Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-07-29
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lightning struck the house in which
Joseph S. Bresina, 81, Eau Claire
lives, and set fire to it. Bresina
slightly shocked, walked and asked
the clerk to turn in the fire alarm.
Just as he left the hotel he dropped
dead Heart disease due to the shock
and excitement is given as the cause
A quarrel ov>" the division Of 4C
gallons of moonshine in which blows
were exchanged and revolver usec
resulted in the. arrest of Frank Lem
ish and Joseph Golef, of Racine, the
confiscation of 40 gallons of liquor ano
three stills, fully equipped, with to
tai capacity of 100 gallons.
Preparations are being made in fed
eral court at Superior for the trial OF
Mrs. Caroline Kruger and her son
Louis who face charges of cOnspiring
against the United States during the
war as an aftermath of the famous
draft battle on the Kruger farm in
1918.
The number of child laborers under
16 employed in Wisconsin industries
will be reduced by half as result oil
amendments to the child labor or voca
tional school attendance laws made by
the legislature of this year. These
amendments place Wisconsin in the
rank of one of the foremost states OF
the union in dealing with the problem
of child labor.
Miss Emma Corby, Is, GAINESVILLE,
Wis, was instantly killed, when she
was struck by lightning bolt which
glanced off the screen door at the
home of Christ Yost, Arpin, near Wis
consin Rapids. The girl was seat
ed at the table when the accident
occurred. Mr.. Yost, Whe was sitting
next to her. holding baby in his
arms, was uninjured.
In 1920 and 1921 there was expended
or will be spent total of 100000
for new school buildings in Wisconsin,
according to figures compiled by G. S.
Van Auken, La Crosse, president of
the state board Of normal regents OF
this amount over $11,000,OO0 was ap-
propriated for new schools in cities of
the state and over 100000 for
schools in the villages and townships.
The records of sickness and death
kept by the Wisconsin state board of
health clearly indicate that whooping
cough ranks high as a child killer.
During 1920 281 lives in Wisconsin
were sacrificed to this preventable af-
lection. At the same time $500 cases
were reported to the state health au-
thorities, though this number repre-
sents but a fraction Of the cases that
actually OCCURRED.
Louis Lindberg is dead and Oliver
Hanson is in a hospital at La Crosse
seriously wounded as result of a
quarrel at farm near Melrose, Wis,
where both were employed, over
money that Hanson had lost. Hanson,
it is alleged, accused Lindberg: Ia
the quarrel that ensued Lindberg shot
Hanson TWICE. Two hours later sher-
ifs posse that was hunting for Lind
berg, found his body in a cornfeld.
He had shot himself through the head,
dying instantly.
W. F. Neisend, Manitowoc, for nine
years principal of the Mckinley
school here, has been appointed SUI
perintendent of schools at Nampa,
Idaho. Mr.. Neisend taught at Mani
towoc from 1911 to 1920, leaving last
year to become assistant superinten-
dent at Boise City, Idaho, at the school
headed by P. J. Zimmers, formerly of
this city. Nampa high school has an
enrolment of about 600 and among its
other schools has the largest elemen-
tary and junior high schools in the
northwest.
The potato trail through upper Wis
consin is to be the scene of an auto
mobile trip by potato growers and au-
thorities, Aug. ] to 8. The dates Of
this annual trip through the certified
potato fields of Wisconsin are an
nounced by J. G. Milward of the hort
cultural department of the University
of Wisconsin and secretary Of the
Wisconsin Potato Growers associa
ton. The itinerary of the excursion
is Oconto county, Aug. /; Marinette
county, Aug. 2; Forest and Oneida
counties, Aug. 3; Price and Rusk
counties, Aug. 4; Barron county, Aug.
8; Washburn at the spooner branch
station, Aug. 6.
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