The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
II. G. Thayer is spending few days

Fl. G. Thayer is spending few days
at Winona.
Frank Bailey a prominent job
printer of South Bend, and Jacob
Geiselman, foreman of the Logans-
port Reporter, visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah Geiselman on
South Michigan street.
The state board of health has made
close inquiry about the q Indiana
deaths from smallpox this year, and
finds that not one person that died
had ever been vaccinated. The board
regards this as a potent argument for
vaccination.
Mr.. James A. Anders, living seven
miles northeast. Is quite seriously
afflicted with what now proves to be
erysipelas, though it baffied everybody
for time. We hope he will soon be
himself again, but indications point
to several weeks off duty.
Miss Emma Swindell and Miss
Daniels leave Plymouth Thursday for
Salem, Ohio, where they will visit
until Sunday, when they Will 60 to
New York and sail for Europe Tues
day where they will spend year in
visiting the principal cities and places
of note.
An Illinois newspaper proprietor as
a stroke Of enterprise has begun the
publication of the Bible as serial i'm
his paper. He has discovered that
the story will be new to most of his
readers and believes it will take well.
He looks for a great increase in SUBJ
ScriberS.
The Culver base ball team of this
city played Nelson McLaughlin's team
IN this city Tuesday afternoon. 1t
was good game and was won by the
Plymouth boys. The score was to I.
This leaves the Plymouth boys win
ners, each team having won one Of the
previous games ~
The Methodist and Presbyterian
Sunday schools have united in union
picnic excursion to Winona Tuesday,
August 2,and invite all other denOm-
nations to accompany them. The
rates are very low and admission to
the grounds and all the exercises at
Winona will be free.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Houghton
reached home from Arlington, Wash.
ington at 2:35 D. m. today. They are
fully impressed with the magnitude
Of the great west but will want lit
tie rest after their long journey before
telling much about it. They are well
and stood the trip we'll.
C. Y. Roop, formerly of Lagrange
county, has discovered a new process
of refining crude oil. The process had
a trial in an improvised refinery at
Beaumont, Tex, and SO successful
we're the results that the Standard Oil
company offered $50, 900 for the meth
Cd. The offer was refused.
The sage of the Springfield, Mass,
Republican says that the past few
weeks with SO much rain have been
trying to the farmers with grass stand
ing. In this region, however, the
trying part has been with the farmers
who have had their grass down. The
season is favorable to the production
of grass, but unfavorable to its har-
vest.
Mrs. Jesse Callahan, of near
Decatur, placed her four months old
baby on bed to sleep and laid sheet
of fly paper near by to attract the
flies from it. In half an hour she Ie-
turned and found the child dead, with
the fly paper sticking to its face. The
little one pulled the fly paper over it's
face and was Smothered to death.
The mother is distracted.
Nine men from this city and vicinity
left for North Dakota Tuesday morn
ing to view the land. They expect to
remain two or three months and those
Of them who like the country will get
permanent homes. The party was
composed of Frank Fertig. Ed Bren-
ner, George Denman, Solomon Jacoby,
George Roberts, "Red" Matthews,
Roy Baker, Clyde Snyder and Otis Ke-
bert.
DR.. Bower was driving on the
streets Tuesday evening and drove out
to his farm yesterday. He is quite
thin but says he has a good appetite
and Is so much better than he ever
expected to be a year ago, that he GER
tainly has reason to be thankful.
Hundreds of friends rejoice with him
at his prospect of renewed strength.
He is one Of the oldest and best known
physicians in the county.
The pleading of child stopped a