Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-01-12
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

August Peterson was up from Glen
Flora on business Saturday.
Mrs Herbert Kohl is quite sick at
her home in East Ladysmith.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. John Van
Holden, Monday, Jan. 8, a son.
3. J. Lagoe returned last Friday
from business trip to Minneapolis.
To Loan-$20,O0O. Interest rate 61a
per cent. No delay. W. Carow.
Large Juicy Grape Fruit while they
last only cents Each ct The Bon
Ton Grocery.
Cold weather, hot fires and no in
surance. A bad combination. Hill &
Sergent have the key.
The ladies of the Christian church
will have a food sale Saturday. Jan.
IS, at the Kurz meat market.
Miss Clara McDermott was called
to Rhinelander the fore part Of the
week to care for her father, who is
quite sick.
l write Fire, Lighting and Tor
nado insurance on City and Farm
property, lowest rates and prompt
attention.-B. f. French.
The Bethany Sisters will meet in
the church parlors Wednesday, Jan.
II, at 800 p. m. Lunch will be
served and all are invited.
Light or heavy sleighs. we have
large and complete line to choose
from and We are sure to please you
-Ladysmith Implement Co.
Louis Soule bowled the highest
score ever chalked up in Ladysmith
at the Cass & Manley alleys Satur-
day night. His record score was
276.
Miss Cora Kirvan, who has spent
the past year at Buffalo, arrived
home Saturday fer weeks visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs e.
A. Kirvan.
The Lutheran League Of the Scan
dinavian Lutheran church will be en-
tertained Wednesday evening, Jan.
II, in the church basement. Every
body welcome.
Lawrence Cox, of Sheldon, who is
employed as guard at the dynamite
and powder factory at Barksdale, was
in the city yesterday. He was RETURN
ing to the plant after visit Of a
couple of days at home.
The local Western Union telegraph
office has new schedule Of hours
now in effect, as follows: In the
forenoon from 500 to 1900; after
noon, 1870 to 500; and in the even
ing only half an hour, 1870 to 500
The first carload of Fords for this
year was received at Ryalls Garage
Saturday, there being six machines
in the car. Mr.. Ryall states that
about forty-five Fords will be shipped
in here this winter in readiness for
the spring rush.
Mrs. Ann Britain of Twin Falls,
Idaho, came here Sunday morning to
visit at the homes of Mrs. Kate
French, B. E. French and Aug Sim
on Mrs Britain and Mrs. French
are sisters and had not seen each
other for fourteen years.
Did you finish High school last
spring? If so, what can you do? Are
you qualified to accept business pc
sition? No. Then you should take a
course in the Mankato Commercial
College. Send for their catalog 1t
is free.
The firemen sold 121 tickets for
their recent New Years ball, netting
them $8O.46 above all expenses. 1t
takes the firemen to give a really
successful dance. The fire laddies
are, as an organization, ''some" fl
nanciers, anyway, with a nice bank
balance to their credit and money
loaned out on a real estate mortgage.
Business of the local postoffice
during the recent holiday season far
exceeded any previous year in the
history of the office. Receipts from
the sale Of stamps and box rentals
for the last quarter of 1916 were
$3,7O7.50, as compared with $3,127.30
for the same quarter in 1915, an in
crease of $5S02O for the three
months,
Every morning storekeeper ap-
pointed in the primary store in the
grades at Winter sells milk to every
student at one cent a glass. A store
keeper keeps track Of the pennies as
part of the arithmetic exercises con-
nected with this experiment. The
drinking Of this milk every morning
is aimed to provide proper nutrition
to slow and underfed children and to
result in better work