Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-01-06

sin RAPIDS from New York after his
went on down to his home in Nekoosa,
where he visited his parents, Wood
county welcomed home their second
worlds champion wrestler. A few
years ago Fred Beell of Marshfield
came home wearing the crown which
he had wrested from Frank Gotch.
A few years pass and Bob comes home,
victor over Ed. Stecher, who has
thrown practically every serious con-
tender for the wrestling title. The
i victory over Stecher was a pleasing
one, Bob said, as he had held Stecher
to draw previously, once the match
lasting five hours with neither winning
a victory.
'Baraboo-The Sank County Demo-
crat of this city will suspend publica-
ton at the close of the year, according
to r. ]. Osborne, manager of the Sank
County Publishing Co., which has con-
Quoted the paper for the last six years.
The company will continue it's general
i
plant. The Democrat expires on its
forty-second birthday. 1t has been the
only Democratic newspaper in Sank
county.
Jefferson-Roy Reul, manager of the
Jefferson Auto company, was all fixed
up to play Santa Claus, except that
h. Id l.. g ,,,&-~
coupe instead of having them hauled
by a team of reindeer. The presents
were worth 500. Just as he was to
start out, he discovered that the coupe
and gifts had been stolen. The auto
was found abandoned west of Fort At
kinson, but the presents were gone.
Darlington Following a quarrel
over a card game in which it is said
Christmas festivity and home brew
largely figured, Ernest Stalder was
shot at the Oak Grove cheese factory,
near Darlington. Two bullets pene-
trated Stalder's heart, killing him in
stantly. Herman Blauser was arrest
ed and brought to Darlington for a
preliminary hearing. He stated that
he would plead self-defsnse.
Oshkosh-The Oshkosh lodge of
Elks made 260 boys and girls happy
Christmas by having a big tree at the
lodge room and giving all gifts of good
things to eat and useful articles. Santa
Claus did the distributing. Elks pres
ent raised $67 for widow and seven
children. The Commercial Travellers
and Salvation Army distributed large
numbers of Christmas baskets to needy
families.
Ernest Webb, II, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Webb of this
city, was seriously burned about the
face and hands while taking the part
of Santa Claus at a Christmas cele-
bration in one of the grades of the
West Side school. The children
/ crowded him against the tree, the
lighted candles setting fire to his CO.'S
tune.
Marshfeld-An American Legion
meeting of statewide Importance will
be held here during January. The
William J. Lesselyoung post, No. "a,
will act as host to delegates from all
the posts in Wisconsin, with National
Commander Galbraith, Glaudius G.
Pendill state commander, and prob
ably Maj. Gen. Wood, as guests of
honor.
Green Bay-Christmas bonuses have
been conspicuous by their absence
here. In former years, business houses
and manufacturing plants opened their
pocketbooks and spread bit of
Christmas cheer among their en-
ployes However, this year, due to
financial conditions only three estab-
lishments cut a slice of their profits
in Christmas pie.
Manitowoc-Over3 5000 employees of
the five plants of the Aluminium Goods
Manufacturing company here, at Two
Rivers, st. Louis and Newark, received
holiday gifts of cash, aggregating sew
eral thousand dollars. Every employee
of the company, in whatever capacity,
shares in the distribution.
Sturgeon Bay-Work will be started
shortly on large municipal coal dock.
The piling will be placed this winter
and the other construction work start
ed in the spring, and the structure
will be completed so shipments of coal
can be unloaded there by big coal
freighters during the season of navi-
cation.
Madison-A new Madison bank,
formed by the merging of the First
National, the Central Wisconsin Trust
company and the Merchants and Saw
ngs bank, is to have resources of $780,
100000. A corporation has been
formed to manage the building of
new banking house on the capitol
cullara