Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-21
News Of the
Badger State


family for over sixty years.
Green Bay = Peter Herber, switch
man, was crushed to death in the
yards of the Northwestern road here.
A widow, two children and his par.
ents survive.
Black River Falls-The citizens of
the town of Garfield, Jackson county,
held a chicken social in the school
house and netted $5430 for the Red
Cross
Green Bay - Thirteen Green Bay
men have been granted promotions at
Camp Macarthur In the list are two
captains, four first lieutenants and
seven second lieutenants
Madison-The r. T. Sales company
of Milwaukee filed articles of incorpo.
ration with the secretary of state.
The capital is $4,000 and the company
will sell automobiles.
GAINESVILLE = Ten persons were in.
jured more or less seriously when a
Observation-Disclosures Qn) interurban
car jumped the track while rounding
a curve
AppletOn-By a unanimous vote the
county board exonerated County Clerk
Wolf from the charge of malfeasance
in office preferred by number of tax
payers in the county.
Milwaukee-Th police were asked
to search for Frank Boda, IA years
old, Fond du Lac, Wis, who escaped
from the Industrial school at Wauke
sha. He wore overalls and uniform
Jacket.
Milwaukee-Th Western Critic,
monthly publication begun last May
by Karl Schauermann, has been denied
the second class mailing privileges,
and will discontinue publication with
the December issue.
Milwaukee = Give the walters In
local hotels and restaurants thrift
stamps instead of dimes and nickels,
is the latest suggestion made. A thrift
stamp is worth rs cents, and Uncle
Sam pays interest on it.
Eau Claire-Mystery of the disap.
pearance of Mrs. Rudolph Miller, aged
Al, of Bracket, Wis, from Luther hos
pital, this city, was cleared up when
her dead body, frozen in ice, was
found in the Chippewa river here.
Brentwood William D. Brady, cash.
Ter of the Barron County bank of Rice
Lake, and Miss Irene Charron, also
of Rice Lake, were married by the
brides uncle, the Rev. Louis Charron.
at Ashland.
rtage-Edward Mael, farmer OF
Fort Winnebago, brought into court
charged with using improper language
concerning the Red Cross to solicitors,
was fined $25 and costs. He pleaded
guilty.
Madison-A quilt containing the
name and company of every member
Of the Brodhead, Wis, G. A R. post
was received by the g. A R. museum
in the state capitol. The presentation
was made by Mrs. Sarah S. Brodhead
Cnro EN1p1or TarciIzi
regular army, stationed at aNogales.
iAriz., for the past few months, whose
home is in this city, is one of three
members of his division selected to
attend officers training school for the
frank of first lieutenant.
HARTFORD local home guard
company was mustered into service OF
the state by Col. Seaman at a demon,
strative meeting in the high school
gymnasium. The company is com.
posed of sixty-two men. Officers are:
Captain, Fred L. LeCount; lieutenants,
John d. Foote and Reno Haibe.
Kenosha-Walter Wilson, "a years
old, of Oshkosh, has two steel rods for
his legs, two steel feet where his regu
lar feet once were and a silver plate
to make up part of his skull. But
his hands are all right. He pleaded
guilty to forgery in the municipal
court and was sentenced to three
years in state prison.
Sparta-The biggest single transac,
ton ever concluded in the history OF
The cigar leaf trade was consummated
recently, when. about 5000 boxes of
Wisconsin binder tobacco was bought
by the American Cigar company Of
New York from Julius Marqusee, the
welI-known New York seed leaf
packer. In the deal over 100000
changed hands, it is reported. For
ten days H. S. McGifin of Sparta, the
Wisconsin leaf expert Of the American
Cigar company, has painstakingly in
spected every sample of the entire lot
of 5000 packages of binder, which Is
really the last sound leaf of this ma
teriaI remaining in dealers hands.
Neenah-Every family in this city