Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24
News Of the
Badger State


Marinette-The Queen City Packing
plant is Marinette's newest industry.
Joseph Erdlitz of Menominee, former
ly connected with one of the large
breweries, and Joseph Boehm of
Pound are the principal interested
parties. They have purchased large
business block and are having the
necessary machinery installed therein.
They expect to be ready for operation
Jan. l. The new firm will prepare
sausages, ham, bacon and fresh beef
for the markets. A large slaughter
ing house will be established outside
the city limits.
Oshkosh-One of the members of
the presidents party to France is
Maj. Fred NJ. Fling, brother of Harry
r. Fling of the faculty of the Oshkosh
Normal school, He was located at
Washington during the war. in the
historical department of the army.
Previously he was at the head of the
department of European history at the
University of Nebraska. He goes to
Europe to gather material for the
diplomatic history of the war. AT
Paris he will be attached to the staff
of Gen. Bliss.
Green Bay Christmas greetings
were received in Green Bay from
Archangel, Russia, in a cablegram
sent by Sergt Harry B. Desnoyers,
who is with the American forces main
tanned in that distant country. The
message was received by his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank B. Desnoyers. and
brought the first word from the sol
der in three months. Sergt Desnoy-
ers is in the Three Hundred and Tenth
engineers, a unit of the Eighty-dfth
Custer division.
Oshkosh Elizabeth Loos, 10
years of age, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Loos, was fatally burned
at her home while working at a stove
in the kitchen. She was in the house
with two sisters and two brothers, her
ployment for the day. 1t is believed
she was wiping off the stove with a
cloth when it caught on fire,
communicating with the child's cloth
ing.
De Pere-According to official infor-
ration from state headquarters.
Brown county leads the entire nation
in the dispatch with which it's united
war work fund was completed. The re-
ports received by local managers of
the drive show that this county COM
pleted the $50 per cent goal in adj
vance of every county in Wisconsin
and earlier than was reported by any
other state in the union.
Oshkosh--The meanest man, or
maybe it was a woman, has been in
this city lately. The person has not
been identified but if found will get a
warm reception. He or she stole the
Christmas gift box of the Salvation
army from the lunch counter at the
interurban station of the local electric
railway. 1t had in it about $40 in
tended for Christmas dinners for the
poor children of the city.
Racine-At a maSSmeeting held at
the gymnasium of the Y NJ. C.. A. res
,olutions were unanimously adopted
urging the senator and assembly men
from Racine county to support the bill
for the amendment to the national
constitution which provides for ma
tionwide prohibition, Copies of the
resolutions will be sent to the Iegisla-
tive representative of the county and
to the senate and assembly.
Ashland--The dye plant being built
by Chicago interests near Cable is eX-
pected TO be completed Feb. l, when
more than 200 men Will be employed.
One building, 480x&0 feet, and another,
60XS0, comprise the first unit of a
plant which may be enlarged later.
Five carloads of machinery have been
installed. A portion OF the DUPONT
powder plant, Barksdale, is to be CON
verted into dye plant.
Beloit - Forty-one dolls are to be
sent to Mrs Albert Smith, Beloit col
lege alumnus, and now teacher in a
missionary school in Tennessee, to
use in her work among the mountain
children, some of whom never owned
doll. Beloit college girls made up Il
fund for purchasing the dolls.
Monroe - A remarkable record of
descendants is left by Mrs W Fred
Swartz, who recently died at the home
of her son, Frank Swartz, in Sylvester
township. She is survived by four
teen children, one of whom, Albert, is
in France, and siXty-fOur grandchil
dren. No great grandchildren sur
vive
Madison - Among the twenty-three
members of the advisory commission
of experts who sailed to France with
President Wilson as delegates to the
peace conference We're three profes-
sors and three former members of the
staff of the University of Wisconsin
Portage-A letter received by Mrs.
G. W, Dempsey Of this city, brought
the glad tidinigs that her husband,
Lieut.. G, w. Dempsey, is safe and in
hospital. He was recently reported
missing since Nov. 8, by the war de-
partment.
Oshkosh - The Oshkosh Candle
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