Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-05

SHlcdSO until IL Is S0lQ IN Madison,
as basis on which an allowance will
be made to the dealer. The committee
is also working out a plan for cutting
meat so standard prices may be made
for. various cuts. 1t is proposed to
work out the plan in Madison and
1'then extend it to the state III general.
Madison The famous trading
stamp" case came up officially again
when Atty-Gen. Spencer Haven in an
opinion given to George J. Weigle,
dairy and food commissioner, held that
although the merchants coupans
issued by the Downey-Farrel company,
and which are redeemable by the local
merchant may be used under the SUI.
preme courts Interpretation of the
law, the consumers" coupon is pro-
hibitad
Madison Plans for a mid-winter
show that will be in keeping with the
big cereal crop of Wisconsin this
year have already been MADE by Off
GERS of the Wisconsin Experiment as
ISOLATION. The annual meeting and
grain show will be held at the time of
the Farmers Course at Madison,
Feb. 5 to 8, ana the program of the ex-
pertinent association and Alfalfa or
der will be carried out Feb. z to s.
Madison-Soldier voters in the S.
A. T. c. camps in Wisconsin will have
to vote by mail or return to their
homes to ballot. Atty. Gen. Spencer
Haven, in an opinion held that under
the soldiers voting laws, the secretary
of state is not empowered to provide
messengers to collect these votes.
Forty messengers will be appointed to
collect the votes of Wisconsin soldiers
= camps outside of the state.
Superior William Davis, believed
the oldest man in the northwest, died
here at the age of 1876. Born in Wales
in 1912, he came to the United States
while still young. He worked in
Pennsylvania coal mines and after
service in the civil war, was a Missis-
sippi river steamboat captain. He
came to this county from ST. Paul
after his wife died there at the age of
80 in 1912.
Madison-A slight decrease in the
insane population of the state is re-
corded in the monthly population
statement of the state board of con
troll. In September there were S,268
insane patients under public care in
Wisconsin. The latest report gives
1924 The reports of the board show
that large number of persons are on
parole from the different institutions
at this time.
Green Experimentation of the
White Cross, an association which will
serve the Polish army in the same
manner as the Red Cross serves 9TH
er armies of the allied forces, has
been completed in Green Bay. Work
IN supplies and garments is being
done now in homes, while public
meetings are under the ban due to
Spanish influenza
Madison-M Michael A. Lucide, former
attendant at the Mendoza hospital for
the insane, was sentenced to twenty
years at Waupun prison for killing
Erhardt Pfsterer, an inmate Lucide
killed Pfisterer when the latter refus-
ed to obey his orders at time when
the patient was being given bath.
The patient was slow in carrying out
orders and Lucide struck him.
Madison - That Wisconsin farmers
have gone over the top in one more
drive for war production is the state
ment made by j. G. Halpin, secretary
of the state poultrymen, throughout
the state. The dealers find that there
has been an increase in the number
of chickens and eggs, in spite of the
talk last spring that the farmers were
selling off all their chickens.
Green Bay-Wounded when a frag-
ment of bursting "wrizbang" struck
him in the back, Lieut.. Donald Vaug-
han, Green Bay officer, crawled five
miles along a road and through open
country under constant shell fire, it
was learned in letter received from
France. Exhausted, he reached a
point where an ambulance was discov-
cred.
Madison - Northern Wisconsin is
making a fight to win the war by the
piled by William F. Calendar of the
United States department of agricul
ture, Wisconsin branch show that in
ten counties the acreage in northern
Wisconsin was increased 24,175 acres
Madison-Wiscons received a call
for 44O civilians between Is and As to
go to Camp Fremont, Cal, Dec. 1. The
camp will accommodate 10000 men.
They must have high school education
or the equivalent.
Fond du Lac-Oficial returns in the
Sixth district special primary election,
Olu QU A@c1CJ SAfO AAhobllis5s OOAlAO o
crat, 1919; Lampert, republican, $50,
and Thompson, socialist, 164.
Madison - Twenty-Five creameries
and cheese factories in Vernon county
alone have been invited by the Unit
ed States food administration for
Wisconsin to contribute $50 to their
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obtain licenses.
Racine-The Indebtedness of the To-
cal Y. NJ c. A., amounting to $4,000,
was wiped out when William Horlick,
ST., presented his personal check for
that amount, and notes and mortgages
were burned in the Office of the asso-
citation.
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