Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-09-06
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Holman of Bar
ron, died of infantile paralysis after
an illness of twenty-four hours.
Carl Chandler has sold The Blanch.
ardville Blade to D. R. kellogg, Reeds
burg, and w. T. McGuigan, foreman in
the plant for several years.
Carl Arthur Hart, Wausau, con
fessed deserter of the United States
army, has been taken by Detective
Schwister to an army post.
Representative Esch has announced
that he has succeeded in having unit
of the students army training corps
established at the La Crosse normal
school
Leonard t. Knosker, a resident of
Winnebago county for sixty-five years,
died in Oshkosh from paralysis after
an illness of ten hours. He was born
at Marion.
The Mystic Workers of the World,
Green Bay, obtained $3.50 for the Red
Cross from sale of silk hand-embrOi-
dered flag. The purchaser was the
Northern Paper Mills.
Mrs. Louise Diestelhorst, Plymouth,
recently celebrated her one hundred
and first birthday anniversary. She
is in good health and is the oldest res.
ident of Sheboygan county.
A. H. Grout, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, Wausau, for thirty-six
years and resident of Wausau since
1876, died of apoplexy. A widow and
two children survive.
While oiling the machinery in a
steam thrashing engine, John Naser
of Almena, near Brentwood, caught his
leg in the gearing. The bones of his
leg were so badly crushed that ampu-
tation of the leg was necessary.
A. T. Cook, flo rthe last two years
principal of the Ripon High school, re-
signed to take place as private in the
United States army, although he is ex
empt from service, as he has depend
ents.
Deputies of the department of JUS
tice sprung a surprise when they dep
utized members of Company G, Tenth
Infantry, Wisconsin state guard, and
other citizens to comb the visitors at
the county fair at Wausau for slackers.
Three hundred and eight men who did
not have their registration and class
ification cards were caught in the net.
The Wisconsin Dairy council, nom
stock organization to educate the pub
lie on dairy problems, promote the
dairy industry and improve marketing
conditions, filed articles of incorpora-
ton at Madison. c. n Norgord, COM
missioner of agriculture; George J.
Weigle, state dairy and food commits
sioner; Prof G.. Fl. Benkendorf and A.
G.. Glover are the incorporators.
Waupaca county has wheat acre
age this year which is fourteen times
the quota allotted to it by the food ad-
ministration, there being 2,455 acres
planted against 375 acres in 1917, and
the crop will be the largest ever known
in this county. The government asked
that $50 acres be added to the 1917
acreage but the loyal farmers went
much farther and planted 2,455 in
stead.
Eight hundred state officials and de-
partment employees will gather on the
lawn of the state capitol daily hereaf-
ter at SIS to sing ''The Star-Span-
gled Banner The idea originated with
Superintendent OF Public Property M.
F. Blumenfeld. Eight-thirty is the
hour for starting work in the state
house, but all occupants have agreed
to arrive fifteen minutes earlier to
join in the singing.
Through Dean Fl. L. Russell of the
college of agriculture the attention of
the State Council of Defense has been
called to a new chain letter circulat-
ing in Wisconsin and other states
which has for it's beneficiary the Red
Cross. The chain letter, no matter
what its purpose, is opposed by the
government departments having to do
with the raising of funds and citizens
are advised to decline to take part in
such undertakings.
The first gold service stars in May
will have been hung in adjoining
homes for boys whose deaths in bat
tie occurred about twenty-four hours
apart On Aug. q the parents of
Frank w. Bonau received war de-
partment message telling them that
their son had fallen in action on Aug.
g. Thirty-six hours later, the family of
A HI. Whereatt, neighbors of the
Bonau people, received word that
their son Walter, had met death on the
battlefield on Aug. 3.
Federal Judge A. L. Sanborn, Madi
son, sentenced ten persons charged
with furnishing liquor to soldiers to
imprisonment Nine others will be
tried within a few days on similar
charges Those sentenced are Antona
Corona, Madison; William Cramer,
Madison; Kenis SONNY, Phillips;
Edna Hill, GAINESVILLE; Mrs. Ruth
Glenn Terry, Poynette; David Altman,
La Crosse; Anton Ruiz, GAINESVILLE;
William Mosher, GAINESVILLE; Arthur
Mcintyre, Rockford; Mrs. Ida Hinkle.
Displays of foods and demonstra-
tions of the use of substitutes with