Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17

! William H. Taft and Ole Hanson are
scheduled to speak in Appleton soon
under the auspices of the Constitution
al Defense League.
The Papermakers of Rothschild de-
feated Tomahawk on it's home grounds
Sunday in a well fought base ball
game, by a score of 6 to 5.
Mrs. E. A. Gooding, who has been
at ST. Mary's hospital resting, has re-
turned to her home and friends will
be pleased to know she is markedly
| improved
| Shawano was defeated a second
| time by the Lumberjacks at Shawano
! last Sunday, by a score of to 1. An
excellent game was pitched by both
Benz of Wausau and Hoffman of
Shawano. The fielding of the local
! nine was excellent.
Miss Elgin Burke, Grand Rapids,
Mich, who for several years has been
engaged in Y. M. G. A work at Hous-
| ton, Texas, will arrive in Wausau
| September 1st to assume the secre-
taryship of the local association Miss
Burke will attend the Geneva confer
ence. An associate secretary will be
appointed soon.
| F. G. Shoemaker, candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress
in the Eighth district, spoke Sunday
at the shooting park. We are inform
ed that Mr.. Shoemaker is not endorsed
by Senator La Toilette, which seems
to be the prevailing opinion. Mr..
Shoemaker has many friends here
whom he made while he sided in this
city, on Adams street.
! Corporal Benjamin H. Buck of this
city, who is now residing at Clinton
vile, was presented with distin-
guished service cross for bravery in
action last Friday. Corporal Buck
was member of Company G, Third
Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard.
While under fire he advanced to res
cue wounded soldier in no mans
land. This occurred near ROMANCE,
France.
| d. V. Hart, the well known represen-
tative of the New. York Mutual Life
&; Insurance Co., at Wausau, has been
deluged with compliments and con-
o. otoiotiOio LII iio pOCtlCdl
utiOns to the souvenir Moose program,
recently published by the publicity
committee of the Moose convention
| management in that city. Mr. Hart
has many friends in Amigo, and he in
tends to make call to the city, it is
understood in the near future.-Anti-
go Herald.
The annual summer institute for
teachers will be held at the Marathon
County Training school through Au-
gust 18th. 1t commenced today with
a good enrolment and program that
promises to be of much interest to
future teachers and to those already
engaged in the profession. An exam
ination for teachers will be held at the
school on August goth and 21st. To-
day the subjects of arithmetic, read
ing, agriculture, rural economics and
spelling were taken up. The program
this afternoon includes physiology, hy-
glene. composition, grammar, geog-
raphy and history
The crop report for last week read
as follows: Good showers have oc-
Cured in some localities, but over a
large part of the state corn, late po-
tatoes, pastures, vegetables, truck
and berries need rain badly. Stock is
being fed at several points. Oats and
winter wheat are being harvested in
northern counties. Elsewhere small
grains are all cut Haying and
threshing of barley oats, rye and
wheat are progressing under favor
able conditions. Some tobacco is in
bloom, some topped, early planted
needs rain, but it is we'll rooted and
still has good color. Sugar beets are
good generally, but need rain on light
soils. Cranberries mostly good. but
need warmer nights and rain. A good
crop of early potatoes and sweet corn
is being marketed"