Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-07-27
DANCY

DANC1
The rainy weather is greatly re-
tarding the hay making, otherwise
crops are coming fine.
Rev. o. R. jerks and family re-
turned to their home in Aurora, ILL.,,
Saturday after spending July on their
farm near Dancy. The Reverend
gentleman is president of Aurora
College, and had to get home to look
after his school duties.
G. Fl. Altenburg and wife are
spending the summer months in this
locality.
Mrs. A. c. King of Chicago, and
daughter, Mrs. Hunt of Omaha, Neb.,
and friend from New York City, is
spending the summer near Dancy. A
house has been rented and the ladies
are enjoying country life to the full
est degree. Mrs Kings daughter,
Mrs. Geo. Engel, and husband own a
section of land in the Dancy Drainage
District and are making much pro-
gress developing same; and, son, DR..
King, leading physician in Chicago,
has also been out here.
H. M. Jones and wife, Nellie Kedzie
Jones, are at the big exposition in
San Francisco. During their absence
their farm is looked after by their
nephew, H. KedZie, lawyer from
Chicago.
George ]. KnOller returned home
from Minocqua the first of the week,
where he was one of a house party
entertained by Miss Blanche Dessert
at the summer home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Dessert, on Toma-
hawk lake. George reports having
had most delightful time.
Henry Kronenwetter and family
visited relatives in Dancy an evening
recently.
1900 gallons of cream out of Dancy,
in one week is not a bad showing and
/ the amount is increasing rapidly.
Last Friday party of gentlemen
being leading bankers, farmers, real
| estate men and Postmaster and wife
| of Clinton, ILL.,, were in Dancy anC
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. G
| G. Knoller, at their home. The party
autoed from Illinois, coming purpOsely
| to look over land in Dancy Drainage
District. They came via Madison
and Watertown and report grains al
through bumper crop. In Illinois
threshing is now under way anC
grains are turning out exceptionally
well, and with favorable fall they
expect corn to come out all right.
| But for clover northern Wisconsin
takes the cake. They never before
saw it growing along the roadside
and on by-roads thru the woods.
They thought this section of the
state had wonderful future, and
cattle would be the farmers main
stay. They were. we'll pleased with
| crops they saw growing on drained
land and location of the district
crossed by main travelled highways,
and contingent to these lines of rail,
way especially appealed to them and
with drainage now complete they
predicted development on a large
scale would soon be under way. AT
Stevens Point the party was enter
tanned by D. E. Frost and during
their stay in Eaupleine by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. e. Dafoe.
Miss Evelyn L. Knoller visited a
couple of days last week in Stevens
Point with Miss Hattie Helm, who
was home from Chicago for a few
days visit. Miss Helm was for some
years one of the faculty of Hinshaw
| Conservatory of Music, Chicago, but
is now directress of the North Side
branch of Sherwood College of Music,
| Chicago. She was for some years a
| pupil of the late William Sherwood,
| founder of the school who now bears
| his name.