The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-05-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Bend to visit relatives and friends
several days.
Mrs. John w. Wiltfong has arrived
from Chicago and is stopping with
her sister, Mrs. c. Firestone.
Hugh Gallaher has returned from
Michigan and will make his home
with Mrs. John Gallagher, in this
city.
The city of Laporte is crying for a
! paid fire department. Plymouth is
happy to have the best volunteer fire
department In the state.
Mrs. John Mitchell has returned to
her home at Argos after spending a
few days 10 this city with her daugh-
, ter, Mrs. Frank Tanner.
David Kencill, assessor Of Kosciusko
county, stopped in Plymouth on his
way to South Bend to attend the as
SCISSORS district meeting.
Peter Jeffirs has put porch on the
residence, which he purchased OF
Charles Nyhart. west of the big fac
tory building on William street.
John Henry Koontz is busy putting
his new press and type in place for
the Culver Herald and hopes to get
the paper out about Saturday, May 9.
The Nappanee Advance says Mar
tin Stuckman, residing near Nap
panee, is the oldest man in Elkhart
county, having just past his ssth
birthday.
Mrs. Deerwester, who has been
spending most of the winter in this
city with her daughter, Mrs. John
Chandler, returned to her home at
Warsaw Friday.
E. Eldeene Small, formerly repre-
sentative Of Porter county, has re-
signed his position on the Indianapo-
lis Sentinel and is now connected with
the Detroit Times.
Have you seen those seed harrows
that Kyser s. Cummins are selling?
II not, see them before placing your
orders. A car load ON hand. Nickel
vey Bldg, Plymouth. WITT
The ban is now placed upon the
house fly by the medical fraternity.
1t has been discovered that aside from
its annoying buzz, the fly is fully equal
to the mosquito as a spreader of the
diseases.
Almost every night of April was
cool or cold and the last night was
the coolest of the month. We hope
May will do better. There were at
least ten days in March warmer than
most Of the DAYS in April.
j. d. Widaman. of Warsaw, stopped
here last Thursday on his way from
Charlottesville where he attended the
wedding of James R. Frazer, son of
w. d. Frazer, of Warsaw and Miss
Bruner, of Charlottesville.
The mercury marked four degrees
below freezing Friday morning. 1t was
the coolest May morning known In
many years. Tender vegetation of
all kinds was frozen, leaves wilted on
the trees and much damage has prob
ably been done to the fruit.
st. Johns Lutheran school at Fort
Wayne was closed Thursday on &C
count of the smallpox. 1t seems that
students and members of the faculty
have had smallpox for three weeks,
but it was supposed to be chickenpox.
Robert B. Stuart. a stationary en-
gineer Of Goshen. has been appointed
by State Factory Inspector McAbee
as inspector Of boilers of crafts on the
small lakes Of northern Indiana, as
provided In the Mummert bill passed
by the recent legislature.
The Kendall grocery stock was sold
Friday to A. G. Roberts, prominent
young farmer residing south of town,
for 81, $40 cash. Mr.. Roberts is good
business man and has had experience
in selling goods in Plymouth and will
no doubt build up good trade.
A relief work map of the United
States covering an area of ten acres
will be one of the exhibits of the ag-
riculture department at the st. Louis
exposition. Paths will pass through
it on the State lines and thu products
Of the various sections will be shown
in their places.
| A pair Of women's shoes made in
Lynn, Mass, to establish a record for
rapid shoemaking required 81 differ
emit operations and the use Of AZ ma
chimes and 100 pieces. All these
parts were assembled and made.into a
graceful pair of shoes ready to wear
| in Is minutes.
During thirty years from 1870 to
1900 there was no increase in the pop