Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-04-26

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Neenah has gained 1901 in popula-
ton in the last nine years according
to a recent census. The total popula-
ton of this city is now 6,S25.
The Rev. w. H. Gould, pastor of the
First Universalist church, Wausau, for
the last six years, has resigned on &C
count of i'll health. He will leave on
July /.
Adolph Pfister, vice-president OF the
Bank of Sheboygan, received word
that his son, Lieut. Frederick Pfste",
has arrived in France with Automobile
Repair unit No. 313.
| The second gold star has appeared
in the Beloit service flag. John Rap
/ ralOs, one of the drafted men who
went to Fort Stevens, Ore, Oh April
6, is dead.
| Lew f. Porter, who supervised the
building of the new state capitol, died
at his country home near Madison.
Mr. Potter was IS years old. He had
been out of health for two years.
| For the first time since the war be-
| gan Washburn county will be called
upon to furnish men for the National
army on April 26. The quota for the
county is twelve men.
A telegram was received at Ocono-
mowoc, announcing the death OF En-
sign Lloyd A. Perry, United States
naval reserve. He died as result OF
a seaplane accident in France on April
IL.
The st. Croix River Boom company,
Grantsburg, has a sawmill on the st.
Croix river converting dead heads
into good marketable lumber. 1t is
estimated that 100,000,000 feet OF
sunken logs will be recovered.
Paul Kraft of Nekoosa was paroled
by Judge Parke in circuit court until
July Is, on condition that he would
say no word against the United States
and work steadily at his job in the
mill.
Thirty students of the Appleton high
school left to work on farms in vari-
Gus parts of the country. Most OF
them have procured work on farms
nearby, but some have gone as far as
| MenOmoniee, Mich.
Special prayers for the recovery OF
the wounded members of Company b.,
One Hundred Fiftieth Machine Gun
battalion in France were offered IN
practically all of the Fond du Lac
churches on Sunday
Fred. F. Finn, formerly an officer in
| Company G was leading Fond du
Lac company in the recent battle in
which thirty-six Wisconsin soldiers
were injured, according to reports re-
ceived.
| A Calumet county farmer is respon-
sible fol the statement that all the
| winter wheat in that part of the coun-
try has been killed by the frosts and
that much damage has also been done
| to the clover crop.
Lawrence college has established an
annual oratorical and extempore speak
insr contest which will be held here
for the first time Friday, May 10. The
contest will be held in the interest Of
all high school students of the state.
The Headquarters company, One
hundred and Twentieth field artillery,
formerly Troop M, First Wisconsin
cavalry, organized in Sheboygan, has
arrived safe in France, according to
kilograms received by relatives of the
men.
At meeting held April Ii the Grand
Rapids school board selected out OF
seventy-one applicants, e. G. Doudna
of Eau Claire as superintendent OF
schools to succeedC w. Schwede, who
has filled the position for ten years.
Mr.. Schwede's resignation was for the
purpose of pursuing special studies in
the East.
The Campfire Girls of Onawa camp,
Sheboygan, have rendered their sery-
ices to the public to run errands, care
for children, serve at dinners and do
dishwashing and mending. They
charge Is cents per hour and give all
the money thus earned to the Red
Cross, Y. M. C. A., or any other patri
otto causes for which money is asked
Joseph W. LIE Fevre, of Kaukauna
has offered the United States war de-
partment as present his famous car
rier pigeons. The offer was refused as
the government rules prohibit the ac-
ceptance of even such valuable and
needed birds as carrier pigeons. The
government has offered 81 pair fol
"squeakers", as the very young pigeons
are called.
Plans have been completed for the
1918 Wisconsin State Fair ard Expo
sition, to be held at Milwaukee or
Sept. 9 to IA, inclusive, and 10000 pre-
MUM books have been sent to pros
pective exhibitors = breeders, agricul
turists, horticulturists, farm women
dairymen, poultrymen. boys and girls
clubs and others. Again, this great
exposition will be a war aid to the
federal government, which will be rep
resented by an immense exhibit pre-
: pared by the U. S. Department o.
Agriculture and another prepared un
: der the direction of Herbert Hoover
u. S. Food Administrator. Secretary
| that thf