Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-05-01
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new Buick machine.
Marshfield will hold loyalty meet
ing tomorrow afternoon.
The condition of Mrs. Naglee, who
is at st. Mary's hospital, remains about
the same.
The John Kiefer Furniture Com
pany repairs cane and upholstered
furniture. Phone 1909. adv. tt.
Randall Johnson, principal of the
Marathon County Training school, adj
dressed the Methodist Men s1club Sum
day noon.
A. L. Kreutzer was over at Birnam-
wood on Saturday, where he made the
principal address at the Loyalty day
celebration.
Henry Elder, an employee of the I'm
derwood Veneer factory, had the mis-
fortune to break his arm in an accident
on Thursday afternoon.
David Harlowe, Grand Commander
of Knights Templar of Wisconsin, will
visit st. Omer Commandery in this
city on the evening of May both.
The fishing season opened today and
ends on May 20, persons being per-
mitted to catch fish for their own use
as war measure until that date.
Arthur Curtis and family are now
moved and settled in the Gritzmacher
home, sos Sixth street, lately occu-
pied by c.. H. Ingraham and family.
The annual meeting of the First
Universalist church congregation Will
be held in Cyrus Yawkey hall next
Monday evening, May 18th. A supper
will be served at $50 o'clock p. m.
Wisconsins quota is 90,349 soldiers.
Wausau and Marathon county are
right Loyalty furnishing a goodly pro-
norton and more are on the way and
ready to engage in the present Crisis.
Frank O'Connor and family are
| packing up their household goods,
preparatory to moving to Madison in
about two weeks, that city being his
headquarters while United States Mar
shall of this district.
Miss Anna E. Kuhimann, clerk at
the Wausau post office, is the possess
or of a beautiful five passenger Buick
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and she is now receiving instruction
as to how to run the new machine.
Mayor Marquardt continues to re-
ceive quantities of seed potatoes Tor
planting in this city and orders re-
ceived are promptly filled as far as
they go, upon arrival on the pr1ncl-
Die that first applicants are first
served
P. H. Kelly of this city, continues
to receive recruits for the navy, hav-
ing received fifteen applicants during
the past week. Mr. Kelly is succeed
ing admirably in securing competents
for this branch of the service for
"Uncle Sam"
The past week there has been quite
an upheavel at Kicks grocery store
The sidewalk has been torn up and the
| width of the walk in front OF the store
excavated, to enable Mr.. Rick to get
goods into his basement without any
great hardships.
The preliminary examination OF
Emil Dahlmann, Barney Dahlmann
Frank Tusensk John Wanta anC
Stephen Willowski, of the town of Be-
vent, charged with intent to do bodily
harm. to be heard in municipal court
Saturday, was put over until neXt
Thursday.
Fred and Edward Neuendank of the
town of Ringle, being held on a charge
of numbering William Ebert Wednes-
day, April II, underwent preliminary
examination in municipal court Fri
day and the evidence not being con-
cluded the case was adjourned until
next Friday
| Dogs and chickens should be penneG
up. They are a nuisance if allowed
to run at large Chief Malone has is
sued a notice to poultry raisers to
keep fowls confined otherwise owners
will be fined. Dogs are more of men
ace than fowls, and should not be al
lowed 70 run at large.
The matter of adopting the plan to
turn clocks ahead one hour during the
daytime, is being seriously considered
by many in Wausau. This will en-
able all who put in regular hours
Iduring the day to have an extra hour
of daylight in the evening. Why not
adopt the plan and give it trial?
A careful automobilist furnishes an
idea for others when he says that
he never uses a horn, because he con-
siders that pedestrians shouldn't have
to look out for him-he should look out
for them. If automobilists in genera
were converted to his way Of think
ing there would be less work for the
doctors and coronerS.
Rhinelander has set its clocks one
hour ahead, starting Sunday evening
at six o'clock, ending September 80
Wausau has not yet adopted the plan
but is contemplating the new idea
for a change. Mayor Marquardt ha:
newer and feasible "daylight-saving
schedule" in hand, worthy of consid
GRAFTON and adoption.
The ~$6,000,000 state highway bill
which provides for the building of {
5000 mile highway line connecting
with every county seat in the state
was passed by the Wisconsin assem-
bly, Wednesday, IA to Is. The bill
having been passed by the senate, nov
goes to the governor. A provision il
the bill boosts auto licenses from S!
to $40.
Autoists are supposed to obey Ger
tain rules of the road, also to observ,
the prescribed ordinances for turnin!
corners, etc. These rules should b,
enforced; especially is this true will
regard to speeding of which there ar,
frequent violations at night, notably III
and down Sixth street, in VISITING
rural resorts and returning home a
all hours of the night.
Rev. d. ]. Williams is in MiIwau
kee today attending the annual meet
ing of the permanent committee O
Home Missions in the Synod of Wis
cOnsin, which is being held in the new
Plankington hotel. Three members o
each presbytery and three members o
the womanS board make up the com
mittee. Rev. Williams is chairman o
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