Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-03
SHORT ITEMS.


Headquarters for Xmas gifts at
Collie's book store. advertisement
E. I. Fitzgerald has resumed his
former position on tie Wausau Sun,
IL. c. Roemer retiring.
For RENT--A modern furnished
eight-room house. Enquire of Mrs.
James Jolly, AS S. 9Th st. Adv. If
Miss Josephine Steiber and Emil
Poeske were united in marriage at
Marathon on Wednesday. They will
reside in Wansau.
"ACroIDS'' Act Actively
ACTOIDS" for that Cold
"ACToID BALM" for Cuts and Wounds
Advertisement
Xmas is approaching and we note
that our storekeepers have many
appropriate gifts on sale and appar-
emily seem to, be well patronized.
E. G. Dawley who has been confined
to his rooms in the Trevitt home for
the past few days with illness, is con-
valescent and able to be out again.
There should be arrangements to
have plenty of ice skating this winter
in Wausau. 1t is the healthiest kind
of sport and can be had almost at our
doors.
2. S. Hamrick, formerly superin-
tendent Of the Manuel Training school
in this city, has recently been granted
a patent on combined basin faucet
and drinking fountain.
The new club for high school boys
formed at the 7 two weeks ago, will
begin active work this week. Mr..
Brandenburg, who has charge of this
department, has fixed Thursday even
ing as the time that the boys shall
come together.
William E. Whitney, who has re-
sided in Merrill for the past twenty
five years, and was county treasurer
for Lincoln county at the time of his
death, passed away last Monday
night. He was the father of Mrs.
Carl Dippman of this city.
Miss Blanche Armstrong Magazine
Representative. Subscriptions taken
for all magazines and magazine clubs
at lowest club rates. Special repre-
sentative for the Ladies' Home Jour
nal, Saturday Evening Post, Define
ator, Good Housekeeping and Wo-
mans Home Companion. lift
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alexander re-
ceived a cablegram from their son
Ben, on Thursday morning, sent from
Dermstadt, Germany, where the
young man is studying forestry with
p party of students from the Bilt-
more school at Asheville, N. G. The
message contained Thanksgiving
greetings and also the information
that Ben is well and happy.
1t is said that the birds are still
lingering in the north. They are
feeding by the million in the lakes
and slOughs, in the northern part of
the state, in the great lakes country,
and along the rivers there are vast
armies of these wild birds that have
not as yet started for the gulf coast.
1t is on this hardness of the wild
geese and the wild ducks that the
prophets are basing their predictions
that it will be one of the mildest win
tiers in years.
Jos. Koehler, an old citizen of the
town of Cassel died on the 23d. He
had lived in the town for 35 years,
and was 10 years of age. The funeral
took place Monday from ST. Mary's
church, Marathon. The deceased is
survived by his only brother, Anton
Kohler, and by his eight children:
Mrs. M. Wagner, Mrs. t. Doonen of
Wausau, Joseph, Mrs. A. Imhotf, Mrs.
Anton UeheIacker Of Elm Grove, and
the three Mrs. Kutschenreiters of
| WauwautoSa, Wisconsin.
The city water got right down to
business Sunday and gave the con-
sumers as musty drink as has been
turned out in several years. Some
looked startled as if they had gotten
hold of the wrong bottle, while others