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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
8
Local residents travel and visit relatives with a wide range of destinations including Bruce, Tony, Antigo, Tripoli, Humblrd, and Plymouth. Movements include jobs, sales offers, barn fire loss, and a sheriff arrest incident linked to a rape case in Deer Lake.
A shopper guide lists prices for Mason pint jars at 50 cents a dozen and assorted canned goods and soaps. Canned peaches and crackers appear among weekly specials with bulk items like Kellog’s flakes and Grape Nuts featured. Canning peaches season approaches and buyers are urged to check prices before purchasing.
A county column highlights multiple items from exchanges. The note appeals for correspondence by Wednesday night to ensure publication and credits Sunday as aiding in reporting forest fire relief and local matters.
Special correspondence notes residents traveling to Phillips Abbotsford and Anson visits by Mrs Dietze Mrs Kyser and Mrs Bennett. Local movements include A S Treakle in town on business and James Frost calling on neighbors. Weather damp keeps forest-fire danger down while crops improve with tall popcorn stalks observed nearby.
Forest fires raged for two weeks causing damage as Sam Wright lost buildings and crews fought fires all night until a long awaited rain on Saturday eased the danger. Miss Anna Swhydloski returned to Tomahawk work after a two week visit. A. G. Briggs of Bruce visited the area and took Anna Pulaski home to assist in the kitchen. Archie Barrett of Bruce reviewed a proposed F R D project and the Washington town board appeared indifferent to the proposal.
Local items report Mrs. Ross Granger improving after illness while an infant of Mr and Mrs Hyd e High is very sick. Various residents move or visit, fires damage hay and homes, and town plans include a new school and rural mail delivery. Community figures include W J Musser, H M Green, W I Keegan, and Andrew Grenwall with farming, lumber, and harvest notes.
A series of property transfers listed include Philip Cline to Friedberg Tiegs in Bruce plat lot 21 block 11 for 1680. W A Blackburn to Friedberg Tiegs in 24-35-8 for 1200. L Redding to Ann E Schaef fer in 9-36-9 for unspecified. Teoeample Land Co to James Gordon Robson in 26-35-8 for 400. Leonard Kiefer to W E Clark and Anna E McGill in Ladysmith Townsite Co. second addition 75. Henry S Anderson and wife to W E Clark and Anna E McGill in 7-18 Ladysmith Townsite Co. for 140. Louis Corbett to M E Martindale in Corbett’s Second add to Ladysmith lot 6 block 8 for 80. George Uttomark to J W Miller 146 80 17-39 4 for 0. Charley Corbine to Martin Madson in 38-33 7 for 800. Mikolaj Perdyiak to Thomas Skrzypszak in 20-34-9 for 900. Thornapple Land Co to Peter A S E U N G 80 S-68 with various unspecified terms.
Market data show eggs up 5 cents, oats 2, and chick ens 1 cent. Butter and creamery rise, eggs at 25 cents per dozen, potatoes and grains listed by bushel. Live stock includes steers, cows, calves, and veal with varied prices. Timber, pulpwood and bolts priced per cord or ton, retail feed and flour noted for local buyers.
A candid critic warns constituents may not read Sorghum's lengthy speech. Sorghum replies he crafted the address to seem substantial, arguing that unread readers cannot fault a piece they never examined.
One thousand men and ladies are invited to visit the D Ingle and Son store to compare prices before buying elsewhere. Shoppers are asked to bring their catalogues for reference and to see the latest bargains offered by the merchants.
Herman Ruth and Harry Kuhlman captured a wounded sea gull at Swift Run Lake today. The bird could not fly and was retrieved in a boat after a stiff struggle. The gull stands eighteen inches high and spans thirty six inches tip to tip, a sight not known to travel this far inland before.
The undersigned has taken up on his premises north of Ladysmith one stray pig. Owner may have same by paying for keep and advertising. Won. Brown.
In Gloucestershire near Chalford the west of England hosts a Bible class for deaf mutes. All members are deaf and speechless and communicate using the deaf mute alphabet.
A playful exchange features corn asking hello and the wind replying it has tried to catch its ear for some time. The whimsical dialogue personifies nature in a lighthearted moment.
Dr. W W Brown listed as physician and surgeon with office in Pedersen Block Ladysmith Wisconsin. Office phone 33 residence phone 332.
A catalog of gloves and mittens offering wholesale pricing on about 1000 pairs. Items include men's, women's, and children's wool, leather, fur and fur-lined gloves. Prices range from 1.50 to 0.12 dollars, with multiple sale discounts across sizes and styles.
A golden eagle believed to be the locality’s oldest on record was shot by George Bates in the Crow Creek district. Curator Adams at the state normal school estimates the bird’s age at about seventy five years, noting it measured over six feet tip to tip and will be mounted.
A comic exchange centers on Miss Thinley posing for Artist Dauber. The picture titled The Vision depicts a man after Welsh rarebits and cocktails. A startled ruler fears a dentist may be an anarchist and a dangerous bite leads to a swoon.
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