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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
7
A whimsical May forecast riffs on politics, weather, and social mores with figures like Taft Roosevelt Cannon and Rockefeller, noting elections, payments, and curiosities. It envisions May outcomes, from gas meters slowing to groaning barrels of prunes, with satirical gibes at public figures and cultural absurdities.
The Dominocarns Co. of St. Louis offers a two cent stamp and a hangerard warning against spitting. The card aims to promote the habit’s cessation and to be memorable to readers.
A humorous exchange frames the idea that public trust may falter with the average person, contrasting Caesar's wife as above suspicion with the ordinary spouse as prone to suspicion, in a quotable remark about perception and propriety.
Richard Temple declares bankruptcy losing fortune and wife to poverty. In a tense night at home he contemplates suicide after a bitter confrontation with his wife, who reveals unexpected love and solidarity. She confronts him, pleads for life and unity, and he realizes he has not lost but gained her.
A West End gathering features a young man who offends guests by ignoring the rule to think before speaking. The discussion turns to the novel and women, with a sharp remark about a writer’s view of women provoking laughter as a popular lady counters.
A stranger asks a farmer for the yarn mill location in Manchester. The farmer directs him to a drinking fountain and a wooden block with three doors. The middle door leads to the local newspaper office, while the other yarn factory is half a mile beyond.
Market figures for the week include cattle hogs and sheep with totals for two days and year‑to‑date comparisons. Prices shown for cattle including veal calves grain fed steers cows and stockers, hogs with daily ranges, and sheep and lambs with quality brackets. St. Paul Union Stockyards Company.
County Court proceedings scheduled in Lady Smith with mixed probate and civil actions. Notices cover J J Madison will probate for John Madison and letters to J P Madison, also summons in cases against Walter H Pippin and Edna Spencer, plus administration bids for Frank Wyacabynyak and Frank J Jerome estates. Court dates set for May and July 1908.
The Ladysmith Board of Public Works will meet in the Council Chamber on May 11 1908 at 8 p m to open bids for eight or nine crosswalks. Specifications require gravel filling eight inches, concrete mix six parts gravel to one cement, top dressing two inches with one part cement to two parts sand. Crossings to be four feet wide with eighteen inch approaches on each side.
A minister stuns his congregation by broadcasting a telephone call during worship, using the phrase Hello, Heaven to illustrate the growing reach of the telephone habit. The moment underscores modern communication reaching church life and gathers curious reactions from attendees.
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