Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
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For RENT-Offices and desk room
over the and 10 cent store. Inquire
of n. Heinemann. o12-tf
Last Thursday morning the fog was
so heavy that it was hard to find
ones way down town.
J. A. Wilson, pastor of the West
Presbyterian church at Merrill for
the last twenty years has resigned.
Presbyterians rummage sale in the
store next door to Porath & Schlaeffer's
shoe store, commencing next Thurs
day.
Paul, Harry and Otto Schiebe of
Merrill, succeeded in catching cub
bear and getting it home alive the
other day.
For RENT-A good ten room resi-
dence, with all modern Improvements.
Located on Warren street. Inquire
of n. Heinemann. O12-tf
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
lions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. SIC Mcclellan St.
Phone 1911. n24-tf
A number of Amigo citizens, in
Guiding Mayor Calhoun, were in Wau-
sau last Friday looking over our fire
department, especially our new motor
driven fire truck.
No. squad of the fire department
attended a hurry up call to vacant
premises, on the corner of Ninth and
Stark streets at four O'Clock Friday
morning, to put out barn fire.
Thomas H. Ryan was elected first
vice-president of the Wisconsin associ-
alton of postmasters, held at Mil
waukee last Wednesday. Frank B.
Schultz of Milwaukee was elected
president.
In last weeks PILOT was an item
taken from the Minocqua Times stat
ing that Mrs. Henry French and
daughter, Miss Agnes, had gone to
Los Angeles, Cal. This is an error
as Mrs. French and daughter have
not gone to California as yet.
The BostonianS came off victorious
in the world series of base ball, play
ing the last game in Philadelphia on
Wednesday, which made four straight
games for Boston. The PHILADELPHIA
ans won the first game and that is as
far as they got in the series.
The country throughout Marathon
county is now very beautiful and it
only needs few bright, warm days
to make the roads first class for all
kinds of vehicles, and should this
condition come about our people
ought to take the opportunity to run
out into the country and enjoy its
| beauties.
The divorce court is still in action,
| Melvin Elliott having commenced a
suit for separation from his wife,
Leila Elliott, the compliant charging
that the defendant willfully deserted
the plaintiff, taking with her their
two children which Mr.. Elliott con-
siders good and sufficient grounds for
his action.
| The twenty-tifth annual meeting of
the Northwestern Wisconsin Teach
ers' association will be held in Eau
Claire on Friday and Saturday, and
the sixty-third annual meeting of the
Wisconsin Teachers association will
be held on November 4, and in
Milwaukee. The Central Wisconsin
Teachers association will be held at
Stevens Point on October 10Th and
Both.
Owen Clark died at his home in
Stevens Point on Thursday, Oct. IA.
At the time of the civil war Mr..
Clark was citizen of Wausau, he
was popular young man and there
was general lamenting when he en-
listed and left for the war. He never
Stevens Point. He has been mayor
of that city and held other responsible
positions. He was IS years of age.
The city officials are again busy at
the water works pumping station,
now being engaged in cleaning out
the big we'll and other connections
and making other general improve
ments in that vicinity for lettering
the condition of the water supply.
Also new store house 32X75 feet is
being built on the north end of the
grounds for the storing of tools, pipes,
derricks and all appurtenances con-
nectedIwith the system for safer and
better protection and expect to have
the building completed in short or
der.
The Jacob Mortenson Lumber Co.'s
saw mill, after a continuous run day
and night since Jan. 10th, will sus-
pend operations for the year in about
two weeks. During that period of
operation it has cut, or rather will
have cut 12,0OO,O 900 feet of lumber.
About Jan. 1St the company will
again start up its mill for another
period of saving, having already
made preparations for its stock. This
is the second oldest saw mill in
Wausau and its operators expect to
continue its busy career for some
years to come, still having plenty of
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