Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-11-12
News Of the
Badger State

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Wausau-GeneralM Manager Harry c.
Berger of the Marathon war fund re
ports that pledges amounting to S275,-
355.7S have been made by Marathon |
county people for the year as conLribu- |
tons for war activities. The number
of pledges number over $4,000 The |
advisory board has requested the di- |
rectors to accept their official quota
as worked out by the committee in
Wisconsin for the united war work |
campaign, and, if necessary, increase
the amount on the basis as the other
counties increase it.
Lake Mills-The city of Lake Mills |
will come into possession of Tyrane-
ma, the country home of the late Rev |
e. G. Updike, fornicr pastor of the
First Congregational church in Madi-
son, following the death of Mrs. Up.
dixie of pneumonia. In the terms of
present name and to serve as public !
park. The estate includes fifteen acres
Of land on the shore of Rock lake and
a large colonial mansion
Madison-In response to an urgent
request by telegraph from the gas de-
Tense division chemical welfare serv-
ice, United States army, New York
City, Gov. Philip has asked the peo-
pie of the state to give special atten-
ton to the collection of fruit pits and
nutshells. In order to meet the de-
mands for this high quality of carbon
for gas masks 100000 pounds day
of fruit pits and nutshells are re-
quired.
Fond du Lac = After thirty-seven
years of service as an employe of the
late ]. 4. Merryman, clothing mer-
chant, Oscar G. Davis filed claim for
$8,171.14 against the Merryman es-
tate, claiming that it had been under
stood that he was to be paid for extra
service, the payment to be in the form
Ola bequest from the clothing man.
The court has upheld the claim, allow
ing all but about $500.
Oshkosh-Mrs. Margaret Edward is
suing the estate of the late Young
Campbell, pioneer railroad civil engi-
neer, for $3,460 for 346 weeks service
and nursing, which she claims she per-
formed for Mr.. Campbell She testi-
fed that Mr. Campbell agreed to be-
queathe her that amount in his will
George Johnson, chief beneficiary I'M
der the will, is opposing the claim
Madison - An orange" fund, with
which to provide one orange daily to
all S. A. T. G. men in the university
infrmary, has been started by women
students at the University of Wiscon-
sin with approval of Dean F. Louis
Nardin, and Frederick Wolf, secretary
of the army Y. NJ c. A. Miss Ger
trude P. King, junior, is chairman of
the orange" fund.
Madison-Wisconsin treasury con-
tains a balance of $4059, 494 as com
pared with $2,05S,23O on October l, !
according to the monthly statement of
State Treasurer Henry Johnson. The
total in the general fund scared from
S813,S80 to $2,058,230 in month as a
result of the payment of the last half
Of the railroad taxes.
Racine-The Racine college $3.50, 900
endowment campaign which was plan
ned for the week previous to the
fourth Liberty Loan campaign and
which was deferred, has not been
dropped as reported several days ago.
There are still prospects of the cam
paign being carried out with the aid
of the citizens committee.
La Crosse-Mrs. Oline Odeguard of
Fosston, Mimi, appeared in county
court here as one of seven second
cousins to claim an estate of 100000
left by Chris Hagen, which is about to !
escheat to the state There are also
in the distributions.
Marinette-The death of three mem
bers Of the family of Charles Wall of
Wausaukee, Marinette county, occur
red in'less than day Mrs. Wall and
two young sons were the victims of
Spanish influenza. A sister of Mrs.
Wall was critically ill at the time in
the same house.
Marinette - A fisherman with sew
eral companions, one child, narrow
ly escaped death while adrift on
Green Bay in blow for nearly a day.
The members of the party suffered
keenly from exposure and hunger be-
fore being rescued.
Portage - While cleaning a gun at
home the son of Mrs. Otto Miehlke, |
North Freedom, accidentally shot his
mother below the heart She may re-
cover.
Poynette--Lyman Grover, Is years
old, a veteran of the civil war, died
here. He is survived by two sons and
one daughter.
Appleton-It cost this county ST.
9971S last year for the care of insane
and feeble-minded residents of the
county, who are patients at the coun-
ty insane asylum and other institu-
tons in the state outside of Outaga-
ME county, according to the bills re-
ceived at the clerks Office.
Marinette Miss Sarah Suplinsky,