Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-18
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"X," Pilot Office. If
Roy Lindsey has accepted a posi-
ton as travelling salesman for Ar
mour & Co., and is now on duty.
The Citizens Training camp of
Wausau, was out at the Country club
Sunday morning for its usual drilling.
Last evening Secor's announced it's
fall display. The hours were from
1880 to $50 o'clock with orchestral
music.
The weather report of today is as
follows: Increasing cloudiness with
probably showers late tonight or Wed
nesday afternoon or night.
Two automobiles collfded on Sun
day at the corner of South Third ave-
nue. and Thomas street. Some damage
resulted, but no one was injured.
Several cases of diprrneria have
been reported in the towns of Reid
and Bevent, and an epidemic is feared
unless the quarantine rules are lived
up to.
The Edgar fair will be held at Ed
gar next week on the 9th and 28th of
the month. A large crowd is expected
and all indications point to a success
full exhibition.
Fred Levenhagen, who has been
practicing dentistry in this city for
some time, has received a commission
in the army as dentist, but has not
yet been called into the service.
Autumn has surely come early this
year The leaves are already all col
ors of the rainbow and are dropping
fast 1t will not be long before the
country will look like November ana
still be October.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wolfgram, Mrs.
Eckerle, Walt Curtis and Mr.. Murray,
all of Wausau, were members of mo-
tor parties who came to this city to
view the remains of the late Frank
Schulz yesterday afternoOn.-Merrill
Herald (Monday)
FOrgeries aggregating $3.50 on bus
mess men of Rhinelander has led to
the arrest of Miss Frances ManitZke
who is now in jail in Rhinelander
awaiting trial. Miss ManitZke, who is
only seventeen years of age, is said
to have from this city, having left
here several months ago.
Marathon county, probably because
her farmers and others were too oc-
cupied to pay attention to the State
fair as they have in the past was
not as successful this year as it has
been in former years. This year its
exhibits took eighth place where for
two consecutive years first place was
won.
In the final game for the directors
cup played at the Wausau Country
club, w. H. Nablo came out ahead.
The game was played by Mr.. Nablo
and DR.. l.. E. Spencer, the former
winning, score five and four. A. M.
Evans won from G. w. Phillips in the
semi-finals for the club championship,
score six and five. Mr.. Evans will play
with the winner of the ThOm-Dingee
game in the finals.
A motion was argued in circuit
court Saturday to set aside the YER
dict of the jury and grant a new trial
IN the combined cases of Matt Matt
son and John Mattson, the latter by
his guardian VS.. the HacXley-Phelps-
Bonnell Lumber Co., of Phelps. Dam~
ages for personal injury was brought
before the court by the plaintiff,
the verdict by the jury not being sat
isfactory to either parties.
Twenty cars or more arrived in
town this afternoon from Bevent, for
merly Pike Lake, bringing soldiers
and their friends into the city to par
ticipate in the farewell to be given to
selected men today and tomorrow.
Many people from other towns are ex-
pected in the city today and tomor-
row. If every town in the county is
as loyal to it's men who are going
there will be some crowd in the city
to see the boys off.
Magnus Swenson, public food ad-
ministrator for Wisconsin, and mem
Der of the State Council of Defense,
set aside today, September Is, as the
first meatless day in this state, and
Wednesday, September 10, has been
fixed as the first wheatless day. Each
Tuesday hereafter is to be meatless,
and each Wednesday wheatless. The
object is to conserve the meat and
wheat of the nation and Wisconsin
must do its part.
There will be no services held at
st. Paul's Evangelical church on Sun
day, Sept. 80, and Oct. Z, owing to
the general conference of the Evan
gelical Synod of North America, which
will open its sessions at Pittsburgh,
Penn, on Tuesday, Sept. %. Rev.
f. c. Grauer, as one of the delegates
from the Wisconsin district, will at
tend the conference. and will be ac-
companied to Pittsburgh by repre-
sentative of st. PauIs congregation,
the latter having also been elected as
one of the delegates from this state.