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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-29
CONTRACT IS
LET ON FRIDAY
CONSTRUCTION FIRST PREsIsi-
TERRAIN CHURCH WILL BE-
GIN DURING NEXT WEEK.
WILL COST $4,000
New structure VIII BE Brick Veneer
Equipped With Late Model
Organ and the Hest
of Pews.

Contract was awarded Friday TO
w. W. Edwards OF this city for the
construction of the First Presbyte-
rian church on the Main street ios
purchased from w. ID. Anderson.
The contract price in round num-
bers Is $4,000, which includes all
tie sub-consracts with the exxcep-
ton OF pews and the pipe organ.
Contract has been let to the Austin
Pipe Organ company for one OF the
newest and best pipe organs az
cost of s3,500. Contract has no.
yet been let for the pews.
The new church will be magnlfi-
cent structure with a seating capa-
city of 500 in he main auditorium
end balcony II will be brick
veneer structure and furnishing VIII
be thoroughly modern. The outside
dimension given in the plans are 50
feet 10 IA inches by 81 feet 3 Ia
inches. The basement provides for
rooms for the Sunday school begin
ners' department. primary depart
ment intermediate department anc
upper class rooms, also we'll equip
ped public gymnasium.
The first floor plans provide Tor
main auditorium, small assembly
room, sessions room, pastors office,
choir stand and vestibule entrance.
On the third floor which forms
balcony to the main auditorium viii
be found three class rooms. Kitchen
end banquet rooms will be had in the
| basement.
The front elevation shows two
| main entrances with kind of veran-
ia between. II will have gable
| front. The rear elevation plans
show perfectly plain building with
! plenty of windows for ventilation.
There are several large windows in
the east and west sides of the build
ing gs
In discussing the new structure
Pastor Bell said the new church
would have modern Sunday school
| equipment, reading room and
public Gym. which he hoped would
| become popular resort for the
/ young people of the city
1 4
Contractor Edwards announces
that work will start on the new
| building next week. 1t will take
some time to perfect arrangements
to begin the actual building, but il
T, is his purpose to rush the new build
1 ing to completion as rapidly as pos
sible and at the same time make
! sure tina. each and every part of the
work comes up to the standard
January is fixed as the date foi
turning the completed building ovei
| 10 the congregation.
Members of The congregation al
| we'll as all the Christian people Of
the city are looking forward to the
time when the new building will be
completed and the congregation vii
be worshipping there. IT. will be
enc of the most substantial churches
| in all this section of the state anf
viii be an ornament to the city
|
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II The presiding elder, Rev Horace
nishop. yin prcaeh - J .. N. A.
s&:fs i. n. the pastor will answer
s,so antstlons. What Does Water
stsaptlsn Represspt. and How ma
shn Apostlna naptizeg9
Ii Ii nslaslpn day In the SUNDAY
aehool Epwoffh League " I ~
Prayer mastlng "Wednesday even
ing a SIS
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-29

Murasns and evening worship ~
ne Main street christian churcs ~
-, n. ana 4 b. NJ Al II o'clock
Ray. Chalmers Mcphenrsou viii
pfsach. and at o'clock The pastor
WIN s,eak on Where and what Y
FIXTURE runfshinents"
SUNDAY school IN Chapman build
jnx 81 Main street ~ sstb.
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s,sr lIKr WOMAN;

. LONDON. July zs-The aics =
, Vst % a London barmaia saved =
. her employer hcavy fine to =
> day when two detectives at =
. tempted an arrest under the :
. anti-treating law =
. Two quarts OF beer. please. :
. miss. ordered one Of the men =
. az the pair sat down at a table Z
= in the pub
. THE barmsid brought the Z
. beer. accepted the detectives =
. money and vas about to turn Z
= away when the sleuth arose Z
. with a triumphant smile.
. Now I've caught you. have
. ut T." Not on your life." Z
= was the quick comeback. You 4
. ordered two quarts of beer and 4
= you got them. Now you drink 4
. them" Then. turning to the 4
= other detective. she asked. 4
= what's yours
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ard battered hat, he shouldn't select
derby as his head gear. unless he
is trying To qualify for the Look
Likely club.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-29

snbises Reading Tor missions
nks Mabei king. leader.
Sculpture reading. Prov. Sill
Miss Mildred Mcknight
Introanesion~Is y the Trader.
..our state f,enominationsl Pa
prrs Khan y Hnrd
t.pur Missionary Mssaxinen -
Hardy Harrell.
..othcr Missionary i.iteratuse'
aixs Mary wise.
Mlsxion study clarn Miss Ina
Couch
pom - why Didn't You Let y
,y<nov =. Mas Willie canfrcli
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sanaa, school ~ 80 a. n
preaching q, II N aad sis ?.
~. Knsorth league NESTS a 5sls
d n
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-07-29

suhircs How Missions Are
nyensinx oar Nation" Luke is4l-
~
l.euder.-~ Mis- Idella Morris.
/. what Are Home Missions Do
ing III Fast Growing New Settle
neats Huniley Meredith.
~whas BLESSING Comes Through
Rharlux III the work Of HONS Ais.
rinnx r. Miss Ruth Mussrase
!. what Are Home Missions Do
lne 20 Lessen The Evil from Race
prejudice .~ Miss pattie Caldwell
~what Arr Home Missions 10
~ 10 increase the Spirit Of Chris
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SUNDAY school * .. m Preach
lsr Il 7:ts .. m. - Rev Nr simp-
sen
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contents from the dry air which in
this climate has a tendency "a dry
OUT the feed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
AMIGO HIGH SCHOOL DES-
TROYED.

Following an explosion heard all
over the Amigo at o'clock Thurs
day morning, fire broke OUT in the
high school there and destroyed the
building. The fire department was
hindered in it's work by the cold, the
thermometer registering p degrees
below zero.
The building, which was valued at
$40, 600, exclusive of books and equip
ment, was a fire trap, according to
underwriters. They said that it
would have been impossible for all
pupils to escape had a blaze occurred
in the day time A strong wind car
ried flaming shingles many blocks
and it was with difficulty that the
fire was kept from spreading.
The home of former Congressman E..
A. Morse caught fire but the blaze
was extinguished before it did much
damage. Ice and snow on the roofs
of buildings prevented the spread of
the fire. Three congregations today
offered the use of their churches and
easements to the school board to be
used for classes. Other rooms are
available in the city hall and court
house. Construction of a new build
ing will be a serious problem as the
city is now bonded almost TO the
limit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
DEATH OF E. e. FITZGERALD
A Former Wausau Resident Dies in
Louisiana

The death of E. E. Fitzgerald, 81
years old, at a sanatorium in Shreve-
port on Friday was learned in Wausau
by relatives the same day. Several
weeks ago Mr.. Fitzgerald was bitten
by spider, other complications set
in, but it was only recently that his
condition became serious. Mr.. FitZ-
gerald was a native of Wausau, and
when 25 years of age was married to
Miss Emma Schneider, daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Schneider.
He is survived by his wife, three sons,
Eugene, David and Eddie. His father
and two sisters, Mrs. Leo Largay and
Mrs. W. G. Milne, of this city, and a
brother, Will Fitzgerald, who lives in
Minden, La.
The funeral was held at the FitZ-
gerald home in Minden, La, on Sum-
day afternoon and was in charge of
the Masonic order. Deceased's father,
Edward Fitzgerald, went down to at
tend the funeral, on Friday evening.
Deceased was member of the old
Wausau Guard, under Capt. d. j..
Womer, and in 1887, at Chicago, he
Won the prize for being the best
drilled soldier in the United States.
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bereaved family, and to be published
in the daily papers.
Signed EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE
OF CURTIS s. YALE Co.
STARTS UP WEDNESDAY.
At Last the Farmers Cooperative
Plant of Wausau a Reality.

On Wednesday next, the Farmers
Cooperative Packing Plant will COM
mence operations. The buildings will
be entirely completed by that time.
Already there has been much stock
shipped here and indications are there
will be plenty to be had in adjacent
territory.
The PILOT has, in previous issues,
given full description of the ex-
tenslve plant. Suffice it to say that
it is one of the most complete in the
country.
1t has been reported, and the report
has gained wide circulation, that the
company would only purchase stock OF
stockholders of the concern. The
PILOT has been asked to contradict
this story, and to say that the COM
pany will purchase such stock as it
needs from any one who has it for sale.
Organizations for shipping have
been formed in nearly every town in
the county and there will be no
trouble in securing an adequate and
steady supply.
The packing plant will have on
hand full supply of everything
usually carried by such institutions.
The plant will give employment to
fifty men continuously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
MISS JOSEPHINE BRADFORD.

Miss Josephine Bradford died this
morning at St. Elizabeth's hospital as
the result of a stroke OF apoplexy
suffered yesterday.
Miss Bradford was born at Wausau
and came TO Apple,or in 1879 and
lived here many years. During the
last eight or ten years she has been
spending her time in this city and
Hinsdale. Ill. She is survived by two
brothers, Francis, S. of Appleton and
W. A. Bradford of Eagle River, Wis,
one sister. Mrs. L. H. Freer Of Hins-
dale. H.. and a niece, Mrs. Willis l.
BIackman, Jr., at Hinsdale, daughter
of Edward Nichols Of Wausau.
The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at ten O'Clock, from the
home of Attorney and Mrs. F. 5.
Bradford and interment viii be made
at Riverside cemetery.-Appleton
Post, Jan. 4, 1916.
VIM. A. Bradford and family came
20 Wausau in 1853. Mr.. Bradford
went to the Black Hills where he
passed away in 1875. Mrs. Bradford
aud family went to Appleton in 1915
where Mrs. Bradford died few years
later.
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RESOLUTIONS OF ooNDoLENcE

The employees of the Curtis &
Yale Co., met on Friday and adopted
the following resolutions of condo
lence on the death of Cornelius 5.
Curtis:
WHEREAS, The Almighty God has
seen tit to remove from our midst
our friend and employer, Cornelius S.
Curtis, and
WHEREAS, We realize the integrity
and justice which predominated in
all his dealings with his employees,
and
WHEREAS, We realize having lost
a true friend and a kind though ex-
acting employer, whose motto was
always Quality, Service and Reputa-
tiou," and
WHEREAS, We feel keenly ths loss
of the bereaved family, the commu-
nifty, and especially the employees,
Therefore. Be Il reSolred, That we ex-
tend our sincere sympathy TO the be-
reaved family and entire community
and
Be it further resolved, that copy
OF these resolutions be sent 10 the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
DEATH OF CORNELIUS s, CURTIS
Leading Citizen of Wausau- Prominent in It's Manu-.
featuring, Banking, Lunbering and Other Interests,
Passed Away on Wednesday Night, Jan. 5, 1916.
Many Come From Various Parts of Wisconsin Iowa and
Minnesota to Attend Funeral Which Was
Held Saturday Afternoon

SO universally was he beloved that
each individual feels his death as the
passing OF a personal friend.
Mr.. Curtis was born in Chenanoo
county, New York, August l, 1851,
and came to Rochelle, H., in 1856.
emlgrating to that part of the west
with his father, John Simonds Curtis,
and his mother, Elizabeth Custer
Curtis. Mr.. Curtis comes of a very
long-liVed and particularly virile race.
The father and mother were in mid
die age when they removed to the west,
but they lived lifetime after that
date, his father dying at Clinton,
Iowa, in the spring of 1891, his
mother passing away on Christmas
day, 1899. The fathers people were
Welsh and the mother was of English
extraction. The first home of Mr..
Curtis family in this country was
Connecticut.
The father of Cornelius S. Curtis
was farmer. He was a farmer in
Illinois and was a farmer in New
York previous to that time. He
owned large farm about four miles
north of Rochelle, ILL.,, when the sub
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
TUESDAY, JUNE 5. 1882.

Jas. McCrossen, Jr., is now sole
owner of the street sprinkler.
Pat McNeff was the man that was
squeezed by log on Pine river, Mon
day.
And now McEachron is going to
build business block. Truly Wau-
sau booms.
There will be a circus at Stevens
Point on the 18th inst. Guiteau's
othes will be the great attraction.
Third street is dotted with several
handsome mud holes-a picnic for pigs
if the police wouldn't pound them.
Rib mill has commenced to operate
on logs. The hum of the rotary will
be hear j in that vicinity for about
two months.
NIr. Mohr of the town of Stettin
has made a sale of his farm for $1,000
and will make Wausau his future
home.
Anton Mohr will soon enter into
business for himself. That's right,
Anton, you have any amount of solid
friends and cannot start too young.
Jas. McCrossen has purchased the
interest of Lon Stevens in the Wausau
Lumber Co.'s mill. The firm is now
composed of McCrossen, Plumer &
Knox.
Our City Marshal was caned on
Friday last by the boys. 1t is a
handsome gold-headed one bearing
the following inscription: SD. c..
Burnett of Wausau, City Marshal.
Presented by the boys"
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OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

Four weeks from tomorrow is the
Fourth and nothing done yet. Call a
meeting and raise enough money TO
buy fire crackers anyway, something
to rouse our patriotic feelings and the
crack of the cracker will do it.
Mrs. G. Winkley returned from her
Iowa visit yesterday.
Gen. Kellogg grated ind decorated
at Reedsburg, May ooUh.
Pete and Ed. GARNER returned from
a trip into the woods looking over
pine lands on Tuesday.
The rains of Wednesday and Thurs
day raised the waters in Little Rib
and washed out the work just finished
by Jim Burns at a cost to the town
of Maine of 81, ,799
A proposition was made yesterday
to our business men by the Wausau
Telephone Exchange, viz: If the
business men of Wausau will raise
$4,000 we will build line through
from Wausau to Grand Father Falls
with the understanding that the
subscription is to be used up in the
use of the line in two years or the
balance forfeited.
The County Board at its last ses-
sion accepted the proposition Of the
Neillsville and Wausau rail road COM
pany to extend their line to Wausau
by the first of January, 1884, with a
branch to Merrill, the county agree
ing togive the company $4,000 acres of
swamp lands and $4,000 acres county
lands in exchange for $4,000 worth of
stock of the company.
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ment business with sash and doors.
This business was continued until
1881.
In 1881 Mr.. Curtis came to Wausau
and built a sash and door factory.
This was in the spring of the year.
1t was on June l, 1881, that Curtis
Bros. & Co., partnership, became
Curtis Bros. & Co., an Incorporation,
and it was on February l of the sue
ceeding year that the factory in Wau-
sau which Mr.. Curtis had built was
ready for operation.
The business here was originally
meant to become stock factory-it
was built for that, and most of the
goods it was expected would be dis
posed Of through the Clinton house,
but it afterwards developed into
special work and became the great
concern which it is today.
At first the product of this factory
was distributed largely through Cur
tis Bros. & Co. at Clinton, Iowa, or
by the manufacturing concern at
Wausau. Ultimately the company
distributed much of this product
through the Adams Horr company, a
joboing house at Minneapolis. The
Adans-Horr company became Car
penter Bros. company in 1893.
In 1893 there was formed the Cur
tis & Yale company, which bought
out the Carpenter Bros. company at
Minneapolis and Curtis Bros. & Co..
at Wausau. OF this company the
subject of this sketch was elected
secretary and treasurer, S. M. Yale
vice-president, and George M. Curtis,
of Clinton, Iowa, president.
Mr.. Yale went to Minneapolis to
manage the house there and G. S.
Curtis assumed the management of
the plant at Wausau, which of course
had been in his active charge since
its inception. He was later elected
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11

president, which position he held up
to the time of his death.
In 1897 a jobbing house was estab-
lished in Milwaukee, Wis, under the
general company name of the Curtis
& Yale company and later at various
times there were similar connections
in Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh,
the latter being the only one now
directly in charge of the Curtis &
Yale Co., the management of which
is in the hands of its eastern repre-
sentative, NJ. J. Colby. Other associ-
ated interests are represented in vari-
Gus cities of the country among which
are Lincoln. Neb.; Sioux City, Iowa:
Oklahoma City, Okla; Detroit; Chi
cago and Minneapolis.
Having a factory situated in a
great hardwood country and using
hundreds of thousands of feet of
hardwood lumber as material it was
natural that Mr.. Curtis should early
in his Wisconsin career become in
terested in hardwood lumber. His
interest crystallized into the Fen
wood Lumber company by the pur-
chase of a lot of timber land on the
proposed line of the North Western
road, which road was ultimately built
through TO Marshfield. G. S. Curtis
was president of this company. He
was also president of the Ingram
Lumber company.
Mr.. Curtis, as hardwood operator
and few other choice and associated
spirits, met at Louisville, KY, in
1890. and began the first throe
of that movement which later
crystallized into national hard
wood inspection. Mr.. Curtis had
been more or less of an active member
of hardwood associations ever since
and was a member of the National
Hardwood Lumber Association.
In the spring of 1900 the Curtis s
Yale Company embarked in another
collateral business project, purchasing
what was then used for furniture
plant at Wausau and converting ii
into a plant for the manufacture OF
hardwood flooring. basswood ceiling
etc, using the upper floors of the
factory for finishing and warehousing
the stock. This plant later was solo
to II. E. McEachron, which has beer
converted into -four and cereal mills
| MIR. Curtis was not only strong in
| matters pertaining to the lumber anC
sash and door business, but his ludg
ment was especially good in financia
matters. In recognition of his ability
along financial lines he was elected ;
a director of the First National banl
at its reorganization from priyat'
to National Bank, in 1882. and h
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
WAUSAU PEOPLE GET
INSTANT ACTION

Those who have used it in Wausau
are astonished at the INSTANT act
ion OF buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc
as mixed in Adler-i-ka- Because 1t
acts on BOTH lower and upper bowel.
ONE SPOONFUL Adler-i-ka relieves
almost ANY CASE constipation sour
stomach or gas 1t removes such sur
prising foul matter that few doses
often relieve or prevent appendicitis.
A short treatment helps chronic stom-
ach trouble. The Ploss Pharmacy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
BUTTER AND CHEESE MEN.

The first meeting of the newly or
ganized Butter and Cheese association
of this county will meet in this city.
Tuesday, Jan. 18th, at the city hall.
1t will be in charge of H. H. Hum
phrey, county field man, and A. G..
Burg, Supt. of the County Agricultur-
al school. Marathon county has 84
cheese factories and IA creameries,
and this association will no doubt
prove of great benefit to all.
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ject of this sketch was yet young
man.
Mr.. Curtis was of family Of eight
six boys and two girls-tive of this
family dying young, only one is living
Geo. NJ. Curtis of Clinton, Iowa, of the
great sash, door and blind manufac-
turing business of Curtis Bros. & Co.
The elder Curtis boys, George M.
and G. F. Curtis, started a business in
Courtland, H., in 1866. Up to that
time the younger brother, c. S. Curtis,
had worked on the farm and attended
country school. In 1868 the father of
these three stalwarts in the sash and
door trade moved to Rochelle. The
movement to Rochelle was probably
the retirement and acme of the life
work of the successful farmer of the
west. which the elder Curtis certain
ly was.
That was the line of demarkation
between the muscle-hardening labor OF
several generations of the Curtis
family and beginning of the gradua-
tion into higher planes of living and
other lines of work which meant that
in the future they would be more con-
cerned i'm the affairs Of men of the
world than in the affairs of the ''man
with the hoe"
If transpired that as early as ls6S
there was a Curtis Bros. y Co. at
clinton. Iowa, and that Curtis Bros.
& Co. were making sash, doors and
blinds. In that factory young Corne-
lIips { Curtis went to work putting
mn sash. which was his first sash, door
and blind lob. He stayed there until
he finally had charge of the sash de-
nartment. but that does not mean
that he STAYED long while to get
thar promotion, for inside of twelve
u,ontbs in the fall of 1869, he left the
Gosh and door business and went to
ory with $. T. Sea man in the gro
Gerry business.
In the summer of 1870 Mr.. Curtis
formed a partnership with William
Ch;al5s of Clinton. Iowa, and engaged
in general merchandising
on September II, ls72' Mr.. Curtis
narried to Miss Emma NJ. Gulick
of Clinton, Iowa In January
1s-2 he sold his business and en-
ragsd with Curtis Bros. 4 90. to rep
ssssnr .;.sm on the road. In those
savs he travelled in sixteen different
s+.,ss and territories He was with
N,1rtis Bros. s. Co. continuously until
80 fall of 1877, when he went 70 Den
I'm s Iowa. and opened up an imple'
oanr business. This it seems was
-ther attempt TO divert himself
Aiioe'-S "a settled career. That, how
aver. was combination OF 'hs iinpis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
POULTRY SHOW

The Wausau Poultry association
will hold it's annual poultry show in
the Schubring garage, on Scott street,
from the 18th to the 25th of January.
The place will be splendid one as it
is large and on the first floor. Every
thing indicates that the show will be
great success this year, as returns
concerning exhibits bear out this
statement. The admission fee will
be fifteen cents. Everyone should
prepare to attend this show.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
MERCHANTS AND MANUFAC-
TURERS' BANQUET.

The regular meeting of the Wausau
Merchants and Manufacturers aSso-
citation will be held at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Thursday evening. This will be a
social evening and the ladies are ex-
pected to attend. A program of
music, singing and recital has been
arranged and the state secretary, Mr..
Slattery. will be present and deliver
an address. There will also be sew
eral talks by the members. The asso-
citation hopes to make this very en-
joyable occasion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
ConMANDERY INSPECTION.

The annual inspection of st. Omer
Commandery. No. 10, K. T., takes
place on February 1. P. H. Sperry OF
Marinette, will be in charge. The
Commandery is holding meetings on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings Of
each week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-11
HENRY B. HUNTINGTON
LAW AND REAL ESTATE
Scott ST., Opp. Court House. Wausau, Wis.
Over $500 Acres

Farming Sale Marathon lincoln
and Taylor Counties Wis.
Fine Residence Property Business Property Building Lots
and Acre Property for sale in the city.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY.