridge. |
| 1908-10-04 | GAR | Reunion of Eagle Company. More history. |
| 1908-08-30 | City Growth | Haymarket being bought. |
| 1908-08-25 | National Bank of EC | Started by CC Spafford 1861, in 1866 name changed to Spafford & Clark & in 1873 Clark & Ingram, nine years later to EC National Bank. |
| 1908-07-21 | Minor Crimes | Police raid gambling den on Water St. over saloon run by Joe Demars, 436 Water St. |
| 1908-07-09 | Civil War | EC had 3 father and son combinations in war - Thomas J. Hill, George Merriman and J. M. Jewett fought with their fathers. |
| 1908-06-04 | Swedish Lutheran Church | Celebrate 25th anniversary. Some history. |
| 1908-05-07 | Drummond Packing Co. | Fire causes big loss. |
| 1908-04-30 | Hart House | Colonel Vinton, landlord. Refurnished. |
| 1908-04-30 | EC Creamery & Dairy Produce Co. | Will begin manufacturing ice cream. |
| 1908-04-21 | Luther Hospital | Luther Hospital open for inspection. |
| 1908-04-21 | Odds and Ends | Meteor strikes EC near Omaha yards. Seen by Dr. Chase. Made deep hole in ground. |
| 1908-04-19 | Lumbering | EC men go to Jambeau and Yellow River for log drives. Ninth Ward almost depopulated. |
| 1908-04-09 | Hart House | Now called White House. |
| 1908-03-19 | Unique Theater | Shows motion pictures now. |
| 1908-03-07 | Culver Shoes | Culver bought Potter out. |
| 1908-01-30 | Gotzian Shoe Factory | Turns out 700 pairs of shoes per day. Employs 70, soon to be 125. |
| 1908-01-28 | Dells Improvement Corporation | Will redo tunnel in concrete. |
| 1908-01-06 | Christ Episcopal Church | Some church history. |
| 1907-12-21 | City Growth | During year Elk's Club opened, Post Office started, County Training School completed, Phoenix Manufacturing & McDonough doubling capacity. Gotzian Shoe factory built & running at full capacity. Transmission lines between EC & Menomonie finished. Northwestern Steel & Iron built. Refrigerator factory improved. |
| 1907-12-17 | Lumbering | Muscatine Co. will cut 30,000,000'. Have four camps. Will employ two hundred fifty hands. |
| 1907-12-15 | County Normal School (Rural Normal) | Nearly ready. Pictures. |
| 1907-12-12 | EC Savings Bank | Moving to corner WI & North Barstow. |
| 1907-12-11 | Presbyterian Church | Old church built by Nate Rundle was moved to Island St. & is now barn on Raymond property. |
| 1907-11-26 | W.C.T.U. | New regulations after scandal. Dr. Annette Shaw still in charge. |
| 1907-10-12 | Mills | Northwestern Lumber Co. buys Otter Creek Mill of Robert Clark for $40,000 including grist mill, power and 25 acres of land. |
| 1907-10-05 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | Bank of EC was 1st bank in EC located on southeast corner of Farwell & EC St. opposite Hart House. |
| 1907-10-05 | Kohlepp Brothers Hardware | Located 106 Price St. |
| 1907-10-04 | Lumbering | Nw mills on Eau Claire River will close. Machinery to be disposed of later. |
| 1907-09-14 | Odds and Ends | Barbers forced to raise prices from 10 cents to 15 cents. |
| 1907-09-05 | City Growth | City buys Haymarket for $2,050. |
| 1907-08-29 | Montgomery Hospital | Hospital opens. |
| 1907-08-20 | Mills | Highest water in 18 years takes out Otter Creek dam 1 1/2 miles up from EC River. Belonged to otter Creek Milling Co., built a year ago. Creek rose 4' in 3/4 hours. Dam to be rebuilt. |
| 1907-07-28 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Rehash of history. |
| 1907-07-19 | Woolworth, FW Company | Remodeled building at 314 South Barstow to open 18th. |
| 1907-07-19 | Gotzian Shoe Factory | Picture shows factory across street from EC Bedding Co. |
| 1907-06-26 | Ritzinger House | Changes hands JM Perry retires. John Gormley takes over. |
| 1907-06-18 | City Growth | City still has option on Haymarket owned by RF Wilson estate to run till February 1908. 15 feet sold some years ago to Quigg livery manufacturing. |
| 1907-06-10 | EC Savings Bank | Bought Neher Drugstore building will move in August. |
| 1907-06-02 | Presbyterian Church | Colored glass window in memory of Mrs. McNair taken from front of first church building. |
| 1907-05-31 | National Bank of EC | Oldest continued bank in EC. Founded 1865 by Spafford & Clark, succeeded by Clark & Ingram 1887 & by EC National Bank 1882 |