Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-02-01

Neenah - Members Of the local
clergy and influential citizens here
are backing the movement to organize
Y M c. A. in Neenah.
Wausau-The fund being raised in
Marathon county for the relief of the
peoples of Armenia and Serbia has
passed the $4,000 mark.
Green Bay-Friends of P. H. Martin
the well known attorney of this city
expects he will announce his candi-
dacy for United States senator upon
a pro-administration platform soon.
Neenah = The board of education
may establish Saturday school days
in order to keep institutions closed on
Monday in accordance with fuel adj
ministration orders.
Neenah - Even the ice harvesters
were patriotic. Although every day is
a heatless day for the boys on the
lake, they laid off on heatless Mon
day.
Darlington = Frank Wallace, miner
at the Fox mine situated at Benton,
Wis, was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the clubhouse of the
mine.
Madison-Adjt Gen. Orlando Hol-
way has left for Washington and be-
fore his return will visit the Wisconsin
National guard now enroute for
France.
Horicon-The annual report of Sec
rotary Harvey of the Dodge County
Fair association shows the profits for
the year aggregated $4,000, $4,000 of
which has been invested in Liberty
bonds
rinette-Marinette county during
the last two years has made a gain of
three-quarter Of a million dollars In
it's total of dairy products. The total
output for the year 1917 was $1,045,-
173. The total for 1915 was $255, 900.
Manitowoc-In the interests of fuel
conservation an attempt was made in
the city council to pass resolution
closing saloons and motion picture
theaters on Sunday The proposal
was voted own.
Madison = During farmers week,
Feb. 4 to 9, two of the speakers will
be Hugh Gibson, former secretary of
the American legation at Brussels. and
Joseph Grew, who helped Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin.
Oshkosh The organization of
Winnebago county league to push a
dry campaign next spring, as part of
Fox River valley movement, has been
completed here by business men and
workers of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon
league
Neenah- Sitting on chair In one
corner of his home, newspaper
across his lap and sightless eyes star
ing straight in front of him, the dead
and frozen body of John TeSsendorf,
rs year. old citizen, was discovered by
the police. Tessendorf had been dead
for two days.
Juneau-The Dodge County Bar as
ISOLATION will conduct memorial exer-
cises for the late United States Sena-
tor Paul o. Husting at the court
house in Juneau on Wednesday, Feb.
6. Bar associations of all counties in
the state have been requested to at
select a speaker.
Madison-One of the biggest settle
ments ever recorded in a personal in
jury action in Dane county occurred
when l.. F. SchoelkOpf, auto agent,
agreed to pay Neil Fox, Madison, So
800 for injuries suffered vixen the lat
ter backed his machine down an open
elevator shaft in the garage. Fox suf
fered permanent injuries.
Appleton-OverwOrk in Red Cross
and other patriotic activities caused
the death of Mrs. Henry C. Kruse, aged
AZ, at her home here. For the past
several months she has been actively
engaged in knitting and sewing for the
Red Cross and also took strong part
in the Red Cross membership cam
paion before Christmas
Manitowoc The finance commit
tees poposa1 to increase the salaries
of the mayor and aldermen has been
rejected by the city council. The
mayor will receive the usual $500, and
the aldermen 500. Members of the
fire and police departments were Civ
en- small increases and the pay of city
assessor was increased from $1,000 to
$1,400.
Madison That the Wisconsin in
dustrial commission will probably
deny the application for an extension
of women's hours of service beyond
ten hours a day, is indicated in tel