Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-24
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The Wausau Business college, after
a successful summer term, closed
Friday. The fall term begins Mon
day, Sept. 9th, with every prospect of
very large attendance.
Two additional rooms are being
| fitted up in the Grant school building
for school purposes, the board of edu-
cation having awarded the contract
to Herman Dern, one of Wausau's
best mechanics.
Ten dollars and costs. which
amounted to SIT II, is what Thomas
Lapinski got in municipal court
Tuesday afternoon, when he plead
guilty to charge of giving intoxicat-
ing liquor to minor child of four
years.
A district meeting of the RebeccaS
was held at Merrill Yesterday. Dele
gates were present from this city,
Tomahawk and Merrill at the meet
ing. The president of the state as
sembly from Madison appeared on
the program.
Charles Zyrbywhich who recently
served a fifteen days term in the
county Jail, was arraigned in munich
pal court Thursday morning on a
charge of vagrancy He was found
guilty and was sentenced to a term
of twenty days in his former quar-
tiers.
The Wausau Game and Gun club
sent team of ten shooters to Anti
go, Saturday, to participate in a con-
test with trap shooters from Rhine
lander, Eagle River, Hurley, Iron
wood and the Amigo shooters for
cup which was formerly won by the
Amigo club.
John Gunckle, the founder of the
Toledo & National Newboys' associa-
tiOn, died at his home in Toledo Sum-
day, August 18th. Mr.. Gunckle will
be remembered by many in Wausau,
as he delivered one of the most in
teresting lectures at the Chautauqua
here last year
The old iron drinking fountain in
front of the court house has been re-
tired to the scrap heap and has been
supplanted by two porcelain ones, of
more wholesome enjoyment and more
in keeping with the dignifed appear
ance of that locality. The water de-
partment has the thanks of the en-
tire city for its liberality.
Rev. O. It. Doe, of this city, deliv-
cred the sermon at the annual mission
fest at the Norwegian Lutheran
church in Merrill Sunday morning.
In the afternoon a discussion was
held on the subject, "The Church,
What 1t Is and Its Mission" and was
opened by Rev. o. T. Doe.
A large number are present at the
meeting of the Marathon County
Federation of Catholic societies, which
is being held this afternoon and even
ing. A very interesting meeting had
been arranged for and large delega
cation representing the different
societies in the county AFFILIATED with
the Federation are present.
Blanche Ring the actress has taken
the Wilde home on Franklin Ave.
Her home will be the scene of many
gay parties during her residence here.
Hollywood Call Citizen.
Blanche Ring is the wife of Charles
Winninger. She retains her former
name on the stage.
Chief Zielsdorf of the fire depart
ment and Eengine house No. 2 squad
responded to a fire call to the North
ern Milling company's plant at 6:10
Tuesday evening, which alarm proved
to be only escaping steam from the
boiler room. Fire squad No. l was
held up before leaving its headquar-
tiers for appearance at the scene by
the chief of the department.
They are ever with us, Ford stories,
we mean. ga Man very much excited
rushed into local blacksmith shop
and wanted to know if they had seen
a Ford round there. The blacksmith
said he had seen none and then in
quired of the man if he had lost his.
YES" replied the excited fellow, 81
was just cranking mine and it flew off
the handle and can't find it,
A stray bull on the track of the
Northwestern railroad, at Ringle, was
struck by freight train Tuesday
afternoon, derailing six loaded cars,
scattering their cargoes along the
line. The locomotive and the two
first cars ran over the animal and re-
manned on the track. Regular pas
Senger trains were delayed somewhat
until the wreckage was cleared. The
bull was ground into mince meat, but |
not for domestic eating.
The new motor truck for the fire |
arrived Friday morning
and is now in commission for active |
duty. 1t is of los horse power and is
a strong, powerfully built machine |
and looks as though it was capable
of doing what it is designed for
getting to fire in a jiffy. The ma
chine was out during Friday on exhi-
bition and demonstration purposes and
was run over to Amigo to test its
capacity and endurance, and seems to
meet all expectations.
The annual meeting of the North
eastern Ministerial conference of the