Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-04-02
The new town Of rripier, Florence

Two stores of Tomah have opened
fight on the mail order houses. One
large store advertises each week it's
prices on groceries and dry goods COM
pared to the mail order prices.
An increase in pay for firemen and
policemen from 500 to $110 per month
and of chiefs of the two departments
from $135 to $145 per month was au-
thorized by the Neenah city council.
The 2 year old son of Anton
Mittl of Racine was scalded to
death when he plunged into basin OF
boiling water, which his mother had
placed on the floor preparatory to
scrubbing.
First choice Of songs written in
commemoration of Manitowoc's fifth
eth birthday was awarded to Miss 5.
F. Kintz, known as Sister Florence at
the Holy Family hospital there. The
Esong is entitled "Manitowoc."
Fond du Lac is to have great
power plant in the near future to be
built by the Eastern Wisconsin Rail
way and Light company A $1,20O,OOO
bond issue has been authorized by the
company to defray the costs of the
plant.
Dynamite caps picked up and
thrown into the stove, ito discover
what was in them led to an explosion
that seriously injured Stanley Lewan-
dowski, 20, and less seriously injured
his brothers, Michael, Z, and Charles,
5, at Racine.
Carlo Berlanda, an alleged deserter,
was arrested at the Windsor mine by
A. A. Schafer, chief of police of Hur-
ley. Corp. James Chastian took the
prisoner to Fort Smelling. 1t is al
legged Berlanda has evaded capture
during two years.
The decision of the state supreme
court in ordering new trial for
George E. Hamilton, found guilty and
sentenced to serve a life term for the
murder of Edward B. Warner at Ra-
cine, because it was held that the evi.
dence on which he was convicted was
insufficient will result in the freedom
of Hamilton, it is believed.
The pure-bred Holstein, Maple,
which led all COWS in the monthly re-
port Of the Dunn County Cow Testing
Association No. recently, with rec
ord of 1913 pounds of butterfat in
thirty days, has now produced $500
pounds of milk in twelve straight
weeks Maple is owned by Frank
ellis, dairyman, east of Glenwood City.
After being out three weeks, 200
employees of the Republic Box Co. at
Marinette went back to work. A dis
pute over the manner in which the
wage schedule was distributed led to
the strike. The company refused to
sign a document formally recognizing
the union, but a verbal agreement in
the presence of a neutral witness
was affected.
Trustees of Christian EndeavOr
academy of Endeavor announced that
a fund raising campaign will start at
once to assure $4,000 Of which $40,
900 is for immediate use in building and
equipment and the remaining 100000
as an endowment Friends and alum
nj Of the institution throughout the
state have assured the trustees OF
hearty support.
Orders on automobile lights have
been adopted by the industrial COM
mission and will become effective on
May l. Standards prescribed by the
commission will apply to all motor We
hicles. both while driven upon the
highways and while parked. Informa
ton on the new orders adopted will
be issued by the commission before
May l.
Warren D. Parker, prominent in
Wisconsin educational circles and
cousin of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Wis
consin poet, died at his home in Pasa
dena, Calf, at the age of 81. Mr.
Parker served as superinten Of
schools in GAINESVILLE, president of the
River Falls Normal, state inspector of
high schools, and secretary of the
board of normal regents. In 1914, he
collected and exhibited at the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition the educa.
tional materials of Wisconsin.
Wrecking of passenger train was
:: averted by George Radtke, Appleton,
who discovered broken rail with 18
inches of steel missing, while walking
| along the Chicago and Northwestern
tracks between Appleton and Kim
berly. The train was due to pass in
fifteen minutes and Radtke started
running toward Appleton prepared to
flag the train. He met farmer who
telephoned to Appleton. The message
reached the depot just as the train
was leaving. A repair crew was sent
out to put in new rail.
Mrs. HI. L. Taylor, wife. of a La
Crosse real estate dealer, is in a di.
lena. When the census enumera
tors made their rounds, Mr. Taylor
was informed that his wife could not
be counted as a resident of La Crosse
because she was teaching school at
Blue Earth, MINI. The enumerator
who called on Mrs TAYLOR in Blue