The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
Mrs. Brinkman, Of Argos, visited
over Sunday at Monroe Steiner's.


over Sunday at Monroe Steiner's.
G. w. Beattie went to South Bend
Monday to have his eye treated, 1t
seems to be getting well all right but
while the ball will be saved the sight
seems to be destroyed.
o. M. Packard will not move to
Cincinnati. He will represent the
Fifth National Bank of Cincinnati in
Indianapolis aud will have an office
in the Majestic building.
Miss Viola, the twelve year old
daughter of Frank Ager, of South
Bend, is visiting her little brother
Ollie, at the residence of his foster
mother, Mrs. Lillian Knapp.
Jacob Bishop, of Kansas, spent Sun
day in this city with his nephews, DIR.
and Gale Burket He says the dam
age to crops in Kansas by wet wealth
er is almost beyond calculation.
Mrs. A, E. Danner of indianapolis,
has returned home accompanied by
her daughter Ruth, after pleasant
visit with her aged aunt, Mrs. DR..
Spencer and cousin Mrs. Lillian Knapp.
James j. Hill announces that he will
support Parker and do all in his power
| to elect him. James j does not like the
way Roosevelt and Attorney General
Knox beaded off his big railway trust.
A new fad has been instituted at
Newport this year. The girls who are
learning to swim have wings inflated
and fastened to their backs. They
work we'll and attract much attention
Evangelist A. n. Kelly, wife and
five little boys, from Chicago will be-
gin series of meetings at the Pres
byterian church next Thursday even
ing, July %, to continue over Sum-
day.
One of Levi Garl'S boys aged elev-
en- years, was thrown from a horse at
bis home three miles southwest of
town this morning and had two bones
of his arm broken. Br. Brown re-
duced the fracture.
The huckleberry crop has been about
up to the average in quantity and bet
ter than usual in quality this season.
The raspberries were never better and
with some good showers next week the
blackberry crop will be prolific.
The body OF an eleven-year.old
daughter of the Rev. Elijah Mott,
who died five years ago at Alsey, Scott
County, ILL.,, was exhumed Sunday for
removal and found to be in state of
perfect preservation, though heavy as
stone. The body retained its natur-
al form and color.
A great improvement has been
made by Mrs. E. Tascher in removing
her green house to position near her
residence and remodeling it,. The
grounds are much improved in appear
ance and it also makes a decided
change in the looks Of ID. l.. DIckin-
sons property adjoining it.
1t is reported that j. P. Fitzgerald,
the well known civil engineer of the
Pennsylvania railroad. who had charge
of the double tracking in this city
and on most Of the line between Fort
Wayne and Chicago, had his leg bro
ken in Cincinnati a few days ago
while engaged in some athletic exer-
ciSeS.
Arrangements have been completed
for the visit of the Culver naval school
to st. Louis August 1920. The ca
diets will occupy the West Point camp
grounds and have their meals in the
east Pavilion. Five cutters, armed
with Hotchkiss rapid-tire guns, will
be taken along, and special privileges
have been secured for giving exhioi-
ton drills on the lagoons.
John P. Holland, inventor of SUBJ
marine torpedo boat, announces that
his flying machines will not cost more
than $40, and that within five years
men will be flying from New York to
Chicago in a day. His apparatus con-
sists Of four wings with bamboo
frames, which will be attached to the
arms and waist of the person using
them. The apparatus will not weigh
more than twenty-five pounds.
Mr.. Bosworth, father of f. w. Bos-
worth the shoe man, has returned |
from trip in central Kansas and says |
the reports in regard to the destrue-
tion of crops by wet weather are not
in the least exaggerated. Besides
the tens of thousands of acres of wheat
thousands OF acres of
ground were under water this spring
and are now lying idle because they
could not be planted to corn or ether
crops.