Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
SPENCER ITEMS.
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Spencer Record.
E. G. Ingham has improved his
garage by giving the front a coat OF
paint.
Rev. j. Graham Simpson, of Marsh
field, filled the pulpit at the M. e.
church Sunday evening instead of
Rev. Dix
Mrs. Henry Schumann died at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Frank, north of this city Tues
day evening.
VIM. Schwantes has had men lay
ing brick on his new restaurant
building the past week, and expects
to complete the structure in the
near future.
Homer Creed went to Wausau last
Saturday to join Spanish American
Veterans camp which was organized
there that evening.
MARATHON ITEMS.
Marathon Times.
Mrs. H. He'll returned Monday from
her visit to Evanston, Chicago, and
other places.
Frank O'Connor of Wausau, our
genial eX-sheriff, was in town between
trains, Tuesday afternoon, on bust
ness.
DIR. L. T. McNicholas, John L. OPP
permann and Walter Busse tran
sacted business at Wausau, Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Kleinschmidt re-
turned to Wausau, Monday, having
visited with friends of the town of
Hamburg last week.
Miss Gertrude Heinrich of Wausau,
visited over Sunday with friends in
the town of Hamburg, returning to
Wausau the next day.
The new home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thull is now nearly ready for
the plaSterers. Built on the bunga-
low style, this new residence, when
completed will be one of the finest
in town.
MOSINEE ITEMS.
Mosinee Times.
Mrs. G. A. Bernier visited here sew
eral days last week.
Fred Schulz left Sunday evening
for Milwaukee where the following
day he enlisted in the United States
| navy.
Red raspberries are ripe and large
quantities of the luscious fruit are
being brought into town daily. At
present they are selling for ten cents
a quart and there is brisk demand
for them.
Rev. g. Reader, who has had
charge of st. James parish in this
city for the past two years, left Mon
| day for Superior, Wyoming, where he
will take the pastorate of the church
in that city. E
On ST. James day, Sunday July
| 25th, St. James church of Mosinee,
| celebrated its annual Patronal feast.
| Rev. FIR. Hinton of Amigo, serving
| Holy Communion to class of thirty
| five at 500 a. m.
B. E. Walters attended a meeting
| of the finance committee of the cOun-
ty board of supervisors at Wausau
Tuesday, in reference to matters per-
tanning to the county board of educa-
ton.
Arden Paronto has had a cement
sidewalk laid along the west side of
his store building, on Fifth street.
Arden has been making several very
| noticeable improvements about his
various properties the past year.
Prof. e. f. Priest and family left
| yesterday for Loyal where they will
visit for some time with Mrs. Priest
| parents, before leaving for their new
| location at Genoa Junction where
Mr.. Priest will teach the coming
year.
| FROM STRATFORD.
| Stratford Journal
| Mrs. VIM. G. Lipke left Monday for
| Marion where she attended the funer-
al of friend.
George M. Maxson and wife of Mil
waukee are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
e. H. Maxon. "
| Hon. Chr. FranZen has returned to
Madison to be present during the clos
ing struggles of the legislature.
Charles N. Goerling of Wausau ar
rived in town Tuesday with his car
penter kit and Immediately went to
work at his trade. Mr.. GOerling says
he does not know of a village in the
state that is showing the progressive
spirit so plainly as Stratford.-
The directors of the Stafford Co.
| Operative Cow Testing association
held a meeting at the town hall on
| Wednesday and transacted business
necessary to the commencing of the
work for which the association was
| formed. H. S. ,Searles and H. H.
| Humphrey were present to lend what
| ever aid was necessary in getting the
association going right. The appoint
| ing or hiring of tester was one mat
ter that received attention, and after
| considerable discussion, Frank j.
Woodward was engaged as tester. He
will commence his work on Monday.
]. B. Johnson, Chris. Schunk and
Ed. Johnson got the scare of their
| respective lives when a gasoline tank
| on which they were working exploded
on Thursday afternoon. OF course
| the tank contained no gasoline but a
gas formed and an explosion followed
which scattered the men in hurry.
Schunk had his mustache and eye
broWS Singed and was knocked down;
Ed. Johnson was piled up in corner,
and j. b. johnson was not only knock
ed down but had his eyes filled with
dust and dirt and physician was
called in his case. The report of the
explosion was heard in all quarters of
the village. The tank was destroyed.
The Milwaukee Free Press publish
es an article headed "How Wisconsin
| Counties Got Names" This county
is as follows Marathon county took
its name from the battlefield in
Greece, where the ancient Greeks de-
| feated the Persian invaders"
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