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Paramount Records

Posted on August 24, 2018

The Wisconsin Chair Company’s (WCC) decision to enter the record label industry was an economic one. With the United Phonographic Corporation (UPC) picking up steam, management at the WCC began pressing records. The UPC’s first …

Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Economics, Science & TechnologyTagged 1920s, African American History, Grafton, Great Depression, Milwaukee, Music, science and technology

Malted Milk and Infant Nutrition

Posted on August 3, 2018

Although known today mostly as a flavoring for milk shakes and chocolate-covered malt balls, malted milk made its first appearance in the 1880s as a substitute for human breast milk.  At that time, the idea …

Posted in Home Life, Science & TechnologyTagged 1880s, 1890s, 1930s, Childhood, food, health, Infants, science and technology

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

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