Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-09-22
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Work company
Three more paralysis cases at New
London have resulted in postponing
the opening Of schools.
William Brogan, living at Sheboy-
gan was severely injured when an
automobile in which he was riding
was struck by :. train near Plymouth
AS the bartender was closing up
two masked bandits entered the sa-
loon of HI. p Hansen at Racine juno
ton and robbed the till of $45 and dis
appeared.
0. w. Hoag, of Brentwood, the local
agent of the Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Sault Ste. Marie depot for nine years
has resigned to accept a position in a
Colfax bank.
Miss Ethel Weise, of Chicago, a Wis.
itor at Brentwood was saved from
drowning, when she fell into the wa
ter at the Berry farm, by William Ber-
ry, fourteen years old.
Fred Anthem, OF Manitowoc, the
founder of the Two Rivers Reporter,
and former assessor, died at Green
Bay hospital, following an operation.
He was forty-two years old.
Harry Hawver, aged II, caddie of
the Lake Geneva Country club, died
after being crushed by 1,0O0-pound
masonry gate post. The accident oc-
Cured on the Grommes estate.
Postmaster L. l.. Thayer, of Birch
wood office for 3 years, will leave the
city soon to enter the ministry of the
United Brethren church. Mr.. Thay-
er's first charge will be at Richland
Center.
Alyira Allen, seventeen years old,
living near Rhinelander, attempted
suicide following an alleged criminal
operation. The police say she endeav-
ored to kill herself by drinking tur-
pentine.
The scow Wild Cat, owned at Green
Bay, and used in connection with the
building of the new intake for the
Kenosha Water company, sank in the
Kenosha harbor, blocking the channel
just east of the Main street.
Military training for inmates of the
state reformatory for boys at Green
Bay has been adopted by the state
board of control, according to w. H.
Graebner, member Of the board. Be.
ginning Oct. /, military training will
be a part of the daily routine at the
institution.
The plant of the Capitol Culvert
company of Madison, located at South
Madison, was destroyed by fire caus-
ing loss of $4,000 on the buildings
and $4,000 on stock and machinery.
Two-thirds of the total loss is COW
cred by insurance. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Harold Bailey, IA, student of the
Kenosha hospital, was hurrying to
school, when he ran directly in front
of passenger train. He was hurled
against the fence guarding the tracks.
The engineer stopped his train about
six inches from the place where the
boys head was on the rail.
H. E. Asmuth, of Milwaukee, and
State Conservation Warden Frank
Russell of Park Falls have completed
seven day trip in canoe down the
Flambeau river from Park Falls to
Ladysmith. They had in their pos
session large muskelunge weigh
ing forty-one pounds which was
caught by Asmuth with his hands.
The criminal cases against the stu.
dents of Wisconsin University for vot.
ing were dismissed and the civil cas-
es that raise all of the points, of law
involved will be given an early hear.
ing by the supreme court. 1t is ex.
pected that the decision in this case
will set a precedent for the many
other states that have college prob
lens of this nature.
The Wisconsin supreme court will
give a decision in the student voting
cases. The decision probably will set
tie a contest that has been going on
every year since the university has
been located as to whether students
had right to vote. Assemblyman
Helm of Madison attempted to dis
franchise the students by a bilf in the
last legislature, but the measure fail
ed.
Hans Johnson, jitney driver, in at
tempt to avoid a collision with a
train ran his automobile into ditch
q mile west of Kenosha on the Geneva
road and Peter Sweeney was thrown
against the engine of the ap-
preaching train and it is feared that
his back is broken. jain Loef and
his two-year-old daughter, Barbara,
were thrown over fence and escap-
cd injury.
Pneumonia, following infantile par
alysis, resulted in the death of Gilbert
ysis, resulted in the death of Gilbert
George, 3, at Green Bay. The
child was stricken with palsy some
weeks ago, but apparently recovered
His right leg was paralyzed and he
could offer no resistance to pneumo-
mia. Clark Vogel, thirteen years old,
of Shiocton, near there, died from in
/ fantile paralysis. A new case of the
| malady was also reported at Brussels,