Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-09-17

Heinemann Bros. store was closed
yesterday, on account of holiday.
Last Wednesday the plant of the
Ringle Brick Co. of Ringle, closed
down for the season.
There is great demand for labor
at the federal employment bureau of
this city. Men are wanted by lumber
camps and manufacturers in general.
Miss Ina Damon has resigned from
her position at the Wausau Business
college, and goes to Washington, D. C..
where she has accepted a government
| position.
Calvin Stewart of Kenosha, former
/ ly lawyer of this city, has been
chosen as a candidate by the demo-
| Gratis for Congress from the First dis
| trict of Wisconsin.
William Anderson of Malvern. Ark.
who was visiting his aged mother in
| Stevens Point, expired very suddenly
on the 7th inst. His family had
come with him to Stevens Point. He
was associated with Walter d. Alex
ander in the lumber business in
Arkansas and the latter attended the
funeral.
On Sunday number of automobile
| loads of workers went to the country
in the interests of the Marathon war
Fund. The fun0 is going 100 per cent
in most of the country districts as
well as in the city, bat few have
needed the work of just such COM
mittees as have been going into the
| ntrxr cir hn
| augurated.
| J. Prokupeck of Amigo, who APP
peared in municipal court week ago
| yesterday on charge of driving an
auto in violation of the rules of the
| road in passing street car, which
was discharging passengers and who
pleaded not guilty, made his appear
ance again in court Friday. Plead
| ing guilty to the charge he was as
| sessed fine andscosts of $10.61, which
he contributed.
| H. H. Davis, Secretary of the Y. M.
| C. A., made five minute talks on Fri
day evening at the picture show hous-
| es in the interest of the Y. M. C. A..
membership campaign, which opened
on Sunday, Sept. 18th. He made
| strong plea for those at home to take
| out memberships in place of the boys
who have gone to the war. He also
requested that old members renew by
telephone to save time.
The annual fair at Athens was held
on the 18th and 13th-Thursday and
Friday. The days were favorable so
| far as the weather was concerned,
only little cool. The display of
| live stock and farm produce was high
ly commented upon. Wausau was
well represented on the latter day of
| the fair. These are annual events,
| which have done much in making
Athens the live town which it is.
Corporal c. R. Burkhead of the
American army, who has been in this
| city, since last spring ir charge of
| the recruiting sub-station, received
orders Wednesday from Colonel Buff
| fington, his superior officer in charge
of the western recruiting station in
Chicago, to permanently close his
Office here and to Immediately report
| at headquarters in that city, depart
| ing for that place Thursday morning
Corporal Burkhead, while in Wausau,
proved himself to be an efficient and
gentlemanly, officer and carries away
with him the good wishes of a host
of friends in this community during
his short sojourn in our midst.
The High school foot ball season in
Wausau will open on Saturday after
noon, when the game will be played
| with an alumni team. Coach Glenn
Batesole is looking forward to an in
| teresting season. He reports very good
material and expects to do some fine
work. 1t seems a little hard to get
the foot ball schedule in shape. On
October IL, the Merrill High school
team comes to Wausau for a game
and two weeks later the Wausau
| players will meet the Merrill boys on
| the Merrill gridiron. 1t is possible
| Medford, Marshfield, Grand Rapids,
Stevens Point and Amigo will sign up
for games, but nothing definite is
known as yet. Because of war condi-
tions some Of these schools may not
have foot ball material for this year.