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The 1911 Workman’s Compensation Act and the Birth of an Industry

Posted on May 24, 2018

Wisconsin passed the nation’s first constitutionally upheld worker’s compensation law in 1911. It is one of the great successes of Progressive-era social legislation and a triumph of the Wisconsin Idea.[1] Previously, American workers toiling in industrialized workplaces …

Posted in Economics, Government, Science & TechnologyTagged Labor, Marathon County, science and technology

Promoting Workplace Safety

Posted on May 24, 2018

For an insurance company like Employers Mutual, it made sense to try to promote safety in the workplace. Reducing the number of industrial accidents would naturally lead to less money lost to claims. But Employers Mutual …

Posted in Economics, Government, Science & TechnologyTagged Labor, Marathon County, science and technology

Preventing Hearing Loss

Posted on May 24, 2018

In 1953, Wisconsin added occupational hearing loss to the list of claimable conditions under workers compensation. Employers Mutual of Wausau quickly created a program that would make the company an industry leader in hearing loss prevention. Creating …

Posted in Economics, Government, Science & TechnologyTagged Labor, Marathon County, science and technology

The Fromm Fur Farm

Posted on January 1, 2017

The land that became the Fromm Fur Farm was first settled by Joachim Nieman, a forester who came to Wisconsin as part of the mass immigration from Germany after 1848. He gave his daughter Alwina …

Posted in Agriculture & Environment, EconomicsTagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Animals, Fashion, Marathon County

The Fromm Brand and the Hamburg Fur Auction

Posted on January 1, 2017

Probably the biggest reason for the success of the Fromm Brothers’ fur farm was the particular color of fur that they bred. As fashions shifted to favor the trademark Fromm “bright with silver” color, the Fromms were in a …

Posted in Economics, Home LifeTagged 1930s, Animals, Fashion, Marathon County

Fashion and Fur

Posted on January 1, 2017

The End of the Old Fur Trade The development of fur farms at the close of the 19th century was perhaps the most revolutionary change in North America’s fur industry, and fashion played a significant role …

Posted in Agriculture & Environment, Economics, Home LifeTagged 1600s, 1850s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Animals, Fashion, Fur Trade, Marathon County

Canine Distemper and the Fromm Vaccine

Posted on January 1, 2017

One of the most formidable problems that fur farmers faced in in the early twentieth century were the epidemic diseases that would strike their herds each year. Many fur farmers had come to see losses …

Posted in Agriculture & Environment, EconomicsTagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Animals, Fashion, Marathon County, Milwaukee

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