The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-10-20

last Sunday
Mrs. George Smith went to Chicago
last Thursday night.
A. b. Raithel went to the windy city on
business last week Monday.
Roy Clark and Will Simpson have
been our local peach buyers.
Mrs. Fred Dunner has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Norton Bates.
The Misses Georgia and Lenore Smith
were Bangor callers last Friday.
Mrs. VanPelt of South Haven attended
the concert given here last week.
Reece Elite and wife have moved into
Abuer Coombs fiat on Pike street.
Dell Brooks has returned from his trip
to Chicago and Terre Hautte, Ind.
Morris Aaron, dealer in dress goods
has been in town soliciting orders.
Myrtle Beam entered high school in
South Haven Monday morning
Mr.. Munger was in town last Wednes.
day shaking hands with old time friends.
The Misses Alma and Grace Raithel
have returned to their home in Chicago.
Agnes and Belva Coombs were here over
Sunday with grandpa and graz dina
Coombs.
a. Ericsson of South Haven spent last
Sunday at his place, Spring Brook farm,
south Of town,
Andrew Henri and wife have returned
from Elkhart, Indiana where they have
been visiting.
Mrs. Henry Long went to Kibbie last
Friday to see her daughter, Mrs. Edith
Hall, who was sick.
Alinda Phelps went to South Haven
last week to commence studying music
with Miss Camilla Means.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Burlingame, Bessie
Brooks and Ross Dilley have returned
, from their trip to Chicago.
DR.. Merritt Galbrath of South Haven,
ard some friends attended the concert
here last Wednesday evening.
Our agent, Mr.. Culver, took two days
vacation recently aud was relieved by II.
L. Slater, the NJ. c. relief man.
Lacota shipped 187 cars of peaches
during September; total for August and
September, 2ll by freight and 10 by ey-
press.
Robert Merrill, wife and daughter and
Mrs. Merrill's aunt, Mrs Center of Iowa
spent Sunday at the home of Chas.
Nelson.
w. VI. Simpson bought 1000 baskets
of peaches for Chicago last week and
shipped a car of potatoes to Mr.. Wineberg,
Peoria, H.
The next meeting of the home mission
society of the Christian church will be
held at the home OF Mrs. Chas. Squires
in two weeks.
Miss Bertha Phelps who teaches at
Columbia, viii hold a shadow social at
the Columbia school house Friday even
ing October 20.
Bert Demerest, our wood butcher, has
completed fine entrance TO the rear of
his dwelling, which is of great conven-
fence to the housemad.
Geo L. Bliss has squash that measures
5 feet and inch in circumference. He
will soon have to move his garden fence
if the squash continues to grow.
sam Weir, with the West Autograph
company Of Detroit, was in town last
week soliciting orders for pictures. lie
got a great many orders while here
NJ. Y. Dilley, travelling and local So
licitor for the Fruit and Produce News of
Chicago, went TO Gobleville and Bloom
ingdale last week and wrote up those
towns.
Herbert Green, with the National cash
register company of Dayton. Ohio, has
been in town. He had some of the cash
registers on exhibition and two of our
merchants are thinking of buying.
Orrin Cummins, our highway commits.
sioner, went to Kendall last week Friday
to buy three car loads Of gravel to put on
the streets Of Lacota which were cut up
so badly in drawing heavy loads Of fruit.
George a. Berghofer Of Detroit bought
one car Of peaches in Lacota aud-one in
Fenville and shipped to Battle Creek.
The sanitarium there bought s99 baskets
OF them. The steward, Mr. Edwards
examined the fruit aud thought it good.
Mr.. Berghofer also consigned 20 cars to