The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-07-21
Mrs. w. K. .SeIIick is quite i'll.

Next Thursday, July 81, the Paw Paw
base ball team will play Battle Creek at
Paw Paw.
Have you bought all the home coming
week post cards you needS Do not wait
until they are all gone.
Landlord Ford of Hastings has taken
possession of the Clifton house and will
begin doing business next week.
The fatalities caused by the Fourth
have reached 100 in number with several
injured and 10 precarious situation,
Governor Warner has designated We'd
nesday, August 9, as Michigan day at
the Lewis & Clark exposition at Port
land.
A Thoroughbred Tramp, which has
been continued success since its birth,
will be seen at the opera house, Tuesday,
July %.
Your subscription for home coming
week can be taken care of by Mrs. Bus
kirk, the treasurer, or by the committee
on finance, Burt Bryar and l.. f..
Shepard.
10 our next issue we promise our
readers an interesting article on Toronto,
Canada, from NJ. o. Rowland, former
editor, who is now in that city on state
business.
Remember the home coming week is a
matter of pride and pleasure not of bus-
ness and money grabbing, and should be
helped and anticipated by all citizens,
aided and encouraged by all.
Among the events arranged for the en-
tertainment of visitors during home com
ing week will be young peoples dance
at X. of p. hall Friday, August IL, and
on Monday, the l4th, the old boys and
girls will dance at the same place.
Nearly everyone in town has been ap-
pointed to some position that makes
home coming week success, so attend
the meeting this evening at the home of
Mrs. B. f. Warner to learn what is ex-
pected of you.
Regular services at the NJ. r. church
/. Sunday morning. Sunday evening the
} fourth quarterly meeting and commun-
ion service will be held. Presiding
Elder d. +. Barnes, d. D., will preach
the sermon. Quarterly conference Mon
day at 5 a. N.
The opera house will offer for its first
night attraction A Thoroughbred Tramp.
crisp sensational comedy, redolent
with the slang and humorous adventures
of gentleman hobo. L. Rush Thomp-
son is the person around whom the entire
action of the play revolves.
None of the Paw Paw teams hitters
mil IL -, oil
contest for the Walk Over shoes. as two
or three of the boys are batting about
: even. However the winner will have to
put his best foot forward as is only
possible when clothed in a Walk-Over
shoe.
A cartoon in the Grand Rapids Press
shows Me MILAN pitted against the thrt g
Smiths in a senatorial race. 1t is the
, opinion of The True Northerner that all
) these starters will find serious obstacle
in the shape of a Hill that may prevent
any one of them from coming under the
:, wire winner.
In 13 of the larger cities of the United
r States a total of l20 deaths occurred
. from the heat last Wednesday. The
4 heated term was broken that evening by
n showers throughout the county. Many
people in Chicago and eastern cities
o were reported to be victims of too much
T ice water drinking. In many places
health officers were issuing bulletins
warning the people against too free use
of ice water While all danger from
heat is not yet passed, the authorities
: : feel that the worst is over.
. f. F. Parks, accompanied by his wife,
= son and daughter, left last evening for
! Houghton to attend the bankers conven-
> ton, going by the way of Detroit, where
they Will join the party of bankers and
take the steamer for the balance of the
trip, stopping few hours at Mackinac
o island, Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette.
:, At the latter place, as the guests of the
o city, they will be given a reception and
. an excursion to Presque isle, where
Peter White Punch" will be served.
! After this the party goes to Houghton.
|. The committee having in charge the
!. arrangements for home coming week is
/, highly elated over letter received from
Mrs. Ettie May Hopping Huyck, who is
u organist for one of the largest churches
p in Chicago, in which she offers the ser
vices of the Chicago boy quartette, COM
posed of three of her own boys and a
!. boy friend, for the entertainment to be
!: given some time during the week, the
J. program for which is to be given by the
!, sons and daughters of former residents
u of Paw Paw. The committee is bending
: every energy to make this meeting a sue
r cess and is meeting with encouragement
: from those abroad. Hon. j. G. Burrows
has been invited to meet with US during
t the week and speak to the people at the
i big picnic.
v The w. Il. G. held a very pleasant
d session at their hall last Saturday after
}; noon. Their representative, Mrs. Ida
a Adams of Vicksburg, was present and
d gave an enteresting, and instructive re-
W port OF the late convention. After the
% routine of business, the post responded
10 to an invitation to be present. Ice
5 cream and cake were served. With Mrs
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