Notes Search
Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 3,801 to 3,900 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1899-05-26 | Woman's Club | State Federation to meet in EC. |
| 1899-05-26 | Woman's Club | State Federation to meet in EC. |
| 1899-05-24 | Flouring Mills | Old Cresent Roller Mill of Shawtown sold to James Roark of Spring Brook and will be moved to Elk Creek. He will build a dam across creek at his farm. |
| 1899-05-16 | Chippewa Valley Bank | Officers same as in first entry above. |
| 1899-05-16 | New Bank of EC | On corner Kelsey & Barstow. Capital $200,000. |
| 1899-05-12 | Lumbering | Otto Kitzman starts for Mississippi with first raft, goes through to Hannibal, Missouri. |
| 1899-05-10 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Council voted to change name to Grand Avenue. |
| 1899-05-10 | Street Improvements | City Council voted to change Kelsey & Bridge streets to Grand Ave. |
| 1899-05-10 | Fire Department | Council to sell steam engine WF Bailey at 5th Ward hose house. |
| 1899-05-07 | Children's Home | Tenth year of work in city. One hundred sixty six children have been cared for. More. |
| 1899-05-05 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Minnie McDonough won popularity contest to christen bridge, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dennis McDonough, 304 Talmage St. |
| 1899-05-04 | Woman's Club | Have traveling library at Caryville. |
| 1899-05-03 | Woman's Club | Ed. suggests club start park and beautify city. |
| 1899-05-02 | Bridges - Chippewa River | New bridge ready. Mrs. AW Munger drove last spike, a bronze one seven inches long. Some talk of calling it Grand Avenue bridge, but name Kelsey St. will live long with it. To be opened Saturday. Program by ladies of Associated Charities. |
| 1899-05-01 | Culver Shoes | Advertisement Potter & Culver shoes corner Barstow & Kelsey. |
| 1899-05-01 | Fleming Brothers | Advertises--Opticians. |
| 1899-05-01 | Urheim Drug | Advertisement: Lars L. Urheim, prescriptions filled. |
| 1899-05-01 | Masonic Lodge | Committee named for dedication. |
| 1899-01-24 | Weather | Winter mild so far. |
| 1899-01-01 | Amusements | Second Fair articles Sept. 27, Nov. 1. |
| 1898-11-18 | Street Railway | J. R. Harrigan to be supt, here and CF. |
| 1898-11-13 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Annual meeting Mrs. I Willtrout, Secretary (EC Leader) |
| 1898-11-08 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Work to commence pulling down old Kelsey St. bridge. |
| 1898-11-02 | Red Cross | Society disbanded and reformed. More. |
| 1898-11-01 | New Bank of EC | Same Officers |
| 1898-11-01 | Buildings | Captain John T. Tinker to move round elevator to another site. Cuts wires on N. Dewey. |
| 1898-11-01 | Spanish American War | Long article about Co. E and who is in it. |
| 1898-10-30 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Contract let for Kelsey St. bridge. |
| 1898-10-09 | Hardy Preparatory School | Kate Hardy married Luther Mendenhall, Duluth millionaire in Chicago. Mendenhall sued for divorce in 1895 for adultry. Kate correspondent. Not granted. Later divorced for dessertion. |
| 1898-10-07 | Buildings | Old landmark gone. First frame house built in EC stood on river bank near steamboat landing. More. |
| 1898-10-02 | Gas Company | W.M. & Chris Luebkeman buy 1/4 interest in Co. May enter electric field. Other owners are David Douglas & David Drummone. Leubkemans bought out W. H. Watson. |
| 1898-10-02 | Knights of Pythias | John Barr Glenn, Division 10. More. |
| 1898-10-01 | Lumbering | Huge forest fire in Chippewa County, Barron, Almena, etc. Over one hundred people missing. |
| 1898-09-28 | Odds and Ends | Street Fair for three days. Band concert at Wilson Park. |
| 1898-09-25 | Art Loan Gallery | Gallery admission $.10. Large exhibit worth $100,000. Mr. Kepler, chairman. |
| 1898-09-24 | Masonic Lodge | Picture and good article. |
| 1898-09-23 | Williams House, also Windsor House | Burned. Article. |
| 1898-09-21 | Street Railway | Wisconsin Central serve 2nd in injuction restraining electric Railroad Co. building crossings in town of LaFayette. |
| 1898-09-08 | Dells Improvement | City Council tries to get Dells Improvement Corporation to pay thousands in back taxes. |
| 1898-09-04 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Conducted sale to earn funds. Organized nearly two years. (EC Leader) |
| 1898-09-04 | Salvation Army | Old barracks fall in river. |
| 1898-08-30 | Street Railway | Interurban soon in operation to Lake Hallie. |
| 1898-08-25 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Keep clothing bureau, 2,000 garments contributed. Making appeal for money. |
| 1898-08-19 | Bridges - Chippewa River | Special election to vote bonds $40,000 for new Kelsey St. bridge. To have vitrified brick paving. |
| 1898-08-19 | Sports | Shooting tournament at Gun Club Park. |
| 1898-08-19 | Gun Club | Shooting tournament at Gun Club Park. |
| 1898-08-19 | Immigrants | Carload of immigrants passed through on Omaha going west. |
| 1898-08-19 | Lumbering | May be log famine account of low water. |
| 1898-08-13 | Spanish American War | War over Protocol signed. |
| 1898-08-11 | Spanish American War | Marshall Cousins with Co. E in Puerto Rico. |
| 1898-08-10 | Parks | Schutzenverien Park still used. |
| 1898-08-08 | Spanish American War | Captain Ballard of EC in Co. E at Ponce. Gwen on guard duty at Port au Ponce. Privates H. F. Fowler, Albert McClintock, W. Kennedy, D. C. Brace, Eldridge, W. Hall, A. S. Sherman, Arthur Thompson, D. Halberg and John O'Hearn among soldiers guarding port. Letter from Donald Boyd also. |
| 1898-08-08 | Masonic Lodge | Bids for construction of Masonic Temple opened. |
| 1898-08-03 | Amusements | William Cody Wild West Show in EC. |
| 1898-08-01 | Amusements | German Singing Society. More. |
| 1898-07-17 | Red Cross | Auxilliary formed. More. |
| 1898-01-01 | Amusements | Special three-day street fair, articles Aug. 24, Sept. 25, Sept. 28, Sept. 30. |
| 1897-11-30 | Chautauquan Society | First annual Chautauqua at Chetek, 10 days, 5,000 expected. |
| 1897-12-29 | Elks | EC Lodge BPOE #402 invested yesterday. |
| 1897-12-11 | Odds and Ends | Tom Fleming of EC closing five-day engagement in Mpls. in log rolling. World champion. |
| 1897-11-07 | EC Light & Power Co. | Permanently formed. Directors are Eugene Shaw, C. M. Buffington, A. A. Cutter, George C. Mowell, George B. Wheeler. New machinery & new capitol. |
| 1897-10-17 | Odds and Ends | Long account of kangaroo court held in EC in 1857. |
| 1897-10-17 | Salvation Army | Barracks at old steamboat landing. |
| 1897-10-17 | Woman's Club | One hundred members. |
| 1897-10-10 | EC House | Now managed by Bob Parkinson & his dog "Trouble" |
| 1897-10-09 | Madison Street Bridge | Bridge burned. Built 1883 by Horace Horton at cost of $28,500. Carried away by flood of 1884 & Horton replaced retrieved timbers & iron at cost of $2,000. Chippewa Valley Electric Railway Co. Tracks lost, electric & telephone wires also lost. |
| 1897-10-01 | Commercial Bank | Stockholder held liable for amounts equal to shares. Try to circumvent. They had to take stock 1st time bank failed or else lose all. Now afraid if they paid it would not go to innocent depositors. |
| 1897-09-26 | West Side Schools | Picture and article about new 7th Ward school. |
| 1897-09-14 | Lumbering | Timber assessed $60,000 less than last year. Stocks gone up like mercury in July. Manufacturing gained $8,600 this year. |
| 1897-09-05 | Commercial Bank | Assets $50,000 sold by receiver CM Buffington to TB Keith for $8,900. Assets mostly land contracts. Dave Drummond chief bidder against Keith. |
| 1897-09-02 | Lumbering | Estimated 750,000,000' left in territory tributary to EC. |
| 1897-08-22 | Presbyterian Church | Lockwood died. Daughter is Mrs. Mil Moon of Stanley. Membership 107 when he started. |
| 1897-08-21 | Music Hall | Largest claims suit ever in 17th Judicial District. |
| 1897-08-13 | Amusements | Six-day bicycle race. More. |
| 1897-08-12 | Banking and Currency, see also: Depression for Ban | EC Savings & Loan Building Association's 20th annual meeting. First of kind organized in WI 1877. |
| 1897-08-06 | City Growth | City building being repaired. Find tombstone of CF man who died in 1867 used as part of cornice. Graham White Co. original contractors. |
| 1897-07-19 | Civil War | History of Eagle Regiment. |
| 1897-07-19 | Civil War | History of Eagle Regiment. |
| 1897-07-14 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | Shipped 15 refrigerators to Norway. |
| 1897-07-14 | City Growth | 15 fewer saloons than last year. Only 53. |
| 1897-07-13 | Parks | Ground given by Mrs. George Shaw. |
| 1897-07-10 | Parks | Camp meeting in cool, shady Washington Park (upstairs at end of Menomonie Street car line). |
| 1897-07-07 | City Growth | City building in bad repair. Brick cornices two feet out of plumb. Being repaired. 26 years old. |
| 1897-07-01 | Amusements | Germania Singing Society ball. |
| 1897-07-01 | Ancient Order of Hibernians | Opening new hall N. Barstow. |
| 1897-06-27 | Gun Club | Founded in 1896 with 20 members. More. |
| 1897-06-23 | Bridges - Chippewa River | All about bridge being sold city, relocation after flood of 1880, etc. |
| 1897-06-09 | Woman's Club | To organize assoc. charities. |
| 1897-06-06 | East Side Schools | Alumni banquet. Class of '72 had 2 graduates, Mary Marston & Julie Graham. |
| 1897-05-19 | GAR | Encampment in EC gives history and list of members of Company C. |
| 1897-05-13 | New Bank of EC | CW Lockwood resigns because of ill health. James Joyce successor; was cashier 12 years & been with bank 18 years. Board of Directors are: Rust President, Hayden, Arthur Smith, AJ Marsh & AA Cutter. |
| 1897-04-25 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | Occupies 17 acres in city limits. Brick building. WJ Starr President, GW Lawrence Vice President, FH Graham Secretary, FL Whetstone Treasurer. |
| 1897-04-08 | Street Railway | Franchise granted to Chippewa Valley Electric Co. Must rebuild entire system within year. |
| 1897-04-03 | Newspapers--Free Press | Ashbaugh, editor, Doolittle and editor of Gazette sued for contempt of court. Sentenced to 30 days jail. |
| 1897-03-04 | Daniel Shaw and Company | Using cork pine for lead pencils; usually made of cedar. Lumber sent to New Jersey to be made into pencils. |
| 1897-02-14 | Eau Claire Times | RF Wilson give history of paper. |
| 1897-02-07 | Steamboats | Note under 40 years ago. |
| 1897-01-21 | West Side Schools | Washington school burned. |
| 1897-01-09 | Associated Charities, see also: Family Service and | Started by Woman's Club when Dr. Annette Shaw was chairman of Philanthropic committee. More. |
| 1897-01-08 | Commercial Bank | Closed due to St. Paul correspondent bank getting closed. FC Allen President. Founded 1883 on Water St. 10 years ago moved to Barstow St. Otto Boberg Vice President, Thomas B. Culver Cashier. |