Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-31
WISCONSIN news
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


The last piece of plank sidewalk in
Richland Center disappeared the other
day when a concrete walk was laid in
front of the Toms furniture store.
Four hundred German text books
will be publicly burned on June Z in
Menominee, the school board having
determined to suspend teaching of that
language.
Informed from Washington that no
legal barrier exists, Wausau authori.
ties will proceed with the sale OF
bonds for construction of the first unit
for a central school.
Oshkosh cars on the Eastern Wis
cOnsin Electrict company's lines Will
be operated by one man beginning on
May e. The charge is explained by
the company as necessary economy.
Four members of the Mormon
church, who have been holding meet
ings at Appleton, were arrested for in
sulting women. The men were order.
ed to leave the city and not to return.
L. e. Flagg, Waupaca, killed one of
his hens last week and in the gizzard
found pieces of gold which had form
ed part of a gold ring he had lost last
winter.
Twenty-seven pounds of butter in
seven days, is the performance of a
young Holstein cow on Elmwood Stock
farm, owned by William H. Gruhle of
Pennington.
William Horlick, ST., has offered to
donate to Racine the vacant property
at the corner of Fourth Street and
Lake avenue, 6Ox120 feet, on which
to build the proposed isolation hospi-
tai.
College girls are to be recruited as a
reserve working force for the pea can
neries in order that the advanced
standards of hours of labor for women
in that industry shall not lapse thru
lack of help.
The Wisconsin State Council of
Defense has approved of war chest
plan for counties and cities. A hearing
was held at which representatives of
the chest organization of Rock and
hoQOSna COuDC16S LoSIluSQ.
Menasha-Th Rev. R. G. Ruegg of
the Menasha Congregational church
has been appointed an instructor at
one of the environments at CaTap Lew.
is, on American lake, near Tacoma,
Wash.
Hart H. Colby, a Civil war veteran,
died at Beloit from injuries sustained
by falling from an automobile. OFF,
cial war records credit him with being
the first Wisconsin soldier to fire at
the Confederates in the war.
Norman Richmond, Oshkosh, a resi-
dent of Wisconsin for seventy years
and builder of the first paper mill in
the Fox river valley, passed away at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. George
A. Young.
George Dascher, Peshtigo, was
awarded $4,000 in his suit against the
Wisconsin-Michigan railroad The
jury found that the plaintiff lost his
hand in the coupers because the train
was backed up without his giving the
signal.
John Price, the Indian, who desert
ed from Oneida countys first contin-
gent of drafted men JUST before de-
parting for Camp Grant on the night
of April %, was captured a few days
ago by J. G. Holland, postmaster of
Phelps.
Two Rivers will retain the Lake
Shore ball park for ball games this
summer. Although the park has been
leased to the Wisconsin Pea Gamers
company for growing peas and pillow.
ing had already been started, the pro-
test made by fans was needed and the
park will be restored to it's former
use.
Hurled violently against the wall by
an unknown man whom he found ran
sacking his downtown offices, DR.. ST.
mon H. Sauter, Racine, received pain
full injuries about the head and had
an arm wrenched. After battle that
shifted from the office, into the hall
and down stairway, the burglar es-
capped.
The remains of the late John Hun
ner, Honest John Hummer" as he was
called, eX-mayor of Eau Claire and
twice state treasurer under the Peck
administration, were laid to rest at
EaEu Claire, after services at the
Lake Street NJ E. church. Mr.. Hun.
ner died at the age of IA at the home
of his son, DR.. Guy L. Hummer, Balti
more, Md, the result of stroke OF
paralysis.
Clifford L. Randall, Kenosha, for
merly judge of the municipal court OF
Kenosha county, will oppose Represen
tative Henry Cooper for election as
representative to congress from the
First congressional district. Judge
Randall was nominated at Elkhorn al
the Republican convention called to
name thoroughly loyal Republican
as representative to congress from
the district"
An award of $4,000 and 500 funera
expenses was made by the state indus
trial commission to the widow Of
Thomas Long, Racine, who as watch
man in the Pugh coal yards, fell from