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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
A A Hadden publisher notes the Ladysmith Wisconsin weekly paper is published every Thursday and entered as second class matter April 9 1907 at the Ladysmith post office under the 1879 act.
Thousands flock to register in South Dakota as Uncle Sam's land lottery begins a new round. In a separate note, a figure nicknamed Little Bob reveals plans to start a newspaper to spread his ideas, possibly echoing the Commoner.
A. N. Andersen’s description of C. K. Ellingson of Hawkins, head of the Ellingson Lumber Co., appears in last week’s Journal. The critique lists a “Pren tice’s Snake-Bite Preventive” and Peruna among an exaggerated claim.
The piece argues the bolter label is nonsense as the independent candidate won a majority in the primary, while Carow led in Rusk County for district attorney on the Republican ticket. It notes DA serves all people and that November will let all voters choose, with disgruntled Republicans likely backing the Democratic congressional nominee.
Wisconsin Supreme Court last week ruled in state ex rel Umbrell v Helms. The decision involved forcing Circuit Judge E W Helms to reinstate a case in St Croix county circuit court concerning Dr John Till the plaster specialist who was fined for practicing medicine without a license after a justice court case was quashed due to defects in the complaint.
The annual report by U S commissioner of internal revenue John G Capers shows liquor tax receipts dropping over four million dollars in the last fiscal year. Beer tax receipts decreased about 1.8 million dollars. Officials cite weak economy and temperance groups reducing liquor production and consumption.
Chicago reform groups back a prohibition candidate and plan to use church pulpits to defeat both old parties. Leaders at a mass meeting include Rev. W A Bartlett Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Arthur Burra ge Farwell as speakers urging an independent or reform slate.
In the race for district attorney in Rusk County candidate Andersen forms an Ananias club. The list includes Rev Thomas Barker editors Malloney Richardson and Hadden, and C K Ellingson head of Ellingson Lumber Co Hawkins. Voters will decide who lied.
Upcoming winter will see heightened logging activity after forest fires swept large tracts of standing timber in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Entire stands were ruined and fires burned into extensive areas, prompting a surge in harvest plans.
Timberlands will burn or be cut within a year to avoid decay and loss. Lumbermen plan rapid operations to recover investments, promising jobs and higher wages. In Rhinelander many woods workers prepare to return to work after summer idleness, with fires destroying camps now being rebuilt.
The sixth annual convention of the American Society of Equity in Milwaukee emphasized keeping farm prices at profitable levels. Leader E B Lard argued the society seeks unfettered trade, not a trust, and proposed farmers withdraw products to force higher prices, with wheat set at a minimum of one dollar per bushel.
The editor recalls school days when church and Sunday school were mandatory and older students mocked sermons. A temperance sermon by Rev Thomas Barker was praised as masterful, yet political tensions with the district attorney candidate raised questions about plagiarism tied to Dr Parkhurst in the News Budget.
The John R. Davis Lumber Co mill at Phillips resumed operations after eleven months shutdown. Brantwood worker Matt Karhonen nearly severed his right hand at a rip saw in a nearby mill and had it amputated. Medford gains a free delivery route. Taylor County Fair reports grand success with regional fruit displays from Sawyer county. Cumberland plans a new electric light plant and water works extension.
The list shows price changes for potatoes oats barley timothy hay dairy butter eggs and grains. Beef poultry and dairy products are quoted with ranges for steers cows veal and hides. Timber products pulpwood spruce pine and balsam bolts priced by cord and timber by ton or cord. Retail feed and flour prices listed.
Market data from Weekly Market Letter of October 24 1908 shows cattle hogs and sheep figures in South St Paul. Prices range for steers cows and calves with varied grades and weights. Feeding and stocker categories list price bands for different weight classes.
Real estate transfers list deeds among H W True, D H Richards, Ludwig Larson, Charley Serley, and others in Otis Additions and Ladysmith areas. Entries include stockyard price ranges for hogs sheep and cattle with daily price bands and a note offering Pacific Monthly issues for farming topics in the Pacific Northwest.
A reader promotes a low cost seed mix of clover timothy and blue grass to plant on both sides of roads and city lots. The plan claims weed suppression and eventual removal within four to five years, with fifty cents sowing enough for a mile.
An advertisement urges early kidney care and promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills as effective for backache and irregular secretions. H A Sheldon of Ladysmith Wisconsin testifies the pills reduced bothersome urine passages after a month of use. Purchased at Mooney's Pharmacy with 50 cent price. Foster Milburn Co. is U.S. agent.
Allen Nursery Co of Rochester New York advertises for men to represent their full line of easy selling specialties either locally or by traveling. Apply quickly to secure a territory 25 15.
Kleinert offers 14 and 18 karat jointless wedding rings praised for consistent beauty and durability. The rings are advertised as always looking good and living up to their appearance.
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