Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-04-30


Y A tannery plant to cost $2.O0O.OOO
to replace the Badger State tannery
recently destroyed by fire, will be
erected at Sheboygan by the Armour
Leather company. The contract has
been let.
Plans have been approved at Mani
towoc for a ten family apartment
house to be erected on the north side,
in the residential district 1t will be
the first large apartment house to De
constructed there.
William T. Darling, for many years
superintendent of the Florence
schools, has been named city superln-
tendent of schools of Eau Claire. Dur
ing the last few years he has been To-
Gated in Two Rivers.
Arthur Taylor, owner of the Rhine
lander Bottling works, has become
candy manufacturer. The Oneida
Candy company has just been organ
lied He expects to manufacture all
kinds of bulk and package candy
The North American Steamship
company's steamer Peter Reiss ar
rived in Sheboygan with the first
cargo of coal brought there this sea-
son. 1t consists of 10000 tons OF
bituminous coal loaded at Huron, o.
Sidney Wright, a we'll known team
ing contractor, was kicked and tram
pied to death by one of his horses at
Rhinelander Mr.. Wright had entered
tie stall to put a bride on the horse,
and was found some time later fatally
injured. He died few hours later
Melvin 7. Solve, Rice Lake, has
been awarded a travelling fellowship
in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, by
the American Scandinavian foundation
at New York city. Solve, with IL
other students who have received SIM
liar awards, will sail soon from New
York
Missing for sixteen years and be-
lieved to be dead, Elmer Osgard gave
his mother, Mrs. A. Bartholomew, a
shock when he appeared at her home
at Onalaska. He ran away from home
and joined the circus. He is now
known &C Capt. White in show circles
and is said to be one of the greatest
fish imitators known.
Frank Peters, 10, claims to have
ing near his home in the Town of
Newbold One Of the bullets passed
through his coat and shirt over the
heart Frank Griffith, neighbor was
accused by Peters as being responsible
for the shooting and a warrant was
issued for Griffith's arrest.
Building operations were almost
suspended at La Crosse due to the
sympathetic strike of building trades
men. Contractors have refused to
recognize the new hodcarriers' union.
Some 200 brewery workers who de-
cIared a strike some time ago are still
out The open shop idea has been
proclaimed by many employers.
A months search participated in by
the police of three states ended when
Anton Lucksinger, TO- wealthy farmer
near Beloit. was located in the Pres
byterian hospital in Chicago. When
he disappeared March l he carried
$500 on his person and it was feared
that he had met with foul play. He
wrote his family that he had under
gone serious operation on his throat.
Manitowoc Aerie No. 6S7, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, promises to make the
biggest showing in the history of the
order at the Oshkosh convention. The
present plans call for a marching club
OF more than 400 and it is hoped TO
increase this to 500. Uniforms have
already been ordered and the mem
bers are drilling under ex-seryice off
kosh, June to 10.
Lewis P. Mosher, 81 years old, was
granted a divorce from Margaret
Mosher, 40 years old, by Judge Agnew
at Waukesha. They were married in
1916. The plaintiff told the court that
Mrs Mosher had chased him about
the place with a pitchfork. Religious
differences cropped into their married
life Nh Mosher said. The defendant
was awarded $4,000 of the $4,000 es-
tate of her husband.
The report of the industrial com
mission upon the work of the state
free employment offices during the
month of March, shows that registra
tons exceeded those of last year by
l per cent, calls for help IS per cent
and placements by Is per cent. There
were registered at the IL employment
offices 1860 applicants, and calls for
14,71S men and women. Of the 1888
referred to positions, 1906 reported
back as hired.
Every high school in the state OF
Wisconsin will have chance to send
a track team, large or small, to the
annual interscholastic track meet
which will be held at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison on May %
| The meet this year will be divided
| into two classes, "a" and "B", class
AZ being for the larger schools and
class "B" for the smaller ones. There
will be separate races and separate
prizes for every event in the two
classes. High school athletes taking
part in the meet will be entertained