Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-03-05
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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light and bath. Apply to GA Warren
street. tt
Allan Pradt has been confined to
bis home the past few days with
tonsilitis.
See those "Quick Meal' Steel Ran
ges at Wiechmann's store, III Wash
ington St. m5-2t
The next annual meeting of the
State Library association is to be
held in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Barden of the
town of Easton are the happy parents
of daughter born to them on Friday.
There will be meeting at the
Uniyersalist parsonage Thursday even
ing, to consider church problems, to
which all interested are invited.
"Children's Day. at Wiechmann's
Pharmacy, main store, Scott street,
next Saturday. Free horns to boys
and girls if accompanied by an adult.
The twenty sixth annual closing of
the Wisconsin Farmers Institute
and midwinter fair will be held in
Neenah, ON the II, ID and IA day of
| March.
The shortage of freight cars con-
tinue to be the cry of the lumbermen
and OTHER wood workers up and down
this valley, and the question is, why
is this thusly
| Yesterday was the last day for can
didates for public office to obtain
nomination papers. Those who failed
to procure the necessary documents,
simply got left.
The Carroll college basket ball team
of Waukesha, of which five Laurence
Johnson of this city is Captain, de-
feated the Lawrence college team at
Appleton Friday evening by score
of Ii to II.
Fowl fruit is now down to q and
% cents dozen. Butter "a and %
cents a pound. Flour, meat and
murphys are sky high and going high
er, which is eXaSperating in this great
land of plenty.
James Daniel, the three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Farmer,
902 Grand avenue, died Sunday morn
ing of diphtheria. The funeral was
held yesterday morning from the
home, it being private. Rev. j. j.
Brennan of st. James church
officiated.
Ii Theresa Umhoefer, the thirteen
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Gregory Umhoefer, 102 Emerson
street, died Saturday of heart dis
ease. The funeral was held this
morning at 8:45 O'Clock from st.
Mary's Catholic church, the Rev
Father Casper officiating.
The local branch of Catholic
Knights of Wisconsin initiated six
candidates at it's special meeting held
Sunday afternoon. There are sever
al more applications up for consider
alton and these will probably be
acted on at the next regular meeting
of the branch, March 21st.
Our high school basket ball team
met an overwhelming defeat last Fri
day at Amigo, the score at the close
standing 40 to IL. Our boys were
not used to the very slippery floor
which the Amigo boys furnished
them and of course they ''fell down"
See full report in high school notes.
| Whether ready to buy or not-don't
fail to call at Callies' store and look
over the new styles of wall paper for
the season 1912. The salespeople are
not very busy just at present and you
can get the benefit of their time by
being able to make thorough ex-
animation of all the new things in
stock. Otto Callies', paper and paint
merchant.
The drug store of Bert Schwanberg,
opposite the court house, is under
going great improvements. The walls
have been re-painted and re-decorated
as have been the fixtures. On the
north side of the store he has had
glass show cases installed with marble
bases. This gives him five or six
more feet of clear space in the center
of his store and adds much to its
beauty as well as to it's convenience.
| Nh. and Mrs. Samuel Trevitt of
Seattle, Wash, arrived in the city on
Thursday evening to visit the form
er's brother, Dr. A. w. Trevitt. Mr..
and Mrs. Trevitt are the owners of
nine trained dogs, called the "Trevitt
Military Dogs" and at present they
are travelling on circuit, giving en-
tertainments with their trained ami
mails. Mr.. and Mrs. Trevitt departed
Sunday evening for st. Paul, where
they went to fulfill return engage
ment in that city.
David w. Baker, aged sixty-four
years, died at the Marathon County
asylum Saturday afternoon. He had
been an inmate of that institution
since January %, 1908. Death was
due to old age infirmities. Deceased
was a newspaper man, he having at
one time been editor of the Mosi-
nee Times. He is survived by two
sisters and one brother, who are:
Mrs. E. L. King of Merrill, Mrs. S.
Scribner and j. W Baker of Grand
Rapids. The body was taken to
Grand Rapids Saturday evening for
burial.
DOINCS THE COMING WEEK