Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-15
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
WARSAW Laundry Co. cleans carpets

A great many of the mills and factor
les closed part of last Tuesday to al
low the men to vote.
'Blue Ribbon" is the name of the
brand OF flour sold in the greatest
quantities by Max f. Boehm. If
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Emma Reyer OF the town of Hull,
was brought to Wausau Friday to be
committed to the state hospital for in :
sane at Oshkosh.
There will be regular communica-
ton of Forest Lodge No. 80, F. and A..
M. on Wednesday evening. Work in
the F. c. degree.
| WANTED-To sell, 40 or more cords
small pine and popular for box timber.
Quote price f. o. b. Sayner, Wis.
A. j. SMITH
Miss Alice johnson, who was oper-
ated on for a second time a week ago
at the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, is
reported to be getting along very nice
ly.
The second lecture on the life of
Christ was delivered at the Y M. C. A.
Sunday afternoon by Sec'y Campbell.
| The stereopticon was used in showing
Tissots pictures of Christ.
On Monday, Nov. q, the west side
ladies aid society of the Presbyterian
church will hold its annual fair and
chicken pie supper during the afternoon
and evening at the chapel. All are cor
daily invited.
| 1t you are going 80 build or make any
change in your residence, have your
heating plant put in right and your gas
| work and plumbing done up in mod
| ern way. We do all kinds of repairing
in these lines. A. B. Wheeler IL Son.
616 Third Street. If.
Rev. p Freund, of Chicago, secretary
of the mission board of the Evangelical
| Synod of North America, occupied the
pulpit of st. Paul's church Sunday
morning. While here he was guest
/
Secretary Campbell, of the Y. M. C. A.
is now in correspondence with the Stay
ton lyceum bureau, which has Hon. w.
j. Bryan under contract to deliver
addresses, and is trying to have a date
set for the distinguished orators APP
pearance here.
Information received by friends in
this city state that daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs Phineas Pease at Dor
chester last Wednesday. Mr. Pease is
a son of Rev. and Mrs. F. A Pease form
er residents of Wausau, and the moth
er was formerly Miss Cora Collins, also
of this city.
A house owned by w b. Scholfield
and situated in Manson's addition was
destroyed by fire early Saturday morn
ing. The house was occupied by Anton
Peterson and family and was so far
from ahydrant that it was impossible to
save it. Mr.. Peterson succeeded in
saving nearly all his furniture.
We wish to buy hemlock and hard
| wood timber lands: any farmer wishing
to sell timber and keep the land should
| come and see us. We want, more espe-
cially, hemlock timber, and logs that
| will come to Wausau by rail or water.
BARKER & STEWART LBR. Co.
m17 me Wausau, Wis.
The Mcmillan Land and Lumber Co.
has been organized with capital stock
of $500, 900, the incorporators being G.
V. Mcmillan, of Fond du Lac, and b. f.
| Mcmillan, of this county. The purpose
of the company is to conduct lumber
ing business in this country and Canada,
and particularly in Wisconsin and
Michigan.
The Hennepin Bridge Co. of Mime
apolis, which has the contract for build
ing the bridge over the main channel of
the Wisconsin river, resumed work
yesterday. The pier on the west side of
the river has been completed for some
time but before the iron work can be
put on the pier on Stewards island and
four steel tubular piers in the river
must be built.
VIM. Abbott, while coming up Third
street from the northern part of the
city Saturday, was stricken with heart
trouble when near the Murray foundry
and fell to the sidewalk. Several
parties saw him fall and he was picked
up and taken into the Dickens grocery
store near by and physician sum-
moned. 1t was some time before he
regained consciousness and was later
removed to his home.
The bread that mother used to bake
was not one bit better than the bread
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon
Flour. 1t makes light, white bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order a sack and give it
a fair trial Made by +. w. Kickbusch
IL Son. IT,
The board of police and fire commits
sioners held a meeting Friday evening
for the purpose of examining applicants
for positions on the police and fire de-
partments. Only one person appeared,
Frank Oviatt, of 407 First Ave, who sue
cessfully passed the examination for
patrolman The balance of the time
was consumed by the commissioners in
discussing needs of the two depart
mentS.
Fifty-eight persons were seated at the
banquet held Friday evening at the Y M
G. A. for the members who had secured
one or more new members during the
recent contest. NJ. j. Colby presided
and addresses were made by III. e.
Flieth, Il. James and others who pointed
out work to be done. 1t was decided
to continue the contest until the object
had been accompliShed-tha of in
creaSing the membership to 400.
A great storm ragged in the East on
Sunday, snow, rain and very high