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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
Steel Laid to ThornappIe River

Steel Laid to Thornapple River
The track laying crew that has been
engaged in laying the steel for the
Wisconsin Central people have com
pleted the work as far as the bridge
across the Thornapple river
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
A New Candidate

The latest candidate for popular
favor is the Ingram Record the first
issue of which recently arrived
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02

Bought One Of Dan Patch's Colts
H. w. True returned from Chicago
last Saturday morning. While there
he purchased a fine carriage horse Of
the Dan Patch strain.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
SOCIE. TIES

M W. ~, Granite Lodge No. 533 meets at
IVA J. O. o. F. hall third Tuesday evening OF
each month. Visiting members welcome.
q I, MTTMR0E Mrs. MARY EDGAR,
Secretary. IIe1eSt'
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-03-02
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Amount to be paid by candidate
undersigned, 60 cents for first
Insertion and 80 cents for each
subsequent insertion.
For Councilman
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
WHY NOT COME TO THE UNITED
STATES?

Recent kilograms from Europe in
dictate the intention of the warning ma
lions to seek a neutral city where the
peace proposals of Germany may be dis
cussed at leisure and withoutNin INTERRUPT
ton. Such a plan has been in my own
mind for a week past. 1t would seem
to be the most natural thing to do, be-
cause it is not only appealing but in a
line with presidents in other wars. we
were invited by France to meet Spanish
messengers after Admiral Dewey had
taken the Philippines and Admiral Schley
had oyertaken and shot up the Spanish
fle~t Rs it emerged from Santiago bay.
We ewut liberal men to Paris and they
made an offer of twenty millions of dol
lars to purchase the islands in the Orient
1 presume we paid about a dollar head
maybe more for all the F1llplnos put
we received a clear title to what 1 have
always considered to be inconVenlent ana
high priced possessions.
If the allies i'll agree to come over here
to discuss the European war matters
they will do something looking toward
a settlement before they go home again.
Russia and Japan signed peace papers at
Portsmouth, n. H. That war was as
deadly as the one now prevailing only
on a. reduced scale. According to their
limitations it was as bloody and as re-
lentless a war as the prevailing one
with the allies and the central king
doms, and apparently as irrevocable. But
il did stop while their respective dele
gates We're discussing grievances at
Portsmouth.
L have always thought the south
made a grievous mistake not to compro-
mise on terms of mutual agreement be-
fore Appomattox. We were permanent
ly defeated at Gettysburg. The rest of
the fighting was all blood and carnage.
Negro slavery was not worth the sacri-
flee that the south made in the bloody
sixties (and if there had been no slavery
there would have been no war;. As see
the outlook it is now favorable to an
early discussion of war issues.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
|DLANAof the GREAT GAME:
A THE STORY OF Wo1Ah5 HUNT FoRAmAN. .
@1 ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON ~
By ETHEL lloyd PATTFRSoN

hasn't given me anything except lew
candies and flowers and things like that.
What are you talking .about?'
Say" said Adelaide, we've been
pretty good friends-don't pull that sort
of stuff on me! You're not an heiress in
disguise, are you? Nobody's been leav-
ing you money? What are you going
to do if you quit work.
The tears came to my eyes with vex-
alton.
81 tell you I'm going to stay home
with mother for a while!" 1 declared.
adelaide turned away from me with
shrug.
We'll, if you won't tell me, you
WON'T" she asid. I'm only warning
you. You can marry Howard Boyd if
you play your cards right. That's all
I've got to say"
l was vexed to the point of positive
anger by all this disbelief of my true
motives for leaving Silberstein's.
realized the girls were talking unpleas-
antly about me and 1 was enraged. Sor-
did though my motives were for giving
up my activities in the millinery de-
partment I still felt a blush of right
eous indignation. as it dawned upon me
what my girl friends thought Also
from their half formed sentences and
suggestions a seed of thought was
planted in my mind. Each one of them
in her own way had asked me how
was to live if 1 gave up work." where
the money for my livelihood was to
come from, where was 1 to get my
clothes. And suddenly 1 began to ask
myself the same questions.
1t dawned upon me l was still wear
ing the made-over white frock that AIDE
laide had given me. Z had no other
evening dress. And the SIS 1 had won
In that first game of poker in my
friends house had been all the extra
spending money 1 had had. Plainly
would have to better myself financially.
Although 1 was, of course, sure of de-
cent clothing and food and a roof as
long as l lived with my mother. But
my Indignation had leaped past the
necessities of life. 1 wanted the luXu-
ries. Though now I realized / could
not earn them through my own efforts.
l would have to intrigue for them, get
them somehow. / was determined to
have them. What was to be done? 1
told myself that thus far the doors be-
fore me had opened at my touch. I
would find a way out of this difficulty,
too
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
THE NEW YEAR ALMOST HERE.

1917 has come to the front and all that
belongs to 1916 is dead matter and
relegated to past history. 1t is said that
time flies" for old people and do be,
lieve that the weaving shuttle" washes
across the loom dozen times as fast
as it did in my childhood.
Yet the past twelve months had ex-
actly as many days in the week and the
month as there were counted eighty
years ago, and every day of the go had
as as many hours and minutes as my
clock has counted for me in 1916.
1t is only the way we feel it, the way
we look at il, and truly we are rushing
on to sthe close of life just as time has
been rushing for me since passed over
the zenith and begun to travel down
the sunset slope towards the Great Be
yond! 1 notice that many prominent and
very busy people stop off suddenly.
Something stops heart action and they
are gone. In the midst of life we are
i'm death! Nobody krows-nobody has
been able to say to death, You cannot
reach me-"
No more can anybody say to time
stop awhile and let us reason together
The year 1916 has been a very fateful
year. l am told that automobiles have
killed more people than in railroad ac-
cidents and we are so familiar with the
story of millions facing each other on
the battle line in Europe that human
life in 1916 was the cheapest thing in
sight.
Eatables and wearables in 1916 have
gone to skyrocket prices and yet the
battlefields of Europe are CORY with
red human blood and dead mems bodies
AS the angel of death kept busy it
seemed as if Christian. civilization had
gone into exile and was no more regard
ed. What will 1917 do for us?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
TS505QGgIRR22z'
M 81; fsGSSssi5JFX
A MILITARY TRAINING.

As it looks to an old lady like me,
a law will be passed very soon COM
polling every man and youth in our
country to take a military course of
training so that our military leaders
can call out these millions of trained
soldiers on a days notice / have been
expecting this thing.
Germany has been doing il for yearA
And Germany sets the pace for prepar-
edness. General Scott, who went be-
fore congress last week, wants the en-
listment of every man between certain
ages, and such a law would be Il con-
sCriptive measure, and il would be
necessary TO compel everybody or no
body at all. Don't you see what it
stands for?
Germany has had millions of trained
soldiers to draw from. Boys of six
teen and eighteen are ready to start to
the front, and millions of these con-
scripted soldiers have been moved
down like rank grass in a hay field, and
so far as l can tell-ighting about
nothing!
Does il not beat creation?
England grooming under stupen-
dous war debt had to accept Germanys
challenge and her Tommy Atkins went
to war in Belgium and France to make
sure that Germany would not cross the
English channel and England boosted
that her ships could hold Germany
down, etc.
But the whole thing is coming home
to us. We have an ocean on two sides
of the United States. We must have
an army and fleet on both east and
west We have an army now on the
south that has been playing at war,
and it required millions of dollars to
send them Christmas rations. We fling
out dollars down there at every full
and change of the moon. We care moth
ing for extravaganza. Consumption is
coming. l might say We can hear the
swords rafting, as the conscript officers
are being equipped for this business.
Getting down to hard tacks-if any
man can be forced into militia service
in a republic-then every man should
be liable to service. No faVorltlsm
will be tolerated.
We had substitute arrangement IN
the Civil war where a man with money
could buy another man to take ms
place and risk the chances! Maybe
substitutes" will be popular again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of corn can shortly be lift
ed right out with the fingers if you will
apply directly upon the corn a few
drops Of freezone, says a Cincinnati au-
thority.
1t is claimed that at small cost one
can get a quarter of an ounce of freez-
one at any drug store, which is suffi-
cient to rid ones feet of every corn or
callus without pain or soreness or the
danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and while sticky, dries the moment it
is applied and does not inflame or even
irritate the surrounding tissues.
This announcement will interest
many women here, for it is said that
the present high-heel footwear is put
ting corns on practically every wom-
ans feet.-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

was Alexander White, one of the rich
est men in America. And I was grow
ing far too sophisticated to snub any
one with a parent like that
Junior as everybody called him,
in spite of his friendship for Howard,
tried all evening to hold my attention.
And as 1, with some idea of coquetry
in my mind, permitted him to engage
a good bit of my time, Howard became
quieter and GUNNER.
Say" Howard said one, who gave
you this birthday party, anyway?
"Oh, is it your birthday, Miss Dr.
asked Junior, or June. as the girls
had nicknamed him.
II am eighteen" 1 told him proudly.
"Oh, heart he exclaimed, Il am not
going to be left out of this! I've got
to give you something
"Oh, pleaser' 1 protested.
But he left the room and presently
returned with eighteen lovely cream
colored roses tied loosely in a bouquet.
Wide satin ribbon bound their st~~Ta
into place.
How WONDERFUL 1 cried enthusi-
astically;! then 1 stopped.
Ny quick glance had caught sight OF
yellow bill tucked in among the stems
of the roses. Ny cheeks flushed.
tOId mySelI would nave 10 pretend
that 1 had not seen the money if I
wanted to take it, or else 1 would have
to return it. In minute my decision
was made. 1 folded my hands aDapI
the flowers and smiled innocenrIy a.
June.
- 81 love white rosesr' I said girlish-
ly, and to myself, ITS a fifty-dollar
bill; I'm sure it is! That's what girls
get who can dress we'll, who look right,
I'm never going to be without beautiful
clothes again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
GAIN you HELP HERP
Demorest, Ga, Dec. 20, 1916.

Demorest, Ga, Dec. 70, 1916.
Mrs. w. II. FELTON,,
Gainesville, Ga.
Dear Mrs. Felton, wonder if any of
your readers could send in a poem for
publication called AT Andersonville"
1t is an old Civil war poem l used to
have several years ago and lost it.
1 wonder if any of the old Confeder-
ate veterans, readers of The Journal,
could give the necessary information on
blanks furnished for the purpose to
identify my father, who was in the Con-
federate service, but who lacks wit
ness and cannot remember necessary
data himself in order to secure a PEN
sion to which he is really entitled?
Very sincerely,
MATTE V. MITCHELL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
Mr.. R. E. Connen Dies
From Kick Of a Mule
cspeciaI Dispatch to The JournaD

VALDOSTA, Ga. Dec. 3O.-R. +. Con-
nell a we'll known farmer of Jennings,
Fla, is dead from the kick of mule
Mr.. Cornell had two mules hitched to
wagon and was taking the body off to
lengthen out and haul lumber, when he
stumbled and fell. The mule became
frightened and kicked him on the head,
knocking his brains out and causing
almost instant death. Mr.. COnnell is
survived by his wife, four sons and
four daughters, one of the sons and one
daughter being unmarried.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
Bow Killed by Gun
SneciaI Dispatch to Inc Journa

TSnecI0I Nispatch 20 The JOurnaI)
NALDOSTA, Ga, Dec. 3O.-Little Pc
ter Hack, siX-year-old son Of Mrs. Matte
Hack, who resides with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Moore, near here, was
instantly killed this morning when shot
gun discharged, sending the load through
his body. The little boy was trying to
take the gun off the rack when 1t fell
and was discharged
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
AGED WOMAN FOUND DEAD
IN CHAIR BY FIRESIDE

KINGSTON. Ga, Dec. 3O.-Mrs. Mag
Rogers seventy-fOur years of age and
living alone, was found dead sitting by
the fire in her home here about 1 p. m.
Friday. Near neighbOrs had seen her
about her duties as usual during the
morning. She will be buried here Satur-
day evening. Gordon T. Rogers, of King
siOn; James D. Rogers, Of Atlanta, and
Mrs. John Cobb, Of Gainesville. are her
nearest surviving relatives in the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
WILL MARK THE SPOT
\ WHERE HAMILTON FELL

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The spot on the
heights of Weehawken, n. j., where
Alexander Hamilton fell in a duel with
Aaron Burr will be marked by memo
rial to be erected by the Alexander Ham
ilton institute, it was announced today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02

hands and hot cheeks making my plans.
L had to have a gown! This seemed the
only way to get it. L shut my eyes
to the dangers of what L was about
to do and determined to act upon my
idea
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
No. 36-Giving Up Work

Optimism is, alas! too often y
only the outcome of luck of y
experience. y
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-02
No. 37-A Tempting
Thought

y If your conscience isn't in y
= very good working order a dose y
= of pain will start 1t going far y
y more quickly than a dose OF y
y pleasure. y
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
The Busy Bees

ASTER of all the festivals year the important
and the old been the happest OF
~ the Sunday and the festival of festivals Eosu or Easter
was the had its birth the east II
heaut;u than when it comes up and fresh the spring
Have youh heard the Easter legend!
MANY during just such time as THIS when
homes Of the German people, noble
woman the Ldnburg obliged Nee from her
palace with her old Finding refuge small
village she lived with the simple people, who had very
little eat heard of So the story goes
was fighting and incidentally fowls The natives amazed
little nun Dali CHICKS which a'ehu ou 'o s'
yellow at time. =,
she wished something day for the children OF the
village who had good little and she had no gifts
10 give them color the with and roots and nave
an Easter egg Busy Bees have been doing all week Easter
after the children to her garden and took them to
which 10 make took them back the garden where she
gave them feast when went back to the forest they
Shouted with delight five coored each nest AS
some little girl little bunny she had when she was
building had laid them the children repeated The little mare d
them" until they believed it, . . ,.,ga, ~, ,.... ~
sum which be expended each an annual Easter
na The custom which observed has dfted America
hut only in the supposed laid by the
little hare.
The winner Of the Lizzie L. Rah Of ST Francis Kan
who sent garden plan which worthy reproduction and
pressed for Grace Hindey baif
Neb mention for splendid vegetable garden pan
The prize book Laura Richardson the Blue
tide unbeg Blue side and Frances Conn the Red side
won honorable mention. . .~3 =. !.
printed for lack of space
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
CHAPTER TX.
Cupid's Puzzle.

Strong, safe in his home, with the
faithful Wee See at his elbow, had
much to be thankful for, but his silent
thanksgiving was conferred on one big
event. He had restored Beverly
Clarke to her mother, just as he had
promised to do. As he thought Of this
he sighed and smiled. Beverly meant
much to him. The great, grinding
god OF strife and turmoil had brought
them together, and then that gentle
but pitiless little god, Cupid, had sim
glcd them out Cupid had triumphed.
Strong was in love with Beverly, she
adored him.
Perhaps it is because trouble gen.
orally accompanies pleasures that
Strong sighed as he smiled over the
great happiness in his life. Certain Il
was that grim trouble awaited him
that trouble and tragedy were ever
then standing on the threshold d
Beverly Clarke's life.
The enormous wealth left by hei
uncle was responsible for it all. Chic
OF Detectives Ackcrton had thai
wealth locked in a safe in his Office
He was planning on that day to turf
il over to Beverly. A few minutes be
fore AckertonNentcred his Office. tall
slender figure, masked and carrying
pistol, crept into the place and wen
straight to the safe which was in TIL
great detectives laboratory.
All was dark. The figure tumble,
at the safe-lock with nervous deter
mination. just then Ackerton ap
pcared. With drawn pistol he strod
into the laboratory. There were tw
flashes, and man fell dead. II wa
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
BY J. M, LOUCHBoROUcH

Ackerton. The masked figure fed
without having opened the safe. Soon
afterward Ackerton's assistant walked
into the place and almost stumbled
over the body of his chief. Horrihed,
he rushed to telephone and called
up Detective Rodman Sears, known
as the Sherlock Holmes Of New
York;
Sears, after a thorough examination
of the laboratory, during which he
gathered many fnger-inarks on the
safe, announced that one of.the slay-
er's fingers was missing.
what does that mcan2' asked Ack7
erton's assistant.
st means that we must search for a
man with three fingers" was the la
COMIC reply. Perhaps we will get him;
perhaps we won't. What was in the
safe, that prompted this attempted
| robbery" The assistant told of
Beverly Clarke's treasure and of the
tortures through which she had gone
Now" said Sears, "our search mar
rows down to a three-hngered mem
Der Of this band. But we must get
more evidence. am going to Strong's
home with these securities and see
what else he knows OF the case. By
the way, this young fellow Strong
what does he do for living besides
being wealthy clubman?'
why, until he got into this Clarke
case he looked after a big factory
which he owns--that, is-you know.
Rich young man. Factory ran itself;
he spent the money. Didn't have to
: pay much attention to it."
"Humph! muttered Sears.
Wouldn't do him any harm if he
had to perform some real work. Well,
: ! am going to call on him. See you
later"
Right at the time Sears was learn
ing OF Strong's business interests The
Secret Seven was plotting to shatter
Z that business, as another method OF
] running Strong, whose life had been
50 marvelously saved twice after DR.
: zulph had ordered him killed. Tim
! pearsall, member of The Score,
I Seven, who worked" in Wall street
!. was the chief schemer this time. The
n trst thing Pearsall did was to ham.
+ mer at Strong's securities until the,
J, began tumbling in the stock market
a Next he bred discomfort among the
It laborers in the factory, who sent ;
e delegation to see Strong and demant
higher wages. The delegation reached
q INN Just after he had received new.
r OF the slump in his securities.
= "6entlemen," he said. Il believe il
le square deal, But you can see TO-
Q yourself that ! have been hit in III,
IS stock market. Il would be an ute,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08
tells the truth about some of the PEG.

tells the truth about some Of the peo-
pie.
The up-to-date people want to
make life easy. Some people have
to have everything SO nice and COM
Portable that they want to have
everything to eat that their appetites
desire. Especially when everything is
high priced, such as eggs, butter and
meat. They think if the farmer can
have it, they can, too.
But sometimes they are wrong. A
farmer raises these things, and when
everything is so high priced we would
sooner sell them and do without
while the up-to-date people in town
have to buy them. They just think
they cannot do without them.
The rich people can have them,
but the poorer don't have to have
everything. People boycott eggs and
make all kinds of talk about the
food and clothing. The poor people
are glad to have something to eat,
while the rich don't even care for the
plain food at all.
| thing if we would save and spare
all that we can it would come out
different.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-08

Whliam Montgomery Strong, q wealthy
young ciubman. meets Beverly Clarke When
he encounters band Of kidnappers who
have seized the girl. Strong reseues her.
He learns that her uncle, Thomas Clarke,
has sent for her. The uncle. who Is dying,
10 member Of the Secret Seven, band Of
wealthy and brainy New York criminals.
ruled by q mysterious Individual known as
The Great Master. He has pledged himself
to leave his millions to the Secret Seven,
but death bed repentance comes to him and
he decides to leave II to Beverly. Hc gives
her casket filled with treasures and
straightway hirelings OF The Secret Seven
pursue her. The girl Is the innocent cause
OF strong's engagement to Eunice Morton,
society girl. being broken off, and after
ward she Is seized by thugs from The Secret
Seven and carried to their rendezvous
Strong traces her there, Is terribly beaten
in terrible fight. and the police carry
him to his homo unconscious while the kid.
napers spirit Beverly away to Chinese
den, where they try to compel her to reveal
the hiding place Of the treasure which Il
In the possession Of Chief OF Detectives
Ackcrton, although the girl does not know
this, Strong. disguised as Chinaman, gains
entrance to the den. and is tho means Of
saving Beverly.