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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. George Cochran, 71, was found murdered in the front yard of her Grand Rapids home. She had been stabbed multiple times and bled heavily as would-be rescuers found her. Sheriff Hoolihan sent for bloodhounds. robbery seems unlikely as motive.
Waterloo Iowa Aug 18 A steer tramplied Philander Williams a fifty year old farmer living three miles from Laporte while he was separating cattle at a gate Williams suffered a broken breastbone three broken ribs and internal injuries Recovery is uncertain due to age and condition
In Livingston Montana a west bound freight train derailed an open switch wrecking a boarding car. Mrs M S Madison and her daughter Helen were seriously injured but expected to recover.
The long drought has ruined the corn crop hopes in Lower Brule South Dakota on August 18. Oats wheat and flax are good and hay is improved. Indian farmer John Grass Rope is credited with growing the county’s largest ears of corn and biggest potatoes shown so far.
James J. Hill of the Great Northern suffered a painful hand injury when his hand was caught in machinery while a chauffeur repaired an automobile near Duluth. The accident occurred Saturday as Hill and his daughter rode in the outskirts. The skin was torn from the back of his hand.
In Iowa Falls on August 18, Harry Ross aged sixteen attempted to board an east bound Illinois Central train. He fell under the car and had his foot cut off at the ankle. He received hospital treatment where amputation was performed.
Hatton North Dakota August 18 Toller L Solberg fifty four years old was killed when a binder driven by his son Elmer ran over him.
Huron South Dakota August 18 Joseph Dennison of Miles City Montana was arrested by Sheriff Young and taken to Aberdeen to answer to the charge of stealing his sweetheart watch and sixty dollars.
Arlington South Dakota August 18 Miss Lydia Mueller on her father’s farm near Kulm was dragged a quarter mile by the teeth of a hay rake she was driving.
A Black man who attacked a white woman was held in the Huntington lockup after deputies rushed him to safety from a hostile crowd of residents.
Ignatz Wandrack a 41 year old deaf mute of Cincinnati was struck and killed by an auto owned and driven by John J. Ryan turf man on the outskirts of Covington Kentucky.
A violent electrical storm struck Owatonna Minnesota early yesterday causing a hospital barn to burn down and a farm barn to be destroyed. Losses reach around 6000 dollars with cattle safe. High water on Straight River and Maple Creek damaged crops and lines across the area.
In St Paul on August 18 Mrs Fannie Dudovitz jumped from a burning home after her ten year old daughter Eva fled the scene with a two month old child left inside. J O'Connor rescued the infant as firefighters arrived to extinguish a blaze caused by a gasoline stove explosion. The mother sustained serious burns and was hospitalized.
Joseph Czaplewski, reportedly the second man linked to a Winona forgery series, was arrested a few miles below Homer. He is released on parole from the St. Cloud reformatory about a year ago and denies involvement.
Audit by the state board of control shows $444,573.49 in care costs for chronic insane patients in county hospitals with the state covering $342,063.84 and the counties $102,509.65. The report lists specific county totals for care and notes 4,300 patients averaged in county asylums last year with nationwide figures and allocations, including state at large patients.
More than 200 Norwegian singers from across northwestern Wisconsin will gather in Eau Claire for the Northwestern Wisconsin Choral union festival of the United Lutheran church on Aug 29 and 30. The Saturday session will handle business and officer elections. Sunday features a large concert at West Side United Norwegian Lutheran church directed by Prof. Andrew Anderson with Mme. Brunie performing. Officers include Rev. Granskou as president and Martin Krohg as secretary. Chippewa Falls is suggested as next year’s venue.
At the closing session of the Improved Order of Red Men Wisconsin convention in La Crosse, officers were elected including Great Prophet E. C. Raymond and Great Sachem Con Fiego. Other officers named were Great Senior Sagamore Charles Griffiths and Great Junior Sagamore Phil Smith along with J. J. Langdon as keeper of wampum and G. Holmes Daubner as representative to the great council. Trustees named were J. E. Buresch for three years and Clarence Carl for two. the next convention location will be decided later by officers.
Twenty guests at a Langford hotel were poisoned, many nearly dying, after eating canned vegetables. The entire hotel was turned into an emergency hospital as doctors worked through the night to save lives with no blame attached to the hotel.
In Marshalltown Iowa on August 18 Mrs Eliza Clark seventy a pioneer woman died after ten days in a comatose state following a tooth extraction. The pulling of the tooth caused a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain producing paralysis on the left side.
Hugh S. Evans longtime employee of the Boston & Montana Mining company was arrested in Butte as he stepped from an Oregon Short Line train. He faces charges of securing 400 dollars by forged checks drawn on the Boston & Montana company.
La Crosse Wis Aug 18 opening clam shells for shipment a pearl button factory J E Dornbach a clam fisherman near Homer found a white pearl perfect in color and nearly perfect in shape for which he has refused an offer of 500 dollars.
Lake Crystal Minnesota August 18 reports some threshing of grain with an uneven crop but overall fair yields. Farmers hope for warm dry weather to help the corn.
Burglars blew open the Frontenac cash store safe and cash register in Red Wing Minnesota but failed to find any cash. The August 18 report notes no money was taken. Local authorities investigated the break in at the Frontenac store.
Anglers in Mora Minnesota are enjoying peak sport on the Snake River with many records set for both number and weight of black bass. The championship remains undecided as fisher folks push for top honors.
Minot North Dakota August 18 a Soo Line brakeman injured while coupling cars lost his right arm and two fingers on his left hand in the accident at the yard
John Smith private banker and real estate dealer died after paralysis and apoplexy weeks after bankruptcy filings showing liabilities over 30000 and assets about 11000. Born in Holland he came to the United States in 1869 and lived in Depere since. he served 25 years on the school board and as mayor and alderman. He was 63. Survived by wife six sons two daughters a brother in Depere and a sister in Holland. Creditors from Holland are named in the notice.
The Elk Creek Evangelical church in Menomonie marked its fiftieth anniversary with former pastors leading services. Erected in 1877, the building has been remodeled in white and gold with new altar pulpit and baptismal font and a Thorvaldsen Christ replica enhancing the interior. The congregation is among the region’s wealthier ones.
Superintendent E W Walker of the Wisconsin school for the deaf at Delavan says the 1908 1909 term marks a new era with new large buildings including a 40000 dollar dormitory for girls. A high school department will open September 9 and the school now sits for college and university level work for the deaf of the state.
Humane authorities search for Mabel La Sarge's husband as Mrs La Sarge and three children linger in a derelict La Crosse hovel. The family, now cared for by officials, suffered severe neglect. a six weeks old boy died. Neighbors supplied food. husband remains missing.
Chris Bergland, eighty two, survived ten days in a forest hideout after a paralytic stroke. With no relatives in the country, he subsisted on ground corn cakes and water and was found near death before being taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Ashland.
An investigative report by John Stacey Den reveals mescal bean use among the Winnebago at the Black River Falls reservation. Congressman John J. Esch notes no law prohibits tribal possession or use of the drug. The practice is widespread, with religious sects forming around the bean as a chief medicine and producer of visions.
Labor unions and the Society of Equity announce a Labor Day celebration at Olinger’s Gardens Eau Claire on Sept 7 with a parade of unions, athletic entertainments, speeches by notable labor figures, and a musical program. An evening gathering at Jones Grove may follow.
Judge Swenson of the Menomonie probate court set aside the Mullen will in a case valued around 25000 dollars. The estate goes to S W Jackson guardian of the testator's insane daughter. An appeal to the circuit court will be pursued by legatee R D Crandall through Freeman Freeman and P B Clark.
Mayor A J Horlick declines to sign John O Jones paving Washington avenue contract valued over 60 thousand dollars. He notes Owen W Owen, named as a bond surety, once sufficient for half of 76300 but claimed only 300 in personal property years ago before the board of review. He asks Owen to schedule his property.
Axel Axelson of Chicago, 22, a seaman, lies dying at Madison city hospital after being injured last night while attempting to jump onto a moving freight train. The incident occurred in Madison, Wisconsin, where he was trying to board a freight train.
All Danish newspapers stopped publication indefinitely except a few Social Democratic papers due to a printers strike and resulting lockout. The action halted daily news across the country and disrupted press distribution.
David Starr Jordan of the international fish commission reports a discovery after visiting the Bayfield hatchery that Lake Superior whitefish differ in color and shape from Lake Erie whitefish. The Erie fish are pale silver on the back, while Superior fish resemble Labrador stock. He notes Erie offers a warmer, shallower spawning ground and richer fish abundance than cold deep Lake Superior.
Miss Caroline M. Hunt head of home economics and her assistant Miss E A Huntington resign after the department moves from the college of letters and science to the agricultural college at the state university. Hunt takes a New York job and Huntington plans postgraduate work at Cornell. Some coeds allegedly used the course as an easy filler. the move aims to make the program more practical.
Lumber companies in Couderay expect to cut only about 40 percent of normal this year due to weak demand. Some firms will log nothing, as they have ample stock for next year. 9,000,000 feet of last year’s logs near Winter will head to Eau Claire mills when needed, but no rush is seen for camps opening this month or September.
Jake Geigher who caused a city wide alarm by claiming his sister was murdered and the killer barricaded in a house has been declared sane by doctors after examinations. The episode was attributed to temporary insanity rather than criminal intent.
Assistant dairy and food inspector lL Aderholt cracks down on dirty sanitation at Manitowoc County cheesemakers and farmers. He takes prosecutions at about one per day with guilty pleas and a $25 fine plus costs.
Rhinelander is described as lively with major construction. City hall costs 25000, a hose house 6000, a county courthouse contract near 100000, fifteen blocks of streets macadamized, extensions to water sewer and gas mains, and many private homes rising. Traveling salesmen report a bustling growth atmosphere.
Supt George W Swartz overhauls high school curriculum to emphasize the Three R s and extend to a five year program. The plan aims to allow longer study in English and help younger or slower students complete requirements.
Chippewa Falls Sugar officials completing a field tour in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota say this season's beet acres total about 3500 with an estimated yield near 30000 tons.
Orville D. Baker of Augusta Maine former Maine attorney general died suddenly at Small Point Maine from heart failure at age sixty.
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