Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-20
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Saturday. March 9th.
w. r. Chellis has been chosen by the
local board of Fire Underwriters to
succeed f. E. Charter, deceased, as
president of the board.
We have for rent nice home on
Fulton street. Good location and
best of neighbors. Cheap to good
parties. Crocker-Thayer Land Co.
Papers in a divorce proceeding. in
which Olga Ebersold asks for divorce
from Phillip Ebersold, were fled with
Clerk of Court Beyreis. The reason
is cruel and inhuman treatment and
desertion.
A farmers institute will be held at
Merrill the first week of March.
Principal Kadonsky of the Marathon
County Agricultural school will be
one of the speakers on the program.
For sprain you will find Chamber :
lain's Liniment excellent. 1t allays
the pain, removes the soreness, and
soon restores the parts to healthy
condition. 25 and so cent bottles for
sale by all dealers.
Two imbibers in strong wet goods
were brought into police court Friday
charged with having overloaded. One
paid fine of sl.00 and costs, while
the other took two days board with
Sheriff O'Connor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Etzkin, 532 Union
avenue, are mourning the loss of their
two months cd daughter Anna, who
died Thursday morning of convulsions.
The funeral was held on the afternoon
of that day, interment being made
on the Jewish cemetery.
The state tax commission has had
one of its inspectors in town several
days looking up the records in the
court house on the sale of real estate
in the county during the past year.
The commission uses the figures of
the prices received for land in setting
its assessment of the valuation of our
county, according to which the state
taxes for 1912 viii have to be paid.
Under the auspices of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement, there
will be union meeting in st. Paups
church next Sunday evening COM
mencing at 7:30 O'clock. 1t win be
addressed by President Silas Evans of
Ripon College. DIR. Evans is an un-
usually interesting speaker. 1t is the
| first union service of the movement
held in German church and means a
good deal for the interest of cooper
ative Christianity in the city.
August Birkholz of the town OF
Wien was arrested last week on a
serious charge. His wife accuses him
of having taking liberties with her
thirteen year old daughter by form
er marriage. He was taken before
Justice of the Peace r. n. Larner last
Thursday for hearing, and the testi-
mony presented proved sufficient tC
hold him for trial in circuit court. A
bail bond in the sum of $1,000 was
asked for his appearance, which he
was unable to furnish, and he was
commended to the care of Sheriff
lO'Connor.
The Marathon County i ldical so
ciety decided at its meeting held last
Thursday evening to apply to the
American Medical society for speak
eron the subject of contagious diseases
The latter society is conducting an
educational campaign Throughout the
country on contagious diseases. send
ing speakers TO communities where
diseases have taken a strong foothold
and enlightening the public on neces
sary measures for prevention of thu
spreading of diseases. The date o
the speakers appearance will b
Imade known later.
| The second of the course of talk
on socialism under the auspices o
the local socialist society was held a
Elk's hall last Wednesday evening
and was attended by large audience
The speaker was Ernest ITnternann
and his talk was on "How Thing
, Happen to Happen He held tn
, interest of his audience for seyers
hours and limited several bold charge
against capital and its suhservien
government officials. On TIE Who'll
his talk was IL explaining to his lis
! teners that orly capital had powe
, AND used 1t for self interest regardleS
of consequences TO the general public
ard in particular the laboring class.
/ Violin making and special after
: tion given TO repair work.
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