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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
HALLEY's COMET Is SIGHTED.


German Astronomer Reports Observ-
ance-Missing for Seventy Years.
Halley's comet, for which astrono-
mers have been eagerly watching, has
been seen, after an absence of seven
ty years, according to a dispatch re-
ceived ar the Harvard Observatory,
from Professor Wolff of Heidelberg.
The sight was obtained Sept. IL 5642
in right ascension. 6 hours IS minutes
II seconds; declination. II degrees IL
minutes north. II could be made out
only with large telescope
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Miss Isola Kennedy, w. c. IT. u.
leader. died at her home in Morgan
Hill, San Jose, Cal, from injuries re-
ceived in an encounter with a noun
tain lion near Madrone Springs on
July z, when she tried to save Henry
Merkle and Walter Layne, two small
boys The Merkle boy died of his in
iuriaS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Runs a Block with Clothing AbIaze

Runs BLOCK with Clothing Aplaze.
With his clothing a mass of flames
Earl w. Bailey, aged IL years, OF
Pontiac. Mich, ran a block through
Court street in Hamilton, Ohio. final
" falling in the kitchen of the Eek
stein Hotel, where Mrs. Eckstein ex
tingulshed the flames. The boy was
hurried to a hospital, but it is said
that he can not recover. He was visit
ing his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Jan
ser. and was playing about a fire in
the rear Of a store when the accident
occurred.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Kansas banks show an increase OF
s20,000.000 in deposits over last year.
This sum is nearly $4,000, 900 less than
it was in March of this year, the
shrinkage resulting from the with
drawal of money for the purchase of
automobiles by the farmers of Kansas
this season.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Comrade Slain, Wreck saloon

Ingman Pate, a sergeant of Company
G, Second Kentucky Infantry, was kill
ed in tenderloin saloon in Frank
fort, KY. A mob composed of his COM
rades besieged the saloon and demol-
ished it, firing many shots. Pate was
from Somerset, KY.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

James j. Hills faith in the prosper
ity of the country has been revealed
in a contract for fifty-seven locomo-
tives which he has awarded to the
Baldwin locomotive works. The cost
of the engines is estimated at ST.
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

800 Month for Mrs. Davenport.
Alimony of $500 a month has been
granted to Mrs. Daisy B. Davenport,
former wife of Homer Davenport, car
toonist. Davenport testified he earned
SIS, 900 a year
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Plan World. Fair in 1915.

John ID. Spreckels, Lyman :. Gage
and U. s. Grant, Jr., head company
capitalized at S1,OOO,OoO to promote a
worlds fair at San Diego, CAL. in 1915
TO celebrate the opening of The Pan
anna Canal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Cincinnati Physician Kills Burglar.

Responding to a call for aid at the
house of neighbor where negro
burglar had forced an entrance, Dr.
Robert ID. Maddox, a prominent Gin
cinnati physician, shot and killed the
negro. The burglar was identified as
John Scott, who had served three
years in the Frankfort (Ky.) rsniten-
tiary
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
AZ Die of sInfantiIe Paralysis. ~

Three cases of "infantile paralysis"
were reported to the health depart
ment of st. Paul, Saturday. One was
Lille Sundkunst, a girl of 10. to-
tai of 156 cases and thirty-three
deaths have been reported thus far
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Picture of Founder of Kokomo.

A portrait of David Foster, founder
of Kokomo, Ind, was presented to the
City Library of that place by Mrs.
Thos. Baker, a daughter of the pioneer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
One Man Killed and Several Injured

One Man Killed and Several Injured.
One man was killed, nine others SER
iously injured, while several more re-
ceived cuts and bruises when the
walls at the Blanck Transfer and
Storage Company's building in Pi ts-
burg, Pa, recently destroyed by fire,
collapsed, demolishing two adjoining
buildings and burying more than &.
dozen men in the ruins. The dead
man, Herman Tiege, an employe of q
Pittsburg paper, with those who were
seriously injured, was in a two-story
hotel next door to the walls when the
accident occurred. The hotel was de-
molished and policemen and firemen
worked several hours before all the
men had been removed from the
debris
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

The 100000 headquarters building
of the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners of America was dedi-
Gated at indianapolis, being the first
permanent home owred by either a ma
tional or international union in Amer
ioa
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Rob Banky Escape on Handcar.
The First State Bank at Foxhone.
fifteen miles west of Fergus Falls,
Mimi, was robbed early Monday. The
robbers blew open the safe and got all
the money in 1t, about $4,000. They
then escaped on a handcar, which they
threw into the river near Brecken-
ridge
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
William Lloyd Garrison Dead.

William Lloyd Garrison. son of the
great abolitionist, and widely known
as a publicist and reformer, died at
his home in Lexington, Mass, at the
age of II years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

AS President Harahan and other IL
linois Central officials entered Jackson.
Miss, en- route to New Orleans. some
one threw a brickbat through a plate
glass window of their observation car.
scattering glass over the occupants.
but injuring nobody.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Two Die I'm Train Wreck.

Two men were killed, three injured
and two engines and box. car were
wrecked in a head-on collision in the
Missoula, Mont, yards between a Sec
ton of Northern Pacific passenger No.
3 and q switch engine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

The prison Irvine plant of Kansas is
in danger of being abolished because
the farmers of Kansas do not patron
ize as the officials think they should.
More than half OF this years output
will have to be carried over until aext
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Both leqs Crushed.

Peter Blesh, employed at stone
yard in Evansville, Ind, had both legs
badly crushed by falling stone, and
amputation may be necessary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

TON L. johnson, for the fifth con-
secuttve time, has been nominated for
mayor Of Cleveland by the democrats.
His opponent was Dr.. =. w. Walz, an
alderman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Three Men Die I'm Freight Wreck.

l.. l.. Waters, of Dayton, track super
visor: Herbert Vandergriff, of Retro,
and Monroe Hickman, a colored Sec
ton hand, were killed in a freight
wreck on a spur of the Queen and
Crescent at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
CUTS WOMAN; KILLS SELF.
Jealous Man Wields a Razor I'm a
Double Tragedy.

Double Tragedy.
Jealousy caused Christian Hetten-
brook, AZ years old. to attempt to kill
Mrs. Anna Carter. who had sheltered
him for two years in her home at 1877
South Terrence street, Dayton, Ohio.
After drawing razor blade across the
throat of Mrs. Carter. Hettenbrook,
who killed Charles Wessenich in a
fight here two years ago, cut his own
throat. and died almost instantly. The
woman is expected to die. Hettenbroox
has three sons and daughter in Los
Angeles.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Fire destroyed the main building OF
the Arkadelphia (Ark.) Milling Com
pany's plant, the Iron Mountain depot
ten box cars on siding and damaged
residences nearby. The entire loss is
estimated at 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Slayer of Girl Sentenced To Die.
Harry Rife, slayer OF Ida Gilmore,
was sentenced by Judge Fisher. in
Eaton, o., 10 be electrocuted on Jan.
10. 1910. The jury deliberated four
teen hours
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Seven Cars Roll Into n R,vine

The Burlington's st. Paul express,
south bound, ran. into washout four
miles south of st. Joseph, Mo- Seven
coaches were derailed and five of them
rolled into the ravine. An unidenti-
fed man sprained his foot
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Lightning and Fire Destroy Church.

Saint Johns Catholic church, Drya.
dos and Clio streets, New Orleans, La.
was almost totally destroyed by fire
as a result of bolt of lightning. The
loss will amount to about 100000,
partially covered by insurance.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
Row Killed While Huntfur

Ceroxo Johnson, Is years old, while
hunting in the woods near Beltsville.
Nd, was accidentally shot and killed
by q companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

All snakes axe short sighted.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16
FIGHT FOR THE PENNau.tS.
Standing of Clubs I'm the Principal
Base Ball Leagues.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-16

Sicily lost $4,000 inhabitants by
earthquake in 1893.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Prospect Valley.

Mr.. Campbell, who has been working
in a shoe factory at Milwaukee for a
number of years, has come home to stay.
Chester Campbell has taken a vine.
ward near Bankson's lake to care for this
season. As he is not married man he
will bach it,
The dwelling house on the Frank
Hudson farm is being thoroughly re-
paired and improved. New chimneys,
porches, roof and other Improvements
will be made.
During the storm on Monday of last
week. lightning struck several trees and
telephone poles, also entered several
dwelling houses but little damage was
done At the home of Mr.. Adams the
quicksilver was removed from looking
glass, and some of the family were
effected. At the Smith house picture
was thrown TO the floor and the frame
shattered and a hole made iG the wall
the folks we're away. At the Campbell
residence the currert came IN twice,
once on the telephone wires and down
the chimney. Mr.. Campbell was slight
~ shocked. No damage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Decatur.

Mrs Anna Horton has returned from
Tennessee.
+. L. Hawks of Galesburg was in De-
catur, Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs c. h. Price of Otsego
were 10 town over Sunday.
I. OLeary of Chicago has been spend
ing few days here.
Mrs. p S. Shoemaker of Tennessee is
visiting relatives here.
Henry Hudson of Benton Harbor is
spending few days here.
Mrs. Archie Wolfe and daughter OF
Otsego are visiting friends here.
}. L. Sturr received word Tuesday of
the death of brother in Chicago
Mrs. Laura Reed of Bloomingdale
is guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
b. +. Dine.
Miss Lota Copley left Monday for
Boston. She will spend the summer In
Europe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Govern.

Mort Spivey is in st, Louis on bust
ness this week.
Eugene Michels OF Big Rapids is Wis
ting his parents and friends in Covert.
Mrs. Henry Enlow arrived Monday
from northern Michigan for a visit with
friends here.
The little son OF Geo. Vanderboegh is
very i'll with pneumonia, following an
attack of measles.
Mrs. A. f. Buchanan and daughters
Meta and Beulah visited in Grand june
ton last Friday and Saturday.
Newell Frary, who was cook on the
Pere Marquette car ferry No. which
sunk last week, is visiting bis parents
here.
Mrs George Barker has returned home
after several months stay with her
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Olives, in Roches-
ter, n. Y.
Jas. Lamott and son Homer and his
daughter, Mrs j. Procker, and husban d
of Dowagiac were in Covert last week,
called here by the serious illness OF Mrs.
Jas Enlow.
Mr.. and Mrs j. V. Spivey, who have
beer homeless since the fire which de-
stroy ed their store and home, will soon
go to housekeeping 10 Mrs. Geo. Ben
ders rooms.
Mrs. Chas. Strube, who has been sick
for some time, was taken to the hospital
at Benton Harbor and was operated on
last Monday for gall stones. At last &C
counts she was resting easily and as vel
as could be expected.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Glendale.
Harry Snowman is moving in with his

Harry Snowman is moving in with his
father
Ivan Sargent is wearing the smile that
won't rub off. It's son, born June 2.
Miss Helen Clipper has been visiting
an aunt at Bloomingdale for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. job Allen spent few
days with friends in Casco and South
Haven last week.
Rev Varney of Paw Paw will give his
lecture, Apples OF Gold," at the church
Tuesday evening June 10. Admission 10
cents.
Harry Chase met with quite an acct
dent last week while on his way home
with load of posts. The team became
frightened and, jumping suddenly, threw
him to the ground. One horse kicked
him in the side and one wheel passed
over his limbs He was taken home and
DR.. Hoyt called and at present writing
he is doing nicely.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
REACHING THE SPOT.
1t Can be Done, so Scores of Paw
Paw Citizens Say.

It Can be Done, so Scores of Paw
Paw Citizens Say.
To cure an aching back,
The pains Of rheumatism,
The tired-out feelings,
You must reach the spot, get at the
cause.
In most cases tbs the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kid
neys.
Mrs. George Kessler, west Main street,
Paw Paw, says: Several years ago |
could not walk for six months, as | had
lost the use Of my limbs entirely as the
result of rheumatism. | also had
dropsy and the doctor said there was no
relief for me. | was in such extreme
pain at times that | was forced to cry
aloud While in this miserable condi-
ton saw Doar's Kidney Pills adver-
tised and had box procured for me at
Lougwell Bros drug store. | found re-
lief from the first and after using six
boxes was up and around, able to do
my homework with ease. 10 1906 |
publicly endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills
and at this tme | am Just as enthusiast
tic in my praise of them as ever. | have
used Doans Kidney Pills off and on
since aud have always found them ef-
fective in removing symptoms of kidney
trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Interesting Paragraphs by Our
Staff of Suburban Core
spondents.
VAN buren, correspondence
6ase Line, Lawrence, Rural Route
No. 5, Sunny Lane and
Many Others.
Base Line.

Mrs. A. Mapes is no better.
B Coffinger's baby is recovering
Vern Mason's little boy is very low.
Dennis Babbltt has purchased a farm
near Rchiand
Mrs. McFellen and son visited Mrs.
Post, Saturday.
Mrs. Connery spent Sunday at her
brothers, Prof Sage, in Goblevile;
Mary Shock began work at the Merri-
field resort at Eagle lake last Monday
Mrs. Marion is entertaining a sister-n-
law, niece and nephew from Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Barney spent three days last
week at her fathers near Bloomingdale
j. b, Edmonds and wife have been
visiting their daughter, Nellie left, in
South Haven.
Mrs. Anna Shinoall and daughter
Jane have returned from a three months
visit 10 the West.
Rola Barrenger, wife and brother
Rex and Mr. and Mrs. Graham OF Trow-
bridge were guests of Mrs. Shindall,
Sunday.
Bert and Elma James drove over from
Covert last Thursday to visit relatives
and friends. They were entertained at
the home of w. Pullen with other rela-
tives
The North Point school closed Friday
with fine literary entertainment. Mrs
Merrium has had the school the past
| two years. She is a fine teacher. She
will attend the normal at Kalamazoo
during vacation and has been engaged
to teach the coming year at the Veley
district.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
WdverV.

Mrs. Ed Cross is on the sick list.
Bert Cornell is nursing felon.
Mrs. Chas Sutherby has been very ill,
but Is better at this writing.
Fred Cornell and wife were ia Ken dali
one day last week on business.
Owing to the ill health of Mrs. Ed
Delorg, relatives met and cleaned her
house last Thursday. They took we'll
flied baskets for their lunch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11

Stops earache in two minutes: tooth
ache or pain of burn or scald in five
minutes; hoarseness, one hour; muscle
ache, two hours; sore throat, IL hours
Dr. Thomas Electric Oil, monarch over
pain.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11

II you haven't the time to exercise
regularly Doan's Regulets will prevent
constipation. They induce a mild, easy,
healthful action of the bowels without
gripping. Ask your druggist for them.
% cents
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11

Most disfiguring skin eruptIons, scrof-
ula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are due to i'm
pure blood Burdock Blood Bitters is a
cleansing blood tonic. Makes you clear
eyed, clear Drained, clear-skinned
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11

Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity won't cure them. Doan's
Ointment cures itching, bleeding or pro-
truding piles after years of suffering. At
any drug store.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11
Geneva.

Mr. McCarty OF South Haven is stay
Ing on his farm for while.
jim Bates visited his brother and
family at Kendall last week.
Mrs. Archie Phelps of Chicago is Wis
itlug her husband for few days.
Bessie Buckley, who has been staying
eut's home in Glenwo
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Johnson have
moved back 10 Michigan aud viii make
Lucota their home for the present.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-06-11

Yearly Recort Of Earthquakes.
The worlds yetGly record of earth.
quakes is 10000.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-06-20
(By DR.. A. Hausman.)

Whenever man has committed crimes and atrocities that
the assumed substituted for the real one-moral
cowardce. Whenever believe in absurdty, at
variance with their ordinary mode of thinking that
is made sacred and must not be investigated.
Scarcely has liberty advanced sufficiently in this country
permit Freethnkers to tell their opinion about the
world and among the uneducated of Ill nations is still
dangerous tell the truth in contradiction to their religious
prejudice What poor, miserable god it must be who
chooses his champions among the lowest types of man.
AS stated above the process of thinking takes place under
the laws in all men, and consequently equal condi-
tons must lead to equal convictions; that is like facts
logically connected must result in like conclusions. This
important biological principle explains many features in
history which otherwise appear paradox 1t that
conviction is neither subject to will, be artifc-
tally produced by any exterior force 1t is the inevitable
result of the impressions made upon brain, intellect
Conviction is proof of TRUTH it may be right wrong
1t wrong if the premises of the induction the facts
assumed instead of being real and the conclusions not
corroborated by the visible, tangible condition of things
1t is right if based facts that be demonstrated,
and deductions that find confirmation in the real world
Thus the belief such god represented in the various
religions wrong conviction based upon the arbitrary
assumption of base human mind, where actually stand
at the limit of understanding 1t in direct irrecon
cilabe contradiction with all the existing facts Our
modern view of life is correct logical conviction, de-
rived from the of observation constituting natural
history It's ruhfuness is easily verified by applying it
to any particular feature of individual social life
person can only convince HIMSELF nobody else do it.
All that one do in this respect is to furnish the
Blue-grass blade., 1909-06-20
MANS ORIGIN AND DESTINY

eria for thought and explain the mode of reasoning And
if person is thoroughly convinced there power in
the world that change his conviction, except himself
For instance when say is four there will be not
of the readers whose conviction in this respect could
be shaken Though he might be compelled by force de-
clare fve he would still continue think that yet
it is four. How completely mind and body under the
control of the last of reasoning called votion, is
demonstrated by such horrible alterations of the human
mind the persecution of witches, heetics etc., and in
the present. the useless
The anagonstc tendencies of religion and progress
be better illustrated than by the saying of
who is considered of the greatest reormers that
ved-Martin Luther Apart from his just hatred of
the pope which he had the courage to proca openly he
very orthodox, supersttOus fanatic, who
dreamed of the liberal ideas that follow his efforts,
for which he had unconscousy opened the way He says
hat times two is four thou canst understand through
thine reason but if the authority SAYS two times two is
five, this thou must believe against the knowledge and
feeling" Here have the whole principle of progress
in nutshell All the accomplishments of the human
that place it above the rest of the animal kingdom the
result of the application of this simple logical reasoning
to all things and science represents the treasure of truth
gathered by this method Religion Regress says that
times two is FIVE whenever it is of material interest
for portion of society to let the other continue its
And if discovers made by his pre-
decessor the beast the savage the medieval barbarian
it must be accepted the truth, and the lie of
generation begun false premises. Religion does not
say thing must be true because it be demonstrated
to our all times-no it must be because
mankind in its infancy did not know any better because
the savage in the interior of Africa believes it and the
neducated of all nations carry the conviction in their
hearts And if discover that the teachings in direct
contradiction with all the facts surrounding must
not presume that former belief wrong; no. then
two times two must be ve That is faith Progress says
Continued page 12)
Blue-grass blade., 1909-06-20

PERSONAL CONVICTION No PROOF OF TRUTH-ANTAGoNIs
TENDENCIES RELIGION PROGRESS
SOME New COMMANDMENTS MAxIMs
INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT.
Blue-grass blade., 1909-06-20
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

Time brightens still thy fame
Earth's blame is Heavens praise,
Tightening the prophets days
Savior of men, Tom Paine, love thy name