Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-09
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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John Duchac one of Amigos pio-
neers died early last week. He was in
his Dist year.
"ACTOIDs'' Act Actively
| For That Cold Take '.ACTOIDs"
| "ACTOID BALM" For Cuts And Wounds
The Trinity church band Of this
city furnished music at the annual
Trinity church picnic at Merrill on
the Fourth.
Remove the potato bug pest from
your vines by purchasing Piers paris
green. His dope has instantaneous
stupefying influence. Get that?
The Trinity church Land went up
to Merrill on the 4th, to deliver music
to the denizens of that former
'scrappy" now united well-to-do city.
Stevens Point better start a soap
factory. Recently there was taken
from the river at that place the car
cases of an OK, horse, pig and a
dog.
The Wausau canning factory has
started up on its annual run and is
extremely busy these days, in canning
the pea crop, which seems to be a
bountiful one this season.
| Three young men were killed in
| Oshkosh by the explosion of mixture
they had made with which to cele-
brate the Fourth. They were Paul
and Anton Hoeft and Erwin Pom
mering.
The Wisconsin State Press associa-
ton will meet in Milwaukee on the
9Th and 9th days of August. Besides
the business transactions there was
an automobile ride and BANQUET at
the Pfster.
We have for sale four lots in Mary
Poor's Ord addition located near the
new west side school. These lots will
be sold cheap, and on easy terms if
taken at once.
CROKER THAYER LAND Co.
E. G. Kretlow is having his real es-
tate and insurance Office repainted,
revarnished, kalsomined, ETC., in
| preparation for a Gland Office BUS
mess" which he expects to do during
the cam align, in which he is greatly
interested
A heavily loaded passenger train on
the St. Paul road a double-header
and thirteen coaches, went north on
the 4th, most of whose passengers
were on their way to the upper lake
region for periods of outing. The
train due here was half an hour late
in arriving.
Potato bugs do not seem to be as
plentiful as in the past in the coun-
try and hereabout, and great rejoic-
| ing is in order. 1t is believed the
cold weather of last winter has
partially exterminated the pest,
thus ensuring bountiful crops of
''murphies'' this fall.
The families of B. A. Benson, G. G.
Kruger. Geo. Rick and Arson Young
accompanied by Miss Emily Club
buck, spent the Fourth at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Yost in Mosi-
ness. The first two families went
down in the Kreuger car, and the
balance of the party went down on
| the train
Howard Pulling, instructor of bot
any at Harvard University, has gone
to the Hudson Bay regio for the
purpose of gathering botanical ex-
hihition for the college. He is ac-
companied by John Albers of Amigo
Mr.. Pulling is son of Mrs. B. w.
Pulling of Marshtield, and a former
resident of Wausau.
| First Church of Christ, Scien-
fist, is remodeling the Philoso-
pher log cabin, lately purchased
from Mr.. and Mrs. Van Vechten, in
to house of worship and expect to
occupy it in about two weeks. The
society proposes to finish it nicely and
comfortably for temporary use until
a new church is constructed.
The Misses Katherine Browne,
Mary Truesdell and Mr.. Sam Pinker-
ton of Waupaca, Miss Hester Jones
and Miss Grace Turner and Mr.. Wells
Turner of Wausau and Mr.. Spencer
Browne of Rhinelander, will be the
| guests of Miss Dorothy Lord at a
house party at Grand View the latter
part of this week.-W aupaca Repub-
| lican Post.
Kruger & Miller are the new pro-
prietors of the Doering store formerly
owned and conducted by the Heine-
man Lumber Company. The inter
ests of the local company were trans
ferred to the new owners this week.
The members of the new firm are
Paul Kruger of Wausau and Robert
Miller of Parrish, and are experienced
men in the merchandising business
Merrill News.
To the credit of sane Fourth, we
are glad to say no accidents of fatal
or severe nature occurred in Wausau
on that day. A few minor hurts
were experienced by some of the cele-
orators, but of a nature scarcely
noticeable. On the whole, however,
it was as it should be hereafter and
thus save life, limbs and property to
all concerned. A sane Fourth is a
wise conclusion.