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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 3,701 to 3,800 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1900-12-16 | Germania Hall | Is this the same as Schwahn's Hall? |
| 1900-12-13 | Charity Ball | Start Charity Balls. |
| 1900-12-09 | Amusements | Cycle & skating rink to open Light Guard Armory. |
| 1900-12-07 | Amusements | 485 balls & parties. More. |
| 1900-11-22 | Amusements | Schulzeverian Society holds last meeting. More. |
| 1900-11-18 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Another article about medium |
| 1900-11-11 | Golf Club | Promoting golf club. More. |
| 1900-11-10 | Lange Canning Co. | Bought Dells Lumber Co., Planing mill to expand. Will plant 800 acres peas, 1200 acres corn. |
| 1900-11-08 | Rust-Owens Lumber Corporation | Old landmark disappears. Sign on porch of stairway between EC National Bank and Kepler Company Barstow St. entrance: "Rust-Owen Lumber Corporation Westville and Drummond, WI, JC Owen." Another indication of decline and fall of lumber empire in EC. |
| 1900-10-23 | McDonough Co. | Dennis McDonough building addition to building at north end Dewey St. bridge. Make ironing boards. |
| 1900-09-21 | Galloway Hotel | Bowling alley open. |
| 1900-09-20 | Commercial Bank | Open again. LA Sansome Cashier. |
| 1900-09-16 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Bateau with eighteen men swamped at five mile pond. Six drown. John McQuestion, Wm Prayfrock, Andrew McQuade, and Thomas Cameron from ED died. |
| 1900-09-13 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | adv. C. & back for 15 cents. |
| 1900-09-07 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Sold dam and water power on Eau Claire River to EC Linen Corporation for $4,000. |
| 1900-09-01 | Knights of Pythias | Finish 11th place at Detroit. |
| 1900-08-31 | Street Improvements | In last few years big improvements in streets. No more sawdust & shavings foisted on city by certain lumber companies with pull, sold at good price refuse from mill. Now macadam & vitrified brick. |
| 1900-08-29 | EC Gas Light Company | New gas works being built on point behind Light Guard Armory. Stone will come from Dunnville, will be sufficient for city of 50,000 people. Completed laying main to Olinger's Gardens. |
| 1900-08-26 | Olinger's Gardens | Also known as Union Park. Big Labor Day celebrations. Reinhard's brass band, races, slack wire performances, games, sports, dancing. |
| 1900-08-18 | Fire Department | George H. Daniel chief for many years. |
| 1900-08-07 | Weather | Three months unparalleled heat came to an end. |
| 1900-08-02 | East Side Schools | Summit Street school struck by lightning. Firemen save it. |
| 1900-07-29 | Knights of Pythias | World Champion drill team to give ball. |
| 1900-07-17 | Old Settlers | EW Allen resigned as treasurer. |
| 1900-07-17 | East Side Schools | School census. |
| 1900-07-17 | West Side Schools | School census. |
| 1900-07-15 | Business Colleges | Mrs. Lanphear opened business college April 1887 with 1 pupil, now has whole floor of McGrath Block. Also runs night school. |
| 1900-07-06 | Opera House | Partnership dissolved. More. |
| 1900-06-26 | Big Heart Silver Mine | Article about medium who told of Big Heart. |
| 1900-06-23 | Kenyon Block | Building in which AF Ellison Shoe store was, at time of fire, owned by Doctor JH Noble was one time owned by Kenyon. Then by Sommermeyer. About January 1 1893 Ellison moved in as shoe store. Fire May 18, 1900. 34 years ago occupied by Ketcham & Kenyon Drugstore. Kenyon ran an ice cream parlor overhead. |
| 1900-06-17 | Lange Canning Co. | Old Acme mill on Water St. now mass of machinery. Will can peas, corn, beans, tomatoes & pumpkin. Old Bailey House and old Kepler store rented for storage. |
| 1900-06-16 | Parks | Washington Park tabernacle painted; dormitories being overhauled. |
| 1900-06-01 | EC Book and Stationary. | Changes hands, Meader & Cathart sell out interest to Fred H. Gadsby, druggist. Will move his drugstore to Barstow St. |
| 1900-05-27 | Electric Company | Tells about case & decision. |
| 1900-05-11 | Lumbering | Half Moon Lake Shingle Co. located on shore at foot of Cameron St. Output 200,000 shingles a day. More. |
| 1900-05-09 | Lumbering | Dells Shingle Co. being changed to Dells Lumber Co. Jerome Gillette, secretary, to reopen mill. |
| 1900-04-27 | Odd Fellows | Three hundred from 5 lodges to celebrate 81st anniversary. More. |
| 1900-04-26 | Street Railway | Cars tied up because of power failure. |
| 1900-04-25 | Chippewa Valley Bank | Organized 1880 & incorporated 1894. Officers still the same as above. Directors are TF Frawley & AH Hollen. |
| 1900-04-25 | National Bank of EC (Ingram & Clark) | Incorporated in 1882. Capital & surplus $130,000. Officers OH Ingram President, WK Coffin Vice President & Cashier, CW Lockwood Assistant Cashier, MS Stein & Eugene Shaw. |
| 1900-04-25 | New Bank of EC | Established in 1878. |
| 1900-04-25 | New Bank of EC | Has $100,000 capital stock. Marshall Cousins Assistant Cashier. |
| 1900-04-25 | Drummonds | Main office & cold storage building on Galloway. Employ over 100 men. Firm composed of David Drummond, John D. Drummonds Jr, Duncan J. Drummond & DG Calkins. |
| 1900-04-25 | EC Grocery Co. | At 406-410 EC St., three store buildings. Wholesale. In business since 1883. William Rowe President & Treasurer. WA Rust Vice President, George Johnson Secretary. |
| 1900-04-25 | EC Trunk Factory | At 1124-26 1st Avenue. More. |
| 1900-04-25 | Phoenix Furniture Co. | In business one year, wholesale furniture & church furniture manufactured. Shipped all over US. Bought machinery from Phoenix Manufacturing Co. & building from National Electric. Occupy five acres ground. HP Graham President, JH Roberts Vice President, EV Slawson Secretary & Manager, CB Daniels Treasurer. |
| 1900-04-25 | EC Light & Power Co. | Formed 1880 to supply horsepower for street RR Co. Used mules in '85. In 1889 bought electric power from Gleason & McIntyre who controlled Dells dam. George B. Wheeler took charge as general manager. |
| 1900-04-25 | Dells Shingle Corporation | Just started business. Makes cork pine shingles and lumber. JS Gillette, President; George W Prescott, Vice President; Jerome E Gillette, Secretary; WK Coffin, Treasurer. Property was for many years occupied by Dells Lumber Corporation; have ten acres. |
| 1900-04-25 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Long history of company. |
| 1900-04-14 | Churches, Miscellaneous | 18 churches in EC. |
| 1900-04-14 | Flouring Mills | EC has five grain elevators. |
| 1900-04-14 | Newspapers | EC has three English papers, one German and one Norwegian. |
| 1900-04-14 | Railroads in General | Three railroads in EC, Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha; Wisconsin Central; & Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. |
| 1900-04-05 | Lange Canning Co. | Gustave, brother of Alderman Herman Lange, submitted proposition to city council regarding canning factory, asks five years tax exemption on $50,000 plant. Passed. |
| 1900-04-05 | Light Guards Armory | Track for bicycle race being built of boards; reroofed, new floor. |
| 1900-04-04 | McDonough Co. | Operating day & night for over a year. |
| 1900-04-04 | Phoenix Manufacturing Co. | CB Daniels Manager. Have all business they can handle. |
| 1900-04-04 | Dole, Ingram and Kennedy | EB Ingram's Corporation called Half Moon Lake and Shingle Corporation have seven million green shingles on hand. Will saw same amount as last year: 36,000,000 shingles. Large part of machinery from Dells Corporation Mill has been removed to plant at Dubach, LA. Dells Corporation will make lathe seven shingles. |
| 1900-03-27 | Post Office | ES Culver bought old Post Office building corner Water & 4th Avenues & converting into dwelling after steamboat traffic stopped. Post Office closed & consolidated. Building used as toy shop, later millinery, tailor shop & music dealer. |
| 1900-03-11 | Paper Mill | Sulphite mill blends hemlock chips, water & lime into paper. |
| 1900-03-02 | Christian Science | Mrs. Laura C. Nourse broke her leg. Let Dr. Hayes & Thrane set it, told them faith would cure her. First Christian Science case in EC. |
| 1900-02-28 | Race Track | Horse racing on Half Moon. Two thousand people there. |
| 1900-02-27 | W.C.T.U. | W.T.C.U. home on Oxford Ave. |
| 1900-02-25 | Zion Church | Church to be held in old Kindergarten building Marston court. |
| 1900-02-24 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | Lumber from Porter's Mills to be cut up and sold. |
| 1900-02-11 | County Assylum | Site selected by County Board adjacent to Poor Farm. Building will cost $50,000, 400 acres of land, 80 from Mattison, 80 from estate of Joe Culver, 60 from Daniel McKinnon and 80 from Adams farm. 13 acres from others. |
| 1899-12-27 | Light Guards Armory | John Ure, Jr. converting Griffins Rifles Armory into ice skating rink. |
| 1899-11-07 | Electric Company | Law case on for 33 days. |
| 1899-10-30 | Masonic Lodge | Dedicated. Dec. 31 '26, May 12 '27 |
| 1899-10-25 | Telephones | Co. bought Frawley Hayden property on Farwell and Grand. Lot 52'X 105' - $4,000. Will erect $20,000 building. |
| 1899-10-08 | Light Guards Armory | Withdrawal of Putnam Hall for public gatherings leaves city short. Masonic Temple holds 400. Light Guard Armory unlimited capacity, but has leaky roof; now public property. |
| 1899-10-04 | West Side Schools | Sixth Ward school now full. Mrs HL Whittier, principle. High school filled to capacity. |
| 1899-09-27 | Race Track | Three day race meet. |
| 1899-09-19 | Lumbering | Dells Lumber Co. dismantles mill. Machinery shipped to mill in Louisianna. Been main support of 6th Ward for many years. |
| 1899-09-14 | Amusements | Germania Singing Society celebrate 25th anniversary. More. |
| 1899-09-14 | Odds and Ends | Snake 3" in diameter killed on Summit and Wilson. Rattle snake killed at entrance to Putnam Park. |
| 1899-09-13 | Cary Transfer Co. | Lived at 303 Madison, son Herbert hurt in collision. |
| 1899-09-11 | Flouring Mills | Grist mill on Lowes Creek 7 miles south of EC and 200-acre farm for sale by Wm. L. Fuller. |
| 1899-09-09 | Music Hall | Last suit settled. |
| 1899-09-05 | Celebrations | Eugene Debs speaks on Labor Day. |
| 1899-09-05 | Labor and Labor Unions | Eugene Debs to speak on Labor Day. |
| 1899-08-18 | Putnam Block | "Putnam Hall" to be transferred. |
| 1899-08-09 | Post Office | Architect from Treasury Department in Washington here looking for Post Office sites. Most offered too small. |
| 1899-08-04 | Business Colleges | Business University opens in Putnam Block. |
| 1899-07-26 | Street Railway | Mrs. Hugh Elliot lost arm in accident last winter. Settled out of court for $4000. |
| 1899-07-22 | Street Improvements | First vitrofied brick laid on Barstow & Gray. Looks very uneven & poorly laid. |
| 1899-07-14 | Minor Crimes | Day French fined $5,40 for riding bicycle on sidewalk South Farwell. First arrest under new law. Many boys & young men swimming in lake and rivers in altogether, two 14 year old boys paid $5.40 fine. |
| 1899-07-14 | Quarries | Abandoned quarry on Half Moon island. |
| 1899-07-13 | Jail | Used to have posts painted white and marked "jail limits" to show prisoners where limits were. One was half way up State St. hill. Now hard for prisoners to know where limits are. |
| 1899-07-12 | Woman's Club | Rest rooms in use. |
| 1899-07-06 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | Re-organization committee buy road for $7 million from Abbottsford to C, & EC to St. Paul. Report that C, M, & St. Paul is real purchaser. |
| 1899-07-06 | Northwest Lumber Corporation | George S Long of Northwest Lumber Corporation removing home and interest from EC January 1900. Removal of employment not realized by EC citizens. |
| 1899-07-06 | Lumbering | First notice of lumber company leaving EC (Nw). |
| 1899-07-05 | Telephones | Telephone companies consolidating. exchanges. |
| 1899-07-04 | Fourth of July Celebrations. | Over 4,000 people in town. More. |
| 1899-07-01 | Opera House | Burlingame ends seven years as manager. More. |
| 1899-06-23 | Woman's Club | Establish rest room for farmers. |
| 1899-05-29 | Civil War | List of soldiers buried in different cemeteries. |
| 1899-05-29 | Civil War | List of soldiers buried in different cemeteries. |
| 1899-05-29 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | To be sold by foreclosure. |