Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-08

| Mr. and Mrs. Gus. Anderson of Gran
tie Heights are the parents of baby
girl.
Stratford will observe Liberty Day,
| Oct Il, by rousing parade, raising of
a service flag, address and music.
Stratford is one of the energetic towns
of our county.
The First Universalist church of this
city, was represented in the Univer-
salist State convention, held at Mon
roe, Wis, by Judge A. H. Reid and
Chas. Wegner. They returned home
Thursday.
An automobile of Herman A. Marth
was stolen on Wednesday night. A
diligent search was kept up and the
machine was found on Friday in the
rear of a barn near where it was
stolen.
A meeting of the doctors of the
city was held in the city hall last
Friday evening, with DR.. B. l.. Schus-
ter. city health officer, to discuss the
| best way in which to combat the
| Spanish influenza.
Last Sunday St. Stephens Evangel-
| ical Lutheran church observed its an
nual mission festival. There were
services in the morning, afternoon and
evening. Missionary offerings were
taken up at the services.
Mrs. H. T. Schlegel and family have
| leased and moved into the apartment
at 500 Grant street, owned by Mrs.
C. S. Curtis. Dr.. Schlegel has been
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stationed at Chickamaugua Park, Ga.
The fall accumulation of leaves in
our city from the trees grows a pace
each year. This year the favorite way
to get rid of them has been to rake
| them into pile and make bonfire.
| The result has been many fires and
much smoke.
| While passing a curve in the road
near Minocqua on the Moor Spur,
on Sept. 80, a car was derailed tip
ping over, killing John Johnson and
badly injuring John Nelson. The lat
| ter was brought to st. Mary's hospital
in Wausau for treatment.
The villages north, Arbor Vitae,
| Sayner and Star Lake now are with
out train service, trains having been
discontinued to those points the past
| week. From now on, mail for those
points will have to either come from
| Woodruff, Minocqua or Trout Lake.
Alex Heinberg and family of Min
| ocqua, who have taken charge of the
Hotel Northern, are putting that hos
telry in first class shape for the bet
ter accommodation of guests and hopes
to still add other attractive improve
ments to the general interior of the
building.
The Freshman class of the High
school elected officers Friday for the
ensuing school year: President, Wood
ward Bierbrauer; vice-president, Ger
trude Luebchow; secretary, Marie
Rabbit; treasurer, Clarence Dickert.
The members deided to assist in War
Savings and to help Oh the annual.
The state fuel administrator states
that the kerosene production in this
country should be increased and that
he is convinced that the kerosene sit
uation is more unsatisfactory than
gasoline or fuel oil. He also urges
the further conservation of gasoline
by suspending speed contests of auto
mobiles, motorcycles and motorboats,
during the period of the war.
The Sophomore class at the High
school have elected their officers for
the year and are as follows: Presi-
dent, Walter Reinke; vice-president,
Joseph Schneider; secretary, Helen
Sturtevant; treasurer, John Mathie,
Jr. The class cheer leader is Wallace
Landru. The members voted to give
their assistance to the High School
Annual, also to form a War Saving
society.