Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-06-19
SHORT ITEMS
The bathing beach has not been used
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| y,
Next Sunday Public Picnic at the
Shooting park. Fine music in the af-
ternoon. adv.
The John Kiefer Furniture Com
pany repairs cane and upholstered
furniture Phone 1909. adv. If.
Ben Alexander. who was operated
upon for removal Of tonsils the past
week, is able to be about again.
The Normal schools have closed
and all Wausau young people have
arrived home from these schools.
The city of Merrill has voted $500
for bands, music for the Fourth OF
| July, and $500 for band concerts dur
| ing the summer.
The State Firemen's association met
| in annual session at Tomahawk, the
past week. There were about 600
| delegates present.
! Wausau students, who have been
attending Lawrence College at Apple
ton the past year, have arrived home.
to spend the summer.
Roy Morgan, who is with Company
| G at Ashland, sustained a fractured
| bone in his arm last week, while
cranking an automobile.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany, no doubt, because of the high
| cost of living, has had it's taxes raised
about $4,000, at Stevens Point.
Fred H. Schneider is carrying his
| right arm in sling. While cranking
| his automobile Friday morning, his
| arm was broken above the wrist.
Last week the Pilot made slip of
| about 100000 in the state registra-
ton. There were about 100000 regis
| tered or registration in Wisconsin.
! %rs. Walter Alexander who under
| went an operation at ST. Mary's hos
] DiCal three weeks ago, returned to her
home on Friday, and is now GONZALES
cling.
( The Wisconsin Retail Grocers and
General Merchants association will
hold its annual convention il Wau-
sau on the 18th, 14th and 18th Gays of
| August.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
lions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates, SIG Mcclellan st.
Phone 1871 .n24tf
| w. L. Edmonds has lately finished
his new garage for the housing of his
new family automobile. The former
is an unique building and complete
in all of its appointments.
| Nro+;ooc hove I1oo, cont o,,+ +<, ,,,a,,,
bers of the association that the North
ern Hemlock and Hardwood associa-
ton will hold its summer meeting
at Chicago, sometime during this
month.
| There will be much more buck
| wheat planted in Marathon county this
year than ever before. A. G. Burg
| has been able to interest many far
mers in planting piece Of ground to
| buckwheat.
| The public property committee of
| the county board met in this city on
Thursday to close up matters with
reference to the sanatorium. There
| were odds and ends to settle which
were attended to.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric COM
pany is doing excellent work, in re-
pairing the broken places in it's street
car lines of creosote block paving
and it is apparently more substantial
| than formerly
A number of Sir Knights will go
| to Stevens Point next Thursday to be
present at reception to be rendered
! David Harlowe, Grand Commander of
| the Grand Commandery of Wiscon-
sin, on that evening.
There was a light frost in many
parts of Marathon county on Thurs
| day morning. Friday morning was
| only two degrees of being just as
cold. The frost was not heavy enough
to do any damage.
Ferdinand Kramm of Rib Falls, who
is charged with a statutory offense
and whose preliminary examination
was to have taken place in Justice
Larner's court Thursday, had his case
postponed until next Thursday.
The Union Sunday evening services
will commence on Sunday, July LIST
These services are held every Sunday
evening during July and August in the
| open air at the court house square and
are taken care of by the ministers of
our city.
Sunday was a peculiar day. There
were thunderstorms during the day,
commencing at daylight and still there
was good deal of sunshine and very
warm. Notwithstanding the occasion
al rains, it was an enjoyable day.
The work of purifying our city
water is progressing and indications
| are that much of the trouble hereto
fore experienced will be done away
with. The wells are being cleaned
out by compressed air, and this, seem
ingly, is doing the work thoroughly.
ALT. Lannigan was taken before
Judge Marchetti Wednesday afternoon
on a charge of having driven his auto
at rate of speed contrary to the city
| ordinance. Consequently the Judge
| imposed upon him fine of $500 and
costs which he graciously contributed
to the city's eXchequer.
]. H. Vogt, who has had much ex-
perience in the building of roads and
bridges, has been appointed as County
| Highway Commissioner in place of
E. d. Clapp, resigned. Mr.. Clapp de-
parted Saturday evening for Madison,
where he goes to take position on the
State Highway Commission.
Harry Stephenson, a steeple-jack,
from Minneapolis, fell from the smoke
stack of the Stevens Point Brewing
company plant at noon Tuesday, and
smashed through the solid roof of the
boiler house, a distance of 65 feet;
his skull was crushed and he died
| twenty-four hours afterwards.
Pauline Funk, a Chicago pupil of
Nine. Medini sang for the third time
this year for the Children's Associa-
ton anniversary. Miss Funk, al
though only twenty, has the dis
tinction of being a composer, writer
of lyrics and DuhliSher Her SoncS