The Wedding Dress That Mirrored Grace and Fate
In a quiet village Miss Margaret keeps a wedding gown for a fate she never shares. After overhearing two sisters long for the dress, she gives it to the younger Margaret Edgecomb who, in a dramatic twist, discovers the gown fits and transforms her upcoming wedding into a consecrated miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Margaret
John Grant
Margaret
John
Farmer Edgecomb
Ase
Margaret Edgecomb
Sea Gull Caught in Ohio by Local Boys
Herman Ruth and Harry Kuhlman captured a wounded sea gull at Swift Rui lake today. The bird could not fly and was caught in the water by a boat. It fought valiantly, standing eighteen inches high and thirty six inches from tip to tip, a sight not known to occur this far inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Herman Ruth
Harry Kuhlman
Swift Rui Lake
Auction of Ambassador's Horses Sparks Censorship
The late British ambassador Sir Nicholas O'Conor's horses in Constantinople were sold at auction. A public notice listing the horses appeared without three names Pasha Selim and Haroun after the censor objected that such names offended Turkish sensibilities.
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Constantinople
Nicholas O’conor
Pasha
Selim
Haroun
Vision Dream Portrait Mocking Miss Thinley
Dialogue recalls Miss Thinley and artist Dauber as they discuss a new painting titled The Vision. The image is described as depicting a man’s dream after indulging in four Welsh rarebits and three cocktails.
Where would man be if it had not been for woman
A suffragette meeting features a lecturer asserting the impact of women with the line where would man be if it had not been for woman. A voice from the gallery quips In Paradise, ma am, provoking laughter or reflection.
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Paradise
The Next Best Thing
The passage jokes about a child’s future, noting the mother’s remark that the baby may grow up to be president. It contrasts the idea with a family friend who quips the child could become a deliberate and unqualified falsifier, highlighting sharp, humorous social commentary.
County Budget Corps Highlights Across Several Exchanges
A roundup of items from various exchanges shows the budget staff compiling notes on local finances. Readers gain a snapshot of fiscal priorities, committee actions, and projected expenditures shaping county policy.
Sunday school notes and local moves update
The report lists attendees and visitors from Everett and Bruce, notes that Susie and Gertie Granger travel home due to their mother Mrs. Ross Granger illness, and mentions several local household changes. It records R W Bates at a Ladysmith school convention and Miss Warren traveling to Ladysmith.
Laidlaw School Project Advances as Local Work Progresses
Jas Wilber earns banner for potato yield with twelve specimens weighing 224 pounds. H S Leatherberry cleans a large land area. Mr Jensen moves his saw mill to A J Laidlaw land to cut logs. Rain could improve road conditions. Roesler and Jacobs haul lumber to the planing mill.
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Laidlaw
Jas. Wilber
H. S. Leatherberry
Mr. Jensen
A. J. Laidlaw
Roesler & Jacobs
Planing Mill
Local Roundup of Visitors and Travel Notes
Mrs Maude Wilkie arrived Friday from Abbottsford to visit her parents for a few days. McCann attended the county meeting of school clerks held at Ladysmith on Sunday Oct 10. Mr and Mrs D Pickering visited friends in Clark County. Mr and Mrs E D Lacy returned from a trip including Minneapolis and Cumberland. Mrs Luella Curtis visiting her mother from Abbottsford. Miss Mary Welson from Winneconne staying with Miss Cheney and Mrs W S Sergeant. Miss Blanche Heatlie left for Abbottsford for millinery work. A S Treable of Holcombe visited Ladysmith. L W Cox and Chester Sergeant rode to Bruce via Flambeau to search for horses. Fred Van Horn bought horses from I W Cox and Chester Sergeant for a work team. Nate Hand came down from the city with his auto. Mrs W S and Mrs C S Sergeant spent weekend in Ladysmith visiting Mrs Sergeant. Some local forest fires are flaring up again.
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Barrett
Kennan
Ed. Tinker
Bruce
Crukpaun
Nebraska
Wm. Hoover
Tony
Catherine Pape
Minneapolis
Glenn H. Williams
C. D. Nelson
Rice Lake
Thomas & Carew
Ladysmith
Wis
F. E. Wood
Ingram
Mary Beck
J. W
Mrs. Hadden
Alice Bowden
Stevens Point
Ed. Nelson
John
Henry Young
3. Clark
G. W. Young
Port Arthur
G. B. Bell
John Rasmussen
Eli Miller
Washington
Kleinert
A. Weidman
Victor Paulson
Atlanta
Seattle
Wash
J. M. Conrath
J. H. Jordan
Frances Jaskowiak
Weyerhauser
Wm. Volkner
Esther Kehl
Unity
J. Berry
Fairmount
Neb
L. Jourgenson
F. A. Bates
Wm. Yankee
Anton Sybers
Whitney Umbach
Sheldon
Theresa Deidrich
Roy B. Brown
Thorpe
Tisdele
Stephen J. Leahy
Marshfield
A. N. Andersen
Jos. Cross
Ashland
J. L. McComson
Sarah Chriske
al Chriske
Soo Line
New Flambeau Bridge
Marshall Sergeant
East
Miner Avenue
McCann
D. Pickering
Clark County
E. D. Lacy
Cumberland
Luella Curtis
Abbottsford
Mary Welson
Winneconne
Cheney
W. S. Sergeant
Fire Alarms and Fire Incidents Staged Around Lady Smith
Sunday evening a fire alarm near Menasha Wooden Ware Co. yards in Lady Smith led Henry Young to report a blaze along Miner Avenue. It was a misnamed boat fire in the river caused by vandals setting a wagon on fire. Superintendent R. S. Johnson plans to seek federal help to protect property. A southeast forest blaze and embers threatened the Menasha mill yards, prompting precautionary dispatches. no damage occurred amid two alarms at the Paper Co. property known as poverty wood.
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Ladysmith
Menasha Wooden Ware Co
Miner Avenue
Henry Young
R. S. Johnson
Wanagen
Johnson
Congressman Jenkins
Menasha
Paper Co
Poverty Wood
Business College Opens Enrolling Monday With Evening Sessions
The college starts at 9 a m Monday for enrollment with open admission and optional faster progress. Evening classes run 7 to 9 p m on Monday Wednesday and Friday beginning Oct 19. Courses include Bookkeeping Banking Shorthand Typewriting and more led by Prof W F Mersch who oversees the shorthand and typing department. The college welcomes visitors and prospective students.
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W. F. Mersch
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St. Paul
Miss Cox of
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Prairie Farm
Charley Smith
Minnesota
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Prentice
Frances Hein
Jessie Ingle
Daniel Carmichael
Apollonia
Eugene Honts
H. Eidermann
Broederville
Sam Stewart
Chas. Eidmann
Annie
Neilsville
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The
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Cleveland
Andrew Paulson
Victor
Oshkosh
Schwartz
Chester Sergeant
Wm. Sergeant
Warren Moore
F. L. Dean
South Bend
Ind
Mr. Dean
Jas. A. Michaelson
E. W. Hill
Philadelphia Inquirer
Delaware
Idaho
C. C. Kile
Dubuque, Ia
Frank Hughes
Rusk County Abstract Co
Nate Hand
Flambeau and
Wooden Ware Co
Worden Avenue
Methodist Church
Albert F. Forester
Kaukana
Moe
Amadoy Lake
Susie
Gertie Granger
Everett
Ross Granger
Steidy
Hugh Clark
Post
Messmer Place
Wyncoop
the Lake
R. W. Bates
Vern Griffiths of
William and
Carl Bates
Leslie Collins
Miss Warren
Frank Jones
Maude Wilkie
Blanche Heatlie
A. S. Treable of
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L. W. Cox
Flambeau
Fred van Horn
I. W. Cox
Business College Notes
Vienna
Tel
Nelson & Hand’s
Odest
George Bates
Crow Creek
Adams
State Normal School
Mr. Taft
Taft
Lincoln
S. J. Cardinal Proprietor
Wisconsin
Troubadours
Worden Opera House
the Ladysmith News
Inter Ocean
Faamer
Chicago
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