Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-23

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n-law. She pleads self-defense.
Neenah-The latest recruiting drive
here has resulted in the enlistment of
seven men for the regular army
Menomonie-Thieves with an auto
broke into the large Waterman-Ehr-
hardt store and stole goods. including
furs, valued at $4,000.
La Crosse--Coal dealers here said
that the rate per ton would increase
L. cents because of the increase
In freight rates allowed by the state
railroad commission
La Crosse-The county board of SUI
pervisors voted the sum of $4,000 to
complete the county tuberculosis san
ltarium which will be ready for occu
pancy next spring.
Brentwood - Farmers about Rice
Like are urged to bring all the poultry
and stock they can spare to the city
where it will be auctioned, the pro-
ceeds all to go to the Red Cross.
Green Bay-A resolution demanding
a special senatorial election to choose
successor to Senator Husting was
passed at meeting of the Green Bay
Federated Trades council.
Appleton-Miss Carrie Peckham,
who was graduated from Lawrence
college in 1914, is now engaged in mis-
sionary work at Kkassur 10 Gakko,
Nagasaki, Japan.
Neenah-Following an address by an
army camp Y. M. c. A worker, high
school boys pledged themselves to
earn $40 each during their spare time
to donate to the cause.
Beloit-Beloit college raised it's ap
portionment in one day for the army
Y. NJ c. A. work, going over the al
lotment of $1,000 to the total figure Of
s1,70O.
Neenah-Plans to entertain 5000
delegates to the national stationary
engineers convention, which is to be
held in this city in July, are being
made.
La Crosse-The La Crosse county
board of supervisors in session re-
fused to vote the sum Of $1,000 to be
offered as a reward for the murderer
Of Mrs. Cora Miller, West Salem
widow.
Oshkosh = Fishermen here are sur
prised at the large number of pike
coming down the Fox river at this sea-
son. Large catches are being made,
fish firm and fine.
Madison-H. H. Veerhusen formerly
of the Wisconsin railroad commission
staff, has been commissioned as a
first lieutenant in the ordinance de-
partment of the United States army.
He will be stationed in Washington,
D. c..
Neenah-Mystery still surrounds the
death Of John Hafmeister, whose life
less body was found with two bullet
holes, near the Menasha woodenware
factory. Both the murder and suicide
theory have been advanced but the
general trend Of police opinion is to-
ward the former.
Oshkosh = The council of defense
here is making a card index of all
residents of the city, showing their in
dications of patriotism or the reverse,
In business, in giving for war causes,
In general attitude. The antecedents
of each, so far as they bear on the
question, are being checked.
Green Bay--Chief of Police Thomas
e. Hawley issued orders to operators
of petty gambling devices, such as
punch boards" and dice games, to re-
move them at once The order was
issued by the police chief at the re-
quest of the State Council of Defense
to save sugar, that goes into candy
prizes.
La Crosse-That Marcus A. Fee of
Madison, former president Of the Va
lecia Condensed Milk company, OBJ
tanned big notes from friends and is
sued stock for them and then put up
the notes as collateral for other deals,
after which he returned the stock, was
the testimony of several witnesses in
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