Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-02
A BIG SUCCESS
Marathon County Fair Largely Attended
Splendid Weather Brought Out the
Crowds the First Three Days

the aerOplane. The driver handled
the machine in wonderful manner.
enclrcling the grounds many times.
descending in glide from a height of
a thousand feet or more to within
about dozen feet of the ground and
then rising again to escape trees and
buildings. 1t was finally brought to
earth in the field in front of the
grand stand. 1t was a fine exhibition
and resulted in making the Milwaukee
Journal known to every man, woman
ana child IN Wausau, and we might
say, in the county
Friday promised to be an exceed
lngly popular day of the fair. Three
fast races were scheduled; there were
to be the same attractions in special
features and fire works in the even
ing. The weather report Thursday
was increasing cloudiness in the even
ing and rain Friday. Sure enough,
dark, ominous clouds greeted the eve
IN every direction ON Friday and at
nine O'Clock there was a down-pour of
rain, which made every one think that
it would end the fair, but after an
hour, there was a change and there
were indications of clearing I'D. 1t
was, however, 2:30 o'clock before the
clouds rolled away and then it was
warm and pleasant as any time dur
ing the progress of the fair. 1t was
TOO late to dry up the track so the
races had to be abandoned. There was
a very good attendance notwithstand-
ing and all had to content themselves
with listening to the band and watch
ing the acrObatic performances. Be-
sides the Milwaukee Journals aero
plane gave a splendid exhibition. In
the evening the fire works drew out
another large crowd.
The special attractions between the
race heats, in front of the grand stand
were very good, as in former years.
The 10th Infantry band discoursed
music from the rostrum in front of
the grand stand, each day which add
ed enjoyment to ALL Will LaCerte.
the bands efficient drum major, fav-
ored the crowd with an occasional
song each day
The horse races were never better;
the track was in excellent condition
and very fast and in nearly every race
the time was reduced below the time
expected.
The Main Building
AS usual the main building was
given over as follows: The lower
floor to the exhibition of farm pro-
duce, grains, fruits, dairy products,
mercantile displays. Those having
booths on the lower floor were: E. j.
Radiant, furniture; Metal Products Co.,
Ritter & Deutsch. furniture, Holland
Furnace Co., furnaces; Colby, pho
Biography; Porath & Schlaefer, shoes;
A. NJ Petersen, frames; Ingraham &
Brushert, jewelry; West Side Metal
Shop; Mayer & Sons. shoes; Kick
busch Grocery Co, ]. p. Duskey, safes
and steel filing cabinets; Wis. River
Supply Co.
The upper floor was given over to
fancy articles in needle and other
work and this display was unusually
fine this year. The domestic depart
ments display was on this floor and
there was an abundance of cakes,
pies, bread, canned fruits of all kinds, 1
etc. The floral display, art, school ex
hibition, especially the Rothschild and
the Teachers Training school, the U.
S. government department of general
information, display of dolls, were all
on this floor The relic department
was especially worthy of note and at
tracted much attention, many very
valuable relics were on exhibition in
the way of old chinaware, articles of
dress made many years ago; many
from many countries and of the Civil
war, and hundred and one things
which were very interesting. There
should be some fire-proof place ar
ranged where these relics could be
gathered and laid away for future
generations. No doubt many of them
could be had so long as it was known
that they would be always taken care
of and preserved.
On this floor was also displays by
c. S. Dernbach, grocer; the Wausau
Business College; The Edison machine
display was in charge of Mrs. ]. w.