Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-10
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| Madison-Federal Judge 4 l.. San
born sentenced ten persons charged
with furnishing liquor to soldiers to i'm
prisonment. Nine others will be tried
here within a few days on similar
charges. Those sentenced are Antona
Corona, Madison; William Cramer,
Madison; Kenis SONNY. Phillips;
Edna Hill, Janesville; Mrs. Ruth
Glenn Terry, Poynette; David Altman,
La Crosse; Anton Ruiz, GAINESVILLE;
William Mosher, GAINESVILLE; Arthur
Mcintyre, Rockford; Mrs. Ida Hinkle.
Madison Through Dean H. L.
Russell of the college of agriculture
the attention of the State Council of
Defense has been called to a new
chain letter circulating in Wisconsin
and other states which has for its ben
eficiary the Red Cross The chain let
ter, no matter what its purpose, is
opposed by the government depart
ments having to do with the raising
of funds and citizens are advised to
decline to take part in such undertake
| ings.
| Mayville-The first gold service
stars in Mayyille have been hung in
adjoining homes for boys whose deaths
in battle occurred about twenty-four
hours apart. On Aug. 81 the parents
of Frank w. Bonau received a war de-
partment message telling them that
/ their son had fallen in action on Aug.
| 2. Thirty-six hours later, the family of
A. Fl. Whereatt, neighbors of the
Bonau people, received word that
their son Walter, had met death on the
battlefield on Aug 8.
Madison = Eight hundred state off
Gals and department employees will
| gather on the lawn of the state CAPT
"The Star-Spangled Banner The idea
originated with Superintendent of
Public Property NJ F. Blumenfeld
Eighty-thirty is the hour for starting
work in the state house, but all occu-
pants have agreed to arrive fifteen
minutes earlier to join in the singing
Waupaca = Waupaca county has
wheat acreage this year which is four
teen times the quota allotted to it by
the food administration, there being
| 2,455 acres planted against 375 acres
in 1917, and the crop will be the larg-
est ever known in this county. The
government asked that $50 acres be
added to the 1917 acreage but the 10y
al farmers went much farther and
planted 2,455 instead
! Edgerton-Thee study of German has
been retained in st. Johns Lutheran
parochial school despite a request of
the county council of defense that the
language be dropped The congrega-
ton voted 81 to IA in favor of it's
continuance The Rev. ]. C. Stillman,
pastor, declared that only an hour a
day is devoted to religious instruction
and half an hour to the language itself.
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council, a non-stock organization to
educate the public on dairy problems,
promote the dairy industry and i'm
prove marketing conditions, field ar
ticles of incorporation here. c. P.
| Norgord, commissioner of agriculture;
George ]. Weigle, state dairy and food
commissioner; Prof. G. H. Benkendorf
and A. j. Glover are the incorporators
| Wausau = Deputies of the depart
ment of justice sprung surprise when
they deputized members of Company
c, Tenth Infantry, Wisconsin state
guard, and other citizens to comb the
visitors at the county fair here for
slackers. Three hundred and eight men
who did not have their registration and
classification cards were caught in the
net.
Racine-Henry Hartman, wealthy
farmer and president of the Corliss
State bank since its incorporation five
years ago, rendered his resignation to
the board of directors at recent
meeting Frank l. Lingsweiter, ST.,
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Neenah-A pictorial. record of every
Neenah man in the service has been
started by local store. 1t is expect
ed that the bulletin board will bear
more than 500 pictures.
Washington - Representative Esch
has announced chat he has succeeded
in having a unit of the students army
training corps established at the La
Crosse normal school
Oshkosh - Leonard T. Knosker, a
resident of Winnebago county for elk
ty-fve years, died here from paralysis
after an illness of ten hours He was
born at Marion.
Wausau-A. H Grout, cashier of the
First National bank, Wausau, for thir-
ty-six years and resident of Wausau
since 1875, died of apopleXy. A widow
and two children survive.
Brentwood Holman, young
est child of Mr.. and Mrs. John Holman
of Barron, died of infantile paralysis
after an illness of twenty-four hours.
Wausau-Carl Arthur Hart, con-
Ifessed deserter of the United States
army, has been taken by Detective
Schwister to an army post.
Oshkosh-John J. Williams, aged SIS,
employed as a teamster by Radford, |
Wright & Co., was crushed to death
when load of lumber slid on top of
him following the sudden collapse of