The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-07-28
MICHIGAN NEWS
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VERNE State Readers.
News OF All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points In the State and So
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to All Glasses of Readers.

John McAvoy, Saginaw business
man for many years, is dead.
f. E. Garfield was killed by New
York Central switch engine at Stur-
gis.
Gordon Willard, %, Of Ann Arbor
was drowned in the Huron river while
taken with cramps.
The body of Fred Reeves was found
on the third rail of the Michigan Rail
way lines just north Of Jackson.
Frank Ross and Theodore Kesling,
Jackson convicts who were EMPLOYED
on the prison farm, walked away.
A Pere Marquette train while pass
ing a crossing struck a street car at
Granville, njuring six or eight people
William f. Neale aged 90, author,
musician and politician, died after
five weeks from injuries sustained by
a slight fall at Battle Creek.
James Horrevoet, who had been i'll
for some time, was overcome and died
before a physician could be summon
ed at Grand Rapids.
Glenn Freddy, Is, and f. Buxton
sixteen years old, were drowned at
Scipio dam, Thornapple river, two
miles from Vermontville
George Alberts, who has been
in charge Of the Kent county farm,
died suddenly from a stroke of apo
pleXy, brought on by the heat.
II. c. Freeland of Mason, who was
civil war, is dead at his home as the
result of a stroke Of paralysis.
a child died at River Rouge and
the board of health received letter
to the effect that infantile paralysis
was suspected as the cause of death
For the first time in the history of
the state, the board of equalization
will be handed a valuation by the
county boards Of nearly $375O,O0O,,
600.
Frank Smith, aged sixty, one Of the
best known Berrien county farmers,
died a victim of a heart attack. He
was raised on the farm on which he
was stricken.
While with his dog in Grand River
George Blaisdell, fifty years old, was
drowned. Two companions took him
to shore after the dog had vainly tried
to save his master.
South Haven voted SIS &c 102 $50 600
in bonds for the erection Of a combin-
ed city hall and armory for Troop A,
First cavalry, M. ~ G., now awaiting
orders at Grayling.
Thomas Pickford, aEed eighty-tvo,
a Muskegon resident and a veteran
of the civil war having served in the
navy during the entire time of that
conflict, is dead at his home.
Although his wife was near death
from typhoid fever, John r. Cuddahy
when arraigned in police court, re-
fused to provide support for her, and
chose q 90-day lail sentence.
The engagement has been announc-
ed Of Miss Vera Culver, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Culver, Ludington.
TO Lewis Thayer Kniskern, member OF
the firm known as the Kniskern Con.
struction company Of Chicago.
Holding him up after he had left
his saloon at Negaunee, robbers
were not satisfied with $500 they
found on Otis Rules person, but COM
PEELED him to return to his place of
business, open his safe and hand out
5000.
Allia Ventura, an understood Italian
who W orks at Ishpeming who has good
humoredly borne the brunt of many
jokes invited some youths who had
been teasing him to his rooms and
then shot and killed Aloysius G. Grun
vile.
Missing two days from Muskegon
county home, Christian Helm, pio-
neer resident Of Muskegon, and sew
enty-three years old, was found lying
unconscious in the brush growth
about one mile from the Grand Rapids
road.
Judge Bridgeman at St Joseph has
granted temporary injunction
against the strikers at the Celfor
Tool works in Buchanan, restraining
them from interfering with the opera
ton of the plant and picketing on the
premises.
Leo Bennett, seven-year-old son of
| Percy Bennett, was instantly killed,
and Mr.. Bennett was seriously iniur-
ed, when their automobile was struck
by the Harbor Run Suburban, carrying
summer tourists from Petoskey to
| Harbor Springs.
Sheriffs of Kent and Montcalm coun.
! ties went on manhun. for Freeman
E. Priest, the insane man who es.
capped from his "hut fort" near Vesta.
burg some time during the night. and
roamed at large. armed with shot.
gun and three revolvers.
Practicing new diving stunt, to
amuse her swimming class of girls.
Miss Florence NJ. Anderson, twenty.
five years old, physical director of the
Lansing Young Women's Christian as
sociation, was drowned in Pine lake.
nine miles east of Lansing.
Fire again threatened the reservation
/ ONLY through the timely and heroic