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Newspaper
Ladysmith News Budget
Location
Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
1
An in-depth look at reformer Rev. Thomas Barker of Ladysmith and his four year campaign to curb gambling and promote Sunday closing. The piece outlines pressures from local gangs and the News-Budget split, plus affidavits and purchase plots surrounding the Journal’s management shift.
No German school Saturday. Sunday school Sunday 9 30 a m. No services on Sunday next. Sunday Nov 1 services 10 a m. Reformatory Festival confirmation and Holy Communion. EK A Behrens Pastor.
Sunday morning and evening services with Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11 and 7 30. Morning topic Conditions of Peace evening A reason for Evil Conduct Epworth League 6 30 pm prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 all invited J E Watson pastor Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Gruner home Wednesday Oct 28
Congregational services announced for next Lord's day include morning sermon The Mission of the Holy Spirit and evening sermon The Parable of the Lost Sheep. Sunday school at 10 a m Young People's meeting at 6 45 p m. Regular communion on first Sunday in November for prospective members. Barker pastor.
Local youth rehearsing for a play titled The Union Depot under the Bethany Sisters in the coming weeks. The initiative gathers young performers for a community production.
The Bethany Sisters will serve a chicken pie supper at the Congregational church Saturday evening Oct 24 starting at 5 30. Prices are 15 and 25 cents.
The Town of Flambeau’s damage action over a Flambeau River bridge north of the city was thrown out after a demurrer. The court found no cause for action. Witnesses included Perry Bell and Isaac Perry, with Silas Bullard and L. E. McGill assisting the defense.
Wednesday evening Rev. Thomas Barker joined Miss Minnie Larkins and William Lipke in marriage at his residence. The groom serves as a fireman for the Wisconsin Central. They left for a wedding trip to Chicago and other Illinois points.
Miranda Swan mother of Mrs. H F Davis died at her daughter's home in Grant on October 17 at age 77. The remains were taken to Broadhead for burial on Monday with the funeral set for Tuesday. Mrs. Swan had resided with her daughter for many years.
At the annual meeting in Bruce, Thomas Foster was elected president F L Burpee named vice president and W A Blackburn treasurer. Archie Barrett declined another term but remains a director. Foster, though reluctant, was approved unanimously and will lead ongoing improvements while the treasurer reports a 1908 deficit of 450 dollars, about 2100 since founding.
The Royal Neighbors plan a Hallowe'en Social at Odd Fellows hall on Thursday evening the 29th. Ladies should bring boxes or baskets with supper for two. Hallowe'en sports will close the evening. Everyone is invited.
A sequence of transfers documents several land deals in Ladysmith area plats. S J Treseder to O Woodard, etcetera, plus Henry True purchases and Willis Applebee and Sage Land transactions appear with parcel descriptions and amounts ranging from 75 to 240 dollars. The entries cover multiple lots and blocks including Original and Sage company plats and Ladysmith Townsite additions.
Peter Stromme former editor of a Scandinavian paper in Madison spoke at the court house Wednesday evening. About 75 voters attended a democratic meeting where he argued for Bryan and claimed Taft’s defeat would follow. He praised Bryan’s electability and asserted the Republican party is largely dead, noting many so called Bryan Republicans are only talkers.
A collage of local visits and errands from Ladysmith Wisconsin and surrounding towns including A N Andersen Bruce visits, Moe the tailor promotions, and several residents traveling to Tony, Barron, and Minneapolis. Market prices show dairy butter eggs and crops plus live stock values and timber products. The Ladysmith Business College opens with nineteen students as local trades and services advertise cleaning and pressing and jewelry shop relocations.
A public school notes column reports a teachers convention in Eau Clair with high and grade school staff absent Friday for classes. It mentions Lula Lowell as a new high school sophomore, a debate planned for Friday, and multiple local visits and moves, including J. J. Lee expanding a western River street property. The piece also covers clothing ads, a livery stable addition, and political visits from assembly candidates Heaverin and Erickson, plus forest-fire investigations and a county gang meeting in Bruce discussing upcoming elections.
M D Martin of Walden Wisconsin has leased the Johnson brick building south of the Gerard hotel and will open a stock of groceries and dry goods in the new venture.
The hearings of the two men charged with robbing the State Bank were continued for one week and will resume next Thursday. Lula Hartfield charged with keeping a questionable resort also had her hearing postponed.
Auction or sale notice indicates good horse feed available at Nelson and Hands for $30 per ton. Buyers should contact for details and availability.
A Friday night blaze in Barron destroyed 25 business houses and residences along both sides of the street for a block and a half south of the depot. The Commercial hotel and the opera house were burned. only the hotel chimney remained amid scant water pressure and burning hydrants. The fire began in a restaurant around 10 o clock with south winds aiding rapid spread.
J. W. Carow, who lost the Republican nomination by four votes, continues his campaign stumping with growing support. He addresses audiences frankly on all issues, earning sympathy for his fairness. He spoke at Weyerhauser, Island Lake, Murry, Strickland, Apollonia and plans events in Rusk, Bruce, Glen Flora, Ladysmith and Tony through the coming days.
Geo Bonsell, an old friend of Dr. and F. Kinyon, has brought up many full blooded Clydesdale horses and built a barn on his half section in Willard. He plans to reside there and begin a residence soon. He expects the town to become a favorite stockmen’s selling point as county hay and clover are top quality and easy to grow.
This piece explains improved oyster shipment featuring Sealshipt Oysters packed by the National Oyster Carrier Company. Oysters are kept in steel containers with ice around, never contact with the meat, preserving natural size and color. Sold from a porcelain lined display case under the Sealshipt trademark ensuring quality and flavor.
Bruce voted 4800 in favor of finishing the water works project this week with a 42 to 6 margin. The note from D A Richards of Ladysmith Wis seeks land village property store buildings or stock for sale and promises an honest effort to sell them wherever located.
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