The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14
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III v poA1n WILL q NdDlIdl
og $4,000.
The name of Joseph A. Yockey
was sent to the senate for reap-
pointment as postmaster at Ply
mouth, Monday.
George Cross left Monday
morning for the soldiers home at
Marion, where he expects to re-
main during the winter.
The preliminary skirmish be-
tween the government and the
Chicago packers began Tuesday
before Judge Humphrey.
Five hundred refugees from
Russia have arrived in New York
and tell stories of terrible mas
sacres in the cars domains.
Mrs. Sarah Morris has return
ed to her home east Of Mishawa-
ka, after visiting here since Fri
day with her son, Moses Morris.
Wood haulers and clothing
merchants complain that the first
half of December has been too
warm to make business very
good.
Schuyler Werntz OF this city,
attended the funeral of his cousin
Archie Nj. Werntz at South Bend
Monday. Young Werntz died in
Texas.
Mr.. Tincher, father of Mrs. L.
S. Smith, died at Ora, Ind, last
week. He often visited in Ply
mouth during the five years that
Mr.. Smith was pastor of the M.
E. church here.
A total of 215 lives were lost
on the great lakes during the sea-
son OF navigation just closed, the
figures being much larger than
for any previous year since the
advent of big steel ships.
Hon. Daniel Mcdonald de-
nounces the hanging of Mrs.
Rogers in Vermont as the
browning infamy of the age
Mr.. Mcdonald has always been
opposed to capital punishment.
Mrs. Bayne of near Mill Creek,
Laporte county, visited the
Brightside home and took Myrtle
and Cleveland Meadows home
with her. They are brother and
sister aged about ten and twelve
years.
Henry Snyder, the lion tanner
of the show that is wintering at
the fair grounds, fell from a hay
NOW eight weeks ago, dislocated
his hip and was otherwise badly
bruised. He was down town this
week for the first time since get
ting hurt.
w. S. Price and wife have re-
turned to their home at Albion
Michigan, after a visit of two
weeks at the home of their son
c. M. Price, in this city. Their
little grandson, Wayne Price
went home with them to visit un.
til after the holidays.
The goosebone prophet of this
part of the country has taken {
look at the breast bone after il
was dried. His report to "Tht
lndianian' is that very little o.
the usual purple coloring was
present, indicating emphatically
that the coming winter would BIZ
very mild.
In many townships in the stat,
the trustees will ignore the new
law providing for the election O
road supervisors. This will show
those who were elected last win
ter to continue i notice until tn,
next election in November. Ii
this county an election will b,
held next Saturday.
During the noon hour Thurs
day two burglars blew off tn,
outer door of the Lake Shore
ticket Office safe in the centra
portion of Fl. Wayne while tn,
agents weer away to lunch. TIL,
burglars were frightened ava,
before they got to the none,
box which contained about 500
There we're FIVE ~illiterates &C
cording to the United States cen
sus in Indiana for each 1000 per
sons in 1900 as against eighteen
in 1890 between ten ant
fourteen years. An illiterate is
person over ten years of age who
cannot write in any language ant
usually they cannot read. Thu
improvement is encouraging.
Plymouth is one of the bes
towns of its size in Hoosierdom
Every citizen is ready to admi
the truth of this statement. Th'
way to keep at the front is tt
spend your money with hom'
merchants and thus encourage ii
them progressiveness and maxi
it possible for them to keep thu
best line and largest assortmen
of goods.
Edward Spencer who had beer