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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
8
The column lists numerous visits and travels including August Meyer ill, Nellie Wightman visiting Bruce, John Hein from Tony traveling to Neillsville, A M Rosenquist on business, and Mrs E W Hill visiting Apollonia. Hats sale at Mrs Schug July 1 2 3. Fraser family moving to Montana. ties to local trades, surveys, and insurance ads.
Special correspondence highlights community events in Hawkins and nearby towns. Mentions include planned Fourth of July celebrations at Kennan, a Woodmen picnic on August 29, a new Hawkins newspaper The Reporter by July 1, and social gatherings at dances and hall events.
Special correspondence notes regular appointments in the Sergeant Cox and Roy school houses. Archie Shult sustains a serious wrist cut at Lacy's mill. Olaf Oleson and wife visit from Moses farm to Sheldon. Sam Wright travels from Flambeau to meet a sister arriving by train. Ground clearing for a new Sheldon school site begins this week, awarded to the lowest bidder. Milo Bells mill runs as weather permits. Community debates appointing a town road commissioner. County Supt Mackin visits Stoessel school. Work is plentiful with fair wages, but graft and rings cloud prospects.
Sunday school attendance was high with many from Ladysmith and Bruce enjoying a lake outing. Visitors from Apollonia stayed at the Bates home. Grandma Young recovered from a brief illness. Homer Reed returned from work. David Wilson cut his foot. Wm. Post added a barn extension for W. H. Davis. Allie Reed returned from Sedro Woolley. Mary Wilson has measles. Wesley and Mrs. Jones visited Collins. Messmer and Post visited Mrs. Collins. Hultz and Crowe visited Mrs. DeVoe. Leslie Collins attended a sacred concert. DeVoe visited Collins. Chas. Stoda bought a horse and buggy. Zilihart cleared sixteen acres. a bowery is being built for Mr. Natur's grave for the Fourth.
M. D. Moorhead is laying a foundation and making improvements on his house. Mrs. C. A. Paul has a sister visiting from southern Iowa. N. Stanton returned Sunday from a visit with his father. Mr. Breitencamp of Webster City, Iowa, is staying with Moorhead and praises the country’s looks.
Rev. Mr. Franklin will hold a regular appointment on Sunday, July 5. Mrs. A B Compton is ill again. Messrs Stubbs and Erickson visited from Weyerhauser to discuss a telephone line project. Enough took phones to justify the effort. Harry and Wells McCart dig, draw, and set poles. Mr Stevens from Eau Claire visited uncle S S Fulton and family. Will Vansoelen began work at Beldenville earlier in the week.
Mrs L Gordon remains very poorly. John Siglin and Ernest Doughty visited Mr McCart's in the New Hutchinson settlement Monday. Attended a pleasant social Friday night. John Kepner Ernest Doughty Lloyd and Lynn Hayden camping about thirteen miles up the logging road for a few days. Esther Martindale reported out of danger. Ladies' Aid to meet with Mrs J B Hendrickson this week. August Anderson cut his foot badly in camp Monday. Er W Hill made a business call between trains Monday. Mrs J Larson and two sons left for Idaho Monday noon. Master St Otis left for Minneapolis Monday. Mrs Bosteoder improving. Ada Doughty on sick list. Kate McLeod and Lizzie Gibson left for Minneapolis Monday.
Bruce News Letter reports Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Frykberg and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith entertained friends Friday evening June 12 at Frykberg home. The first poles for the electric light plant were unloaded here Tuesday. Paint work begins at fair grounds for September event. George F. Harrington and Pete Moller open a Pantorium. Webster Dyer leaves News Letter office after over a year to depart for Colfax.
Glen Flora Star reports Lee Van Patter plans a large barn while John Edming builds a 26 by 78 foot barn southeast of town. A creamery starts this week with A N Durgin as butter maker and a cream hauling plan. H O Bye wins a stone arch bridge contract south of Tony, mirroring regional use of the design in Prentice and Catawba for durability and cost parity with steel. Two steel bridges were let last Friday to Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co with Hl O Bye handling abutments near J C Riegel and W Bell farms.
Mrs. Wm. Yankee remains very ill. John Gill and Nels Omark start work on new homes. Chas. Leaf travels to California to buy a farm. Phil Christman Sr. heads to Loyal to manage the stave factory. A special town meeting is set for the 29th to vote on herd law. School Board met and hired Livingston as principal and Currie, Thue, and Welpton as teachers.
An adventurer attempted to force entry at Rev J F Franklin's Bruce Mon home while the resident was away. Mrs Franklin alerted the marshal by phone and two young men stood guard. After the intruder reappeared they fired through the door but captured no trace. A later search found nothing. A separate notice advertises millinery at Mrs Schug's July 1 2 3.
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