Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-09-07

| The Parcel Post exhibit by the
Wausau Post Office was interesting
and showed various articles that can
be sent by parcel post and what the
cost is in different zones. The booth
was done in red. white and blue dec
orations and flags.
Sell Bros. Hardware company had
booth trimmed with colored paper
and exhibited ranges and furnaces.
The town of Ringle's exhibit of
grains, tobacco stalks, garden truck,
sheered and spun wool was good.
This booth had samples of peculiar
small blue potatoe, used for salads,
which has recently been grown in
this county.
The Progressive Farmer Club of
the town of Flieth had very good
showing in charge of Mr. Zochert.
The display of grains, fax, potatoes,
vegetables, apples, ETC., was attrac-
tive and second prize was awarded
this booth. One strange thing in
this booth was the samples of pecu-
liar kind of cucumbers. They are
shaped very much like snake and
one had been fixed up like a snake,
using red berries for eyes and had
been placed among the fruit. Many
people going into this booth to look
at the pretty fruit would get little
scared for minute until they real
lied what it was. 1t afforded a great
deal of amusement.
The Marathon County Asylum ex-
hibited an excellent display of pro-
ducts grown at the farm. Grains,
grasses, vegetables and fruit were
shown.
The Wright Music store booth was
prettily decorated and consisted of a
piano and victrOlas. The Boost for
WauSau song was sung from this
booth and it was not long before all
were humming the chorus:
Boost, Boost, Boost for Wausau,
Boost again, then boost some more;
It's the swellest of it's size,
It's. the town we idOliZe,
You bet we know, Wausau will grow,
It's right up to date you see,
And wherever | 60,
I'll let every one know,
WauSau'S the place for me.
Porath & Schlaefer. Wausaus Wide
Awake Shoemen, had display of
boots, shoes, leather, ETC., and also
samples of shoes made by the Mara
thon Shoe company.
The Wiechmann Hardware COM
pany booth contained sewing ma
chimes and stoves.
Herman G. Oelke had a>booth ex-
hibiting all steel furnaces.
Val. Ringle'S booth had a display of
motorcycles and bicycles.
The Marathon Shoe company booth
was interesting. They showed sam
af 1ch hnf
trimmed and after they are sewed
large jar filled with beans and the
two persons guessing the nearest
number in the jar will each receive
pair of shoes.
The Peth Candy company booth
was decorated with Peth pennants
and had samples of all kinds of
candies.
Toburen's exhibit of pictures on
the second floor was interesting.
The Country School exhibit fixed
up by j. E. Giessel, county superin.
tendent of schools, displaying work
done in the schools of this county
was very interesting. Pictures
mounted on large cards, samples of
sewing, basket work, drawing, patch
work, ETC., was shown. The booth
was prettily decorated with red, white
and blue bunting.
Miss Ida Hubbard had a booth
showing the Wade corsets.
Frank Pettric, the insurance man,
had booth called the "Rest Room"
j. M. Colby, the photographer, had
large number of pictures on display
and this booth was interesting.
The Johnson Electric Shop had on
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