BANK REPORTS BUILDING PLANS
The News could perhaps conduct a contest and ask you to identify the above building located in Menomonie. Actually you wouldn’t find the structure today. However, this is how the Montgomery Wards building will appear after it is converted into the new United Bank quarters. According to designer Bunce Pauly, of the Bunce Corporation, the massive contours of the exterior design are intended to convey a sense of graceful design. August 17, 1977, Dunn County News
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
A little child about two years old, of Mr. W.T. Evans, who resided half a mile east of Baldwin, was almost miraculously saved from being crushed by the westward bound express, Monday afternoon. The child was discovered on the track too late to bring the train to a standstill before reaching it, so the fireman adopted the only other alternative, and crept out on the cow-catcher with the intention of snatching the little one from its perilous position. Failing to get hold of the child, he succeeded, however, in knocking it down, but was himself hurled headlong to one side down an embankment, while the engine and tender passed over the babe, without causing so much as a bruise. The name of the gallant fireman, is James Bradford, and we are glad to be able to chronicle the fact that he received no serious injuries by his fall. August 1, 1874, Dunn County News
GREEKS GIVE WAY TO ITALIAN LABOR
Work continues to be rushed on the new Cedar Falls dam, and the contractors express every confidence that the structure will be completed by Oct. 1. A change is being made in the personnel of the labor force, the Greeks who have been employed. during the summer being sent away for work elsewhere, most of them going to Portland. Italians are being brought in to take their places. About 150 men are on the job. Work has also been begun clearing out the trees and brush for the pole line that will carry the current from the new power station at Cedar Falls for the C.V.R.L. & P. Company. August 4, 1910, Dunn County News
DISASTROUS FIRE
About 11 o’clock Thursday forenoon the whistle of the steam mill gave a series of spasmodic shrieks, indicating that something was wrong in that direction. The little jet of flame and smoke issuing from the roof of the mammoth hog-pen of K.S. & Co. north of the mill, revealed the fact that that building was on fire. The mills were shut down, and in a few minutes a large force of men were on hand to fight the flames. Several sections of hose were soon in position and attached to the pump in the steam mill, but a section or two burst which occasioned some delay. Before a stream could be turned on the building it was all aflame and past all salvation. The fire-fighters however prevented it further spreading among adjacent buildings. The fire caught in the roof near the engine room, doubtless from sparks falling from the smoke stack. The hogs were in the pasture at the time and escaped a toasting. The loss is estimated from $10,000 to $12,000 on which there was an insurance of $2,500 in the German American Co., New York. August 3, 1878, Dunn County News
BALL GAME IS UNFINISHED
The biggest crowd of the season ambled out to the Fairground Sunday to see the Micheels and Athletics contend for the city championship. A good game was played, but the satisfaction of seeing the completion on the merits was wanting. The last half of the ninth opened with the score 3 to 2 in favor of the Athletics. With one man out and two men on bases a Micheels batsman sent the ball down toward first. The umpire for balls and strikes called “foul.” The umpire for the bases called “fair ball.” And this was the beginning of the end, which came speedily — so far as baseball was concerned. The rest of the time was spent in argument until one of the teams followed its manager off the field. The Micheels team concedes the game but asserts that had it been played out under the circumstances it would have won. The Athletics say the victory was 9 to 0. And there you are. The News is not umpiring and does not decide. August 6, 1914, Dunn County News
NO PLACE FOR CHILDREN
The new depot has become a great resort for children and unless parents take precautionary measures to keep them away some accident to life or limb is liable to occur any day. It is no place for children and why parents permit them to go there unaccompanied by grown people to care for them is beyond our comprehension. Railroad employees have their duties to perform and it is impossible for them to keep watch over these little shavers and see that none run into danger. No child under twelve or fifteen years old should he allowed to go down to the flat unattended, and in every household there should be an inflexible parental law to that effect. August 7, 1880, Dunn County News
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