Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-06-11
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


ACToID BALM' For Old Sores and Ulcers
There is great fishing above the city
on the river between the booms and
Brokaw. Many fish are being caught.
There was quite a heavy frost last
Thursday morning, and in many
places in our county crops were dam
aged.
The standards of the ornamental
lights are being painted by the city.
The color is green and it is an i'm
provement.
L. G.. Schneider, who has been ore
of the faculty of our high school for
several years, is taking the school
census. He commenced yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Stoddard departed
for Merrill Saturday evening and from
there will go to GAINESVILLE and will
be back in the fall. She is one of the
high school teachers.
The concert which had been ar
ranged by the band of st. Stephens
church for Tuesday evening of last
week, has been postponed to Thurs
day evening of this week.
At the annual council of the diocese
of Fond du Lac, l.. A. Pradt of this
city, was appointed a member of the
standing committee. He was also
appointed trustee to Nashota.
Buying wall paper at G. G. Piers
store is pleasure. The beautiful
designs are all arranged on patent
display rack, which greatly aids the
purchaser in making a selection.
Mrs. John Gogg underwent serious
operation at st. Mary's hospital last
Wednesday. She is now improving
very nicely and her condition will in
short time be such, that she can be
taken to her home.
Doors, sash and mouldings are
promptly made to order at our fac
tory. We give this work our person.
al attention and we are sure to sat-
isfy your most particular demands.
J. M. Kuebler Co. jaw
Only ten more days and the sun
| will commence to recede towards the
equator. A week from this Thurs
day summer commences officially, anG
we hope that the weather will not
disappoint the man who set up The
| program for the seasons.
During the night from Thursday tt
Friday frost lit down upon us, max
ing garden plants and the corn hang
their heads rather low. And this
comes after over six weeks of hare
effort on part of the plants and corr
to get their heads above ground.
Hay making will soon commence
and the first cut promises to result i,
a bumper crop. With weather condi
tions half way favorable a secon;
bumper crop will be sure thing thi
fall. Marathon county certainly il
entitled to the name of Glover count!
of Wisconsin.
Last week we mentioned that Free
Burt had been in the McCrossen build
ing with his barber shop ten years, /
was an error, he had been there TO
twenty years. Mr.. Burt will be do
ing business in his new quarters, a
the corner of Fourth and Scott streets
by Saturday or Monday next.
Next Friday is flag day." the da
our nation does homage to the star
and stripes. Governor McGovern ha
issued a proclamation, in which h
asks that the U. S. banner be dis
played from every building. 1t j
now one hundred and Jhirty-tiv
years since the stars and stripes hav
been adopted as the insignia of on
country.
Richard Flatter is looking for til
party that stole thirteen young chicl
ems from his home, $40 South Thir
auenue, Wednesday evening, Will
he and his family were attending til
exercises at the high school. Sever;
other thefts of chickens have bee
reported the past two weeks, and til
time is nearing rapidly, when Nj
Chickenthief will land In the clutche
of the law.
The corn planting contest anon
the young farm residents of this stat
has grown each year in the number {
contestants, there being over twenty
five thousand this year The interes
shown in this branch of agricultur
will certainly result in some good, 70
the results achieved by the youn
farmers have opened the eyes Of thei
parents as to what can be done, whe
proper methods are brought into us
in farming.
School vacation is now on for tn
pupils of our city schools, the pare
chial schools not having closed as yet
but will all close in the course of tw
more weeks. 1t is, perhaps, not amis
TO call the attention of parents to tn
danger there lies in the roaming
about of their boys along the river
The Wisconsin is high and treacher
Gus, and boys should be warned no
to go in swimming where they canno
be given immediate help in case some
thing wrong should turn up, Will
they are in the water. A public bath
ing place would relieve the mind o
many parent.
Mrs. Sophia Bandlow died Frida,
morning in the home of her son, Johr
Bandlow, $40 Washington street, o
| old AGE. Deceased was born in Ger