The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-08-14
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j. S. Buck has purchased what is
known as the Conner cottage at Lake
Park.
The Paw Paw Fruit Growers union
shipped its first fruit Monday-a part OF
car of peaches
All Paw Paw business places closed a
large part of the day yesterday, on ac-
count of the picnic.
The Up-to-Date Farmers club held
its annual picnic in the grove at Jos.
Buckhout's Wednesday.
The pension of Rev. c. p. Linderman
has been increased to SD per month: O.
w. Rowland was his attorney.
Mesdames Dodge and Thompson have
rented the old abstract building and will
open millinery store there in the near
future.
Mrs Cora Root Wooley of Cleveland,
Ohio, and Miss Marion Root of Grand
Rapids, Mich are guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. |. j. Cummings this week.
Will Averil, who lives east of town,
was bruised this week SO severely by a
well caving i'm on him, as to necessitate
his spending several weeks in bed.
The Van Buren, and Berrien Oddfel-
lows gathering at Hartford, Wednesday,
was well attended But few Paw Paw
members of the order were present on
account of Home Coming Week.
II Mrs. Flora Palmer of Chicago is
spending home coming week with her
sister. Mrs. Zelou Cleveland She was
accompanied by Mrs. Bates and the
Misses Ida Wellington and Gertrude
Bunker.
At a meeting of the common council
last Monday evening the finance COM
mittee was authorized to borrow $1,000
for 80 days. Ira Salisbury was author
lzed to remove the old Jail along Paw
Paw street to his lot on block s. Claims
were allowed to the amount of S2,ll3.SO.
New boarders at the county jail are:
II. G.. Searls of Lawrence, charged with
larceny, Seth Warner of Lawton, charged
with forgery, and Robert Cain, George
Cline, Chas. Murphy, John Anderson,
Wm. Ryan and w. B. Hood of South
Haven, all charged with being drunk
and disorderly. Also VIM. G. Rose of
& South Haven, awaiting examination on
a charge of rape.
Last Tuesday afternoon, congenial
party of seven gathered by invitation at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f.. O. Mather.
That they were not sufficiently young to
be giddy, was proven by the fact that
their united ages amounted to 031 years.
The time was spent in pleasant reminis-
cences of the days Of "long ago, days
when the host and hostess were still in
the bloom of early youth. A finely pre-
pared supper, followed 10y music, ended
the visit
On the evening of August l. II. r..
Rowland Of Lawrence stood his bicycle
in front of barber shop while he went
in to get shaved. When he came out
the wheel had wheeled away Last Sun
day, as he was returning home from
Hartford on a borrowed wheel, he over
took a young fellow riding the stolen
wheel He rode al Jng with him some
four or five miles asking various ques-
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he got it, how long he had owned it, etc,
to all of which the boy had a ready and
plausible answer Meeting an acquaint-
ance that he could use as witness he
compelled the thief to dismount aud ad-
nit that be stole the wheel He brought
the chap to Lawrence, telephoned the
sheriff, who came after him and lodged
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raigned before Justice Killefer, pleaded
guilty to the theft and was given go days
in the cooler His name is H. G. Searls
and he was in the employ of G.. H. Nc
Collum, Lawrence farmer, but Charley
didn't employ him to steal bicycles.
The residents of the Richmond district,
east of town, are Justly proud of their
school buildings and grounds. The
school house and outbuildings have been
put in first class re pair and newly painted
the lawn nicely moved, trees set out and
graveled drives laid out across the
grounds. Last but not least is their
unique flagstaff, counterpart of a ships
mast, stays yard arm and all complete;
there is probably not another like it on
a school ground in the state. Flags of
the international code have been pro-
vided, made by Mrs. j. G. Gould, also a
pennant and "Old Glory" The signal
flags were hoisted by James Bale, Mon
day, morning. ard True North
erner representative was taken out to
see them by n. II. Bangs "Our de-
Tense" was the motto of the flags that
morning, truly an appropriate one, and
the gay bunting presented a pretty sight.
Ii is designed to set apart certain time
each week for flag day." with a new
motto each time by the code flags, which
the pupils will be expected to learn to
read and with a short patriotic program.
This is an innovation that might be
profitably adopted in other schools. The
Richmond school house and grounds are
now as attractive as can be found any
where and so enterprising district may
well hope to be one of the central schools
in Antwerp township in the centraliza-
ton that is bound to come at no distant
future time.
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