Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-31
WISCONSIN news
Important Events of the Week
i Around the Badger State.

fund on Sept 80 was $2,659, 1858, ac-
cording to the quarterly statement is
sued by Secretary of State Merlin
Hull. The balance June 80 was S.
391, 505.97.
The La Crosse Housing corporation,
organized to meet the need for homes
there because of the addition of sever
al new factories, broke ground for the
first three of rs houses which will be
erected this fall.
Cherry trees are in blossom in La
Crosse for second time this year.
in the yard of A. J. Miller. Straw
berries are ripening in city gardens
Fred Fillmer. Ettrick, picked five
quarts of ripe berries for the familys
Sunday strawberry shortcake.
Concordia Singing society, organ
lied in 1860. Sheboygan county's old
est musical organization, will cele-
brate it's sixtieth anniversary, Feb. 8,
1920 Plans have been made for Il
concert on that date Prof. Theodore
Winkler is director.
A night school is to be opened at
the Amigo high school building on
Nov A. Courses will be given in
bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting,
cooking, sewing, shop mathematics.
machine, drawing, cabinet making and
citizenship for foreigners.
painter at the mill of the Falls
Manufacturing Co., Oconto Falls. was
at work ON the 225foot smokestack,
when his graphing hook fell and
crashed through the roof. The watch
man, August Honschel, was struck by
the falling hook and was killed.
Gertrude Ryan, Argyle. is con-
WINGED that there is no place like her
southern Wisconsin home. Early in
September she went out to South Da
kota TO teach. She is back home. The
drinking water she could not stand or
get used to, SO she just had to come
back to her old Wisconsin home and
get good drink once more.
Residents of Kenosha along the
route of the motor bus feeders to the
it made its initial trip. Two busses
have been placed in service, one hav-
ing capacity Of sixteen persons. The
trucks carried fifteen passengers to
the street car terminal during their
first two and half hours in service.
Manitowoc's two public utility
plants water and electricity made
u profit OF $71,85498 during the fiscal
year ending June 80, according to the
report made by the utilities committee
of the city council to the state coni-
mission The water department, says
the report, netted 30,14640, while the
electric light plant shows a profit of
Sal .70S.5S.
Louis Ruehl, former detective for
the Milwaukee road, was put on trial
at La Crosse on a charge of man
slaughter for the death of Fred Zun
ker, an employe of the road, March
49, Mr. Ruehl was acquitted of
charge Of numbering j. B. Schomers,
who was with Bunker /. Mr.. Ruehl shot
both men. testifying that they at
tackled him.
The Beloit common council ap-
proved the establishment of munic-
ipal coal yard for sale of fuel to the
people at the lowest possible prices.
Mayor j. a. Janvrin was instructed to
mamie "A committee to devise ways and
means to put the project In operation.
Suggestions were also made as to hav-
ing a municipal market to cut down
the price OF f0Odstuffs.
That Mayor Baxter, Superior. has
not the legal power to cut either the
police or fire departments was the as
sertion made by Attorney w. p Craw-
ford. representing plaintiffs In man.
damus proceedings instituted by
twelve discharged policemen against
the city The attorney also accused
the mayor of not having acted in
good faith and that the cut was not
made as ii measure fOr economy, but
for personal reasons.
report by the Wisconsin indus
trial commission upon tho WORK OF the
public employment bureau in Milwau-
shows that $685. applications for
work were filed and that there were
IS. 1872 calls for help, 84.62S references
to positions, and 58,87S verified place
lnents In September. 1919. registra
ZION for help totaled 1859. calls for
men $3.50. number referred to posi-
tions 4,X79, and verified placements
4.439
MIS-. Howard Teasdale. Sparta,
wife of tho former state senator and
father Of many Wisconsin statutes ad-
vancing eugenics and TO suppress
vice, Is planning to attend the next
Worlds Wumen's Christian union
convention. which will be held In Lon
don, England, next April. She was
elected as delegate from Wisconsin
AT the recent state w. G. I u con
sention In Oshkosh. Mrs. Teasdale
also is state musical director OF the
w. G. T. u.
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