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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
BOARD.

Mr.. Warren E. Hicks, inspector OF
the continuation and industrial
schools, on Wednesday visited the sum-
mer school of domestic science which is
being held at the High school. He
looked over the equipment and OBJ
served the work that is being done,
and expressed himself as greatly
pleased with it. saS
Eighty-three girls are takiTtgwork
in sewing and are doing all MHas of
sewing work from the simple$ tftches
to the completed garments. Some
are making undergarments, some
aprons and some dresses. They are
being taught the use of the sew
ing machine and the attachments for
hemming, tucking, ruffiing, braid
ing, etc.
In the cooking department eighty
two girls have been learning to bake
bread, cakes, cookies and pastries, to
bake, broil, fry and stew meats, and
to prepare potatoes and other yegets-
bles in great variety of wholesome
ways. Il
Each girl has five lessons per week
in cooking Or i've lessons per week in
sewing The classes last an hour and
half, and two classes in each line of
work are given during each half day.
1t is impossible to estimate the
good which will come from this prac-
tical education. There is as much
culture to be derived from the study
of cooking and the chemistry of food
products as there is from the study of
music or painting, and one can ac-
quire as much taste in the study of
dressmaking and the fabrics which
are used for clothing as he could from
the art of sculpture. There is moth
ing which will contribute more to the
happiness of the home and the safety
of it's inmates than knowledge of
these branches and of house santa
tion.
1t is the plan of the Industrial
School board to extend the work dur
ing the coming school year, so as to
include all those boys and girls be-
tween IA and 16 years af age who
have left school and are working
either in the home or as apprentices,
and to afford opportunities for ad-
vancement also for older pupils and
for adults. Many men who have fol-
lowed occupations which do not furn-
ish them as much remuneration as
they feel they ought to have, may be
able through this means to qualify
themselves for more profitable en-
ployment.
No law enacted by our legislature
in recent years will have more salu-
tary and helpful influence upon the
citizens of the commonwealth than
the law providing for industrial and
continuation schools by the last legis-
lature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
THE WHITE PLAGUE WAR.

The great war against the "white
plague" has had marked results,
chiefly through the employment of
out-of-door treatment. While it is
only comparatively recent that this
treatment has become general, it has
been advocated for over twenty-five
years in Philadelphia, and many per-
sons who suffer from consumption
and are taking the s'home treatment"
sleep in tents or inclosed porches, says
the Philadelphia Capital. Benjamin
Franklin, in his numerous researches,
learned many elemental truths, which
he handed down to posterity in his
writings He declared that disease
does not come from pure or cold air,
but from draughts and the uneven
exposure of the person to icy blasts.
1t is his theory which is in large
measure responsible for the present
method of treating Pneumonia
patients at the Jefferson hospital.
The ward on the roof is an innova-
tion and is largely in the nature of
an experiment. Its permanently will
be decided by the number Of cures
effected. So far the proportion of
recoveries has been so great and the
fatalities so small that the physicians
in charge hesitate to give out the
figures, lest they be thought to be
exaggerating. This Is especially en-
couraging, because of the unusual
fatal course so many cases OF pneu-
monia have taken during the past
winter
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Wednesday evening. They made the
trip in the Yawkey car.
Miss Helen Lewis who visited
friends in the city, returned to her
home in Rhinelander on Thursday,
The Misses Phoebe Jones and Gene
We've Edmonds accompanied her.
The three young ladies will attend a
house party at the w. e. Brown cot
tage at Mohens lake, near Rhine
lander.
Among the attendants at the Wis
consin Municipal League meeting in
this city was Chas. G. Starks Of Ber-
lin, the veteran editor and publisher
of the daily and weekly journal of
his city, and they are sprightly publi-
cations. Mr.. Starks enjoyed his visit
in Wausau, Notwithstanding its many
inconvenience on account of our late
big flood, "pulled off" for the purpose
of helping TO entertain our numerous
visitors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
Nail Carriers VIII Fly.

This is an age of great discoveries
Progress rides on the air. Soon We
may see Uncle Sans mail carriers ny
ing in all directions. transporting
mail. People take wonderful interest
in a discovery that benefits them.
That's why DR.. Kings New Discovery
far Coughs. Colds, and other throat
and lung diseases is the most popular
medicine in America. 1T cured me Of
a dreadful cDugis.'' writes Mrs ] +.
Davis. StickIley Corner, Me-, latter
doctors treatment and all other
remedies hal failed" For coughs,
colds or any bronchial affection its uEl-
e0ualed. Prize SOC and Sl.00. Trial
bottle free at w. w. Albers-
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1875.

rs was anticipated, the excursion
TO the Rapids on the End inst, was a
grand success. The Ladies' Aid So
clety OF st. Johns church are deserv-
Ing OF great praise for the way in
Which the affair was conducted. The
people at Grand Rapids did all in
their power to make the visit pleas
ant ore to the excursionists, providing
Tree of charge conveyanceS to and
f.om the cars, ana spreading sump-
fSuous repast for them at the hall.
SATURDAY, SEPT. IL, 1875.
The long talked of improvement of
iraining the marsh, we learn, has been
completed, and will carry off the
water in fine shape.
= j. a. Cowan has associated with
him in business Robt. Lamont of
Peshtigo, and will soon move to his
new quarters on Third street, where
they will exhibit splendid stock of
furniture.
Races by the Wausau Driving Park
association on Sept. 10th, 1875, brought
out the following horses: Albaa's bay
colt; Sweeney's black; Dunbar's horse
and McIntyre's gray. Alban's bay
won the trotting event, best time 3:05.
KickbuSch's colt and Casterline's bay
were in the running race and the
latter came out ahead. A race be-
tween cold Storm and McIntyre's
gray was won by the latter.
SATURDAY SEPT. 25, 1875.
In write-up about Wausau from
the Chicago Commercial Advertiser,
we find the following prophetic para
Graph:
Charming views of Rib and Mosi-
inee mountains rising like great domes
above the green wooded hills to the
west of the river. The fading glories
lf sunset fingers on their western
slopes, decking rocks, flowers and
trees with their wealth of crimson
and gold, long after the shadows have
crept over city and valley. These
mountains are distant enough to give
q subdued and delicate atmospheric
effect and at evening the space be-
tween seems like the golden portals
to Carlye'S "Shoreless Sea of Light"
There are fine views all the way up
the river TO Jenny and down to Mosi-
nee. Some day they Viii be COM
inanded by cottages and villas and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
PILOT THIRTY SEVEN YEARS AGO

gardens, and songs of love and visions
of life and beauty Will crown these
plateauS and hill sides as the ever
green crown the neighboring noun
tains.
Nothing but the hand of God can
stay the onward progress of material
and social enterprises here. The
tributary country is broad and full of
available resource. The temper of
the commercial town is admirable.
If, in this latitude, the winters are
cold, they are uniform, ard bring no
change from the steady, stimulating,
health give temperature to this fair
land till the advent of summer sun
shine tempered with the northern
wind from April to November, is
laden with the fragrant breath OF
arbutus and the heaiJhfGl balm of
hemlock fir and pine. For the whole
week ] have enjoyed the delights of
this land that brings back to man.
hood the freshness and buoyarcy of
divine youth. For the day | drifted
with my friend Single off into the
north woods"
James McCrossen will remove to
his new and elegant business place at
the corner of Third and Scott streets
the middle of October.
On the passenger train last Friday
it became necessary for conductor,
John Shute, to cuff rowdy's ears,
who insisted in smoking in the adies'
Car.
At the annual meeting of the
Marathon County Agricultural society
held at the court house on the even
ing of Sept. Is, 1875 the following
officers were elected
President-AuguSt KickbuSch.
Vice-Pres.- L. Wheeler
Treasurer-D. l.. Plumer.
Secretary-Wm. Wilson.
ExecutiveC mmittee-AugustK Kick
busch, d. L. Plumer, M. NJ Charles
and Herman Miller.
The Eighth Annual Marathon
County Teachers Institute ald ex-
animation of teachers were held from
the 9th to the 10th of September 1t
was very successful gathering of the
teachers. The following officers were
elected
President-Rev. ThOs. Greene.
Secretary-E Elisha Philbrook.
Asst Sec'y-John O'Donoughue.
Treasurer-MiS Ella Finn.
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PERSONALS.

&C. II. Rice of Green Bay, had
business in this city during the week.
Mrs. Madden and son, Walter,
are guests at the d. Madden home
in Minccqua.
e. E. Albrecht of Eau Claire, was
in Wausau during the past week the
guest of relatives.
Miss Airline Thurman of Green
Bay, is visiting her sister, Mrs. r. d.
saaciie, in this city.
Miss Marion Wilson, who has
been visiting friends in Chicago for
the pa two weeks, arrived home
Saturday.
Miss Olive Sweet and Flint Jones
of Fond du Lac, arrived in the city
Friday, and are guests at the home
of G. d. Jones.
Miss Bertha Thorkelson, who has
been a guest of DR.. and Mrs. j. H.
Kolter, departed for her home in
Racine, Thursday.
Miss Katherine Manson, who had
been visiting in the East for several
weeks, is expected to arrive home the
first part of August.
Mrs. f. G.. Dana and son, Walter
D., who have been guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Alexander, returned to
their home in Milwaukee on Friday.
Frank Lueschen of the Mara
thon Times, transacted business in
this city Wednesday and also took a
view of the flood and of its destruc-
tion.
DIR. and Mrs. HI. ID. Hull, who
have been guests of Mr.. aud Mrs. G..
C. Yawkey, departed for their home
in Crystal lake, H., on Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Woodson of
Kansas City, arrived in the city
Thursday to visit the lady's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. YawkeY, and de-
parted for their home again Saturday
evening.
Hiss Helen Stone, who had been
visiting relatives and friends in
Virginia, Mimi, arrived home Fri
day evening. She was accompanied
by Miss Emma Stewart. who will
visit in the city.
The Misses Irene and Della Strupp
departed Saturday for Grand Forks,
n. OAK, to visit with their brother,
Eugene Strupp and family. They
expect to be away from home fol
about three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs E. Latshaw departed
on Saturday morning for a trip on the
lakes, and on the St. Lawrence ano
Hudson rivers. They will go to New
York to visit for several weeks with
their son, Stanley /. Latshaw.
Miss Dorothy Heinemann, who
has been visiting friends in Chicago
departed from that city on Wednes
day for Deal Beach, \. j., where sh'
will visit her sister, Mrs. Edward
Steinam, at her summer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Pier departed
Friday for Madison to attend th'
marriage of a relative. They re
turned home yesterday, accompanies
by C. W. Fairchild of New York,
brother of Mrs. Pier, who will yisl
in the city.
Chief Clancy of the milwaukee
fire department, was q prominent
figure in Wausau during the pas
week. 1t was his first visit here an.
he spoke well Of Wausau in general
He also congratulated this city on IT
efficient fire department.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Yawkey an
guests, DIR. and Mrs. III. d. HUI
lof Crystal Lake, H., and Nj
and Mrs Frank Kelly. who hay
been enjoying weeks outing a
Hazelhurst, returned 70 the cit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
Old WiScOnSe Goes on Most Disastrous
Rampage Ever Experienced Here.
Dams and Bridges Swept Out and Large
Area of Territory Inundated.
CITY WITHOUT ELECTRIC
LIGHTS OR FIRE PROTECTION.
Millions of Logs Swept Down River Railroad
Traffic Suspended ed-Not Single Life Lost

The continuous rainfall of all day
Tuesday of last week, during which
Al inches of water fell, eliminated
Tuesday night In one of the most dis
astrous floods ever experienced in this
section, wiping out bridges, booms
and dams and sweeping the river clear
from Brokaw to Dancy and further
south, flooding and putting out of
commission the water works, pump
ing station, the electric light house,
overfiowing portions of the city never
before inundated, carrying out bridges
and great piles of lumber and turning
loose into the raging torrent of the
river millions of feet of logs that
swept everything before them.
WITHOUT wABNINa.
Almost without warning, this
great flood was upon us. 1t was gen.
orally realized that large amount
of water had fallen and that
as consequence a raise in the
river might be anticipated; but it was
not thought that the full force of the
flood would strike US during the
night nor would it but for the giving
away of portion of the Brokaw dam.
Late Tuesday evening immense
banks of black clouds were seen shift
ing across the sky to the north of US
and some apprehension was felt at the
time, but as these passed to the east
and it was not thought that much
water had fallen close TO the river,
and it would take several hours for
this TO reach Wausau and that on its
way down it would spread out, most
of those who had been watching the
river did not consider the situation
critical
TROUBLE AT BRoKAw.
The black cloud seen from this
city passed over Brokaw and points
further north on the river and
is reported to have been a ver-
liable cloudburst. The rain fell in
such torrents that within an hour its
effects could plainly be seen on the
river, which began to rise at an TN
precedeEted rate. Alarmed at the ra-
pidity with which the river rose, addi-
tional men were detailed to help in
raising the flood gates to let OF the
surplus water, but before they could
% 3 In 10 bo
risen to such a stage that they were
forced to abandon the attempt Even
as they worked the waters carried
away large portion of the super
structure of the dam with such sud-
denness that il was with difficulty
that the workmen escaped with their
lives and found safety on the shore.
Another and another huge section
of dams was swept away and this was
followed by the breakingof the booms
above the dam and some three or four
million feet of logs being released and
thrown into the vortex.
SWEEPING ALL BEFORE.
This great volume of logs, thus
suddenly released into the swollen
river and hurled along by the
food formed an irresistible mass
that swept everything before
il. Down the river came the great
mass of logs, down into the Wausau
boom where other millions were
stored, piling and rolling upon them,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30

Complete boarding house equipment,
consisting Of beds, bedding, dishes,
cooking utensils, and stoves tor sale.
Inquire of B. Heineinann Lumber
Co. either at Amigo or iFausau,
Wisconsin. a 9-tf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30

tearing out the piers, separating the
booms and adding millions of tons to
the weight, carrying everything be-
fore 1t.
The mill pockets" in the river at
this city were filled with logs, the
Jacob Mortenson Lumber company
alone having between five and six
million feet in their pockets, the Bar
ker & Stewart Lumber Co. many more
and others.
BIG JAM AGAINST BRIDGE.
The greater portion of all these
were stored in the river above the old
Leahy & Beehee bridge, between the
mill of the Mortenson Lumber COM
pany end the pumping station of the
waterworks and from there ON for
half mile or more logs were jammed
under and against the north side of
the bridge, the jam al one time at
tanning height of at least ten feet
above the bridge and forming a dam
that backed the water up until it
crept over the bank to such height
that it flooded the pumping station
and put out the fires under the boil
ers, driving the employees from the
building and leaving the city without
water for domestic purposes or for fire
protection. This was about lis O'Clock
WaAnaclou
.eoINa OF THE OLD BRIDGE.
The Leahy g. Beebee bridge was
a wooden affair, built a good
many years ago and rebuilt but
recently. 1t stood the terrific
pressure of the up piling logs and
the rapidly rising waters well, but
the contest was an unequal one. A
teamster who had crossed it a few
moments before it went out and after
the logs had begun to leap over it's
side into the roadway, appears to have
been the only one who saw it pass out,
Others in the neighborhood being busy
with the troubles of the pumping sta
tion. The teamster was watching the
bridge in fascination, wondering if it
could stand the strain, or if it would
have to give way.
Suddenly, he says, the whole center
of the bridge was apparently heaved
high in the air. There was sound
of rending timbers and swapping pill
ing, the crunching of logs, the roar of
the uncomfortable river, and the
whole mass started down stream.
One part of the mass went down the
main channel of the river, coming in
contact with the railway bridge that
crosses from the island to The west
side and, without even being checked
in its mad race, tore loose this mag
nificent structure of steel and stone.
DESTROYS HIGH BRIDGE.
The other portion of the food re-
leased by the giving way of the Leahy
& Beebee bridge, was carried down
through the slough" above the
guardlock and the high bridge, where
the water rose rapidly until it had in
undated the railroad tracks on the
east side of the river and had opened
for itself passage across the tracks
at the east end of the guard lock
through which the water rushed in
such torrents that it destroyed the
east pier of the high bridge.
Through this opening timbers and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-30
NOTICE WAS BRIEF.

All of these things happened in a
much less time than it takes to tell of
it, some of the events occurring stimuli
taneouSly.
The first intimation that Wausau
had that trouble might be expected
was received about 10 O'Clock Tues
day evening, being a telephone mes
sage from Brokaw, telling of the
breaking of the dam and the escape of
the logs, but the story came too late
for the general public to learn of it,
and 1t was not until next morning
that it was generally known, the first
lntimation that many had of the ca
lamity that haG occurred while they
slept being whea they discovered that
the city water was cut off, and the
electric lights out of commission, the
street cars not running, not a factory
or mill sending forth the usual
O'clock call 10 work.
For the time being all industry in
Wausau was at standstill. From
early in the morning and all day long
Everybody was out TO inspect the
work of the flood. Those who had
lost boats and lighthouses were down
the river seeking to find trace of them,
while the many others thronged tc
the various points of vantage to note
the effects of the flood.
CITY OFFICIALS ACT PROMPTLY.
Mayor Rlngle, Chief Malone, Fir
Chief Zielsdorf and manyof the alder
men were among the first to be ap
prised of the damage wrought by the
Ifiood and were present in their otficia
capacities to render what assistanc.
was possible. Many extra policemen
were sworn in and all dangerous place
roped of and guarded, and every pre-
Icaution taken to guard hfe and prop
erty. The steam fire engine wa
brought out and placed on the slough
bridge near the Northwestern freigh
ldepot, anci connected with hydran
| by two sect ons of hose through whicl
Iwatcr WIS forced into the mains iron
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Mr.. and Mrs. q. C. Yawkey and
guests. DIR. and Mrs. III. D. Hull
of Crystal Lake, H.. and Mr.
and Mrs Frank Kelly. who have
been enjoying q weeks outing at
Hazelhurst. returned 10 the city
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