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EDWARD F. REGENHARDT Biographical Research DATE: 8 Aug 1891 Ed Regenhardt is taking music lessons up at the College. He will graduate in about two weeks from now. _________________________________________________________________ FROM: St. Louis City Hall Marriage Records Vol. 34, Pg. 37. EDWARD F. REGENHARDT AND ALOINE THEUERKAUF - married 9 Sep 1891 DATE: 12 Sep 1891 SLUG: Bio/Marriage License Marriage License was granted
in St. Louis last Monday to Edward Regenhardt and Miss Alvina Theuerkauf,
daughter of the lateWm Theuerkauf of this city. When Mr. Regenhardt
returns home he will be bringing with him as his bride one of Cape's fair
daughters who is an accomplished young lady. The Democrat wishes the
happy pair a world of enjoyment and a long life of happiness. DATE: 19 Sep 1891 TUESDAY: Ed Regenhardt has
rented the 2nd story in the Stratman house on
Spanish St. and will go to housekeeping in a few days. DATE: 2 Jan 1892 Ed F. Regenhardt and Charles
Bode have formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Regenhardt &
Bode, Contractors for Brick Work. They have fitted up an office in a room
over Burgess' Store on Main Street <see photo> where they will give
careful attention to calls for estimates on brick work of any kind. They
are both first class mechanics, and we cheerfully recommend them to all in
need of brick work of any description. DATE: 30 Jan 1892 Regenhardt and Bode, contractors for brick work, are now ready to make estimates and contract for work. They have an office over Burgess' Store on Main St., where they would be pleased to have their friends and those contemplating building call on them. _________________________________________________________________ DATE: 19 Mar 1892 Ed Regenhardt pulled down the
big smoke stack at the ruins of the Lorimier Mills this morning (Thursday,
3/17/92). He took it down whole and without making a dent in it. Otto
Buekrmann from Fayetteville, Arkansas owned the mills, destroyed by fire
previous Saturday night (3/19/92). DATE: 9 Apr 1892 Ed Regenhardt is putting down
a granitoid pavement in front of the First National Bank. DATE: 25 June 1892 Ed Regenhardt went down to
Malden this afternoon to put in a bid for the brick work on the bank
building that is to be put up there. DATE: 17 Sep 1892 E.F. Regenhardt is building a
brick house for Herman Muellerin Jackson, and his partner, Chas. Bode.
will go to Sikeston in a few days to build a brick house in that town. DATE: 21 Jan 1893 Ed Regenhardt is going to move
up on Sprigg St. DATE: 25 Feb 1893 As soon as weather will permit
Ed Regenhardt will make granitoid pavements in front
of the new Sturdivant Bank building on both Main and Themis streets. The
walk on Themis Street will be the longest stretch of granitoid pavement in
the city. DATE: 25 Mar 1893 The granitoid curbing for the sidewalk around the Sturdivant Bank was delivered yesterday (Monday 3/20). The granite curbing being put
down around the Sturdivant Bank building will be there long after the
present generations of our citizens are under the sod. DATE: 27 May 1893 Ed Regenhardt is putting in
granitoid steps for the Sturdivant Bank. <Building now houses Cape Wiggery
store-steps are still there. DATE: 3 June 1893 Ed Regenhardt is making a
granitoid pavement in front of Dr.S.S. Harris's
property on Themis street. When this job of work is done Themis Street
will have the longest stretch of granitoid pavement in the city. <2nd
house on south side of Themis west of the courthouse (Al Spradling Jr.) DATE: 27 Oct 1894 E.F. Regenhardt returned home
from Poplar Bluff. Ed says he has no notion of moving to the Bluff. DATE: Aug 1895 The contract for repairing the
Meriweather Street sewer was awarded to E.F. Regenhardt by the Council. DATE: 5 Oct 1895 E. F. Regenhardt is putting in
some granitoid pavement for Wilson Cramer at Jackson. DATE: 23 Nov 1895 Ed Regenhardt came in from Greenville, Wayne County, Saturday night. Mr. R. has the contract to build a big business house at Greenville and he will have work for a force of hands there for several months. _________________________________________________________________ DATE: 16 Oct 1897 Ed Regenhardt was awarded the
contract for the granitoid walks in the Normal grounds. The contract was
for 800 yards, more or less. DATE: 30 Oct 1897 E. F. Regenhardt is down at
Kennett this week building some flues in the stone railroad depot building
he completed a few weeks ago for the Kennett Railroad Company. DATE: 6 Nov 1897 E. F. Regenhardt will begin
work on the granitoid walks up at the Normal next month. DATE: 27 Aug 1898 E. F. Regenhardt, who has the
contract to build a big schoolhouse in Bonne Terre, came down Saturday to
get some hands to work. DATE: 11 July 1903 E. F. Regenhardt has the
contract to build the new building for the new ice plant. DATE: 29 Aug 1903 The contract let to Temple and Slavick for plumbing the Normal building was the biggest plumbing contract ever let in S.E.Missouri. PG. 5 COL. 2 : E. F. Regenhardt says he will
begin clearing the ground for E. T. Maule and son, E. P.,
came down on the Chester this morning (Wed 4/29/03). Mr. Maule's son is
associated with Mr.Regenhardt in the contract for
the building of the new Normal structure. Mr. Maule says we have an extra
fine quality of stone here for building purposes. DATE: 17 Sep 1904 Mr. Regenhardt invited us to
take a drive to the quarries west of the Normal Campus and there showed us
a solid block of marble, nine and on half feet long, six and a half broad
and four and a half thick, which contained 222 cubic feet of marble,
weighing 21 tons. This block was raised from the bottom of the fifty foot
level and set down at the door of the mill ready to be placed under the
saws. This will be sawed into lintels 9' long, 22" broad and13" thick for
the Academic Hall. We expect to live to see the day when a Missouri
new State Capitol will be built from this quarry. DATE: 1 Jul 1905 At Regenhardt's quarry Monday
Mr. Regenhardt had some words with his engineer and the two came to
blows. Regenhardt, who is a powerful man, struck at the engineer, missed
him, hit a piece of machinery and broke his right arm just above the
wrist. Dr. Ben Schultz bandaged the broken limb and Mr. Regenhardt will
soon have the use of it again. DATE: 25 NOV 1905 MONDAY: The new Academic Hall was not opened to the public Sunday as contemplated, on account of bad weather, but will be the first Sunday that the weather is fair and it is not so muddy.
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