The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1907-05-17

regular meeting of the w. h. @. Satur-
day, May Is.
Josephine Cook OF Paw Paw has ac-
cepted a position in the cabinet works
at Dowagiac
Regular meeting of the 0. f. S. We'd
nesday evening, May %. A good attend
ance is desired
Regular communication of Paw Paw
lodge No. %, next Tuesday evening.
Work in 3rd degree
Andrew j. Corwiu aud lydia A. Geer
of Hamilton were married Monday, May
l3, Rev A. w Mumford officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Strowbridge, jr., of
Kalamazoo spent Sunday in Paw Paw
with relatives. Mrs. Strowbridge will
remain for the week.
The editor has been absent during
the preparation of this issue of The
Northerner and has let the paper "go to
the devil, so to speak.
Miss lone Reynolds has accepted
position of teaching drawing in a school
at Albuquerque, n NJ. She will leave
the latter part of August
Three Oaks L. O. r. NJ. NJ. are to have
county school Of instruction May "a
The great hive officers will be present
and II fine program has been planned.
At the regular meeting at the X. of p.
hall Monday evening the 2nd rank was
conferred on a class of four candidates.
Next Monday evening the same rank
will be conferred on a class of three.
The strong Lawrence high school team
will cross bats with the Paw Paw boys
tomorrow afternoon. This will be
good game. Paw Paw is due to win
Don't forget the date and be sure to see
the contest.
Geo. Bruner has secured a contract
for building a large cement house for
w. w. Gibbs of Oshtemo Mr.. Bruner
has purchased a cement shingle machine
and will soon manufacture shingles as
well as all kinds of bull ding blocks.
T. j. Cavanaugh, Prosecuting Attor-
ney Chase, County Treasurer Fuller,
County Clerk Mosier and Stenographer
Wilbur were in South Haven, Wednes-
day, for the examination of Druggist
Abel for an alleged viola tion of the local
option law.
The illustrated lecture, From New
York to the Golden Gate, San Francisco
and the Great Earthquake" given by
the noted traveller and lecturer, Rev.
Francis A. Strough, last Monday night
at the NJ. +. church. was scholarly and
instructive and greatly enjoyed by all
| present.
The ladies' aid society of the Chris
tian churcn held its regular business
meeting at the home of Mrs. j. B. Lay
| ton, Tuesday afternoon. After the bus
mess and literary sessions refreshments
were served and an enjoyable time had .
They adjourned to meet the second
Tuesday in June.
O. W. Rowland has been carrying a
scratched proboscis for few days past.
| To married men who ask him whats
the matter of your nose" he replies, "if
l shonld tell you would not expect me to
tell the truth" and to the unmarried
men his answer is, "You will know more
about such things when you get wife"
The ladies of the Coterie will enter
tain the county federation of women's
clubs June 10, an account of which will
be found in another column of this is
sue The Northerner suggests that the
business houses of Paw Paw decorate
their business places on that occasion
and assist the ladies in every way possi-
BILE to give the visitors cordial Welcome
on that occasion.
Paw Paw chapter, o. f. S., will enter
tain the Lawrence and Hartford chap
ters Monday evening, May 81 The ban
quet will be served in the X. of p. hall
at p. M, after which the beautiful de
grees of the order will be exemplified by
the Paw Paw chapter. 1t is expected
that the worthy grand matron, Mrs.
Ocobock, who is member of the Hart
ford chapter, will be present.
Maurice Cole has secured the agency
for the Kalamazoo Telegraph. The pa
pers are brought overland from Lawton
and delivered in the afternoon. Anyone
desiring to take the Telegraph should
see Maurice, who will attend to your
wants promptly and courteously. He is
also agent for the sporting edition of the
. Telegraph which contains all sporting
news of the day and which he delivers
every night.
1t is rumored that Troop "a" the
South Haven cavalry company that is to
act as escort to President Roosevelt at
Lansing, May 81, will march overland
instead of going by train. The distance
! is about l0S miles and the march "ill
take four days. An old calveryman,
speaking both from observation and ex-
perience, predicts that the troopers will
be riding sideways, woman fashion, be-
fore they reach the capitol city.
The statements made in the newspa-
pers about the recent snow storm on the
10th of May being "unprecedented' and
having "broken all records" ETC., only
serves to illustrate the fact that people
have short memories. On Memorial Day
May 80, 1889, snow fell during the great.
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