Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-17
SHORT ITEMS

F. P. Stone was confined to his
home by illness the past week. He is
now much improved.
The annual meeting of the National
banks of Wausau will be held on the
evening of Jan. 14th, 1919.
Lieut.. N. H. Bells, who is at Camp
Dodge, expects to be with his family
in Wausau at Christmas time.
The city schools clC Led on Wednes-
day on account of the influenza and
will remain closed at least until in
January.
E. c. Dawley has been confined to
his home during the past week with
threatened attack of the "fiu." He
is now improving.
In circuit court on Thursday, Vim
cent Casey secured a divorce from his
wife, Lulu Casey, because of cruel
and inhunlan treatment
There will be a civil-service exam
ination at the government building in
this city on Jan. 4th, for fireman,
| fireman-laborer and custodian.
The rooms at the Yawkey residence,
| in which the IL dies have been at
work for French wounded, have been
closed until after the holidays.
Deaths from influenza in Wisconsin
| for October were 2,091, and from pneu-
| monia, SIS. The total influenza deaths
in Wausau for October numbered 40.
The past week has been an unusu-
ally wet, cloudy, and misty one, just
such weather as it would seem on
which is was best for the "flu" to
thrive.
The national Brewing Company of
Stevens Point may be turned into a
| Touring mill. The Jackson Milling
company was the highest bidder for
the plant.
| Mrs. A. Wiechmann, mother of
Louis and Fred Wiechmann, who has
been severely ill with an attack Of the
| grippe for several days, is now con-
valescing.
John Salzer of North Crandon drove
William Lords farm team to Wausau
Friday, and driver and team have en-
gagged to do teamwork in the city dur
ling the winter.
Otto Strege and Miss Myrtle Foster
were united in marriage on Thursday
evening at the home of the groom's
sister, Mrs, Henry Keays. Rev. E. G.
Grauer officiating.
John Bachman was brought before
Judge Marchetti Tuesday afternoon
on charge of non-support of his wife
and minor child. His trial was put
over until Thursday.
Mrs. ]. H. Elliott was taken i'll
Thursday with a severe cold and was
taken to st. Mary's hospital on Friday
She was able to return home Sunday
very much improved.
The Wausau Business college closed
last Wednesday as well as the county
agriculture and training schools and
the parochial schools of this city, on
account of the epidemic.
The sleighing was so good on Thurs
day that one farmer was able to bring
to town four tons of hay in one load
on his sleigh. The warm weather
since has softened up the roads, and
taken off much of the snow.
Some weather last week, when the
rain and the sleet loaded down every
tree and shrub; then followed a
fierce wind for day and night and
the country was strewn with broken
limbs and twigs from the trees.
The influenza took as its toll out
of one family the past week in the
Icounty. Mr.. and Mrs. August Kuehn
Jr., aged twenty and twenty-one re-
lspectively Also a sister of Mr.. Kuehn
aged fourteen years, all of Rib Falls
The influenza took as its toll out OF
lone family the past week in the coun-
try, Mr.. and Mrs. August Kuehn, Jr.
aged twenty and twenty-one, respec-
lively. Also q sister of Mr.. Kuehn
aged fourteen years, all Of Rib Falls
\ Suitable memorials to our soldier
ocys are being recommended. They
include the following: "An Auditori-
Ium," Memorial Clinic" Memorial
Trees" Monuments in Conspicuous
Places" Memorial Victory Hall, etc.
| The campaign throughout the coun-
try to shop early, is having good re-
suits as is being shown at the post
lofice, as more packages are being re-
Iceived for mail than last year at this
time, and yet this may be due to many
boys who are away in the U. S. ser
vice.
Miss Margaret Young who is located
lin Washington, D. c., writes that she
is in love with that city, she says that
the building in which she is located
is in itself a small city, which is even
lsupplied with its own cafeteria. War
work there is being closed up as fast
as possible.