Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-11

De Pere-The fourth annual poultry
show of the De Pere Poultry associa-
ton was held here. There were many
entries and the quality of the birds
was good.
La Crosse - Fred Whittle of Mil
waukee was arrested here and charged
with burglarizing the offices of DR.. ].
L. Callahan during the night time to
get narcotics.
Naturalization suffragists have
| started q campaign to raise a $4,000
fund with which to purchase yarn to
| knit into garments for Dane county
BOYS at Camp Grant.
AppIeton--A massmeeting OF all the
organizations in this city is to be con-
Quoted soon to promote the sale OF
Unfit stamps. The allotment for Outa-
gamie county is $1,200,000 and for APP
pleton 100000 for 1918.
Eau Claire Five girl students OF
| telegraphy who recently passed ex-
animation for telegraphers on the
| Omaha and 500 railways, have been
accepted as telegraphers and assigned
to positions.
Beloit-Word has just been received
by old friends in the city of the death
of Prof Peter Hendricksen, an old
graduate of Beloit college and later,
for number of years, professor OF
modern language at the college.
| La Crosse-John G. Malin, for TWEEN
| ty-seven years president of the Froh-
sim Singing Society, which made a
| tour of Europe some years ago, died
here at the age of u years. He was
| q native of Austria.
La Crosse-Food Administrator Van
| Steenwyk has fixed the following
| prices for retail merchants; potatoes
2 cents pound; flour forty-nine
pound sack at $3.50; bread, 9 cents
per pound; sugar, cents per pound
Beaver DANA. p. Lawrence, one
| of the oldest grocerymen in Wiscon-
| sin. has sold his store in Beaver Dam
and will retire. He has been in the
grocery business in Beaver Dam sixty
| three years.
Beaver Dam - The annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Dodge COun-
| ty Fair association will be held in
Beaver Dam, Jan. 16. The matter OF
building an additional stock barn will
| be taken up.
La Crosse-The state having failed
to provide funds to equip home guard
| companies, the La Crosse county board
of supervisors has appropriated $4,000
| for uniforms and supplies for the local
company.
Fond du Lac-To check the epidemic
| of scarlet fever prevalent here, the
board of health has ordered the clos
ing of the public library and all pub
lie schools and requested the closing
| of parochial, private and church
schools till Jan. IA. 1t also asks that
children be barred from all places OF
| amusement.
De Pere-W. r. Mathews, city
clerk, received cablegraLA from his
son, w. w. Mathews, stationed at
Scampton aviation field, Lincoln
England, stating that he had just made
his first flight of five hours without &C
cident. The young man enlisted II
the aviation service OF the United
States last summer
Madison-To stimulate county com
| petition as we'll as foster individual
excellence in grain exhibits, eight Wis
consin milling concerns in as many
counties, have offered special premi
ums to any farmer of their respective
| counties who win blue ribbons on Ger
tain specified kinds of grain shown al
the annual exhibition of the Wiscon
sin Agricultural Experiment associa
ton. Madison, Feb. 8-9.
Madison - Gov. Philip has fixeC
Feb. 10 as the date of the opening Oh
the special session of the legislature
The call will go out soon and will in
clude very few subjects. Gov. Phillip
has received suggestions enough fol
legislation to occupy the attention Of
the legislature for six months at least
He will, however, include only those
subjects which he believes to be neces
sary at this time.
Manitowoc Assemblyman Car
Hansen of this city, a leader In the
last session of the state legislature
| was found dead in his insurance Off
ces here from bullet fired through
his head. A revolver was found clasp
ed in his right hand. Mr.. Hansen has
been in i'll health since his return
from Madison Mr.. Hansen represent
ed the first district of Manitowoc coun
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