Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-04-04
Badger State
Happening

instantly killed policeman Tony Pinga
| tore when he attempted to stop then
| after they had dynamited safe in thu
| and stole the contents estimated al
| $4,000. After binding and gaggins
Dan Miller, Waterman at the Brass
company factory. the robbers leisurely
dynamited the safe. Under threats OF
| death they ordered Gunard Hansen
| taxi driver, to drive to Chicago. Han
| sen claiming he was out Of gasoline
| drove to nearby garage from where
| he summoned Patrolman Pingatore
| who was shot three times DIS he APP
| preached the garage The bandits
| one of them driving the taxi, fed to
ward Chicago
Eau Claire Albert W. Mulett
preacher of the Pentecostal faith. was
| found guilty by jury for failing to
register for the draft last September
| but was released by Judge A. /. San
born. Tie reason given in the United
States district court was that since
Mulett had been in Jail since last fall
| had served the time which would BE-
| fixed as penalty. The preacher main
| tanned he had registered in Canada
| and could not pledge his support to
| two countries.
Bancroft--FDr the third time in the
| last several weeks the FLU ban has
| been placed in effect. Many of the
village residents are afflicted with the
disease and no public meetings are
permitted. The schools were closed
when more than half of the students
were absent because OF illness. The
quarantine will be maintained until
| health conditions materially improve.
kenOsha---H L.. Stein says he is the
owner of the smallest dog in the
world This distinction for kenosha
came with the advent of d toy black
and tan puppy which tipped the scales
at TWO ounces. The mother dog and
another pup died and the lightweight
champion survivor is taking his nOur,
| ishment from an eyedropper.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are that lumber
bills in this community will cut more
| lumber this year than in many years
past The Oconto river and its banks
are piled high with millions of feet of
| logs of the best hemlock hardwood
varieties, aud with the mills running
full blast 1t looks as though 5O.UO0, O00
| feet OF logs will be cut.
| GAINESVILLE Methodist ministers
| from Fl. Atkinson. Whitewater, Bcloit,
| Fall River, and GAINESVILLE, in confer
ence here, laid plans for the great
centenary movement of the Methodist
| Episcopal church. Bishop Charles
G.. Mitchell and NJ. C. Thomas, St
| Paul area campaign director. also at.
| tended the conference.
JanesVille ST i'atrick's Catholic
| church will erect a $4,000 parOchial
| school. Plans are being drawn. A
campaign to raise money is in prog
ress. The assessment plan is being
used With success The new building
will be two stories with basement and
central heating plant for the church,
school, and convent.
Malison-Fiy hundred shopmen of
| the Federal union voted TO strike with
| 1900 machinists who propose to go
out The vote was practically unani-
nous, and a telegram asking for per-
mission from the American Federation
| of Labor, with whom they are allied,
was sent to Frank p. Morrison, secre-
| tary, at Washington
WaukeSha--Ca college this sea
| son has a glee club that in two re-
| spects is record breaker for the
| school. The club is taking the long
est trip ever taken by club repre-
senting this school, and the standard
| of musical excellence has been at
| tanned is quite above that of previous
organizations.
Baraboo-Mr and Mrs Charles
Hirschinger, this city, celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary during
the past week Because of not being
in the best of health they passed the
day quietly The. aged couple have
been residents of this community
since they were married.
| Superior-When Max Loboch. ii To-
cal cattle buyer, was TO start on a
buying trip he found that $1,100 had
disappeared from his trousers pocket
during the night. Burglars had en-
tered the building. The money was
| drawn from the bank for paying the
! farmers for cattle.
| Peshtigo - Louis Willard, Jr., a
wireless operator in the radio corps,
writes his parents that he and a com
rade were the first American sailors
to enter Metz.
| anesville-Knocked to the ground
and dragged several feet by a heavy
locomotive, Mrs. Sena Jorgensen, aged
| u,onan extraordinarily acpannd death