Historical Events as Published in the Iola Herald
January 12 1899: Dr. Gustavus Jenson Purchases the Temperance Hall and moves it between the meat market and Commercial House. He uses it as a drugstore. October 12, 1899: Mr.s Basel "The Moving Picture Man" gives his show to a very large crowd at The Rink Sunday evening. November 23, 1899: Dr. M. Ravns Academy Drugstore burns down. November 30, 1899: Mr. Miller, who has been the proprietor of the Ogdensburg House purchases the Commercial House. March 1, 1904: H.M. Peterson is operating a gristmill two miles west of the Village. April 2, 1908: Commercial House under quarantine for small pox. May 20, 1909: Dr. B. C. DeLano, dentist conducts business every Thursday at the Commercial House. June 3, 1909: Electricity comes to Scandinavia. February 17, 1910: The Commercial House becomes the Hotel Thornton. The hotel was located at the northeast corner of Norse and Main Streets. December 8, 1910: Ski jump is built just south of Village on Ed Tolekke's property. September 6, 1917: John Otterson sells restaurant to Guy Sheveland. October 23, 1919: T. A. Peterson is remodeling rooms in the Korner Restaurant before moving in. February 16, 1922: Clara Peterson opens restaurant in the Belson building. Louis Stephenson buys the 2XX restaurant from Sheveland and Peterson. October 4, 1923: Guy Sheveland opens a shoe repair shop in the building formerly used as a barbershop. April 16, 1925: Gus Eland buys Peoples Meat Market. January 10, 1927: Dr. Clifford J. Berg opens a dental office above Swenson & Voie Furniture Store. January 12, 1928: The building known as "The Rink" burns down. May 24, 1928: Construction begins on the Community Hall. June 25, 1931: Work on the new Cities Service oil station is progressing. Pumps have been installed. Victor Peterson will be in charge. September 3, 1931: Cecil Hoover leases Guy Sheveland's restaurant building and opens a restaurant and confectionary. February 4, 1932: Fire damages Joe Block's store which was located where Little Norway now stands. July 30, 1936: Old Hasvold Hotel is being remodeled into two houses. June 7, 1938: Gordon Trinrude purchases the interest of his brother in the tavern. Gordon's Bar became the new name of the business. September 7, 1939: O & J. Voie purchase the building south of Sevice Garage from L.J. Smith and move their stock of furniture from their old place of business. June 4, 1942: Marion State Bank buys Bank of Scandinavia. The old Dr. B.B.P. Poppe's drugstore building has been razed. March 4, 1943: Hoover's Tavern and Joe Blocks Store destroyed by fire. May 26, 1944: Former Ed Johnson building which served as first school house is torn down. April 26, 1945: Harold Lund sells Keenway Food store to Harold "Danny" Danielson. June 21, 1945: John Gertsch, Jr. moves his printing equipment into a new building. July 21, 1945: Scandinavia mill razed. December 26, 1946: Sidney Johnson Was listed as being the manager of Hanson Hardware. April 3, 1947: Paul Mittlestedt and his wife open a restaurant in the building which previously housed a furniture store. September 11, 1947: Howard Jergeson: buys Silver Lake Service Station from P.H. Peterson. January 15, 1945: Harlan Neuman and Donald Riley buy lumberyard from Al Otto. June 3, 1948: Classie Leean elected secretary of the Silver Lake Conservation Club. November 18, 1954: Green Bay and Western Railroad depot closes. January 1, 1955: Harold "Danny" Danielson sells Keenway Store to Clifford Otterson. He had operated the business for nearly nine years. June 26, 1958: Erling Forseth buys Gus Jole's barbershop. Gus barbered in the shop since 1902.