Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21

W. H. MyIrea will speak before the
Commercial club in Stevens Point or
Thursday evening.
The Wisconsin Valley Dental society
will hold its annual meeting in Wau
sau on the 18th of April.
Wall paper samples have been put
up in book form at Callies.' These
can be taken home and selections
made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allen have
leased the Hanson House, corner Of
Second and Jackson streets, and vii
take charge April i.
Mono Becker, the only daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Becker, is i'll with
scarlet fever. The home was quaran.
tined this morning.
The tailor shop of Louis Leak is
undergoing alterations. A steel cell
ing is being tac'-ed on and the walls
are being covered with burlap.
The supper given by the ladies OF
the M. E. church on st. Patrick's day
evening, was largely attended and a
social as well as financial success.
DR.. Fayette Thompson National
Sec'y of the Methodist Brotherhood
will address the mems club of the NJ.
E. church on the evening of May 18th.
Carl Hamermiller of Tomah, found
two pearls in oysters purchased
in meat market near his home. A
jeweler says the gems are worth $3.50
and 500.
Owing to illness of Mrs. Mary
Balassa, charged with practicing mid
wifery without registering, an adjourn
ment of one week was taken in her
case last Thursday.
Mrs. Herman Voeltz, residing at
1412 Second street, died Sunday in the
county hospital of dropsy. She was
seventy years of age, and is survived
by her husband and three children.
The designs in wall paper this spring
are so different from those of any
other season that they must be seen to
be be appreciated. Especially is this
SO of cut out borders. 1t costs you
nothing to look at Callies' stock.
The friends of Herman Becker will
be pleased to learn that he is recover
ing his health and will soon be home.
For the past several weeks he has
been taking a course of treatment at
the River Pines sanitorium near
Stevens Point.
The Wausau Liederkranz gave Paul
+. Stole surprise party on Friday
evening at his home. 1t was Mr..
Stokes birthday. The Liederkranz
society of which he is a member, sang
several selections. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows is
planning on holding party in Elks'
hall on the evening of April 26. 1t
will be in the nature of an anniversary
of the founding Of the
order. Several addresses will be made,
it is quite likely that refreshments
will be served and the evenings pro-
gram will conclude with dance.
j. f. Kadonsky entertained L. C.
Martin of Wilmington, Del, the past
few days. The latter is representa-
tive of the Dupont Powder Co. Mr..
Martin made an address before the
county agricultural school yesterday,
and today the two went TO Rib Falls
to make addresses before the farmers
institute on the use of explosives in
land.
The annual meeting of the Wo-
mems Presbyterial society of the
Presbyterian church will be held in
this city on the 18th and 18th of April.
Arrangements are now being made
for the entertainment of visitors.
Those desiring to entertain are re-
quested to inform the committee in
charge: MeSdameS S. M. Quaw, +. E.
Charter and Chas. Peth.
Mrs. @. S. Gilbert and Mrs. Walter
Alexander entertained for Mrs. G. A.
Crosthwait and her sisters, the Misses
Rogers, this afternoon at the home
of the latter. Mr.. and Mrs. Croth-
waite had intended departing for
their new home in Fairfield, Ill.,, the
latter part of this week, but owing to
the fact that Mr.. Crosthwait has not
been very well they will not go until
next week.
During the past several days the
county treasurer has been receiving
barrels of money from the town and
village treaSurerS who have been max
ing settlement of their taxes. The
city treasurer is always the last one
to settle. He usually makes the first
large payment of money to tide over
financial affairs in the county, the
treasury usually being low in the
winter season. He makes his final
settlement after the rush of work
with the other treasurers is over.
The recording machine in the east
side engine house, connected with the
police patrol and fire alarm system be-
gan unwinding tape yesterday and
manifesting that something was
wrong. 1t was discovered today that
the high wind of few nights ago
had loosened telephone wire near
Werheim's factory which kept COM
ing in contact with the patrol and
fire alarm systems wire. This did
not put the system out of order so
that one could not ring in an alarm,
and the unwound tape showed that
no alarm was being sent in.
In reading the sold times" items in
this issue, it will be noticed that a
list Of prices of certain commodities is
we use in the home
every day. 1t will be seen that the
price of everything in that list, except
butter, was severa! times higher than
it is today. Today for the same
money, you can buy three times as
much sugar, four times as much kero-
sene oil, twice as much tea, while So 40
will buy a far better grade of flour
than you paid $500 for forty years
ago. Butter was cheap then, costing
but half what it does now, probably
due TO the general use of hlackstran