The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-18

Mrs. Barbara Tanner and daugh-
| ter Fern of Ober have returned
home after visiting with relatives
over Sunday.
Mrs. Harold Steiner of near
Lakeville is down from the farm to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Young.
Mrs. Mary Babcock and daugh-
tr Florence visited. over Sunday with
relatives and returned home to
Bourbon Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baker of
Harbor Springs, Michigan, are
visiting in Plymouth, the guests of
the family of Amos Moore, on west
Adams street.
Mrs. Lydia Cartright and Mrs.
Mary Dawson of Carmel, Indiana,
are In the city visiting with Mrs.
Fred March and family for a few
days.
George Neff says the poor travel
ing man must start out and be away
from home, no matter what the
weather may be. He went west this
morning.
The Basket Factory is closed down
on account Of lack of fuel. Several
cars of coal are on the way, and the
factory will start as soon as it
arrives. The story that this insti-
tuition was closed until March 1st is
not true.
Sigmund Mayer says sthe cold
weather is a good time to buy hides
of fur-bearing animals, and so is on
the 90 much of the time He knows
all the trappers and hunters. and
gets his share of the business de-
spite his age.
Iir. and Mrs. Harry Lamson have
ret rned from doing some contract
work that he is engaged, with.
They have been away for several
weeks, and do not like the cold
Weather that greets them as they
return.
Mrs. Idella Hahn writes from
Dickinson, n. d., that they are hav-
ing very cold weather there. The
morning of Jan. IL it was As de-
grees below, and all of January so
far has averaged 20 degrees below
zero.
Chas. Galloway was arrested and
had a trial Saturday. The COM
plant was burglary, he having en-
tered the house occupied by his
divorced wife. He was placed in
Jail, but was bailed out Sunday, and
bound over to the Circuit Court.
Miss Ida NJ. Haines was home
from her work in Valparaiso over
Sunday She comes home every
two weeks to see that her aunts are
all right, and besides she rather
likes Plymouth, and is glad to see
the many friends she has here.
Otto Jordan. the South Bend
barber, is visiting his fathers fam
ily three miles south of town on the
Michigan road Otto says that John
Jordan, his father, has provided all
kinds of fuel to keep up good fires,
and he is having pretty good
time. so will stay another week,
while this weather is on. and enjoy
home cooking a while longer.
Some of the friends of W. T..
Leonard have asked what has be-
come of him. He has vanished from
his accustomed haunts, and people
have not known of his going. Well,
in order that all apprehension may
be quieted, we will just say that
with his wife he is at Shreveport,
La, spending the winter with rela-
tives where it is warmer than SIX
teen to twenty degrees below zero.
We hope he will stay there till the
springtime comes, and then return to
us to take up the duties of citizen
ship once more.
Sunday morning the reporter for
the Republican had the pleasure of
shaking hands with our old friend
John Miller. now living in South
Bend. For several years before
leaving Plymouth. Mr.. Miller was
/ the night agent at the Pennsylvania
, station. One night while on duty
at his post, gang of roughs under
took to rob the place. Both the
, ladies and gentlemen S rooms were
: used. and part of toe men attract
ing his attention at one window
while the others attempted to get
through from the other side. Mr.
! Miller was shot IL the fight that
ensued, but managed to keep the
men away, and they got nothing
! For long time after that one room
was used by men and women al