Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-11
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coming year.
Carl Lott expects to complete his
Job of work on the South Line road
at the end of the week.
LOST-A tire, rim and cover, size,
34x4. between Wausau and Halder on
Friday. Finder may leave tire at the
Central Tire shop and get reward. 1t
Mike Pam, who lived on a farm
near Chat, Lincoln county, committed
suicide by hanging on Friday. Over
work and dependency was the cause.
Orville Mccormick, while painting
on the high bridge last Friday, was
precipitated to the ground and re-
ceived several painful bruises which
laid him up for day.
The funeral of James A. Powers,
who died at Ashland, was held in Wau-
sau on Thursday morning at st.
James Catholic church. Rev. Father
E. P. O'Toole officiating.
The machinery for the large mill
to be built by the Wisconsin-A Alabama
Lumber Co., at Sycalanga, Ala, is
being gotten out by the d. ]. Murray
Manufacturing Co., of this city.
w. r. Boorman, who was called by
the first draft at Chicago, has been
exempted from service. Mr.. Boorman
was formerly Boys Work Secretary
in the Y. M. c. A. of this city.
Instead of neglecting your hair and
growing bald, use Partisan Sage daily
and see how quickly it stops the hair
falling out and cures dandruff and
itching scalp. w. w. Albers guaran-
tees it.
Harold Week has been elected to
succeed the late Andrew Week as sec
rotary and treasurer of the John
Week Lumber company of Stevens
Point. He is son of Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson Week
Last week the Pilot was in error in
saying that Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Orr
of Milwaukee, came to Wausau. Mrs.
Orr passed away five years ago. Mr..
Orr's daughter, Miss Bertha, accom-
panied him to Wausau.
There are 26 cases of typhoid fever
in Marshfield. DR.. Spencer of this
city, state health officer, was at Marsh
field last Wednesday seeing what can
be done to check the spread. 1t prob
ably comes from impure water.
Friday opened the season for hunt
| ing migratory water fowl in this
state. Licenses galore were taken out
before that day and are still being
issued and ducks and other fowl have
to fly high to escape the huntsman.
Collars have advanced to 20 cents,
or three for so cents. They sold pre-
viously, two for 25 cents, and the past
year, Is cents, straight This will
result in driving many to wearing soft
shirts and collars. The old price was
unreasonably high.
Herman Schug, the dispenser of in,
toXicating drinks in a saloon in the
town of Texas, appeared in munich
pal court Wednesday,, on a charge of
selling alcoholic drinks to a minor
| Entering plea of nolo contendre, he
was assessed fine of $500 and costs.
Chas. Dodge attended a meeting of
| the State Millers' association. The
meeting was called by Magnus Sven
son, who has charge of the state food
| conservation under Herbert C. Hoov-
er, who has charge of the nations food
supply during the war. The meeting
was held in Milwaukee.
| Stratford, has organized a company
of Home Guards. Roy Hubbard is
captain; ]. B. Clark, 1st Lieut., and
| Frank Lille, End Lieut. The boys are
very enthusiastic and take pride in
that Stratford is the smallest town in
| Wisconsin to have such a company.
Fred Rupp of the town of Plover
was arraigned before Judge Marchetti
Saturday forenoon on a charge OF
1 non-support of his wife and minor
child. After his examination he was
held for trial in circuit court giving
bail bond of $500 for his appear
ance when his case is called.
Leo Janvrin, who threw iodine into
his wife's face at Merrill recently was
sentenced by Judge Reid to three
years in the penitentiary at Waupun.
Janvrin was also charged with bur-
glary for breaking into a store at IT.
ma. His wife is also charged with
completely in the burglary, but is too
i'll to be brought to trial.
| Work on the high bridge is being
delayed owing to inability of those
having the contract in hand of secur-
ing men to assist in prompter COM
pletion for general traffic. The con-
tractors, however, expect to have the
bridge ready for opening at the end
OF the month. When fully repaired it
| promises to be a more substantial
structure than heretofore.
1.-THE OTHER MANS WIFE"