100 Years Ago

Life in Viroqua from the Vernon County Censor:

APRIL 21, 1926

Our people are indeed pleased to know that the unsightly gap on Main Street caused by the burning of the Boyle and Eckhart buildings will soon be closed. Workmen are now busy cleaning out the Eckhart basement and razing the Boyle building. Both the Eckhart Co. and Mr. Boyle will rebuild fine business blocks. Both structures will be of brick, two stories high, with business places below and office rooms above. They will constitute a fine addition to our city.

OIL FOR HEALTH

Whether our streets are to be oiled or not must be decided within a few days. It is of special interest to the mothers of Viroqua that it be done.

We want if possible, to avoid an epidemic such as occurred in LaCrosse and vicinity last summer. The dust as it has been the last few days is a menace to our children’s health. Therefore let us do all in our power to see that the oil the city needs so vitally is applied. Petitions will be circulated asking for oil, in the next few days. You can do your bit for Viroqua by signing for your street. Be a loyal citizen and do your share for the welfare of all. MOTHERS OF VIROQUA.

The past few days have been quite delightful, warm and pleasant – and today is a wonderful spring day... As it is, the farmers will be hard put to it to get the spring work in shape. A good soaking rain would help a great deal. The spring has been unusually dry...

Chas. S. Slack is one of the first, if not the first, in the city, to receive a piece of mail by air mail... The letter was carried on the first flight inaugurating the air mail route from Chicago to St. Louis.

APRIL 14, 1926

While the past week has been unseasonably cold, yet we should be thankful that we have been blessed with clear weather. Under the influence of the sun the impassable roads of a week ago have dried until sain [sic] pikes are in fine condition and the side roads in good shape with the exception of an occasional mudhole. Saturday was a real spring day, and the vegetation reacted in consequence, but the cold weather since is holding everything back.

DeSoto, April 2 – The roads are just becoming passable, although there are some bad places yet...owing to the inclemency of the weather and numerous people being ill, only a small vote was cast... There are still quite a number of flu cases around West Prairie and other parts.

Readstown, April 12 – Many cases of flu are reported in the village and during these epidemics Readstown fully realizes the extreme necessity of having a local physician. For the past year we have had to depend on doctors from other places.

Paper towels in rolls at Dahl’s Drug Store.

Organization of a new motor bus line from LaCrosse, running through Coon Valley, Kickapoo Valley and into Madison, was announced by the LaCrosse and Southeastern railroad... Two handsome parlor coaches of the latest type of motor bus design have been completed by the Yellow cab company in Chicago for the new line... The new company will make two trips between Madison and LaCrosse every day, in both directions.

April eggs keep best. Use our egg preserver. Dahl’s Drug Store.

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