Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-07-21
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Milwaukee.-The sixth conve
ton of the Wisconsin Retail Je'
elers' association closed with the ele
ton of officers and the unanimous 81
lection of Milwaukee as the me-
place of meeting. The following wer
elected officers: President, Gustav
Keller, Appleton; vice-president, I
f. Rohn, Milwaukee; secretary, A. "
Anderson, Neenah; treasurer, Henr
f. Stecher, Milwaukee, directors,
}. Stoessel, Milwaukee; William Fl
Upmeyer, Milwaukee; W. A. PfisteI
Sheboygan; John P. Hess, Fond d,
Lac, and Thomas j. Dale,
KenoSha.
Neenah.-Thrown into the higl
waves during windstOrm o.
Lake Winnebago, three young men
Clifford Sawyer, Patrick Keoppoch
and Carl Wassenberg, nearly lost theil
lives when their sailboat capsized
They were rescued after several
hours clinging to the overturned
craft, in an exhausted condition. This
| Is the boat that capsized and caused
| the drowning of four Appleton girls
| several weeks ago. The boys will
sail it no more
Eau Claire.--At the final ses.
sion of the Wisconsin State Dental
society Oshkosh was chosen as the
next meeting place. c. E. Father of
Milwaukee was elected special dele
gate to the national convention at
Cleveland. DR.. Adolph Chopper of
Milwaukee, the treasurer, was pre-
sented with a Colt automatic revolver
by the society.
Eau Claire.-The Wisconsin AS
ISOLATION of Assistant Postmas-
ters chose Fond du Lac as the next
place of meeting. Resolutions were
adopted thanking President Taft for
placing assistant poStmasters under
the civil service law. A rural parcel
post and speedy revision of postal
avs and regulations were ia
| 5Ored
Appleton-N. Simon, who made
| the 4,000-pound cheese for the
national dairy show and who recently
was awarded the contract to make
| l2,000-pOund cheese for the next eX-
libition of the national dairy show,
| las secured the contract for a 6,000-
| pound cheese for the Minnesota state
| fair.
Marshfeld-The Central Wiscon-
sin fair, which will be held here
on August 1926, will have sew
aral good purses for PAGERS, rotters
and free-for-all races. The premium
list is about $4,000.
Madison. - Governor McGOvern
signed the income tax bill and
capture and conviction of the persons
guilty of the murder of John l.. Sex
ton, "the hermit of Elkhart Lake."
from $500 to $500
La Crosse - When the fraiE
skiff in which she was riding with her
husband and little girl was struck and
capsized by big launch, Mrs. Will
lam Saurbier saved the child by hurl-
ing it through the air into the launch.
She was later pulled from the water
while Saurbier, who thought the child
was imprisoned under the launch, was
taken out exhausted after diving un-
der the boat several times in search
Of his daughter.
Madison. - Arguments on the
demurrer to the complaint in the
the defunct First National bank of
Mineral Point, against Calvert Spense-
ly and other directors, were heard by
Judge J. A Humphrey Of Springfield,
H., in the federal court here. Will
Jams brought action to recover from
the defendants 100000, alleging the
bank sustained that much loss through
the negligence of the directors.
Superior. The program for the
sixth conve tion of the Wisconsin
Paid Firemen's association has been
completed and sent out to the dele
gates and other members of the or
ganization who are expected to be in
attendance at the meetings to be held
here on July %, &c and 81. Among
the special features planned is ball
game between the Superior and Du~
luth league games. There will be me-
mortal services for the departed mem
bers of the association at the Con-
gregational church.
Madison-C. r. Martin Of this
city made complaint to the rail
road commission against the rule of
the Southern Wisconsin railway com
pany, the local traction company,
which prohibits the carrying of baby
cabs or gocarts on its cars unless
thew are folded and inclosed in cloth