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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
BY THE DOOR CALLED JOHN
Quaker courtship in Which Woman
Frankly Expressed Herself as Fa-
voring Brother of Wooer.

A few weeks ago the Youths Com
panion reported two or three strange
and amusing courtships of New Eng
land tradition. A reader was moved
to add another to the list-this time
a Quaker one. In small town, OF
which about half the population were
Friends, two brothers. John and 'Jo-
seph, shared a farm that adjoined the
property of Sarah, spinster in early
middle life. Both brothers in their
youth had been obvious suitors for
Sarah's hand but they were slow and
diffident, and neither ever reached the
point of proposing. Then an enter
priSing and audacious young woman,
who belonged to "the worlds people"
somehow extracted a proposal from
Joseph-or dispensed with one-and
married him. After several years of
matrimony she died, leaving him with
two little girls. AS soon as propriety
permitted ~ betook himself to his
spinster neis Abor's, and, according to
local tradition, spoke thus:
st is borne in upon me, Sarah, that
thee would make an excellent wife,"
81 have no leading to contradict
thee, Joseph" replied the lady de-
murely.
"Also, Sarah, l believe thee eompe-
tent to be an admirable mother"
"Thy Judgment is to be respected.
Joseph"
'Thy housekeeping is well esteemed,
Sarah. The women say there is no
better housekeeper in the place"
81 am assured thee would not listen
to light gossip, Joseph"
''Then. Sarah. will thee marry meF'
may, Joseph. am not moved to
consent. But-thee may repeat thy
kind words about me to thy brother
John If thee thinks best"
$50 that thee viii enter the family,
Sarah. and care for the household, !
care not by which door thee comes In.
I have no further inclination toward
the married state for foolish reasons y
whether my reasons are foolish or
no. Joseph, viii only come If am
hidden by the door called John"
IT was by the door called John that
she was soon welcomed, TO rule. gently
and to order wisely double family.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
MARKET YOUR WHEAT

The chairman of the Food Conserva-
ton Committee of Marathon county
received the following letter from the
State Chairman OF the Food Conserva-
ton, Committee:
April S, 1918.
Dear Friend:
My message is short but imperative!
The next three to four weeks will
be the crucial time in the need for
wheat
Can You get word to all of the p6o-
pie in your county that to hord wheat
or wheat products, or to hold wheat
other than that necessary for plant
ing for the next harvest will be Civ
ing up useless death those we have
sent over.
1t will mean the failure of the arm
les to hold the line because the sol
diers have not enough food and the
people are starving.
This is much more important than
any other program that you can put
over. Get your message to the last
school district;
Ask the pastors to give a sermon
on Potato Patriots.
Cars and boats will be provided for
shipment of grain rather than ship
ment Of soldiers. The possibility of
winning the war now rests with you
and me. The Mississippi valley is the
store house of the grain for the world
today.
Wheat and barley must be sent!
Use Potatoesi
Are you doing all you can to help
through using no Wheat -four? If
so, good!
Are you asking your neighbor to
market his wheat to the nearest
licensed miller?
Wheat and barley are more than
men and munitionsi
Send them now!
Very sincerely yours,
A. l.. MARLATT,
Director of Home Econ. for Wis.
Every means possible will be used
to spread this message throughout the
county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
CIVILIAN RELIEF DEPARTMENT
OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Locally Called the Home Service
Chapter Course

Civilian Relief will be organized
here beginning on April 18th in a
proper way with a series of lectures
by a number of prominent social
workers, and known as the Chapter
Course in Home Service.
E. P. German has been appointed
chairman of the local committee of this
department of the Red Cross, and a
committee of three women have been
doing investigation work. Arrange
ments have been made to have this
course established here with Miss
Agnes E. Wilson, director of Wisconsin
Home Service Chapter Courses, in
charge. The course is as follows:
All those interested in social service
work or members In the Red Cross
wishing to help in this department
may do so and receive instructions
as to the kind of work to be DONE
etc. The course will probably in
clude about two lessons a week over
a period of four weeks. Several good
speakers will be engaged to come
here and map out the work for the
interested workers in Wausau. Dr.
Ross of the University of Wisconsin,
who has just returned from Russia
will be among the eminent lecturers
here for this purpose, also Miss Har-
riet Viltum of Chicago, settlement
worker, Miss Tracy Copp of Milwau-
kee, director of the Women's depart
ment of the Industrial Commission of
Wisconsin, Prof. j. L. Gillin of the
University of Wisconsin, who is well
posted in labor questions, ETC., and
other speakers of some calibre will
be here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
WISCONSIN WAR HISTORY
Active Work For Marathon County Will
Be Commenced This Week
SAVE WAR HISTORY

by the county during this epoch-mak-
ing period.
The committees will want all rec
ords and official reports issued by the
County Council of Defense, Red Cross,
Y. M c. A., Liberty Loan, Loyalty
Legion, churches, schools, war garden
work, ETC., proclamations and reports
OF County Board, and of all county,
city or town bodies so far as they per-
tain to the activity of the war. Re-
ports of all public meetings held in
the county for war purposes, such as
club meetings, social and professional
organizations, labor unions, and re-
ligious organizations. All military
material, such as the securing the
names and addresses of every man
from our county enlisted in the
military or naval service, his photo
graph and all group pictures showing
military units and all letters and diar-
les that can be secured; original let
tiers or copies written by the soldiers.
Civilian war and relief work; Chill
dren's work. Economic and industrial
material, which will include price
lists, advertisements, market reports,
bank and financial reports, bank and
financial statements of local factor
les, mills, stores, Industrial corpora
lions, etc. Files of all newspapers in
the county from the commencement of
the war.
All material will be gotten out in
duplicate if possible, so that a COM
plete history of the activities in this
city and county may be had after the
war, in our public library as we'll as
in the archives at Madison. These
will be kept in fire proof vaults and
safeguarded.
The cooperation of our people in
general is asked in this work to the
end that complete history in every
detail, may be secured.
Commence now to arrange material,
save letters, pictures, addresses, ETC.,
which may be interesting and suit
able for this war history.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

William Thiele. Rothschild, to Media
Kruger, Wausau.
Joseph Kleinheinz, to Marie Moseler
both of Wausau.
Claude E. Parker to Blanche Rowe,
both of Stratford.
Garrett Penthouse to Bessie Browne,
both of Spencer.
William ]. Buss, Norrie. TO Frances
Gracyelna, Elderon.
William Bunker to Bertha Staege,
both of Wausau.
John Stendel, T. Frankfort, to Of
telie Pauzegvan, T. Eau Pleine.
Henry Adams, T. Marathon, to Elsie
Becker, T. Bern.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
ARRESTED

Ernest Weber, a German alien, who
claims GAINESVILLE, Wis, as his home,
his person, pockets and grip contain
ing about 800 in gold and paper
money, in large denominations, Ger
man letters and legal papers from his
former country and this and who pur-
ported to be selling church pictures,
was arrested in this city yesterday,
by Chief of Police Malone. Weber is
being held at the city Jail, pending
the arrival of U. S. Marshal O'Con-
nor, who was expected here this morn
ing, to take him in charge. Weber
is single man, fifty-five years OF age;
is a man of good appearance and of
intelligence; speaks English fuently
and has travelled extensively through
out this country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
WOMEN's WORK
Third Liberty Loan for Marathon
County


Owing to the very efficient service
rendered the government, by the wo-
men of the u. S., in the first two
Liberty Loan campaigns, Secretary
McAdoo asked that there be, for the
Third Liberty Loan campaign, a Wo-
mans organization corresponding in
every way with the Mems National
Organization for financing the war
and the outcome is a chairman in
each of the II Federal Bank districts
in the u. S. who appoints a chair
man for each state in her district-and
the state chairman appoint, county
chairmen and they in turn have com
plete county organizations, with COM
mittees in every city, village and town,
so 1t makes great working body of
volunteers to cooperate with the
mems organization and Garry on"
The women's work in the Third
Liberty Loan campaign for Marathon
Co., has been very thoroughly organ
lied through Mrs. G.. H. Ingraham,
appointed county chairman.
The city of Wausau has ten different
divisions for carrying on the work,
the general chairman for each divi-
sion being as follows:
Business Women's League-Miss
Mary B. Mooney.
Eng. Protestant Churches-Miss Mel
Dunbar
Norwegian Churches-Mrs. Anton
Anderson
German Churches = Mrs. Louis
Wiechmann.
Jewish Ladies' Aid-Mrs. B. A. Zeff.
Schools-Miss Gertrude McGuine.
Fraternal Organizations-Mr w.
R. Chellis.
Publicity-Mrs. NJ c. Ewing.
Music-Mrs. L. H. Wheeler.
Each general chairman has a sub
chairman il each church or organiza-
ton in her division, and they each
have their own committee, working
through their own society or lodge.
Daily reports are made to Head
quarters from each general chairman
and report is sent in to Milwaukee
each night. The sales reported Sat
urday night, April 6, the first day of
women working in fifteen villages
the campaign were $6850 and only
four workers reported, which goes to
show that the women's work in
bond selling campaign is of inestim-
able value, besides being a work of
education and Americanization. In
the county there are committees of
and towns and they write of the
splendid spirit and enthusiasm, with
which the women are going into the
work. One chairman of village
stated that with a little help from
the men" they hoped to ego over the
top" with their subscriptions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

Save Wisconsin's war history is
the slogan of the War History Com
mission recently appointed by Magnus
Swenson, chairman of the State Coun-
Gil of Defense. The commission con-
sists of M. M. ,Quaife, of Madison; j.
H. A. Lacher, of Waukesha; William
w. Bartlett, of Eau Claire; A. H. San
ford, of La Crosse, w. N Parker, of
Madison; Capt. H. A. Whipple, OF
Waterloo; and Carl Russell Fish, of
Madison. John w. Oliver, of Madison,
has been named director of the COM
mission.
The State Historical Society now
has in its possession upwards of 40,
900 letters written by Wisconsin SOL
diers during the days of the Civil War,
and they comprise the richest histori-
cal material for that period that can
be found in America. A larger collec-
ton of documents is expected to come
from the states participation in the
present war. Local history commit
tees are being appointed in every
county in Wisconsin to collect and
preserve every record relating to that
particular community's activity in the
Great War. The name of every man
who enters the service, his war record,
photograph, the letters he writes
home, and the items from the local
newspapers concerning the war will
comprise the chief material to be col
lected. From these records the final
history of Wisconsin's part in the
great ruggle will be written, and it is
hoped that they may be as complete
as possible in order that the true
story may be told to later generations.
E. B. Thayer the past week, was ap-
pointed chairman of the War Work
Committee for Marathon County, by
the Wisconsin War History Commits
sion. He has appointed his co-work-
ers and complete organization will
be effected this week. Headquarters
for the War History Committee will be
at the public library and it is the aim
of the committee to have a complete
record of every activity engaged in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
SHORT ITEMS

Furniture repaired and uphol-
stored. Kiefer Furniture Co. Tele-
phone. 1909. adv If.
The river is at a fair stage, with
no indications of very high water.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Gifin are now
occupying the Donald Murray resi-
dence.
The ice in the river went out last
Monday, the last day of March, which
is earlier than in former years.
Attorney Patrick T. Stone is still
cOnvalesing in TOmahawk and expects
to return to Wausau in a few more
days.
Miss Helen Silbernagel who was op-
Grated on at st. Mary's hospital last
Tuesday for appendicitis, is getting
along very nicely.
The milk delivery team of the Kell's
Dairy ran away yesterday, demolishing
things and spilling out the milk cans.
Not much damage was done.
Flowing has been in progress with
our farmers the past week, especially
so with those who wanted to plant
peas for the canning factory.
The e. C. Dawiey Lumber Co., was
incorporated the past week with E..
C. Dawley, A. l.. Kreutzer and R. E..
PUchner as incorporators. Capital
$4,000.
Supt. of city schools, S. B. Tobey,
has been designated by the Industrial
Commission of Wisconsin to issue
labor permits for children in place of
Judge Louis Marchetti, resigned.
Walter T. German has recently pur-
chased the home of Orlaf Anderson,
902 Adams street. The home is now
occupied by S. ]. Pentler, and when
vacated will be occupied by Mr.. Cor
man and family.
Miss Bashana Fara, who was re-
Gently operated on for appendicitis,
is improving and will be able to be at
her home in a few days. Miss Fara
has been stenographer at the court
house for several years.
The first rain storm of this spring
visited us on Saturday. The fall was
not heavy but enough to wet the
ground thoroughly. During Saturday
night the wind veered to the west and
it turned very cola and the winter
weather has remained with us.
The Marathon County Board of
Supervisors met at the court house
in special session this morning, for
organizations and for the purpose of
the regular transaction of business.
F. F. Chesak was reelected chairman
and f. J. Gaetzman vice-chairman.
An adjournment was taken until
Wednesday morning, to give the
chairman an opportunity to appoint
the several standing committees.
Otto NJ. Justman of Prospect avenue,
was arrested Thursday afternoon on
a charge of burglary, in breaking and
entering the saloon of Robert Bonek
on Grand avenue, in the night time,
Monday night of last week, and steal
ing a safe, thel contents of which
contained nearly 800. On the day of
his arrest he was brought into munich
pal court, waived preliminary exam
ination and was held for trial at the
next term of circuit court, his bail
bond being fixed at $4,000 Satur-
day afternoon Justman was ar
raigned before Judge Reid at his own
request, pleaded guilty to the charge
and was thereupon sentenced by the
court for the term of three years in
the states prison at Waupun, to which
place he was taken yesterday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

Mrs. Charles Bell and Mrs. l.. NJ.
Duncan entertained at linen shower
for Miss Marie Mccarthy at the Bell
home, $40 Second street, last Thurs
day evening. There were fourteen
guests present, and they spent the
evening in hemming napkins and tow
els for the bride to be. A delightful
social time was had. The hostesses
served delicious refreshments. Miss
Mccarthy is well known in Wausau,
having been principal of the Humboldt
school here, which position she holds
up to the end of this school year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
PERSONALS

j. N. Means was in Rhinelander
on Saturday.
H. G. McCrossen returned today
from Chicago.
Mrs. M. P. Mccullough is in Chi
cago on visit.
Mrs. w. H. Thorn has returned
home from Madison.
Il. A. Pradt was in Madison the
past week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Stone of
Marshfield, spent Thrsday in the city.
Miss Gale Ross, who has been in
Chicago, returned home on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henning of
Fond 6u Lac, visited in Wausau TIE
past week.
Misses Sarah and Esther Rutzky
will leave for Chicago Saturday for
visit of a week.
Mrs. ]. w. Coates departed for
Chicago on Saturday. She will be
absent until Thursday.
Jack Nicolls and Charles Turner
returned to st. Johns Military Acad-
envy on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Dingee and daughter. of
Wilmette, ILL.,, mother and sister of
S. S. Dingee, are visiting in the city.
C. D. Jones expects to leave for
the South this week and will be alb
sent from the city for several weeks.
Mrs. S. S. Armstrong has re-
turned home from visit to relatives
in Colorado. On her return she Wis
tied in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Mrs. S. S. Dingee is visiting in
the East. She spent Easter with her
daughter in New York City. The
latter is student at Smiths college.
Judge A. H. Reid opened up the
circuit court for Lincoln county at
panied by Walter A. Evers, court re-
porter.
Mrs. Walter c. Gogg departed yes
terday for Chicago, where she will
study music for the next two months.
She was accompanied by Miss Mar
garet Mathie, who will also study
music.
Bert Salzman is expected home
Thursday evening from Chicago. He
has enlisted in the field artillery and
is coming home to visit his mother,
Mrs. Bertha Salzmann, before being
called.
Albert Kahn and sister, Miss Ella
Kahn, returned yesterday from Camp
Grant, where they visited their broth
er, Edward, previous to his leaving
for Texas. They also visited Chicago
and other places.
Mrs. Gus. Reineking and sons,
Arthur and James, of Harve, N. D.,
arrived in the city Friday for a visit
at the Helke home. They came here
from Fond du Lac by automobile, re- b
turning to that place Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Kreutzer, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Ross and Mr.. and Mrs. d. c.
Everest are sojourning at French
Lick Springs. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
&. Davies, also accompanied them.
Rev. d. ]. Williams and Rev. F.. A.
Clarke and A. H. Clark, who has been
appointed a delegate, and James
Montgomery, alternate, are attending
the Winnebago Presbytery at Stevens
Point, representing the First Presby-
terrain church here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
10TH ANNIVERSARY

This day, April 9th, is the 18th
anniversary of our fellow townsman,
j. B. Vaughan, and he has been quiet
ly celebrating the same, receiving the
congratulations of his friends and
family. He received a dispatch of
congratulations from his son, Bentley,
from Portland, Oregon, this morning.
Mr.. Vaughan is veteran of the Civil
war having served from 81 to '65.
When he returned from the war he
took a position with the Waupaca
Milling Co., and made trips up into
the pinery as early as 1867. He came
to Wausau. to reside in 1868, and
therefore has been a citizen of Wausau
for so years. The Pilot joins in con-
gratulations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
St. Vitus Dance Cured

EKave you a child. afflicted with st. Vftue
Dance? Clark's Nerve Tonic effects a positiv-
cure In all cases. IL is equally effective in re-
lieving nervous prostration, extreme nervous
ness and other forms of nerve deranRement
1t is also an excellent general restorative I'm
all cases where the system is in run down
condition. IL has recenflp cured several cases of
epilepsy. Clark's Especially will promptly re-
lieve and effect a perm anent cure for bed wet
ting. Prepared under the formulate Of the late
DIR. 4. g. Clark of Wausau, Wis. and for sale
By g. w. Clark. now located at 726 18th ST.
Miami, Fla. 10 whom all mail orders should
be sent. Guaranteed under the Food and
with the Department Of Agriculture. Serial.
No. 9-435. adv. (o2m6)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
WOMEN OF WAUSAU ARE ACTIVE
IN LIBERTY BOND DRIVE ALSO
IN SELLING OF THRIFT AND
WAR STAMPS

The women of this city are taking
an active part in the selling of Liber-
ty Bonds and the Thrift and War
stamps, and they are very much en-
couraged over the results so far. The
Business Women's Service league,
with Miss M. B. Mooney as chairman,
are conducting a safe of stamps and
bonds in the lobby of the Bells house
during the afternoons and evenings,
and have met with much success.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
DEATHS

Mrs. Henrietta Rothman, TIC Plum
er street, passed away early this
morning after an illness of seven
months. The deceased was born in
Germany, November 9, 1852, and was
fifty-five years and five months of age.
Her husband, Edward Rothman,
passed away December II, 1913. Fun
eral services will be held Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock at the fam
lily home, Rev. E. c. Grauer officiat-
ing. Burial will be made in Pine
Grove cemetery. Surviving are eight
children, Mrs. Joseph Hoppe, Frank,
William, Albert, Theodore, Sadie and
Henrietta Rothman and Mrs l.. Roll
ley, all of Wausau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

Airline Dumke, $40 Division street,
scarlet fever; Harold Tosch, 921
South Seventh avenue, whooping
cough; Dorothy Schmidt, 1915 Arthur
street, scarlet fever; Arthur Dehlin-
ger, 402 South Sixth avenue scarlet
fever; DR.. A. H. Lemke, 712 Kick
busch street, scarlet fever.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
RESIGNED

r. A. Humphrey has resigned the
position of County Field Agent and
will leave Wednesday for Winona
county, Mimi, where he will take up
the same line of work for that county.
Mr.. Humphrey has been here for one
year and half and has made a
splendid record. He has made many
friends, who regret hiz departure
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
Poor Finaneier.

He-We1l have to give up our intend
ed summer trip. Ny account at the bank
is already overdrawn.
She-Oh, John, you are such a
wretched fnancier. Why don't you
keep your account In bank that has
plenty of moneyf-Boston Transcript.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

Bright eyes, clear complexion, vim.
vigor and force, all indicate perfect
health; without it you are handi-
capped in the race Of life. Take Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea each
week and keep up with the live ones.
35c. Tea or Tablets. w. W. Albers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09

Edward Block, the seven years old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Block, died
at Townsend, Wisconsin, Monday
Scarlet fever was given as the cause
of his death. Edward was born in
the town of Easton, July 10, 1910.
The remains will be brought here and
burial will be made in the town of
Easton cemetery. Relatives have gone
to Townsend to accompany the re-
mains here, and no definite funeral
arrangements have been made as yet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
First publication April s. last April q.
Notice of Final Account and to Deter
mine Inheritance Tax

State of Wisconsin, County Court, Marathon
County.
In the matter Of the estate of Tn Probate
Franz Horacek. deceased. III i0""Oo'
Notice is hereby given that at regular term
Of the county court, TO be held in and for said
county. at the court house in the city of Wau-
sau, in said county, on the first Tuesday (be-
ing the 7th day. of May, A. d. 1918. at the
opening Of court on that day or as soon there
after as the same can be heard. the following
matters will be heard and considered:
The application of Josefa Horacek. execu-
trix Of the will of Frank Horacek. deceased.
late Of the town of johnson, in said county,
for the examination and allow ance of his final
account, which account is now on file in said
court. for the allowance Of claims paid with
out filing set forth in such final account.
and for the assignment Of the residue of the
estate Of said deceased to such other persons
as are by law entitled thereto. for the deter
mination and adjudication Of the inheritance
tax, il any. payable in said estate.
Dated April s. A.. ID. 1918.
By the court,
F. E. BUMP Judge.
REGEER & RIEGLE, Attorneys.