The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-22
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kroth were
Kalamazoo visitors last Friday.

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Kalamazoo visitors last Friday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Kenyon are
visiting friends and relatives in Hud.
son, Michigan.
Mrs. Con Bobel was called to Chi
cago Tuesday by the serious illness OF
her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Pugsley were in
kalamazoo last Saturday to visit their
son Clifford who is a member of the
S. A: 7. C. at the Western State Nor
NAL.
Miss Etoile Allen who has spent
the summer with relatives and friends
here, has started on her return trip
to her home in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
The six o'clock dinner which was to
have been given by the l.. o. T. M.
Friday evening has been indefinitely
postponed on account of the quaran-
tine and illness of some of the mem
bers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCon who re-
Gently purchased the DeVall home on
East Main street are planning to leave
Paw Paw. They have purchased
what is known as the Gage Farm
about one mile south and west Of Law
renee, and will move there as soon as
the premises are vacated. Paw Paw
regrets to lose this estimable couple
but the best wishes of friends here
will accompany them to their home
town Of Lawrence. The home here
is for sale.
The Red Cross Society together
with the Post Office department have
made arrangements whereby every
soldier in France may receive a
Christmas package. Duplicate labels
have been printed and are now in the
hands of Mrs. j. c. Maxwell. Any
one who can make a statement in
writing to the effect that the label has
been lost, or has never been sent, may
obtain one Of Mrs. Maxwell, and the
date of receipt for mailing has been
extended to November Goth.
Coleman c. Vaughan, Secretary Of
State announces his department is
now ready to issue automobile licenses
for he year 1919. If people will make
application early, the great January
rush, with it's attendant delays and
other annoyances, may be avoided.
The Secretary also calls attention to
the fact that Automobiles cannot be
legally operated after January first,
without the new license plate on them.
1t will be benefit all around he says,
if auto owners will make application
this year just as soon as possible.
The War and Post Office depart
ments have issued an order extending
mailing dates for Christmas parcels
to November 30th. The War Depart
ment has authorized the Red Cross to
have printed a sufficient supply of
additional labels exactly similar to
those received from abroad to be
furnished to individuals who have not
received or who have lost or destroyed
the label, if applicant signs a state
ment. This arrangement becomes
effective November 21st, and facsimile
labels may be obtained from Mrs. J.
c. Maxwell after that date.
Lieutenant Coningsby, writing for
the December issue of the Red Cross
Magazine says:--In the last offensive,
the German wounded received pre-
cisely the s2me treatment as our own
men. At the Casualty Clearing
station, German officers sat at table
with us. On the Red Cross train they
were given beds and our English SIS
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how the German nurses treat our
chaps, splitting into the food and the
cups before they hand them to them
The officers sat stiffly and insolently
with absurd yellow gloves on, looking
as though every kindness shown was
a national tribute to their superiority.
Burglars gained entrance to the
Will Payne residence on North
Kalamazoo street last Thursday
night. The various rooms were
ransacked from cellar to kitchen
but so far as can be ascertained, moth
ing of value was taken. 1t requires
special key to open the doors of this
home, but whoever went in had the
proper key, for the door was unlocked
and locked again. Drawers to the
tables, bureaus and book cases were
all rummaged as though someone was
looking for something in particular.
No special damage was done however,