Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The week of prayer commences on
Sunday, Jan. 18th, 1906
Earl Lake is improving rapidly from
his attack of typhoid fever.
On Thursday, the shortest day of the
year, snow fell nearly all day.
Merritt Jones has been confined to
his home the past week with tonsilitis.
Mrs. w. H. Mylrea, who has been on
the sick list for the past week, is able
to be about again.
Owing to the holiday rush, the date
on the first page of the PILOT was not
changed this week.
The city teachers who live outside of
the city have about all gone to their
homes for the holidays.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the
parlors of the Methodist church on Fri
day afternoon, December 2Sth.
The annual Christian Endeavor
banquet will take place ia the Presby-
terrain church on Friday evening, Dec.
Goth.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, ieweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The sale conducted last Tuesday
afternoon and evening by Lady Wastell
Hive, l.. o. I. M, was a source of
much financial gain to the ladies.
Miss Helen Hudson has issued invita-
tions to young lady friends to meet the
Misses Smith, of Oak Park, ILL.,, on
Wednesday at one o'clock.
A meeting scheduled for this week be.
tween representatives of the Wisconsin
Telephone Co. and the Wausau Tele-
phone Co, has been postponed to Jan.
9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. Zastrow, OF
the town Hamburg, are receiving
the congratulations of their friends
over the birth of son at their home,
on Thursday, December 21st
Miss Edith Lang, who is a niece of
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid Goodrich, and who
resided in Wausau for several years,
will be united in marriage to DR., Robert
Orr, on Thursday, December eth.
Both are of New Prague, MINI. The
ceremony will take place in Minneapo.
lis.
One of the interesting features of the
window display of n. Heinemann dur
ing Christmas week was a street car
gliding along on a circular shaped
built track. The car was propelled by
electricity end was so labeled as 10
recall to mind the wild railroad warns
spun by G G. Downer, when that great
"promoter'' was in this city II was s
great novelty in the mechanical toy
line.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber Co. i.
at present receiving large number o
logs by rail, most of them coming from
the town of Hewitt, this county. TIL,
logs are hauled to the Heinemann ex
tension of the st. Paul road and LOADED
on cars, The company will operate it
Wausau mill night and day Throughout
the winter and in addition to the hem
lock and pine will cut about 1000, 90
feet of hardwood
Wednesday evening, Dec Goth, abou
forty OF the neighbors gathered at tn
home of Louis Morneau's in the tow
of Easton, and had most delightful
time. Dancing was the program will
music furnished by Everett johnson
AT midnight an elaborate chicken pi
supper was served, tc which all di
ample justice. The company departe
in the wee small hours of the morning
feeling that MIR. and Mrs. Mornea
know how to royalty entertain.
An item which appeared recently i
the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin sal
that Gilbert f, Vandercook, wei
known newspaperman has given u
active work in that city, and will leay
shortly for Washington, ID. c. He
leaving primarily for rest, but expec
to take up some work under Congress
man Babcock, chairman of the nation,
republican congressional committe
Mr.. Vandercook formerly edited th
Spencer Tribune, represented IL
Second assembly district of this count
in the legislature in 1899 and is vel
we'll known here. Since 1900 he h
been on the staff of writer's connecte
with the Milwaukee Sentinel.