Threatened eight hour strike hits mills and timber work
The eight hour day strike disrupts mills and log drives across Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Production sits at about 75 percent district wide with 54 percent shipments, while many nonunion workers are temporarily laid off and special police plus deputies are sworn in amid widespread tension.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Flambeau River Lumber Co
Fountain-Campbell
Flambeau
Flambeau Company
Curttright Named Baseball Manager for Ladysmith Team
Fr. D. Curttright has been named manager of the Ladysmith baseball team by the baseball association board. He is described as a live wire who understands baseball and players, and the selection is viewed as wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Mash
John I. Hilladay
Robert Reidorff
Frank Pelot
Paul Braun
Art Girard
John Vich
John Hampton
Charles Winn
John Carter
E. J. Skrupt
W. ©. Johnston
H. Huggins
George Preston
George Lyons
John Redwine
Geo. Poessen
E. F. Cushman
Wm. Wyatt
Johhn Tremblay
Ed Tinder
Wm. Graham
R. M. Sensenbrenner
C. A. Graham
C. IL. Swanson
C. W. Walker
Henry Ducommun
Wm. Vanderhoff
Herman Spresser
F. Poser
Effner Nelson
F. Kraft
Fr. D. Curttright
Ladysmith
The
Baseball Association
Curttright
Sunset Ranch Ad Request From Christopher F Gourdoux
A Flambeau Wisconsin resident asks the Sunset Ranch to discontinue his advertisement. He notes he placed the ad in three papers and yours produced six responses. He signs as Cc FL GOURDOUX.
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Sunset Ranch
Christopher F. Gourdoux
Flambeau, Wis
Yours Truly
Ladysmith Chair Co Adds Timberman Post
Ladysmith Chair & Furniture Co expands field staff with timberman Russell Plummer. He covers wide territory buying logs bolts and standing timber. On Tuesday he bought two carloads of bolts at Amery and pursued an eighty acre timber tract.
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Ladysmith Chair & Furniture Co
Russell Plummer
Ladysmith
No Profit in Overalls Sparks Consumer Action
In St Paul the overall club organizer accuses a Seventh street merchant of cornering supply and hiking prices. In Bismarck workers threaten a boycott after May first until prices fall. Ladysmith shows mixed notes with dealers delaying restock while some keep prices steady.
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St. Paul
Bismarck
State Capitol
Ladysmith
Stores to Close Earlier in Ladysmith Chain
Ladysmith stores will close at 6 a.m. starting next Tuesday May 11, instead of 6:30 a.m. except on Saturdays and pay-days. The change affects most Ladysmith locations as management adjusts hours.
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Ladysmith
Recall Campaign Targets Ladysmith City Commissioner Coon
Since Wednesday petitions circulated to recall Ladysmith City Commissioner R. J. Coon who joined the council last spring. The recall cites his handling of the 1919 taxes of the Flambeau River Laurier Co and a petition by city employees for an eight hour day alleging a state labor law violation.
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Port Arthur
Thornapple Nnlls
Flambeau River Lumber Co
Union Mer
Ladysmith
Wis
City of Ladysmith
City of
Robert Prouty
U. of T
R. J. Coon
Coon
Flambeau River Laurier Co
Bird House Exhibit Attracts Attention In City Schools
The third annual bird house exhibit by seventh and eighth graders was held at the Rusk County Bank. Sixty three entries vied for prizes, showing skill under Prof. R. B. Woodworth. Prize winners include Dwight Liebhardt, Wayne Domer, Winslow Alden, Leonard Vaughan, Jesse Drum and Howard Pagel among others.
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Rusk County Bank
R. B. Woodworth
Dwight Liebhardt
Wayne Domer
Winslow Alden
Leonard Vaughan
Jesse Drum
Howard Pagel
City asserts lighting contract renewal with Ladysmith firm
The Ladysmith Lighting Company had its street lighting contract renewed by the city council Tuesday evening. The terms and rates remain substantially the same as the previous agreement.
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Ladysmith Lighting Company
Equity Meeting Here May 29 At Court House
A county convention of the Equity will be held at the court house on Saturday May 29. One delegate for every ten members of each local Equity union and one delegate-at-large compose the convention. A forenoon business session at 10 o clock will elect officers and an afternoon open meeting is public. President J N Tittemore and Directors Otto RNolin and J Fred Larson of the Wisconsin Equity Produce Commission will address the meetings. Large attendance urged.
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Equity
Court House
Equity Union
J. N. Tittemore
Otto Rnolin
J. Fred Larson
Wisconsin Equity Produce Commission
Local Contractor Takes Vacation After Busy Winter
George Savard a logger and contractor wraps a quiet spell after a hard winter in the woods. He logged four million feet for Fernmain Campbell Co and employed up to 125 men with wages from 65 to 280 a month. He plans road work in summer, keeps six heavy teams, and contemplates a large barn in Ladysmith but high material costs delay plans.
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George Savard
George
Fernmain-Campbell Company
Savord
Price County
Ladysmith
Annual School Exhibit At Ladysmith Tonight
Ladysmith public schools present their annual exhibit and program at the high school this evening at 7 30. Parents and patrons are invited with admission free. The notice notes past strong exhibits and predicts a high standard this year. Dick Juers, formerly at Ryall garage and recently from Milwaukee, has joined H W True & Son.
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Ladysmith Public Schools
Dick Juers
Ryall Garage
Milwaukee
H W. True & Son
Immigrant Farm Settlers Move into Rusk County
A June list shows farmers arriving with carloads as settlers boost Rusk County farms by about 1600 new residents in six months. Names and hometowns include G Eden and J E Thornton among many from Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Rusk County
Rusk
Fame Canning Co Expands Plant Capacity and Facilities
Fame Canning Co enlarges its local plant boosting capacity by fifty percent with a third canning line, reaching over two million cans of peas per season. A warehouse addition adds space, and new inner station is installed on Glen Flora. Between 60 and 100 acres of peas expected this year.
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Fame Canning Co
Glen Flora
Moon in Partial Eclipse Observed Sunday Evening
A partial lunar eclipse was visible Sunday evening with a clear sky. The event appeared distinct and interesting to observers in the area.
Road Improvement Delayed by City Council
The city council indefinitely postponed upgrading the road through the Menasha Wooden Ware Co. yard citing lack of public funding authority under the lease terms. Menasha Paper Co. requested the improvement for better access to mills, but the wooden ware owner retains control over most of the road and gate closures.
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Menasha Wooden Ware Co
Wordenav
Menasha Paper Co
Wooden Ware Company
St. Mary’s Hospital Expands Grounds With Crops and Gardens
The hospital grounds near St. Mary’s are being laid out as lawn and garden. An east field is planted in potatoes, two more acres south and west will grow potatoes, and three acres near the nurses’ home will be cropped. The total 12 acres will be beautified where not cropped.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Concrete culvert rising as bridge over stream near Greenwood Park
Forms are partly placed for a new concrete culvert spanning the little stream from Greenwood Park toward the Flambeau river. Though called a culvert the structure will take on bridge-like proportions.
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Menashaav
Greenwood Park
Flambeau River
Tittemore Named Wisconsin Governor Candidate
J N Tittemore, president of the Wisconsin branch of the American Society of Equity, will run for governor. He will visit Ladysmith on May 29 to address the Equity county convention.
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J. N. Tittemore
Wisconsin
The
American Society of Equity
Oshkosh
Mr. Tittemore
Ladysmith
Equity County
News Budget Price Raised to 2 00 Per Year
Vastly increased costs force the News Budget to raise its subscription price to 2 00 per year. The change takes effect July 1 next, giving subscribers a chance to pay in advance at the old rate. No subscriber may pay more than two years in advance beyond the current year at the old rate.
Wisconsin firm first in field with new garment
Green Bay based McIntyre Burial Co introduces light weight overalls for business men in khaki or blue Paln Beach style. J A Janssen appeared in town wearing the new suit, which aims at comfort for light work. W M Vaughan expects stock this week.
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J. A. Janssen
Green Bay
McIntyre Burial Co
Paln
W. M. Vaughan
Fine Entertainment Closes Lyceum Course
The Dunbar Male Quartette delivered a splendid gymnasium show closing the lyceum course. The mixed program impressed as perhaps the best here by a group of hillringers with notable bell work and strong solo and quartet numbers without bells. Strong audience praise and liberal support promise another fine season next year.
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Dunbar
Lyceum
Hillringers
Dunbar Quartette
Ladysmith
Boy 9 Killed by Automobile Near Methodist Church
Loren Davis nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Lee Davis was killed by a heavy automobile driven by W A Carroll last evening. The boy rode east on Worden Avenue on a wagon attached to an auto and jumped off to go home. He did not see the car and stepped into its path. Carroll stopped within its length, took the boy to the grass and phoned for Dr Landmark. The skull injury proved fatal.
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Loren Davis
Lee Davis
Methodist
W. A. Carroll
Wordenav
Davis
Viola
Nate Hand
Carroll
Landmark
Ladysmith Ice Co Opens For Public Service
The Ladysmith Ice Co is ready to serve the public. Local businessmen form the company and have bought a large delivery auto truck. They store ice in a sizable ice house built and filled last winter. Officers include Win Jung president James Hewitt vice president and Carl Reiss secretary treasurer. An official announcement will appear in the next issue.
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Ladysmith Ice Co
Win. Jung
James Hewitt
Carl Reiss
Prize of 40 acres offered by National Land Colonizing Co
The National Land Colonizing Co based in Ladysmith offers a prize of 40 acres of land near Dairy Center and Walrath valued at 1200 dollars, signaling a major contest prize.
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National Land Colonizing Co
Ladysmith
Dairy Center
Walrath
May term calendar dull in Rusk County court
The May term of the circuit court for Rusk County shows little expected excitement with six criminal cases and about six divorce cases on the docket. Notable items include the McCormick murder echo involving Ida J. McCormick’s estate and A T L McCormick’s life sentence for poisoning, plus numerous trials from other counties and a list of cases to be tried or continued.
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Rusk County
McCormick
George T. Stine
Ida J. McCormick
Ida Matheson
A. TL. McCormick
Ladysmith
Rusk County Bank
Ladysmith Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts Stage Old Photo Album
In Ladysmith the Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts presented The Old Futygraph Album at the high school gym. Lainys Simon wore a 50 years ago girl costume guiding the living pictures. About eighty youths belong to both groups and plan a hike to Tony to study bird life while vowing to beautify the city and protect parks.
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Ladysmith
Camp Fire
Lainys Simon
Widesmith
Camp Fire and
Poy Scouts
Tony
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Dehuelen
Courtesx Superior Telegram
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G. Eden
St. Croix Falls
G. J. Gordon
H. R. Robowski
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Minn
I. L. Barnes
Cylinder
Iowa
J. W. Potter
Karlstad
M. G. Simpson
Cameron
J. E. Thornton
Earlham
M. S. Cline
Maynard
J. W. Augsburger
Hopedale
Edw. Fairchild
Etna Green
Ind
W. Mohr
R. Raber
Deeds
A. Calkins
Ruthven
Burditt
George Mill
Liscomb
Wm. Larson
Alpha
O. Garwood
Sioux City
Neb
A. Mann
G. Gensel
Rembrandt
Towa
Pat Simon
Odebolt
F. PD. Pierce
River Falls
C. Kunde
Hoopeston
Engstrom
Wesley
G. W. Sheets
Cooper, Towa
Paper Co
ST. Mary’s Hospital
Tittemore
Jurces
NEW Ice CO
State of Wisconsin
Joe Dacks
L. W. Cooper
BE. W. Frenchick
Jos. L. Kobliska
Ed Guile
A. C Mooney
James D. Burgess
G. C. Tumber
Peter Reichel
Ben FE
John Kobe
John Thompson
State Bank of Ladysmith
Frank T. Stare
Frances FP
Albert S. Revels
Martin Vratanina
John Skozen
Ferndell Farms, Inc
Tda J. Matheson
Alden J. Laidlaw
American Food Products Co
A. B. Ostrum
Amanda Ostrum
Julius Phillips
Clyde Crandell
John Moore
John Piyanaski
Francisek Pazeorko
Mary Pazcorko
J. R. Ducklow
John D. Tienhart
James Moore
William Gude
Harry Karezeski
Mary Karezeski
Albert Holak
John E. Curtis
Anna I. Cole
Jess W. Gaskins
Stockyards National Bank
Frank Stare
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