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Contains information garnered from the notes of local historian, Lois Barland in the writing of her local histories.
Viewing Records: 4,101 to 4,200 of 6,111
| Note Date | Subject | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1892-01-30 | Walter's Brewery | Burned. $10,000 damage. Entire plant erected last year. Capacity 30 barrels per day. Richard Loether, head bookkeeper. |
| 1892-01-30 | Business in General | Walter's Brewery burned, $10,000 damage. More. |
| 1892-01-10 | Lumbering | Louisianna Script case--HC Putnam has ten thousand acres. |
| 1892-01-03 | City Growth | Two arrested for theft of 20 quarters of beef & flour. Found hidden in Charles Kitzman's slaughter house, Union, along Sherman Creek. |
| 1891-11-29 | Business in General | Drummonds built three-story brick cold-storage building $22,000. |
| 1891-11-29 | City Growth | Taxes this year $149,666 as follows: city purposes $54,000, schools $33,800, library $2,000. Interest on bonds $14,150. State tax $11,700, County tax $24,511. County school tax $7,403. Assessed value $5,489,000. |
| 1891-11-09 | Methodist Church | History of First Methodist Church written by Lucy Cobban & read by Mrs. MG Dunn, only remaining charter member. Eight people organized 1857 at home of brothers Hasting. |
| 1891-09-21 | Business in General | Cutter sold retail store to Bank of EC for about $20,000. Bought EC Lumber Co. building & lots behind it & will go into wholesale business. |
| 1891-09-07 | Lumbering | Badger State mills closed down and for sale. Chippewa Lumber and Boom Companies mill shut down for lack of logs. |
| 1891-08-10 | Business in General | Gas works sold to JT Barber. Will be rebuilt with CL Williams, recently from Helena MT as manager. |
| 1891-08-10 | Gas Company | Gas works sold to J. T. Barber. Will rebuild. |
| 1891-08-10 | High School | New high school. |
| 1891-08-03 | Business in General | John McGowan will move into Bailey House on Water St. & run as hotel beginning with boarders. |
| 1891-07-13 | Mills | Acme Mill on Water St. being built by ME Britt. |
| 1891-06-29 | National Guards, Company E | History of Co. August 17, 1891 more history. |
| 1891-06-22 | East Side Schools | Reverend Barrett was first principal of Bartlett school, Howland 2nd District board was W. P. Bartlett, Martin Daniels, C. R. Gleason. Later Reverend W. H. Lockwood became clerk in place of Gleason & kept position until schools consolidated. Daniels was treasurer until he died in 1872, then F. W. Woodward. Bartlett was on board 30 years. |
| 1891-06-22 | West Side Schools | On west side at site of present Washington school (Broadway and 5th) Kidder and daughter taught in 2 rooms. Garfield school was old Seminary building. |
| 1891-06-22 | West Side Schools | Howland tells how schools were when he came. |
| 1891-06-01 | Business in General | Long article on industries & employment. |
| 1891-06-01 | Wisconsin Pipe and Fuel | Northwestern Sewe Pipe Co. plants in four cities, Oshkosh, St. Paul, EC & Neenah. EC Plant started six years ago. Employ 10-12, John Proctor of Neenah, President; EM Proctor of Oshkosh, Secretary & Treasurer. Manager of plant here is BG Proctor. |
| 1891-06-01 | City Growth | Long article on businesses, banks, etc. National Electric Manufacturing Co. employs 150 men here & 25 away. Manufactures dynamos & equipment for incandescent lighting, electric motors & power generators. Galloway & Tolles leading fire insurance firm. Offices over National Bank. Founded by WK Galloway 16 years ago. De Witte G. Tolles associated in 1888. Represent many company's. LL Williams & James F. Lange furniture 314 & 316 South Barstow. Lang is embalmer. GF Winslow, druggist 113 Kelsey St. original idea of medicine chest in logging camps. Manufactures specialties; Winslow's Cough Remedy, Winslow's Magnetic Oil Liniment, Winslow's Magic Balm, Blod Purifier, etc. TA Cernaghan livery & sales stable corner Farwell & Gibson stable 60 feet by 120 feet, brick, two story. SA Lund butcher & packer corner Barstow & Gray, 18 years in business. Born Norway, came EC 33 years ago. |
| 1891-05-27 | Business in General | Building corner Madison & Hobart being bricked. |
| 1891-05-11 | Lumbering | Isaiah Hale died at Ft. Madison, Iowa. Former EC resident. Was president of Pioneer Lumber Co. which failed. Dells Lumber Co. now has their quarters. |
| 1891-05-05 | High School | New high school. |
| 1891-05-04 | Lumbering | George Cliff made one of best drives on Main Creek ever known. Drove five million feet thirty five miles into Jump River in nine days. |
| 1891-04-26 | Bluedorn Florist | Lives 435 Hobart, connected with Demmler florist. |
| 1891-04-26 | Fire Department | Fire Chief Daniels appointed Joseph Demarie as extra fireman. City grants one day off every two weeks to firemen. |
| 1891-04-20 | Chippewa Valley Railway Light & Power | Electric line to CF to start in October. Far 10 cents. |
| 1891-04-13 | Buildings | Stocking building occupied by Book & Stationary Co. will be extended 90 feet to River St. |
| 1891-04-13 | EC Book and Stationary. | Stocking building occupied by Book & Stationary extending 90 feet to River St. |
| 1891-03-23 | Buildings | Henry Michels came from Fond du Lac, bought Eagle Brewery three months ago, adding 3rd story & kiln. |
| 1891-03-23 | Buildings | James F. Salisbury building two-story "tenement" on Bridge & Oxford for four families plus Salsbury. See also, HOUSES. |
| 1891-03-02 | City Growth | City Treasurer Phillips gives figures; city balance $55,000 for city purposes, $17,000 to fire department, $16,000 water, $10 gas & electric lights ? $9,000 police & rest to city officers salaries. $20,000 received from licenses goes as follows: $6,000 for support of porr, $14,000 interest on city bonds. Bonded indebtedness $245,000 of which $95,000 for Dells Dam. |
| 1891-02-16 | City Growth | Union Hotel 952 Madison St. for sale. |
| 1891-02-09 | City Growth | WI Central Railroad has new depot. |
| 1891-02-06 | Fires | Worst fire in recent years started in overall factory 409 and 411 S. Barstow. Lists owners and occupants. |
| 1891-02-02 | City Growth | EC Grover Co. to have four-story building on EC St. on lots purchased from EC Lumber Co. John Walter & Co. have stone for four-story malt house 100 feet deep. TA Harrigan will probably build a three-story brick building on southwest corner EC & Barstow. Doctors Noble & Parker will replace their property on Barstow near Kelsey with elegant business block. Alderman Kneer will tear down stable on Barstow & replace with two or three-story stone building. A power elevator & other metropolitan improvements will be made to Music Hall block, possibly another story added. Blacksmith shop northeast corner Bridge & 2nd Ave. Sold by SE Smith to James Rocha? No snow in Ec yet this year. |
| 1891-02-02 | Baseball | Meeting held in Ashland to organize league of 8 clubs. |
| 1891-02-02 | Lumbering | D Shaw building dry kiln 35x75" to be heated by steam. Only one in city. Also replaced old log bridge over race. |
| 1891-01-26 | Charity Ball | Ball made $723.47. More. |
| 1891-01-12 | City Growth | Street Commissioner Horan opening Gibson St. to policeman John McPike's place. |
| 1891-01-04 | Fires | Notice signed by G.M. Daniels, chief of fire department. "Through stupidity, ignorance or drunkenness people are driving over our hose at nearly every fire. The cutting or breaking of a section of hose means a loss to the city of $50 and perhaps a life or many thousands of dollars worth of property. Hereafter the ordinance prohibiting the driving over the hose will be rigidly enforced and the offender arrested." |
| 1891-01-04 | Charity Ball | Charity Ball for Children's Home. |
| 1890-04-18 | Brooks Block | Corner of Barstow and Main nearing completion, offices of WF Bailey, HB Wamsley, WJ Starr, Davis A Starr Lumber Co. |
| 1890-01-18 | Elks | Elks celebrating second anniversary. CT Bundy toastmaster. |
| 1890-01-13 | Laundries | Laundry 216 River St. GA Lond & Y Poy proprietors. Called EC Steam Laundry. |
| 1890-01-11 | Telephones | Bell telphone bought Wisconsin telephone Co.'s line to Mondovi. |
| 1890-01-11 | Woman's Club | Met at home of FHL Cotton. |
| 1890-01-06 | Walters Brewery | Sommermeyer brewery bought by John Walter of Spencer. Jacob Doerer, Walter's brother-in-law will put $10,000 into remodeling. |
| 1890-01-02 | Newspapers--Free Press | HC Ashbaugh name on Free Press. |
| 1889-12-30 | Second Congregational Church | Dedicated. |
| 1889-12-23 | Unitarian Church | Dedicated. |
| 1889-12-14 | Census | City directory shows population 26,600. |
| 1889-11-20 | Chautauquan Society | List of lectures. |
| 1889-11-06 | Telephones | Electric street cars cause noise in telephones. |
| 1889-11-05 | Chautauquan Society | First lecture of course. |
| 1889-11-02 | Street Railway | Entire trip takes 20 minutes, half time took with mules. Runs every 10 minutes from 6 am to midnight. |
| 1889-10-31 | Telephones | Fashionable for central to say "Number please" instead of hello. |
| 1889-10-31 | Street Railway | First "through" car propelled by electric power from Shawtown to depot. Sidewalk lined with people. Names of those on board. |
| 1889-10-30 | Newspapers | Leader is morning paper. |
| 1889-10-30 | Wisconsin Central Railroad | One system with Northern Pacific. |
| 1889-10-29 | W.C.T.U. | Annual report. |
| 1889-10-26 | EC Book and Stationary. | Advertisement: Full line of stationary supplies for logging camps. Scale books, scale cards, & reports. |
| 1889-10-25 | Sewer System | Three miles of sewer will be constructed by winter. Contractor threw up job to save his bondsman, city took over after much delay. One man killed by cave-in. |
| 1889-10-25 | Street Improvements | 55,000 yards of pavement laid. |
| 1889-10-24 | Old Settlers | Banquet at Griffin Armory. More. |
| 1889-10-24 | County School System | Reverend Kidder's reminiscences. |
| 1889-10-23 | Street Railway | After months of waiting, line to operate in day. |
| 1889-10-05 | Westside Norwegian Lutheran Church. | New church on site of old one, SW corner 5th Ave. & Hudson, main building 80 feet by 76 feet in form of cross. More. Dedication in two weeks. |
| 1889-10-02 | Chautauquan Society | Lecture course signed. |
| 1889-10-01 | City Growth | Sewer trench on 2nd Ave. opposite Alderman Buffington's home caved in. Four men buried. Three rescued, one died. |
| 1889-09-30 | Northwest WI Fair | Not financial success. |
| 1889-09-23 | Northwest WI Fair | New building completed. |
| 1889-09-14 | Big Heart Silver Mine | William Pond to spend rest of days in Waupaca Soldier's Home. Once wealthy but lost money in mine. |
| 1889-09-09 | Unitarian Church | Senator Rust gave lot, to cost $5000 of stone & wood. |
| 1889-09-07 | Unitarian Church | Excavations begun. |
| 1889-08-31 | Street Improvements | Buildings on Bridge St. being raised to new St. level. Downtown streets paved with cedar blocks. |
| 1889-08-16 | City Growth | Long article on what made city grow in last five years. Population put at from 25,000 to 28,000. |
| 1889-08-06 | Private Schools | Miss Jennie Jacobs will open kindergarten on Barstow. |
| 1889-07-27 | Christ Episcopal Church | Cornerstone laid at mission church Bellevue St. |
| 1889-07-19 | Parks | Opening of zoological park a success. |
| 1889-07-10 | West Side Schools | Teacher's salaries from $45. |
| 1889-07-09 | Library | Budget $1,500. Has 3,359 books. Only 1 lost in year. |
| 1889-07-02 | West Side Schools | School commission elected after consolidation of schools in one system; 4th Ward DH Ferguson, 5th Ward Charles Alexander, 6th Ward RH Chute, 7th Ward JF Ellis. |
| 1889-07-02 | County School System | School commission elected after consolidation of schools in one system. First Ward, Frank McDonough; Second Ward, CR Gleason; Third Ward, WHC Howland; Fourth Ward, DH Ferguson; Fifth Ward, Charles Alexander; Sixth Ward, RH Chute, Seventh Ward, TF Frawley; Eighth Ward, TF Frawley. |
| 1889-06-28 | Sewer System | Only 1 1/2 miles sewer in city. Mr. Bussell, City Engineer. |
| 1889-06-14 | Street Improvements | Farwell to be paved from Kelsey to Washington & sewer from Jones to Newton. |
| 1889-06-12 | City Growth | City sending lumber which railroads ship free to victems of Johnston flood worth $1,000. |
| 1889-06-12 | Salvation Army | Mrs. Booth will hold consecration service. |
| 1889-06-10 | Dells Water Power Co. | Incorporated 700 shares, stock $70,000. CR Gleason, Henry H Hayden, Ed H. Hibbard. |
| 1889-06-04 | Race Track | Horse Fair to be 4 days. More. |
| 1889-05-27 | Masonic Lodge | Corner stone laid St. Edwards Ch. Grand Master George C. Teall. |
| 1889-05-24 | Children's Home | Meeting of board. September 3, 1889 Ladies give social for Home. See also History of EC Co., 1914 page 441 and History of Chippewa Valley page 268, Ball at Opera House. |
| 1889-05-13 | EC Book and Stationary. | Opened jobbing department in basement of Post Office building. |
| 1889-05-12 | Ancient Order of Hibernians | 1st annual ball. |
| 1889-05-10 | Wisconsin Refrigerator Factory | Turns out 50 refrigerators daily, shipped to all parts of Union. |
| 1889-05-06 | Street Improvements | Boulevarding of Bridge St. from Half Moon to 5th completed. |
| 1889-05-01 | Celebrations | Huge centennial of inaugeration of George Washington. |
| 1889-04-25 | Odd Fellows | Parade to celebrate 70th anniversary. |
| 1889-04-16 | Fires | Fire bugs Parrish and Eblet taken to Waukesha. |