Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


Fred Pagel took the Velvet Special
Sunday night and accompanied his wife
from Medford to Chicago, where she
goes to consult specialist.
The ladies of the w. r. c.. were very
pleasantly entertained Saturday after
noon by Mrs. John Lindoo at a thimbe
party. After lanch Mr.. Lindoo treated
the company to a sleighride.
Phil Brainerd was down Tuesday
from Murray, where he has been stay
ing with his parents for a couple Of
months. He was looking for loca-
tion to open up photograph studio.
Misses Hazel and Ola Wilson left
Tuesday night for Kokomo, Ind,
where their mother is living. Miss
Josie Chriskie has taken the formers s
place as night operator in the telephone
Office.
VIM. Pagel returned Friday from
Chippewa Falls where he went to see
his brother Ed, who has recently un-
dergone an operation for an abcess on
his back. He is expected home in
about a week.
Jac Speich and son Fred attended the
| funeral of his sister at Turtle Lake
Sunday. They were accompanied
home by Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Speich Of
Monticello who visited a few days at
their brothers home.
C. Joyner, r. w. Bates and E. F.
Brainerd of Bruce, ?. J. Kassela of
Weyerhauser and W. S. Sergeant of
Sheldon attended meeting of the
directors of the Farmers Insurance Co.
in Ladysmith Saturday.
The town of Dewey is to have a
special election Feb. l8 to vote on the
question of securing a loan of $4,000
for the purpose of replacing their
burned school building with a new
S12, 600 brick structure.
The Thompson Mercantile Co. has
sold its stock of hardware at Hawkins
to the Hawkins Hardware Co. J. E.
Cress manager of the store at Hawkins,
is preparing to move to Ladysmith to
take position in the store here.
Mrs. A. C. Mooney and Mrs. D. H.
Richards entertained at "Shirtwaist
Party" Monday, covers being laid for
AZ. Mrs. S. L.Chicker won first prize,
a hand painted plate, for making the
best shirtwaist from quarter Of a
yard of material.
Ladysmith Beaver Colony is prepar-
ing for big blowout" at its next
meeting, Feb. 13. A banquet COM
mittee is making elaborate prepara
tions for sumptuous spread, and an
entertainment committee is arranging
for hot-air program that will be OF
interest to all Beavers.
The Ladysmith Lighting Co. have
moved their old dynamo into the new
building across the river and connected
it with the new water wheel, which
affords greater power. They expect to
get the new generator connected up
next week. So far no shutdown has
been necessary, except for few min
utes last night.
The past week the weather has been
quite varied. Saturday and Sunday
were cold and windy, Monday morning
the thermometer was down to zero,
Tuesday was so warm as to threaten
what was left of the sleighing, We'd
nesday was misty and Thursday morn
ming everything was covered with about
a half an inch of ice, making walks
very slippery.
Dewitt Miller, the lecturer, addressed
large audience at the opera house
Monday night, it being the fourth num-
ber on the Lecture Course. In his
"Reveries of Bachelor" he told many
homely truths, some of which it seems
will bear oft repeating if they are to be
needed by parents in this generation.
A bachelor himself, Mr.. Miller was
very free in denouncing the bachelor,
although he reminded us that there are
exceptions to all rules.