Four officials seek posts as filing closes
Late filing closes July 27 as four candidates compete for treasurer current incumbents face no opposition on the Republican slate for several offices. Sheriff candidates include A V Simon John Mikyska and John Secombe with Island Lake and Ladysmith residents among contenders. Assembly seats see former lawmaker W V Miller Loaf picked by La Follette and D JSummerville as rival. Hellweg seeks senatorial district seat against Werden. Democrats skip primary voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Simon
John Mikyska
Dewey
John $. Secombe
Ladysmith
John N. Boldon
Island Lake
Dick Smith
Wm. Houpt
I. BE. Munroe
E. M. Worden
Register of Deeds
W. J. Kermott
Rusk County
W. V. Miller
la Follette
D. J. Summerville
Teachers' Course at Minimum Expense Explains Its Scope
The Rusk county teachers training tool issues a detailed circular explaining the scope and purpose of the educational institute. This school offers an affordable path for boys and girls to fit themselves for the teaching profession. prospective students should contact principal Mack Dresden for a copy of the (Ev y).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk County Teachers’ Training Tool
Mack Dresden
News-Budget Propaganda Print Run For Colonizing Co
Three thousand copies of the News Budget farm and front page were printed for the National Land Colonizing Co to distribute nationwide. The company aims to inform prospective settlers about conditions in Rusk County and reach men living elsewhere interested in land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Land Colonizing Co
United States
Rusk County
New Public Health Nursing Course Planned in Wisconsin
A state university will offer the only course in public health work for nurses next fall. Miss Florence Patterson, head of the nurses' training courses, says the program addresses a nationwide shortage with only one of eight requests being filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Florence Patterson
New School Planned for Dewey Area Settlers
A special election on Tony Tuesday approved a new schoolhouse to serve settlers east of the C. E. Goode farm in Dewey this fall. About a dozen school age children exist, with inquiries for an additional building at eight-mile corner near Dewey Flambeau Big Falls and Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
C. E. Goode
Tony
Dewey, Flambeau
Big Falls
Hubbard
Community Dance at Pioneer Schoolhouse in Cedar Rapids
A large party enjoyed a community dance at the Pioneer schoolhouse Cedar Rapids last Saturday evening. Dancers performed reels quadrilles polkas schottisches waltzes and two steps. Several attendees traveled from Ladysmith and Ingram. A fine time is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Cedar Rapids
Ladysmith
Ingram
Money Value of Home Service Work in Rusk County
Report from the Red Cross Home Service section details four months of aid to discharged service members and families. Totals include 2756.16 dollars brought into the county, 75000 dollars in government insurance, and help to 641 ex-service men plus three more families with benefits, bonuses, clothing, and records assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Section
Red Cross Chapter
Rusk County
Home Service
Wisconsin
Wm. F. Hazel
Warrensburg
New York
Wisconsin bankers tour Chippewa Sawyer counties for development
A Wisconsin bankers party led by Ben F. Faust of Eau Claire toured Chippewa Rusk and Sawyer counties Tuesday and Wednesday. They visited Conrath Lady Smith Ojibwa and discussed regional development with bank leaders J H Puelicher and others while staying at the Faust bungalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Rusk
Sawyer Counties
Ben F. Faust
Eau Claire
Holcombe
Conrath
Faust
J. H. Puelicher
Milwaukee
Ladysmith
Chippewa Valley
Ojibwa
Sawyer County
W. K. Coffin
Eau Claire National Bank
Marshall & Tisley Bank
J. H. Dagget
Land Department
Marshall & Ilsley Bank
A. J. Edminster
Holcombe State
Wisconsin National Guard Troop K Heads to Camp Douglas
Troop K from this city will depart next Monday for Camp Douglas to take part in the annual encampment. The unit will stay two weeks. Their horses were sent to the camp ten days earlier and a special train will transport the boys and their equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Douglas
Wisconsin National Guard
District Clerks Report Quiet Annual Submissions
School district clerks are filing annual reports to the county superintendent, with some presenting in person and others by mail. The superintendent's office experiences a calm period as the submissions proceed.
Scarlet fever cases reported in Ladysmith
The county nurse notes several scarlet fever cases in Ladysmith urging families health officers and physicians to cooperate to prevent further spread of the disease.
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Ladysmith
Summer Session in Rusk County Profitable for Teachers
The first and six week summer session of the Rusk county training school closes with savings to students estimated at over 2500 dollars. teachers gained professional knowledge while avoiding travel to distant normal schools. Girls engaged in manual training made items such as window lifts and footstools, with a long list of attending students by town and surname.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk County
Clear Lake
Laura Angell
Sirchwood
Margaret Bohnenkamp
Minnie Cyr Bruce
Laura Case
Hazel Deerwester
Ora Deerwester
Violet E. Stewart
Stella Shaw
Edna Brimmer
W. B. Graham
Laura Bollman
Conrath
Florence Cline
Apolonia
Catherina Conley
Susan Siglin
Marine-on-St. Croix
Minn
Jessie Grimsley
Hawkins
Mabel Harmon
Weyerhaeuser
Mabel Kanska
Cyrilla Mosher
Elsie Ste John
Ingram
Alma Kutt
Manilla Carlson
Tony
Emma Lybert Sheldon
Doris Wegner
Gertrude Weener
Ladysmith
Mary Bender
Hazel Blakeman
Clara Brewer
Ina Mae Carter
Edna Deihl
Gladys Deihl
Painter Martin Backen To Move His Four Children To Norway
Ladysmith artist Martin Backen plans to relocate with his four motherless children to Hemmar near Christiania Norway. He seeks the help of their grandparents to care for them, saying they will be better off under their grandparents care after Mrs Backens death left him with difficulties obtaining assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Backen
Ladysmith
Hemmar
Christiania
Norway
Mrs. Backen
Mr. Backen
Local and Personal News Roundup
Mrs. J. F. Cass and Mrs. George Manley head to Worthington Minnesota to visit Mrs. Cass daughter Grace Moss. G M Householder and wife join auto trip through the state with Country Gentleman writer Lovejoy. Several residents bought Ford touring cars this week. Ingram hospital site to be razed next week for houses near Fountain Campbell mill. PoolContractor oversees the work. Capt TI M Jones and Lt Gerald Maloney of Troop K WNG attend Camp Douglas encampment. Jones says Troop will spend two weeks in camp starting next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eisenach return from a long auto trip including International Falls Duluth Superior Ashland Neenah and more with companions, passing through Superior with Mrs Shafer and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Householder
Mr. Lovejoy
Country Gentleman
Folowing
Rev. C. H. Eekhoff
Ladysmith
EK. B. Fond
John Wrolstad
Hawkins
Bruce
Wovverhaeuser
Ingram
T. M. Thomas
Fountain-Campbell Mill
Pool
TI. M. Jones
Gerald Maloney
Camp Douglas
Jones
Charles Eisenach
International Falls
Minn
Otto Eisenach
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Neenah
Walter Shafer
Local Educator and Text Book Author Revealed
Prof B Mack Dresden principal of the Rusk county training school is an author of several educational texts. He is near completion of Rural Life Problems a work on rural life economics for teachers. Dresden has published Prussian System of Education Text Book in German Composition and Motor Training of Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Mack Dresden
Rusk County
Dresden
Fire Nipped Just In Time At R J Sands Hardware
A fire severely charred work benches and the tinshop area at R J Sands Hardware Co. Wednesday night. Chemical engine crews quickly controlled the blaze after arriving at the store. Fire started by spontaneous combustion of oily waste under a bench near the south end. Alarm came from McGill's cafe around 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Sands’ Hardware Co
McGill
Farmers Day at Conrath Highlights Local Agriculture Program
Conrath hosts Farmers Day with speakers from University of Wisconsin and local experts. County Agent Kolb brings delegations from Taylor County to hear about pig feeding experiments soy beans crop rotation and diverse demonstration plots at the Conrath Farm with a county allotment distribution expected around August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrath
Rusk County
Kolb
Taylor County
University of Wisconsin
F. B. Morrison
G. Briggs
Conrath Farm
G. C. Humphrey
E. J. Delwiche
Water Rates Hearing Postponed by Wisconsin Commission
The Wisconsin Railroad Commission postpones the public hearing on Ladysmith city council's water rate increase and moves the venue to Ladysmith City Hall. The hearing will now take place Wednesday August 11 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Ladysmith
Madison
No Accidents and Higher Pay Reward Safe Departments
The paper mill issued six month bonuses totaling over $400 to sixty two employees in departments with flawless six month safety records including No 2 paper machine room bleach plant machine shop railroad millwrights and pipe fitters. The plant adds automatic pumps and water bubblers to improve drinking water access and safety.
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Ladysmith
Peter Williamson Heads to Rudolph Wisconsin for Family Visit
Peter Williamson plans a car trip to Rudolph Wisconsin to visit his sister. This will be his first real vacation in seventeen years and relatives express hope he enjoys every minute of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Williamson
Rudolph
Wisconsin
Peter
Ladysmith social notes and local travel updates
Mrs Ed Kennedy and Miss Alice Kennedy expect arrival from Osceola tomorrow. Mrs Emil Peterson returned to Marshfield hospital for further treatment. The Ladysmith district adjourned annual school meeting will occur in the gym next Monday evening. P H Griffin and B E French families with Mrs O J Falge and F M Doyle spent Wednesday auto touring to Hayward. Mrs George Hanson came from Duluth to help with her father J F Cass while her mother visits Minnesota. Fifteen Ladysmith masons will take their 82nd degree at the Eau Claire Shriner convention August 28, with further attendance from the city. Dr and Mrs E W Day and children depart tomorrow on an automobile trip to Viola Bara bo Moline Ill and St Paul Minneapolis for their annual vacation. Chas A Aikens of Toledo Illinois plans to build a Ladysmith residence for Dr Stevens of Mattoon Illinois who will practice here. Two freight cars damaged on the Duluth line when a switch diverting to the siding caused a collision with a standing car near the freight depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kennedy
Alice Kennedy
Osceola
Emil Peterson
Marshfield
Ladysmith
P. H. Griffin
B. E. French
O. J. Falge
F. M. Doyle
Hayward
George Hanson
Duluth
J. F. Cass
Minnesota
Ladysmith Masons
Shriner’s
Eau Claire
Order
E. W. Day
Viola
Baraboo
Moline
Ill
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Real Estate Board Reports Farm Sales
The Rusk County Real Estate Board noted sales to new residents moving to farms in Rusk County. Edgerly of Wisconsin bought 30 acres near Tony. Witt of Wisconsin 40 acres near Ladysmith. Steafal of Minnesota 50 acres near Ladysmith. Holst of South Dakota on a partly improved tract near Ladysmith. Cummings of Minnesota near Exeland. Ladysmith Land & Cattle Co sold Waterman of Nebraska the old Prints Spacre farm six miles north of Bruce with small buildings and clearings.
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Rusk County Real Estate Board
Rusk County
BE. Edgerly
Wisconsin
Tony
Edw. J. Witt
Ims
Ladysmith
Charles Steafal
Minnesota
Hill & Sergent
John Holst
South Dakota
Albert Cummings
Exeland
Ladysmith Land & Cattle Co
Wm. Waterman
Nebraska
Expensive Echo in Murder Case Costs County
A. J. Shoemaker, circuit judge stenographer, billed Rusk County for a 1600 page transcript of the McCormick murder trial. The county taxpayers faced the bill as the transcript was presented for payment following the case proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk County
A.J. Shoemaker
SCOS
Fisherman Went Missing After Outing to Exeland Area
W D Rightmire of Kenosha arrived with his wife and son for a fishing trip and registered at the Baker hotel in Ladysmith. He left to fish toward Exeland, later seen in Rice Lake, but his car, a Packard, remained unfound. He has memory lapses from prior head injury and cannot recall exact locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Rightmire
Kenosha
Baker Hotel
Exeland
Baker
Lozier
Rice Lake
Mr. Baker
FE. H. Markham
Rhinelander
Rightmires
Ladysmith
Mr. Rightmire
Prentice
Hiles
Rightmire Grove
Cedar Rapids and Ingram district approve hot lunches and loan closets
At their annual meetings the Cedar Rapids and Ingram school districts voted to provide hot lunches for students and set aside funding for loan closets. The actions reflect a community effort to improve student welfare and accessibility to clothing and essentials.
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Cedar Rapids
Ingram
Muskie Fatality Drops Eau Claire Tailor
John Horrigan of Eau Claire, a partner of G Moe, collapsed and died of heart failure after landing a nine pound muskie on the Chippewa River near Wright's lodge, on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Horrigan
Eau Claire
G. Moe
Ladysmith
Chippewa River
Wright
New Cancelling Machine Installed at Ladysmith Post Office
The Ladysmith post office installed an improved cancelling machine that automatically cancels stamps on letters quickly saving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Thirteen-Inning Thriller As Ladysmith Defeats Rice Lake
In a classic 13 inning battle at the Ladysmith fairgrounds, Ladysmith edged Rice Lake 8 to 2 with Cayou and Mason strong on the mound. Donohue Finn and Rock delivered key hits as Ladysmith clinched the win and prepared to host Phillips next Sunday at the local park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Rice Lake
Cayou
Mason
McPherson
Rock
Mhereby
Samson
Leonhard
Perry
Mills
Mesang
Finn
Donohue
Ryan
Shell Lake
Phillips
Ladysmith Donohue
Sb O
Hamblin
Backus
Christianson
Sunenbanrete
Jacobson
Whitney
East Parasites
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Sawyer
Villa
Hagle Pass
Texas
Francisco Villa
Martines
Torreon
County Training School
George Manley
Worthington, Minn
Cass
Grace Moss
Paper Mill News
Hank DesJarlais
Real Estate Board
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