Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-22
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
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| specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, August Goth.
The fire department was called out
Thursday afternoon because of slab
| fire on the west bank of the river, which
| alarmed some of the residents in that
locality.
The local Krieger Verein will hold its
annual picnic at the fair grounds on
Sunday, August 27tll. Sham battles,
drills, ETC., will be part of the days
program.
Mrs. Nora Peterson died Thursday
morning last at her home 722 S. Third
Ave-, of peritonitis She was born
forty-two years ago in the town of
Maine. The funeral was held Satur-
day afternoon.
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 F. W. Kickbusch
& Son. If.
A meeting of the different labor or
CARNATIONS was held Wednesday even
ing at Muenckow's hall for the purpose
of perfecting plans for the observance
of Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4th. The
program will be similar to that of other
years.
The German Baptist Young Peoples
societies held their convention il La
Crosse the latter part of the week and
the local church was represented by
about dozen people. VIM. Beneditz,
of Wausau, delivered An address before
the convention
1t appears that railroad companies
in the Middle West are trying to live
down the name of "souile.5s corpora
tions'' by aiding the pulpit in its work.
Last year the Sunday excursion was
tabooed on a number of roads and now
the &. q N. w. R'y. has issued orders
against the sale of yellow novels on its
trains, because of their demoralizing
effect on the young
The plant of the Wausau Electric Co.
was operated by steam Thursday for
the first time. This was done to adj
nit the water being shut off in the
pond that another draught tube might
be installed, which will.give the plant
additional power. More power is re-
| hnRancn of l. lDo
| ing added to take care of the company's
fast increasing business.
The following Merrill people attended
the district meeting of Daughters of
Rebekah held in this city Thursday
Mesdames l.. S. Barber, E. L. Bosch,
l.. B. Collier, E. Ledger, A. g. Martin,
A. G. Christensen, L. Waush, c. j.
Brace, o. j. Gagnon, c. F. Hankwitz,
F. Kettinger, H. Zipp, F. A. Bundy,
G. Z. Scarf, w. L. Ainsworth, l.. w.
Fletcher, F. L. Mead, e. H. Hamlin and
Mr.. A. G. Martin.
A farmer residing near Marshfield,
who has little confidence in banks,
some years ago buried sum of money
in the ground that it might not be
stolen. few days ago he dug up his
'wad" only to find that the dampness
had rotted away half of each bill, leav-
| ing them worthless. He presented
| scraps of bills amounting to $50 to the
American National bank of that city
| with instructions to make an effort to
have the government redeem the
money.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Krohn, wife of
August Krchn, of the town of Rib Falls,
died Wednesday evening at her home
after a long illness with Bright's
| disease. She was born in the town of
Stettin forty-one years ago and was
the mother of eleven children, the
youngest of which is but six months
old. The funeral was held Friday
afternoon from her late home, inter
ment being made in the town OF
Stettin
Max Jozwiak, of Hatley, was arrested
Wednesday on complaint of his family,
the members of which alleged that he
had abused them without reason. He
was brought before Justice j. A. Jones
next day and was placed under bonds
OF $500 to keep the peace. This is not
| his first Offense. He was arrested about
a year ago on similar charge and is
said to have a very violent temper
when under the influence of liquor, to
which habit he is addicted.
On Wednesday evening the police
picked up a boy about fifteen years of
age whom they found wandering about
the streets. He told the officers a
straightforward story, which was after
ward verified by communication with
his home. According to his story he
stole S25 from his mother, who lives in
Appleton and started out on bicycle,
with no particular point in view. After
getting tired of that kind of transporta-
ton he bought a railroad ticket to
Wausau. He was sent back home on
the noon train Thursday and had less
than dollar left of the amount he stole
from his mother. His name was Chas.
Kollath,
William A. Homrig died last Tuesday
night at Ashtabula, O., after five
weeks illness with typhoid fever. He
was the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Homrig, of Edgar, who up to few
years ago were residents of this city.
The young man had been employed for
three seasons as a fireman on lake
steamers and was engaged in that work
when taken sick. He was born in this
county May 80, 1894, and was therefore
twenty-one years of age Besides his
parents, he is survived by one sister.
The remains were shipped here for
burial on Friday and the funeral was
held Saturday afternoon from the
Presbyterian church, with brief services