Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-12-20
A LITTLE NEWS
PAPER HISTORY

TO some as to the places where the
various printing offices of Wausau
have been conducted we will try to
give them as near as we can:
The Central was started in 1857 by
j. W. Chubbuck, in a building at the
corner of Fourth and Jackson streets;
then taken down onto Main street in
the Parcher building; then into the
Corey building which stood in the
middle of the block on Jefferson street
south of the court house: then up
stairs into the Bauman building on
Third street, where the Bauman store
is located; that building now stands
at the southwest corner of Fifth and
Forest streets, and hole can yet be
seen in the siding on the west side,
where tin pipe was run through to
carry off the water from the sink in
which the forms were washed The
paper suspended publication in 1865,
and was purchased by r. II. Johnson
and started again couple of years
later in the McIndoe building at the
northwest corner OF Main and jack
son streets. From there it was moved
into a building WHEREOF near-the
Sloan house now stands on Jackson
street, lit was never published in the
Sloan building) This building Mr..
Johnson moved up on Third street, on
the site now occupied by the Nicoll's
block, the post office occupying the
lower floor. That now stands on the
corner of Maine and Scott streets, OPP
posite the Central house. From there
in 1875 the Central was moved to the
McCrossen block, in the rooms now
occupied by the Great Northern Life
ms. Co., and about 1880 Mr.. Johnson
erected the building now owned by n.
Gender on Third street and in the up
per story of which the paper was con-
d. ctec until the building was pur-
chas. br Mr.. Gender in 1862, it was
later moved to the upper rooms in the
building now owned by G. B. Mayer,
north of Albers' drug store; here it
remained until about year ago when
the paper was purchased by the Sun
Publishing Co. and was moved to the
west side in the building at 1l9 Stewart
Ave.
The PILOT was started by V. Ringle
in 1865, in the building now occupied
by o. G. Callies, southwest corner of
Jackson and Fourth streets. 1t re-
NAMED there until 1870 when it was
moved into building especially con-
structed for it, at the south east cor
ner of Third and Washington streets,
and if one will look closely III the arch
of the cornice in front he can distin-
guish ''Pilot Office through the paint.
1t is the same building that is now
occupied by the Cawley Bros liquor
store, later another building was
erected for the PILOT on Washington
street just back of the first one built
for it. E. B. Thayer purchased the
plant in 1884 and in 1890 moved it into
a building which stood where the
PILOT block now stands. In 1900 the
present quarters were erected for the
plant.
The Torch of Liberty was estab-
lished by M. III. Barnum in 1877 in a
building where B. Riebe's building
now stands, later a building was
erected for it on Washington street,
back of w. w. Albers' drug store. 1t
was purchased by Ed. Wheelock in
1894, who changed its name to the
Wausau Record, and later the paper
changed hands several times. 1t was
purchased by the Record Herald Pub
Co. in 1907 and moved to the old Y.
NJ. G. A. building at the corner of
Fourth and Scott streets in 1905
where it is still published and is
known as the Wausau Record Herald
having purchased the Wausau Herald
which was started in 1892 in the Ringle
building on Washington street, by r.
E. Powers and James Mckay.
The Wausau Wochenblatt was
started in the PILOT Office by V. Rim
gle in 1871. 1t remained in the same
| building with the PILOT until it was
purchased by II. ]. Heise when it was
run for some time over Cawley's
liquor store and then moved
to the building which it now occupies
at ia and 116 Fourth street.
The Deutsche PIONEER was started
in the Central printing Office in 1881,
and few years later was purchased
by A. w. Young and moved to the
second floor of the Mercer building on
Third street. Later the office was
moved to bnilding owned
! by Mrs. Trudeau on Washing
ton and then taken to a build
ing on Third Ave-, erected by Mr..
Young for the paper. 1t was pur-
chased by p. f. Stole in 1897 and
moved to a building on east Washing
ton street. In 1907 it was moved into
Mr.. Stokes new building on jefferson
street where it is still being con-
| Quoted.
The above may not be exactly cor
rect but very nearly so. There have
been quite number of papers started
in Wausau besides those mentioned,
but they have all suspended publiea-
ton.