Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-10-06
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Lawrence, year old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrie Pautsch of GAINESVILLE, was
burned to death when fire destroyed
the Pautsch home in which he had
: been locked up alone while Mrs.
Pautsch was shopping.
Never before in all the history OF
Grant county has there been such an
abundance of nuts, of all varieties as
are found in the woods along the Big
and little Platte rivers and their tr1b-
utaries.
William Lueckel, employed by the
Interlake Pulp and Paper company,
Appleton, was painfully burned when
he fell into molten sulphur which had
overfiowed from a vat. He will re-
cover. @~~x
Although they live in the same
state, Judge Griff Thomas, Of Hurley,
and his brother, George Thomas, Clear
Lake, have not had visit in SO years
until last week when George drove to
Hurley to visit his brother.
The Rev. Father francis Xavier, for
six years pastor of st. Joseph's
church in Walsh, Marinette county,
with Miles as a mission, has been
transferred to Gresham, by Rt. Rev.
Bishop Paul Rhode of Green Bay.
Howard, Is months old son of H. ].
Linstad, Walsh, Marinette county,
choked to death while playing The
child was eating a raw rutabaga and
while running in the yard stumbled
and fell. A piece of the vegetable
lodged in his throat.
Shortly after he arrested two intoxi-
Gated men found lettering in an alley,
Joseph Linnen, 81, night Waterman at
Waupun, was stricken with paralysis
and died three hours later. His death
occurred on the thirty-fourth anniver-
sary of his wedding.
Valentine Faber, Oshkosh, his wife
and two daughters, narrowly escaped
automobile was struck by switch
engine on the Milwaukee railroad and
dragged 70 feet The car remained
upright, however. Faber said he did
not see the fiagman at the corner.
L. Kevill Larsen, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. P Larsen, of Neenah, gradu-
ate of Neenah high school and
Lawrence college, left for England,
where, at Oxford university, he will
study the coming three years, under
q Rhodes scholarship which he was
recently awarded.
That prairie chickens are NOR.
plentiful in Wisconsin this year than
for many years past is the belief of
state conservation officials, Madison,
upon receipt Of reports from all parts
of the state. A large majority of the
hunters have been successful in get
ting their bag limit OF Ave each day.
Echoes of the severe sleet storm
that swept Wisconsin last winter are
still heard by the state railroad COM
mission, in the form of telephone COM
pany applications for increased rates.
The Mattison and Manawa telephone
companies, the Eden Telephone Co.
and the New Lisbon Telephone Co.
are applying for rate raises and have
hearings scheduled before the COM
mission. All of these concerns were
affected by the storm.
The 1888 grade crossings in Wis
consin claimed toll of 43 deaths and
172 injured during the fiscal year end
Ing July 1, according to G. M Larson,
Of the state railroad commission. In
making his report, Mr.. Larson de-
clared that it now appeared that the
majority of grade crossing accidents
are more directly due to the amount Of
traffic on the highways and railroads
rather than to the dangerousness of
any given crossing.
Financial budgets of the University
of Wisconsin and of the nine Wiscon-
sin normal schools are being drawn
up for submission to the state board
or GQuCdLlOn anu the StdC0 DOdrQ Oh
public affairs for approval before re-
quests for money are placed before
the 1923 legislature Requests of the
higher educational institutions for
funds are expected to total approx
mately s8,50o,0o0 annually, or $4,000
900 for the next biennium. The 1891
legislature authorized expenditures Of
$4,000 900, which excluded practically
all construction projects.
The Wisconsin Supreme court has
granted the application of the state
democratic party committee for an
immediate hearing on applications of
that party for writ Of mandamus
against the secretary of state order
ing the placing of The democratic
candidates for state offices in the
official democratic column of the Nov
election ballot A decision is ex-
pected by the high court by Oct TO-
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