The true northerner., 1900-06-13
Gala dayJune %.


W.. j. Sellick advertises special June
selling of low shoes and names very low
prices on these seasonable goods.
Mrs. r. a. Doyle and children of Mil
waukee are visiting the family OF w. II.
Mason.
There will be children's day exercises
next Sunday morning at the M. E.
church.
Hon. Geo. w. Merriman has ordered
Snow Bros furnace for his residence in
Hartford.
Advertised letters: Miss Lottie Max
well, Charlie L. Haskins, Geo. Dingy,
G. Marson.
Children's day service will be held at
the Free Will Baptist church next Sun
day morning
Miss Josephine Landphere of Chicago
is here TO spend the summer with her
parents and other relatives.
G. A. Sherrod and Ii. M. Olney lelt
last week for California, to look after
their business interests there.
Sunday, June II, Mrs. Marion Carpen-
ter and Mrs. Amanda Coffman will LEG
ture and give tests at Bankson's lake.
Mrs. Harriet Solomon was called TO
Reed City, Wednesday of last week, by
the death ofher son-in-law, Levi Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shipman and Miss
Ora Reed of Albion are visiting friends in
Paw Paw and other parts of the county.
Mr.. Wishert has a fine house well
under way on the farm recently pur-
chased by him on the Black River road
Three boats daily each way will be run
by the Williams company between South
HaVenand Chicago, commencing June %.
Waters 81 Co. received a carload of
Sandusky Portland cement this week.
This cement comes highly recommended.
You should read the advertisement of
Il. A. Shoesmith. 1t tells of the best
prices on furniture ever offered in Paw
Paw.
Roy and Don Taylor are laid up with
measles. George Hopkins of Blooming
dale is taking Roy's place in the barber
shop.
Miss Zella Harvey has returned from
her studies at Evanston, III, having COM
pleted the course at the Northwestern
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! G. w. Reynolds left yesterday morning
for Grand Rapids to attend the grand re.
view of the X. o. Il. Nj He goes as a
delegate from Paw Paw tent.
A special meeting of the Coterie be will
held Wednesday June 20, at four o'clock
to vote ou new members and for the
transaction of other business.
DR.. Mcdonald, the specialist, will not
visit Paw Paw for the next two months
as he will take his annual vacation ir
the northern part of the state.
All members Of Paw Paw lodge oi
Oddfellows, especially members of the
staff, are requested to be present Friday
evening for work in the initiatory de
gree.
Regular review of Paw Paw tent, X. o
z. NJ, tomorrow evening. There will be
some work, after which a banquet will
be served. Visiting knights are in
vited
Sunday afternoon, this section expert
enced one of the severest rain and wind
storms of years, with sharp lightning
and heavy thunder. No serious damage
is repor ed.
The laundry was struck by light
ming during the storm of Sunday. Not
much damage was done. The lightning
struck one of the cupolas and ran into
the building on the wires.
Representatives of Armour & Co. were
here last week and let the contract fol
their building to NcCon 81 Curtiss
Work is to be begun at once, and the
building is to be completed September
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Wagner of Chicago
arrived here Saturday evening. Mr.
Wagner returned to the city Monday
Mrs. Wagner will spend the week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. w. Cum
ings.
Food Commissioner Grosvenor, candi
date for the republican nomination foI
land commissioner, was in town few
days since. He found people here very
staunch and confident friends of Hon
r. A. Wildey.
Mrs. j. r. Phillips and children will
go soon to Grand Encampment, Wyo., tc
join Mr.. Phillips. Their household goods
have already gone. Mrs. Jennie Cool;
! Slayton of South Haven will go with
them, to make her home.
| A typographical error caused wrong
date to be given last week for the county
| federation of women's clubs at Hartford
The correct date is June 81. Mrs. Olivia
j. G. Woodman will respond for the
Coterie. Mrs. Claire Harrison will give
piano solo.
The first annual picnic of the X. q. Il
M. and l.. o. L. Nj. of Almena will be
held Wednesday, June 20, at the Hal
Spring Brook grove. A general invita-
tion is given to everybody, especially the
knights and ladies of neighboring tents
Take well filled baskets.
e. Smith & Co. will part with their
stock of new and strictly reliable cloth
inc at prices that will render il unneces