Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-05-02

Ine new Fort Atkinson city coun-
ell has decided to buy an automobile
truck for the use OF the fire depart
ment
Hubert Woltring, Grafton, II years,
died suddenly in the Catholic church
while attending mass. Heart disease
was the cause.
Katherine Swift, Darlington, teach
CT Of domestic science in the Brook
ings, S. d., schools, has accepted a
position with the Y NJ. C. A. organi-
dzation in France and will leave next
| month.
Seventy-five Manitowoc teachers
have been re-engaged for the year by
the school commission All have
been granted increases in salaries.
The minimum is $500 and the maxi
mum $4,000.
At a recent meeting OF the Rhine
lander school board it was voted to
increase the pay of the city teachers
SO that the minimum salary aOw
ranges from $40 to 500 per month,
over $50 to SIS, the old wage.
Apparently in good health early in
the morning, Otto Sievers, Kenosha,
| we'll known in labor and fraternal cir
cles, was taken i'll at 9 o'clock and at
8 O'Clock in the afternoon died at the
Isolation hospital of pneumonia.
Manitowoc is getting after Washers.
Police have been instructed to give
little consideration to offenders. Two
men who moleSted girls on the street
and followed them to their homes de-
spite protest were fined $55.43, after
pleading guilty to disorderly conduct
Robert Duncan, Green Bay, who
fought with the marines on the Marine
and Wiz was invalided home three
months ago, has been selected as one
OF the medal cross men stationed at
! Quantico, to tour with a trophy
team" in behalf Of the Victory loan
through Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Ken
lucky.
Garbage collection in Green Bay
this year is being handled under the
supervision of the city council. For
six months wagons handled by the
street department will collect refuse
from private homes at a cost of 49,
The charges are lower under the city
method than when handled by individ-
ual firms
Frank Dequaine, son of Postmaster
Duquaine, CrivitZ, one of Marinette
cOunty's manned heroes, has been
Obliged to submit to third operation
He is at Fort Smelling and his father
went there to be with him AS a re-
suit of wounds received during the
battle at Chateau-Thierry the young
soldier lost leg
Production of maple syrup in Onei-
da county this spring is estimated at
only about 80 per cent of that of pre-
yious years. There were only three
or four days on which there were good
runs Of sap and the season did not ex-
tend over three weeks. The slight
depth to which the ground was frozen,
and rainy, damp weather are held re-
sponsible.
Inc WOOu county IeIepnOne Co.
appealed to the railroad commission
for permission to raise Grand Rapids
rates. According to the company Of
ficials the rates must go up or the
company quit. The commission grant
ed permission to charge cents toll
on rural line to Rudolph, eight
miles north, and has taken the ques-
ton OF raising local rates under ad-
visement.
Entering an enemy trench alone
and capturing the entire garrison OF
eighteen soldiers won for David Les
sard of Door county Croix de Guerre
awarded by France. He is only 20
years old. He was wounded while
carrying a message to the front
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