Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-02-26
SHORT ITEMS
With the warm weather eggs are
taking a tumble in price


Louis Witt, 1916 Lawrence ST., Apple
ton. Wis. f19-4w
The depot building at Edgar burned
to the ground on Saturday morning.
Furniture repaired and uphol
stored. Kiefer Furniture Co. Tele-
phone. 1903. adv u.
Coal is being received and regular
passenger trains will soon be restored
on the st. Paul road.
r. H. Starkey, formerly of our Y.
M. C. A., is now safe in France, from
advices received in this city.
Miss Maud Pomerville of Merrill,
is at st. Mary's hospital having been
operated upon for appendicitis.
The cold weather of Wednesday and
Thursday froze up some of the
hydrants, which had to be thawed out
DR.. and Mrs. W. H. Fricke will oc-
cupy the McEachron fiat, on Frank
lin street the latter part OF the week.
Rev. Father O'Toole of st. James
church, spoke at a Loyalty League
meeting held at Rothschild, Thurs
day evening.
The Pilot notes that Donald S.
Montgomery of Milwaukee has been
drawn as one of the Grand Jurors,
in Milwaukee.
A portrait of the late Aug. Kick
busch, Wausau's first mayor has been
presented to the city, by his son,
Robert Kicgbusch.
S. B. Tobey and c. G, Kruger
spoke at a patriotic meeting held at
the Elcho school house, town of
Easton, Friday evening.
The hearing of Gustave Sternberg,
charged with uttering dislOyal re-
marks against this country, has been
postponed until March 21st.
A service flag has peen displayed
at the First National Bank, two of
it's force are now in the U. S. Service:
John Prahl and Norbert Trauba.
w. E. Hudtloff and family have
moved from their former home at
53S Harrison boulevard to the H. E..
McEachron fiat on Franklin street.
The potash men of Wisconsin and
| Northern Michigan will meet in Wau-
sau, the first part of March, to con-
slider matters relative to the potash
| industry.
Miss Blanche armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tons taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates, GIG Mcclellan St.
Phone 1871 Matt
j. A. Rowley and A. A. Hooper have
been appointed a committee on pulpit
supply in the First Methodist church,
during the time Rev. and Mrs. Rich
ard Evans are on their western trip.
The Wisconsin Valley Electric
company has its new high power
transmission line built from Mosinee
to Stevens Point. This will be
Stevens Points main source of supply
for electric power and lighting.
The Junior Department of the First
Methodist Sunday school has a beau
tiful new flag. The donors are Messrs
]. S. Alexander, F. c.. Boyce, F. w.
Genrich, C. S. Gilbert, A. NJ Petersen,
l. B. Thackray and A A. Hooper
The cold spells, while severe, are
getting shorter. On Wednesday it
was II below zero, on Thursday it
was IS below, but Friday and Satur-
day and Sunday, were veritable spring
days and the snow melted away fast.
The old bridge spanning Big Bull
Falls is again closed to vehicle traffic,
to allow unobstructed construction
work on the east arch of the new
concrete structure and whose COM
pIetion is looked for at an early date.
The children of the public schools
of Mosinee, were vaccinated last week
| There have been four cases of small
poX in that village recently, three of
which have been at the boarding
house of the Wausau Sulphate and
| Fibre Co.
| Passenger trains morning service
on the st. Paul road south bound
after suspension of several weeks,
has been restored and departs from
| this city at 1925 as formerly, which
is of greatly appreciated convenience
to the travelling public.
Don't wait until your blood is i'm
| pOverished and you are sick and all
ing; take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
| Tea now; it will drive out the germs
of Winter, purify. the stomach, regu-
late the bOwels-nature's spring tonic
cleanser. w. w. Albers.
Police Chief Malone and Postmaster
Ryan, registrars, have been passing
out alien registration identification
cards at the city hall, during the past
week. Those who have not yet called
for said cards, should do so at once
and avoid trouble. They have vet
time until March 1, to comply with
the requirements.
A union mass meeting was held
at the First Methodist church Sun
day evening at $50 o'clock. The
topic for discussion was Our African
Missions" and Miss Helen Cook acted
as leader. Following this there was
a union evening service in the same
church. DR.. d. w. Williams delivered
sermon on Men of Vision
Cement has arrived and now the
| contractors on the new concrete
bridge, crossing the falls, are pour
| ing the last arch. To facilitate the
work the bridge, which now crosses
the river over the new bridge will
| be closed to traffic until Thursday
or Friday. Thousands of people went
over and viewed the bridge on Sunday.