Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

School ''marmso will begin to ar
rive in the city at the close of next
week, for the opening Of school Sept.
| IL.
Norris Hoffman, buyer of old rags
rubbers and junk, got a 81 lesson in
law on Saturday. He bought some
old lead from boy under eighteen
years of age, in direct violation of the
law.
Everybody is going to the Marathon
| county fair this year, and don't you
| forget to recommended it. On Thurs
there will be 1926 people on the
! grounds. If you doubt our word, go
| there and count them.
Buy it now. Now is the time to
| buy bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
| Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t
| is almost certain to be needed before
| the summer is over. This remedy has
no superior. For sale by all dealers.
Last week the Holway Land COM
pany sold to John Borulh of Chicago,
| through WoZalla Bros. of Stevens
Point piece of land on the Mosinee-
Beven. road for farm. The settler
| expects to commence to build house
| and barn at once.
Dan Curtis and family moved here
today from their former home in
Merrill Mr.. Curtis lately bought
the W. A. Baerwald grocery store.
The family will occupy the old Nc
Eachron residence corner of Sixth
and Fulton streets.
A number of the towns of this
| county have voted on the proposition
of securing state aid, under the pro-
visions guaranteed by the state law
passed at the last session of the leg
islature. Quite few have not. The
matter must be taken up before Sept. l.
DR.. Ralph e. Kanouse died at his
home in Quincy, ILL.,, Thursday fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
He was well known in this city and
was brother of the late DIR. E. NJ.
Kanouse of Wausau, and often visited
here.
Mrs. Otto Brendemuehl died Sat
urday at her home, Gil Union Ave-,
at the age of twenty-six years. De-
ceased was married June 3 of the
present year. She went out berry
picking shortly after her marriage
and contracted cold which devel-
oped into cancer of the lungs She
was ill five weeks. The funeral was
held this afternoon from lions
church. She is survived by her par
entS, four brothers and four sisters.
L. G. Armstrong of Amigo, secre-
7 tary of the Langlade County Agri-
cultural association, was in the city
today. He has entered into contract
with John Schwister to fly at the
Amigo fair. He went down this
morning to look at Johns machine
and while down at the park John in
vited him to ride in it and he accept
ed the invitation. They made low
flight, which Mr.. Armstrong greatly
! enjoyed.
The New Orleans Item of Wednes-
day, contains an article on the firm
of Grossman- Weinfeld Millinery Co.,
which has been doing business for
the past ten years in that southern
city. One of the partners is Alex
Weinfeld formerly of Wausau. The
Item says: "Fair women of Cali
fornia, Maine, Texas, Canada, the
Dakotas, Cuba, South and Central
| and South America, are wearing hats
| manufactured in New Orleans, if the
cross word manufactured" can be
applied to such dainty things as
feminine headpieces. A large part
of the New Orleans-made hats are
manufactured by the Grossman-
Weinfeld Millinery Co., Limited"
A yellow coon was picked up by the
police Thursday night, and held,
pending an investigation. He was
youth of about eighteen years of age,
and ran away from the Baker farm
| near Merrill The owner, ever since
| he purchased the farm, has Leen en-
ploying coon laboI-boys who have
been entrusted to his keeping, he says,
with the understanding that they are
to remain with him until they are of
age. Every little while some Of them
run away and when picked up here
and at other points, complain about
the treatment they are subjected to.
| The one arrested here Thursday said
he ran away because he was compelled
to work and for further reason that
| pie and watermillion were served only
once day and fried chicken but once
a week. He was transported from
this city to Absynnia.