Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-27
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One Hundred Business Men Attend
and Listen to Inspiring Talks
by Local Speakers
About 100 seats were occupied at the
Commercial Club Banquet at the Baker
Hotel Wednesday night, making quite
representative gathering of the busi-
ness men of Ladysmith. Seven long
tables were prepared, five in the dining
room and two in the sample room ad-
Joining. 125 tickets at 81 each had
been sold BY the committee, but owing
to sickness many were unable to attend.
Those present at the banquet were:
| Col Nj. H. Baou of Menasha, Il. 8. johnson.
T. F. Armstrong Sr., D. H. Richards, Ben f.
Faast of Conrath. Rev. FIR. McCann, Rev. j. E.
Watson, Rev. FRI Simon of Chicago, John Jacob
son of Minneapolis, Chas Karst, o. E. Peterson.
| Z. c.. Gotham. o. E. Rice, c. G. Guiford. G. H.
| Williams, j. W. Carow, l.. E. McGill. at the
speakers table; Geo. Luell Fl. A. Dimock, w. S.
Manning. c. A. Coon. j. w. Miller, H. 0. Bye,
]. F. Mitchell. E. M. Wor1en. H. w. True. Chas.
! Kirwan, r. w, Fritz, A. Ross, DR.. II. r. T. Ross,
J. C. Hilbert, f. Pagei, +. March, n j. Smith,
J. c. Young r. r. Johnston. H. C. Mihm, c. E.
| Culver F. D. Martin, F. H. Mahlch, II. Olden-
dorf, r. J. Sands, P. H. Nelson, D. B. Names,
E. w. Hill, DR.. w. l.. Stephenson, j. o. Sinclair,
| A. A, Hadden, o. C.. Sabin j. F. Cass, B. Stez-
| man: A. J, Laidlaw, o. <; Bennett, H, Speide,
DR.. L. NJ Landmark. E. w. Day, E, Cardinal, c.
Eisenach, R. Corbett. H. C. True +. I. Hughes,
| A. N. Andersen A. C. Thompson, E. w. Hughes,
I j. M. Conrath, r. LeMere, J. M. Owen, c. A.
Sands. Robt. Corbett, S, d, Speidel, G. Kilgore.
! G. Uttormark, N. Whiteford, Fl. ". Allen: B. E.
French, w. A Carroll, F. Pierce, o. B. Ellingboe,
A. V, Simons, A. A. Bush, H. Kurz. w. M.
Vaughan d. F. Manley, L. M. Soue, B. F, Kinyon,
| H. Decker, A. C. Mooney, A. NJ McGill: J. c. Lee
F. j. Putnam, P. s. Reed, H. Young, E. Rhein-
gans, J. P. Peterson. A. M. Barrett. 0. E. Ander-
| son, A. E. Foster. Robt. Hummer.
1t was 9:45 when the doors of the
dining room were opened and the Ideal
Orchestra began to play. Rev. j. E.
Watson offered prayer before the ban
quetters took their seats. The follow
ing menu was then served:
Oysters
Celery Olives
| Roast Beef Au Jus
Pine Apple Sherbet
Baked Stuffed Potatoes Fresh Sliced Tomatoes
French Peas
Chicken Salad
! Apple Pie Full Cream Cheese
Ice Cream DEVILS Food
A leafet containing the menu and
some facts concerning Ladysmith had
been prepared by Secretary Reed, a
copy of which was at each plate. 1t
was headed ''Ladysmith, the future
manufacturing centre Of Wisconsin,
gained 1900 per cent in ten years.
Water powers unlimited awaits the
manufacturer for development. What
I'VE have" and what "we want were
set forth in opposite columns on the
inside pages as follows:
WE HAVE
| / good Bank, $500, 900 deposits
| Department Stores
! General Stores
Grocery Stores
Meat Markets
! Hardware Stores
2 Clothing Stores
. l Shoe Store
3 Drug Stores
Weekly Newspapers
good Hotels
Double Paper Mill
Sulphite Mill
Woodenware Plant
! 2 Saw Mills
2 Planning Mills
Brick Yard
Livery Barns
| l Cigar Factory
Bottling Works
Theaters
Carnegie Library
Churches of all Denominations
WE WANT
Shoe Factory
Foundry
Machine Shop
Furniture Factory
Shingle and Lath Mill
Cheese Factory and Creamery.
Novelty Factory
Piano Factory
Steam Laundry
Feed Mill
Produce Commission House
Beet Sugar Refinery
Excelsior Mill
Wholesale Grocery
Wholesale Hardware
Box Factory
Farm Implement Factory
Pea Canning Factory
Glove Factory
Match Factory
Toothpick Factory
Paper Box Factory
More Settlers
Less men with little hammers
At the close of the banquet, Court
House cigars were passed around, man.
ufactured by Geo. Luell. This was
some improvement over the banquet of