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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
Annual Report of the County Superintendent of Schools
of Marathon County.
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their shoulders to the wheel without a MUIR
mer. This has been true of the teachers
throughout the length and breadth of the land
and though it was no more than the nation in
its time of need had the right to ask Of them
it was nevertheless duly appreciated and will
receive due mention in the war annals of the
country.
With the signing of the armistice and the
coming peace we shall be relieved of some Of
our war activities. We are not through, now
ever. We still have about two million men on
foreign soil and many in home environments.
These men cannot be expected to walk home
or swim home, nor can they be expected to get
along without food and clothing. Until all
these men are back in civilian life we must
expect to carry on.
The war savings stamp movement will be
in full force during the year 1919 and the need
for Junior Red Cross services is fully as
great as it was year ago. There will be
need for food conservation in order that the
starving in the war ravaged countries may be
fed. There will be need for large crops to be
raised next summer Hence not through
and as pointed out in my letter to the school
boards l doubt very much whether we Will
ever get back to the same quiet footing that
we were on before the needs of the country
drew us into activities aside from the regular
routine.
So let us launch upon the year 1919 with
a united effort and with the determination that
the schools of Marathon County shall do their
full share in the work that still remains to be
done and that along side of this work they
shall improve in efficiency in what might be
called the regular routine of the school. Both
lines of work can be strengthened l believe
through the organization of the school socie-
ties planned by the state department of public
instruction and outlined in bulletin mailed
you recently. 1 urge that you enter on the
formation and perfection of these societies
without delay. Their value as agents in bring
ing about proper training for citizenship can
hardly be overestimated
Feeling assured that you have pledged
yourself to a year of hard work and useful
service and knowing that opportunities for
both will be plentiful l hope that you will
meet with that degree of success that will
make the years work both pleasant and
profitable
]. E. GIESSEL,
County Supt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
ChamberIain's Tablets

When you are troubled with in
digestion or constipation. take Cham
berlain's Tablets. They strengthen
the stomach and enable it to perform
its functions naturally. Indigestion is
usually accompanied by constipation
and is aggravated by it. Chamber
lain's Tablets cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels, relieving the con-
stipated condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
MARATHON ITEMS.
Marathon Times.

Miss Ruth Otto was a Wausau csn
Tuesday.
Mr.. Leo Stieber visited at Wan,
yesterday.
Agnes Resop visited with Vans
friends Monday.
John Schubert transacted bushes,
Wausau Monday.
Mrs. Ant. 10y was a Wausau call.
the first of the week.
Mrs. Henry He'll and daughter. Els
visited at Wausau Monday.
NJ. E. Berries, chairman of the ton
of Rib Falls, transacted business
Wausau Monday.
The home of John Kessler of N
town of Mosinee was destroyed by Al
Christmas forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Stieber of Wss
sau spent New Years with Maratbu
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Gust Sonnentag of Wauss
spent Sunday with relatives an
friends here in town.
The Misses Elsie Busack and Ger
rude Blume resumed their Studio
Monday at the Wausau Business Co
lege.
The barn of VIM. Tuchsheerer
the town of Rib Falls together wi
contents was destroyed by fire Tut
day, Dec. "a.
Albert Roeder passed away on N
Years day at two o'clock in the aft
noon, at his home in the town
Marathon.
Mrs. W. E. Rapraeger and daugth
Ruth, Miss Ella BraatZ, Mrs J.
Bartels and daughter Violet and 81
Arnold, of Wausau visited on Mond
with the family of Jos. w KRISTEN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Special State Aid. Clerks of boards who
contemplate making application for special
state aid under the $50 year law are kindly
asked to report that fact to the county super
intendents office Immediately.
Closing Date. All teachers whose schools
have not been visited by the county superin-
tendent during the present school year are
kindly asked to keep the county superintend-
ent properly informed of all vacations or other
Interruptions of the school term and to indi-
cate at this time the probable closing date of
the term.
Truancy. Scarcity of labor and the preva-
lence of disease have strong tendency to in
terfere with the school attendance. The at
tention of teachers is again called to the fact
that they should report from time to time to
the county superintendent the names Of all tru-
ant children together with the names and ad-
dresses of their parents
Reading Circle Work. The schools Of Mar
athon County were very active in reading cir
Gle work during the past school year. study
of the statistics in the reading circle bulletin,
however, will disclose the fact that some coun-
ties have outStripped Marathon County in this
particular. There is no good reason for this.
Every teacher should be able to select and
read two books from the teachers reading
circle list and make the necessary written re-
port of five hundred words on each book. The
teachers in the village schools have done less,
in this particular than the teachers Of the rural
schools. In many cases they have probably
done more than the required amount OF profess
sonal reading but they have failed to make the
report and result the county makes poor
showing in its teachers reading circle work.
The office of the county superintendent is pro-
vided with a large stock of diplomas and
SEALS both for the teachers reading circle
work and for the young peoples reading circle
work and teachers are urged to put the county
at the head of the list in this work.
Warm Noon Lunches. This is the time Of
the year when warm noon lunches at school.
houses are in place. We would very much like
to have complete list of all schools furnishing.
warm noon lunches to children. Teachers in
whose schools warm noon lunches are furnish
ed are therefore asked to make that fact known
to us.
Mid.winter Institutes. Four mid-winter in
stitutes have been scheduled That teachers
are urged to attend goes without saying. Our
experience in connection with institute work
in the past has been highly satisfactory. The
spirit and the attendance at the Institutes in
the past is proof that the teachers have not
lost interest in their work. The following is
the institute schedule:
January 25-Stratford High School
Anna X. Hanson
NJ NJ Mortenson
]. E. Giessel
February Unity High School
James E. Delzell
John w. Nash
J. E. Giessel
February S-Athens High School
James E. Delzell
Louis Grimm
J. E. Giessel
February 15-Wausau Training School
w. H. Cheever
Randall Johnson
]. E. Giessel
Efforts will be made to have the usual warm
noon lunch, cafeteria style, in connection with
the Wausau institute and in connection with
the other institutes if possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
COUNTY CORRESpONDpyo
MOSINEE ITEMS
Mosinee Times

Mrs. c. S. Blair has been oo.s
her bed the past week sufferi rnaet
her old ailment, an ,affliction 5 ) q
knee. VI d
Geo. Songer spent Christine,
his daughter, Miss Anna. at Rons
also visited at Chippewa Fail
other places in that vicinity.
Mrs. Chas. Harbaugh and oha,
Of Wausau spent the week end ~
home of her parents, Mr.. and N.Y.
Steffanus.
Myer Hanowitz arrived homa .
morning from the east where i.
been spending the past three Nc.
since his discharge from militarva
vice, visiting.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
EDGAR ITEMS.
Edgar News.

A. A. Book of Wausau was On j.,
gar caller today.
Rev. P. A. Erickson transacted h.
ness at Wausau Thursday.
Mrs. Walter Miles passed awav ,
Friday morning of cancer after .,
ness of about a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. DeLOns
children spent New Years Day y.
relatives at Wausau.
Mr.. Frank Borchardt of Waus.n
spending a couple of days here Il,
ing at the Gust Hermann home
Ralph Puchner of Lawrence COn
S. A. T. c. is spending the holm
here with bis parents, Mr.. and \
A. w. Puchner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS (spring series)

The teachers examinations will be con-
Quoted at the Training School at Wausau and
at the high school at Unity on June 4, and g..
1919.
Examination Program.
First Days: 90 A M-Arithmetic, Reading.
Rural Economics Spelling.
100 P. M-Ortheopy, Grammar, Geography,
History.
Second Day-S:O0 A. M.-Constitution, Ply
siology, Agriculture.
100 P. M.-School management, Manual
Library Challenging
Third Day-S:O0 A. M-Physical Geogra-
ply English Composition, English Literature.
Algebra.
100 P. M.-Physics, American Literature.
English History, Theory.
The required standings are:
Minimum. Average.
First Grade ------------------S so 50
Second Grade ---------------- 20 so
Third Grade ----------------- 65 70
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-07
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The Press., 1919-07-24
LEARNING VALUE OF BABIES
New Viewpoint Taken by World Marks Beginning of Era of the Highest
 importance.

That the babies of nation are Its riches and that they must be afforded, that they are Always worth what they cost, is the new viewpoint that we are learning now, writes Kathleen Norris in Pictorial Review.
 Europe knows, what we of America are learning. that greater than our mines and forests and cities, in actual commercial value, are our babies, and more important than our financiers and statesmen are the women who bear them.
 Suppose that we could save One-half of the 3OO,OOO babies that we lose every year. And suppose that another 15O,- GOO who do not die, but who live sickly and defective, were also raised to strong and healthy and normal man and wOmanhoOd? Do you realize that this country would be the richer, in ten years, by 3,OOOO OOO native-born citi- zens?
 Therefore the government is begin ming to take fatherly interest in it's babies, and more and more in Europe, and wherever mothers pensions are paid, the government is beginning to feel itself responsible for them. There is less hustling of children into insti tutions, there is more and more incli- nation to leave them with their mother and make life easier for their mother. One likes to think of the time coming when every child will mean more ease, and not less, more honor, and not less, to the woman who bears 1t. But now we are only begin ming.
The Press., 1919-07-24
KEPT ART TREASURES SAFE
Authorities of the British Museum
 Took No Chances on Destruction -s.:-.= by German Bombs.

The Assyrian Bulls from Nineveh have been restored to daylight in the Assyrian transept of the British mu- scum. One room that was closed in war time has been opened since the armistice and three others will be opened immediately. The rare printed books, drawings and manuscripts were removed during the air raids to the National library of Wales at Aberyst- wyth. Sculpture, statuary and vases of antiquity were secreted in guard eG station of the Post Office Tube rail- way. the building of which was begun hetore the war for the rarid under ground transit of letters and parcels.
 Slabs, Elgin marble and large vases were stored Tn strong rooms in the basement of the museum itself, so con- structed as to be invulnerable except from a direct hit by the heaviest type of bomb: The larger sculptures, in- cluding the great Assyrian Bulls and Lions, were buried in mountains of sandbags.
 All departments will be reopened to the public as soon as possible. It went to the heart of those in charge of the museum to see the numbers of soldiers who came to the gat's of the museum in vain in war time. Sections of the museum of particular value to students are still closed-the whole of the Egyptology department, for in- stance. and both the reference depart ment of the prints and drawings and the exhibition gallery.
The Press., 1919-07-24
Flying in the Orient.

Prominent business men of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, under the leadership of Reginald Lloyd of Lon- don. have formed a company to devel- op an aerial route for mail and pas senger service between Australia and London, according to Consul Henry P. Starrett, Adelaide, Australia, in the Commerce Reports.
 The purpose of the company is to ex- plore the proposed route for landing sites, which are to be approximately 300 miles apart. The route is to be from Sydney or Melbourne direct to Port Darwin in the northern territory of Australia, from which point there will be a 3OO-mile sea trip across to the Island of Timor, in the Dutch East Indies, thence from island to island through Java and Sumatra to Singa- pore and Calcutta, across India to Karachi, thence to Bagdad and Port Said, from which latter point the choice of several developed aerial routes to London is available.
The Press., 1919-07-24

in custody. The autopsy on the body
 of MT. Wells was performed by medi-
 cal examiner pr. G. P. Bard of Staf-
 ford Springs and Dr. B. R. Pike of
 East Woodstock under the direction of
 Acting Coroner M. D. O'Connell of
 Stafford Springs. MT. Wells, who was
 about 45 years of age, was well known in this region, as he has worked all
 about at steam sawmills. He was
 genial and industrious and had many friends. He leaves a wife and eight
 children, the older ones being grown up and two married. Two sons were in the navy. Much sympathy is ex- pressed with the family. His funeral took place Wednesday at Il a. m. with | burial at the East cemetery near his house. Mrakovich has six children, the oldest being girl 13 years old.
The Press., 1919-07-24
MURDER IN UNION.

L. E. Wells Shot by Mate Mrakovich.
 Sunday afternoon while sitting near his mail box at his home in Union Louie E. Wells was fatally shot by a neighbor, Mate Mrakovich, alias Mike" Mrakovich. Mrakovich was given hearing in the Union town hall Tuesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to a complaint which was read by M. D. O'Connell appearing for the state charging him with first degree murder. The real cause of the mur- der has not been given out, but Mrak- ovich's reason might be found in an account of events preceding the shoot ing. On Saturday, July 12, Mrakovich through ill treatment caused his wife to leave his home which is situated on the road running between Southbridge and North Ashford, wore than three miles east of Union town and near Bigelow Hollow. She took two of her children with her and sought refuge at the Wells home a half mile above the Mrakovich house where she stayed till the murder occurred During the | following week MrakOvich rode by the Wells home a number of times, often stopping to make some threatening re- mark. On Friday afternoon he drove into the Wells barnyard and aimed "a shotgun at MT. Wells. Mrs. Wells in terfered and he drove on without shooting. On Sunday afternoon short ly before 5 o'clock MT. Wells was sit ting beside the road .near his home, leaning against the post of the mail box talking with the members of his family and some neighbors. Mrak- ovich came driving along from his home with two children beside him and rifle between his legs. When he reached the Wells yard he halted his horse, dropped the reins over the dashboard and picking up his gun Ire aimed and fired at MT. Wells who rolled over on his face, dead. Mrak- Ovich then drove on and returned to his home by a round about way where he left his children and disappeared. He walked to Stafford Springs and early Monday morning he gave him self up to Judge w. H.. Heald- who notified Officer Hayes and he was taken to the local jail awaiting his hearing. At this hearing the fore going version of what happened Sun day afternoon was brought out Dr. Ernest R. Pike of East Woodstock who was summoned to give medical aid when MT. Wells was shot testified to having found the body face downward on the ground and blanket thrown over it. Upon examination he said he found a hole in the left breast that could have been caused by bullet. Helen Wells, 15, and Eva Wells, 13, both daughters of the dead man and Henry Travenick were called upon to testify and told what they saw on Sunday afternoon, having been pres ent when the shooting occurred. Jus tice w. H. Heald who presided at the hearing decided to hold Mrakovich over for the September sitting of the Superior court in Rockville without bonds. Captain Robert T. Hurley and Omcer Elliot, who were present at the trial, took Mrakovich to the Holland Jail where he will remain till the trial At the autopsy which was held Mon day afternoon no other cause of death put the bullet wound was found. The bullet had entered the left lung little aDOVe the heart and death was instan- taneOuS
The Press., 1919-07-24
An Unappreciated Relic

A wandering auctioneer had gathered about him a merry throng of villagers. He held up battered violin.
 "What offers for this ancient fid- dle!" he inquired, pathetically. Look it over. Notice the blurred fingeE' marks of remorseless time. Observe the stains of hurrying years. To merry notes of this fine old instrument the brocaded danes of fair France may have danced the minuet."
 By this time the crowd was becom- ing exceedingly interested.
 "Ha," continued the auctioneer, 'it bears an abrasion-perhaps the touch of fire. It may have been the very fid- dle on which Nero played while Rome burned. Now, what offers?'
 From the back of the crowd came a mournful answer: "Fifty cents."
 "It is yours, sirl" replied the auc- tioneer.
The Press., 1919-07-24
UNION

M. A. Marcy was in Hartford a few | days the past week.
 Mrs. Charles Scranton and daughter, Elsle, will spend few days this week
 in Hartford Henry Lefingwell, Jr., and family of orcutt's spent the weekend with her | mother, Mrs. R. B. Horton Mrs. Wm. P. Marcy and MT. and Mrs. Harry Palmer of Hartford spent the l weekend at the Marcy homestead. Miss Louise Burnham has rented the
 nm on Marcy Hill to some of her
 friends from Hartford for few weeks. Repairs have lately been made along
 the telephone lines, many brush hay | ing been cut and some new poles set. The measles seem to have had their run ana as far as reported the latest
 victims are well on the road to re- covery.
 More than week of hot, sticky and
 almost sunless days has made would De haymakers rather blue. A few
 farmers who were able to harvest hay
 during the one intensely hot and
 sunny week early in the season were
 fortunate. Many acres of grass in
 this and adjoining towns are still un- cut.
 Last Sunday afternoon the com
 munity was shocked with the terrible and startling news that Louie Wells
 in the east district had been shot and killed by his neighbor, Mate Mrak- l ovich. MT. Wells with his family and some friends was spendinp the aftor- noon quietly in his front yard when Mrakovich drove up and with rifle fired the fatal shot, The ball passed through MT. Wells body and struck a post against which girl was leaning. missing her by a narrow margin. It
 is said that the murderer then at tempted to reload his rife with the apparent intention of also taking the life of Henry Travenick, brother-in-
 law of the murderer, who was in the Wells yard. The second she'll prob ably was too large and stuck in the barrel, thus saving a second tragedy Mrakovich then made his escape. The authorities were immediately notified and the state police came out from Hartford. While the officers were guarding and searching the eastern part of the town Mrakovich walked during the night or early morning to Stafford Springs where he gave him. self up to the authorities. This com munity will breath easier to feel that man of that desperate character is
The Press., 1919-07-24
And Still Another.

And while we are still on the sub ject of color scheme, did you ever no- tice what a peculiar ability red headed boy has for distributing black eyes among all his playmatesT"
The Press., 1919-07-24
THE PRESS.
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN. PUBLISHER
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1919

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The Press., 1919-07-24

Some people object that interest up- on Liberty Bonds does not compound itself. Why not invest the coupons immediately in War Savings stamps7 T
The Press., 1919-07-24
NOTICE.

The Registrars of voting district No. of the town of Stafford will meet at F. J. Murray Sons of1ce on Friday, Aug. 1. 19ls, and Aug. 5, between the hours of twelve o'clock noon and nine o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of making an enrolment of legal voters or said town las provided by sAn Act concerning POltt- ical Primaries and Caucuses," Chapter 176 of the Public Acts of 1901.
 N, B.-After the 1rst day or March, 1909, no person can vote or participate in any political caucus or primary except those electors enrolled as provided by said Act.
 sEohan sj <; anRkAxi1 sfsMi1ck, Registrars. Stafford, Conn.,, July 24, 1919.