County Board Votes to Fund Road Building and Training School
County supervisors met in a special session with all members present electing A. F. Hein chairman. They debated road construction funding, approved a two mill tax for roads and bridges, and authorized a $10,900 appropriation to erect a Training School building to be financed by a loan from the school fund. The board also reviewed requests for county road improvements and bridge aid from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Supervisors
A. F. Hein
Hein
Miller
Pederson
Blank
L. E. McGill
Eagle Eye
W.O. Hotchkiss
Geological Survey
Pro
County Road and Bridge Fund
City of
Ladysmith
W. V. Miller
C. A. Coon
J. A. Boyer
Training School Board
Conrath
Faust Land Co
Big Bend
Prue
Erne
Ceeccuen
Washington
Hawkins
Willard
Marshall
Stubbs
Strickland
Dewey
Grow
High School Notes A Busy Week At Local School
Students face eighth month exams this week as assemblies discuss baseball challenges. Fred True drives past after four with a noisy car while a piano debuts in Miss Whiting's room. The operetta Golden Hair and the Three Bears is set for May 18 under Miss Harney and a new high school orchestra is organized by Phil Leveille and Earl Cardinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred True
Three Bears
Phil Leveille
Earl Cardinal
Golden Hair and the Bears opens in Lady Smith
The operetta Golden Hair and the Bears directed by Miss Mabel Harney plays at the opera house Friday and Saturday May 13 and 14 with a Saturday matinee for children. About fifty performers participate and costumes for the Bears Bard and Queen are rented. Local attendance is urged to support children’s entertainment.
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Golden Hair
The
Mabel Harney
Opera House
Miss Harney
Bard
Queen
Ladysmith
Electrician Guy Hill Visits Home From Navy
Guy Hill a first class electrician in the U S S Idaho arrived Tuesday for a short visit with his parents Mr and Mrs E W Hill He enlisted nearly three years ago in the electrical department and has shown rapid promotion He plans to leave the Navy after about a year and this is his first trip home since enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hill
U. S. S. Idaho
E. W. Hill
Guy
Navy
Compromise Reaches Six Evening Closings For July August
The Woman's Club proposal to close stores at 6 p.m. until November faced merchant objections but this week was settled with an agreement to close evenings in July and August excluding Wednesdays, Saturdays, and pay-days. The club hopes the plan will extend beyond August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Daniellson matriarch dies. long-time community ties endure
Mrs Daniellson mother of Mrs Thomas Gunderson died at her daughter’s home Friday April 29 at age 66. Funeral at Lutheran church Sunday with Rev Olaf Hill and Riverside cemetery interment. Modern Woodmen receive new rituals to be used by Ladysmith Camp at upcoming meeting. Robi Corbett duo visited Minneapolis for daughters. Ray Filmore recovers from hospital operation. Andy Miles buys a farm near Ladysmith. family to move after school ends. August Feist Dressel and Miller return from homestead filings in northwestern South Dakota. Mrs John Young travels to Sleepy Eye after mother’s death. funeral attended. W O King family return home after daughter’s death. others accompany Brownell girl home.
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Robi. Corbett
Minneapolis
Ray Filmore
Andy Miles
Chetek
Ladysmith
August Feist
P. Dressel
C. F. Miller
South Dakota
John Young
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Mr. Young
W. O. King
T. E. Brownell
Quinn, S. Oak
Bliss
Brownell
Farmers urged to promote Rusk County at the fair
Tom Foster, president of the Fair Association, urges northern Wisconsin farmers to showcase clovers and timothy and dairy products at state fairs. He cites past county exhibits with superior barley potatoes apples and grasses and argues broad promotion will boost local wealth, factories, and prosperity for Rusk County.
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Wisconsin
Rusk County
A. D. Campbell
North America
Rusk
Chippewa
America
Canada
Winnipeg
Rockies
Isaiah
Tom Foster
Fair Association
Lee's Department Store Ad Listing Everyday Provisions
A compact sale listing notes items such as Gold Medal Flour, Calumet Soap five pounds, prunes in five pound jars, jelly, and a bushel of potatoes. The fragment hints at a general grocery and household goods promotion from a department store catalog.
Census Enumerators Need Help Counting Ladysmith
The census enumerator for Ladysmith will finish soon and asks residents to report any missed persons. The official five year population count counts everyone eligible, including movers, absentees, and visitors. Notify D. H. Richards or call News- Budget with names and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
D. H. Richards
News- Budget Office
County road bond meeting attracts crowd at court house
The Tuesday meeting at the court house on road matters drew a fair attendance. W O Hotchkiss of the State Geological Survey spoke on voting bonds to fund road construction and urged towns to vote bonds, noting no county had done so yet. Ben Faust of Eau Claire presided.
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Court House
W. O. Hotchkiss
State Geological Survey
Ben Faust
Eau Claire
Mother's Day Observance Suggested As A Gentle Tribute
The piece urges a nationwide observance of Mother's Day on Sunday May 8 as a day to honor mothers. It advises writing a loving letter to one's mother if she is living, wearing a white flower such as a carnation, and attending church services, noting the tradition originated in America and has spread globally.
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America
Three Bears at the Opera House This Weekend
Three Bears will be presented at the opera house Friday and Saturday evenings May 13 and 14. Tickets on sale at usual places. Admission 25 cents, reserved seats 35 cents, matinee Saturday afternoon, children 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Bears
Opera House
Notice of Hats At Mrs Shumway Home
After May 8th Mrs Shumway will have at her home No 215 8th St East a fine line of ladies misses and childrens trimmed hats A share of the public patronage is solicited.
Want Ads for Cattle and Horses Pastured
Pasture ads offer cattle or horses for seasonal or monthly pasturing. Listings include Early Ohio seed potatoes at 35 cents per bushel and miscellaneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Goocher
A. M. Rosenquist
Beati tude of a Mother Sermon at Church
Weekly church notices invite Congregationalists to Bible school worship and Y P S C E services with a Mother’s Day program next Sunday. Men wear white flowers to honor mothers and flowers funded via the white carnation fund will be distributed to mothers or donors. Flowers ordered through Mr E H Miller. Evening topic Old-time Character. All are invited. Cons H Sanders, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Carnation Fund
E. H. Miller
Ladysmith Furniture Co
Cons
H. Sanders
Willing Workers Meet and Church Services at Baptist Church
Lord's day services include Bible school at 10, preaching at 11 and 7 30 with topics The Unruly Member and A Preacher who ran away from his Duty. Christian Endeavor Junior at 3 and Senior at 7 with Training Class at 7 45 Thursday. Mrs Hutchins hosts May 13 meeting. all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Sunday services and events at local church
Sunday School next Sunday at 10 o clock with preaching at 11 am and 730 pm. Morning sermon Man Traps. evening Gods Planting Arbor Day. Junior Epworth League 2 pm Epworth League 7 pm. Prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm. Ladies Aid meets May 11 at Mrs Cary Noble's. Catholic ladies meet with Mart Wenner on May 12. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
J. E. Watson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cary Noble
Ladies of the
Catholic Church
Mart Wenner
May 9 and 10 at Opera House show bill
The program features Poluhni the Hindoo Mystic with his blindfolded route drive, Glen Phillips the boy wonder, Hilda Ambrose, Ideal Swiss Bell Ringers, moving pictures and illustrated songs, magic and illusions. Admission is 10 for children, 25 for adults, 35 for reserved seats with one free lady per reserved ticket.
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Poluhni
Glen Phillips
Hilda Ambrose
Ladysmith Ladies Take Second and Third in Stanley Contest
In the first annual declamatory contest at Stanley on April 29, Ladysmith entries Miss Frances Manning and Miss Erma Miller won second and third places. Stanley winner was Miss Faye Smith of Stanley. Ladysmith goes to Wausau for the district contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Abbottsford
Colby
Ladysmith
E. C. Gotham
McFadden
Brewster
Frances Manning
Erma Miller
Abbotsford
Miller
Chippewa County
State Normal
Stevens Point
Faye Smith
Manning
Wausau
Tailor H Oldendorf to Open Shop in Thomas Building
LaCrosse merchant tailor H Oldendorf arrived with associate H Walter to supervise setup on the second floor of the Thomas building. They secured quarters and plan to begin business in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Oldendorf
LaCrosse
H. Walter
Thomas Building
Beautify Ladysmith Month Urges Clean Yards
May is praised as queen month and residents are urged to improve yards and gardens for health comfort and city appeal. The piece encourages community effort and beauty in Ladysmith with a call to action and a note about a loan option from Michaelson Hughes.
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Ladysmith
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