The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-14
C. NJ. Hostettler, of Nappanee, was
a Plymouth visitor Thursday and went
from here to Columbia City.

The dedication VI the cannon mon
ument in the Bremen cemetery has
been postponed until the 4th of July
Charles Porcher suffered stroke OF
paralysis while blowing in his field
about four miles southwest OF town
Thursday and was for time uncon-
scious. He is reported somewhat Inn
proved today.
Ira Aidrich met with bad accident
while hauling logs in Dolph Is woods,
near Teegarden, Tuesday. A log
rolled over on to bis left foot, crush
ing and breaking the bones between
the foot and knee.
A table printed in Tuesdays Re-
cord Herald shows that seventeen diff
ferent strikes are in progress in Chi
cago at the present time, and that al
most 5000 men and women are out
of work because of them.
Representative Cyrus Subway of
New Hampshire, the giant of congress,
insists that he. is still growing. Ac.
cording to his latest figure he meas
ured six feet seven and one half inches
in height and weighed 276 pounds.
Thirty South Bend policemen have
been called before the grand jury to
testify as to alleged irregularities IN
the releases being made without the
knowledge of the prosecutor. The
affair has caused sensation in South
Bend.
Milton Shirk, the millionaire banker
of Peru, who was stricken with pa
ralysis at Maxinkuckee, while arrang-
ing to open his cottage, was taken
home on cot. He is completely help
less and his mind and speech are both
affected.
The State Board of Cha rites has
within six years taken from public
institutions 1924 children and placed
them ia homes in the state. OF these
953 have proved themselves thus far
worthy, and are not dependent upon
the state.
An Indiana actress, Miss Marie
Sloane, sister of Jockey Tod Sloane, is
playing in Paris theater. She was
reared on a farm, three miles east OF
Koxomo, and In childhood days was
known as "Molly Sloane, the pretty
milkmaid."
In his speech at Topeka last Friday
President Roosevelt said: "Nothing
can be done with man who will not
work. We have in our scheme of gov.
eminent no room for the man who
does not wish to pay his way through
life oy what he does.
Trading stamps will be discontinued
in Elkhart after June l. This applies
to stamps OF all colors. Not only will
stamps be discontinued but induce
ments of all sorts will be withheld
from the purchasing public, including
souvenirs, discounts, c.-Elkhart
Truth.
Mrs. Zach Tanner. accompanied by
her daughter Edna, went to Argos
Saturday to visit her mother, Mrs.
John w. Cleaveland, who has been
very sick for two weeks at the home
of her sister in Argos. She will bring
Mrs. Cleveland home with her il it is
possible to do so.
Samuel Kramer stopped at our Office
today on his way to Ora, Ind. to visit
his sister. He Informed US that he
has planted 275 raspberries, 44s black
berries, and 1922 strawberries on the
county farm this spring. There are
now 40 inmates at the infirmary,-2s
men and 81 women.
The people of the United States
now consume eight times as much
sugar per capita as they did in the
first quarter of the last century, four
times as much as the average per cap
ita during the decade ending with
1850, and twice as much as they did
10 any year prior to 1870.
Many English doctors are now con.
vinced that the eating of pigs flesh
in different forms is greatly response
BILE for The increase of cancer. They
point out that it is most common
among the poor, whose chief meat is
that of pigs, while the disease is ex-
tremely rare among the Jews.
f. M. McCrory, B. 81. Lauer and
DR.. F: N. Burket, president, secretary
and treasurer of the Royal Arcanum
in this city, called on Mrs. Bower
Friday evening and gave her draft
for $4,000 in payment of the policy of
DR.. Bower, who was member of the
order at the time of his death.
Wilson Groshans, a barber employed
at Rhinehart's shop in this city, and