Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-07-04
SHORT ITEMS
The foundation for st. Mary's school
is being rapidly pushed forward.

John P. Ford is to deliver a Fourth |
of July address at Rockville, in this
county.
Supt. S. B. Tobey will give the
Fourth of July grafton at Stratford
tomorrow.
Wausau musicians will furnish
music at the Fourth of July celebra-
ton at Minocqua.
Brick is now being laid between its |
tracks by the Wisconsin Valley Elec- |
trio company on Forest street.
Roland Bartlett attended the mar
riage of Miss Helen Monroe and Elmer
Pellegrin at Merrill Wednesday.
A story hour will be held at the
Public library next Saturday morning
at eleven o'clock. Miss Ruth Tobey
will be in charge.
Rev. D. ]. Williams spoke at the
open air meeting in the court house
square on Sunday evening. His theme
was, "a True Patriotism"
The new glass fronts in the Gems
mann block of stores are just about
completed and are a marked change
from the old style to the new.
The committees securing the mem
bers for the new Chamber of Com
merce have been busy the past week
and have been very successful.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. SubScrlp-
| tions taken for all magazines at low
set clubbing rates. SIC Mcclellan STU
Phone 1871. n24-tf
A fund of over $4,000 has been sub
scribed by Marshfield business men
and citizens for the families of mem
bers of Company A and the Second
Regiment band of that city, since their
departure for Camp Douglas.
Leon Garske and Orville Corville
were brought before Judge Marchetti
Thursday upon charge of assault and
battery upon Samuel Weisman. Plead
ing not guilty their trial was put over
until Thursday of this week.
Otto Keidatz of Amigo, was arrest
ed Wednesday on a charge of obtain
ing goods under false pretence, in
payment for which he drew a false
check of $3.50. His preliminary ex-
animation was postponed until Friday
of this week.
SQUAD No. of the fire department
was called Thursday to the home OF
Frank Alexander, to quench a fire
caused by the explosion of an oil stove
No one experienced injury and nc
damage resulted.
Fred Zieg's preliminary examina-
ton in municipal court set for Wed
nesday, was postponed until Thurs
day, July 6, upon application of the
state The charge upon which he was
arrested was a statutory offense.
Geo. W. Borowitz, a member of the
city council, who has answered the
call to arms has been honored by
Mayor Marquardt in having his desk
and seat in the chamber of the city
hall draped with the American colors
Fred Wienadt, arrested week age
Saturday on statutory offense charge
and whose examination was held in
municipal court Wednesday, was dis
charged, owing to the fact that there
was no evidence offered to convict
the accused.
Before going to bed, always rub
| a
says a woman whose luxurious hair
is greatly admired. This cures dan
druff, stops itching scalp and keeps
the hair from falling out. w. W
Albers sells it. adv.
A kettle of tar on fire on Gallon
street and First avenue, on Wednes-
day afternoon, brought out three
squads of the fire department and
created considerable excitement il
that neighborhood. 1t was attended tC
Immediately, much to the relief of the
people in the vicinity.
A call will be found in this issue
of the Pilot from Frank O'Connor
chairman of the Democratic County
committee, for a county conference
to meet in this city on Saturday, July
Sth, at IL o'clock a. m, at the court
house to elect delegates to the demo
cratic state conference.
Lieut.. Col. E. F. McGlachlin, son O.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. McGlachlin of thi:
city, has been ordered to proceed from
Fort SILL Okla, to Brownsville, Tex.
with the two batteries of the 5th ar
tillery of which he has command, &C
cording to a telegram received by hi:
father observation-disclosures Point Jour
nal.
The Wausau Canning company man
agement has been busy OF late in over
hauling and putting the plant in frs
class condition for the seasons opera
ton. 1t is nowi in full running order ant
fully prepared to handle the pea croI
as rapidly as can be delivered. TIL,
| | oicin il
abundance.
Knowlton recently built a quarter
of a mile of good road on the maiI
| highway between here and Steven!
| Point. The road was turnpiked anC
| covered with decomposed granite. TIT
workers were volunteers from the
neighborhood and many teams were
furnished. This was the second 'goo(
| roads" day for Knowlton; the first be
ing had last year.
Twelve members of Co. G, at Camp
Douglas, who failed to pass medica
examination for service in the army
returned home last week greatly dis
appointed at their rejection. They
are ]. M. Kraft, Otto braves, William
Humber, r. A. Empey, Anton Gaetz
| man. 1@CC hN1dA bhSss n. CNCA SOAA
Harry Thurston, Emil Totsch and VIM
Scheffier; and recruits, Gust. Muen.
chow and Fred Heuer.
Miss Prudential Woodward of this
city, who attended the Stevens Point
normal school the past year, has re-
ceived first place in the W. c. T. U
entry contest recently held for nor
NAL students in Portage county. Miss
Woodward wrote on BEST Methods
of Teaching the Nature and Effects
Of Alcohol and Narcotics in the
Grades" The state contest will be
decided upon in September. Miss
Woodward is TO be congratulated upon
| winning first place in the county con-