The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-07-07
MICHIGAN NEWS
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Paragraphs Of interest TO VOL.
VERNE State Readers.
News OF All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points In the State and So
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to All Classes Of Readers.

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j. E. Gregory, pioneer of ST. Johns,
is dead of pernicious anemia.
Betsy A. Curtis, aged 80 died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs Charles
Powell, of Bay City.
David w. Macpherson, a Battle
Creek boy, who left a year ago, was
killed in the battle of the Mott tn sea,
May 80.
Twenty were hurt, five seriously,
when trolley car jumped the track,
struck the curling and overturned on
the sidewalk at Lansing.
Nelson Chickering aged "a, son Of
Ross Chickering, a farmer residing
near Bedding, attempted suicide by
shooting himself in the breast near
the heart and may die.
V. Tingley, Of Jackson, lineman EN-.
ployed by the Michigan State Tele-
phone company, was electrocuted
while working in the basement Of the
Argo Motor company plant.
Chas. Carsten, former police chief Of
Traverse City and for three years on
the Grand Rapids force, was shot and
instantly killed in Cleveland, while
on duty as railroad detective.
Isak Hendrickson and nephew,
Frank Hendrickson, two Iron River
Finlanders, were killed by The fall of
several tons Of rock in the Homer
mine, two miles south Of town.
Kalamazoo has after two days anx-
iety emerged from one of the worst
floods the city ever experienced to
find that nearly $1,000,0C0 damage had
been done in less than five hours
Frank Miller, Port Huron, had mar
row escape from losing his life when
he pulled the wrong lever on an auto
mobile he was driving and backed into
Black River at the rear of the garage.
While he was panhandling his
way through Dexter in box car with
two companions Patrick OFarrel, who
gave his residence as Prov 'dence, r.
l., fell from the car and broke his leg.
Boys who were fishing at Seventh
street slip at Bay City found body of
Glenn Haley, thirteen years Ole, float
ing in the river. He had been missing
four days and statewide search had
been instituted
George Steininger, 1916, ofiiciated as
POSTMASTER at the eighty second an
nual banquet Of the Hope College Fra
ternal society. The society was or.
ganized at Union college in 1884 and
transferred TO Hope in 1863.
"Please throw those two guns into
the river" was the exclamation of
John ]. Deacon, who shot his sixteen
year-old grandson, Clifford Deacon, of
Grand Rapids, in the shoulder, while
under the influence Of liquor
Henry Ford, auto maker, announces
that he is to erect an $S,000,000 plant
to manufacture automobile parts. The
plant, which will have its own blast
furnaces, will be in River Rouge,
suburb on the Detroit river.
Miss Nellie Klop is Kalamazoo's
first and so far only "war bride"
The young woman was married to
Leonard Moelaart, a member of Com
pany c, Twenty-second regiment, Just
before the troops left for the north.
With the aid Of a search warrant
from Hastings, Deputy Game War
den Millenbacker discovered in a CT
der mill in Carlton township a seine
100 feet long, owned by Joe Smith.
The net was condemned in court and
destroyed.
A timber wolf recently ran about
Owosso in company with a Russian
wolfhound No one recognized the
wolf as an animal not commonly
though the animal appeared on the
principal streets for several days.
Business and professional men
Of Muskegon have raised fund of
$4,000 to establish a Y. M. G. A. for
two years as an experiment, with the
intention of making campaign -.r a
building fund at the expiration of that
time If the Y. Nj. G. A. proves q sue
cess
A historic SILK hat, at Holland,
with worn edges and frayed ribbon,
worn by the historic Van Raalte, has
been found as an heirloom of pioneer
| days. The hat was purchased by Van
Raalte in Virginia at the close of the
civil war, and is owned by Martin
VanderPoel.
Contrary to previous plans, the di-
vorce suit filed at Grand Rapids
brought by Mrs. Clara Louise Peck
Waite against DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite, awaiting death sentence in
New York for the murder of John E.
Peck, will not be heard until some
| time in August.
A primary school teacher employed
at Owosso with assistance of another
person, is alleged to have bobbed off
the golden curls of the five-year-cld
daughter OF Mrs. Lavina Millman to
Improve the child's appearance" and
the mother indignant, has retained
consel and threatens a damage &C.
ton.
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