Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-02
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La Crosse.-After being speech
less for 40 years, George Purdy, an
old soldier living at Dakota, village
near here became SO enraged by at
tacks upon the Masonic body OF
which he is member. by John Beach,
head of an unique religious organiza-
ton known as the Born Agains,"
that he recovered his speech and de-
nounced Beach in vigorous language.
Fond du Lac.-The annual meeting
of the Fond du Lac County Old Set
tiers Club was held at the county fair
grounds, with $50 pioneers in attend
ance. A feature of the program was
paper prepared on EARLY Pioneers
by A. T. Glaze, the veteran newspape
man and founder Of the Ripon Com.
| monwealth. Mr. Glaze is blind and
his paper was read by Mrs. l.. e..
Bishop.
Beloit-Thousands of people from
Rock county, Wis, Boone and Winnie,
bago counties. Ill.,, are enjoying tho
! picnic of the Old Settlers Associations
| at Hononegah park on Rock river,
near this city. The park is of histori
cal interest as it as camping ground
of Chief Blackhawk and his Winnie
| bago Indians and remains of the camp
are still found there.
Depere.-The Advancement Associa
ton will liquidate it's affairs, relin.
quish it's charter and go out of bust.
ness. Recently the association dis.
| posed of all it's real estate remaining
of the old woodenware site. For the
sale of the property 1900 was re-
| ceived, sufficient to pay all sharehold.
ers 100 cents on the dollar. The De.
pere Advancement Association was or.
| ganized in 1901, as an adjunct to the
Depere Business Mems Association.
Racine-Harry Harvey, % years
old, a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, lost his right hand in an
accident at the Harvey Spring Com
pany factory. Three months ago the
young man accepted a position as su-
perintendent of the machinery depart
ment While in the engine room oper'
ating gasoline air compressor, his
hand was caught in a fly wheel and
mangled. He was hurried to hos
pital and the member was amputated
at the wrist.
Racine.-The factional fight between
the members of the Jewish congrega
ton Sons of Juda, is waxing warm
The majority faction claim that the
minority held meeting by trickery
and decided to engage rabbi whom
they once removed. When the meet
ing was in session and one of the
majority members discovered it and at
tempted to telephone others, it is al
legged the telephone wires were cut
Attorneys have been engaged and a
meeting ordered for next Sunday
when a spirited discussion is antici
pated.
Madison. - Professor Stephen w
Gilman, of the commerce course OF
the university of Wisconsin, has been
chosen as a member of a board Of
fifteen trade experts Of the United
States who will accompany the Jap
anese commerce commissioners or
various stages of their trip through
this country, starting from Seattle
Sept. 6, and remaining in the United
States eighty-seven days. Professor
| Gilman was selected to represent
the Commercial Club of Minneapolis
the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
the Duluth Commercial Club and the
st. Paul Jobbers' Union.
Racine.-It became known here or
mobile inventor and promoter, who
held forth both in Racine and Milwau
kee. has brought suit against the New
York Times for $1,O00,000 for libel. L
is said that Pennington organized
company for the promtion of flying
machines and the New York paper
criticized the corporation and hence
the suit. James Molony, representing
the New York paper, has been in the
city three days, hunting up theSrecorC
of Pennington. He will also visit Nil
waukee, and other cities where Pen
nington did business.
Appleton Acknowledgement was made
by DR.. Samuel PlantZ, president o.
Lawrence College, that George F. Pea
body, a we'll known merchant Of APP
pleton, and a member OF the Lawrence
board Of trustees. had donated new
home for the conservatory of music
The new conservatory building viii
contain a commodious recital hall, the
studios of the teachers, the admins
tration offices, and other needed
rooms. The present conservatory will
be given over to the use of students
for practice rooms.
In recognition OF the generous gift
the trustees have requested the donor
to permit them to name the building
/ the George F. Peabody hall. Work or
the new structure will begin at once
and it will be ready for occupancy dur
ing the coming school year. H. H
Waterman. of Chicago. is architect.
Il Eau Claire.-The heaviest crops In
i several seasons will be the yield N
the town Of Washington. according tc
the predictions of the farmers The
corn crop, which was thought greatly
hurt by the drought, has turned out
better than last year.
Superior-John H. Jones, president
Pittsburg and Boston Coal Company
/ was here and went around the water
front looking over available sites fol-
coal dock which the concern may
| erect here for next years business