The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-22
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On account of next week Thurs
day being Thanksgiving Day,
The True NOrtherner will go to
press on Wednesday to enable the
force to enjoy the holiday. We
ask as a special favor that all
advertising and news copy be in
one day earlier than usual which
will make ii possible to get next
weeks issue of the paper in the
mails Wednesday evening. Thank
you, and may you all enjoy
Thanksgiving Day this year,
more than you have enjoyed any
holiday in the past.
w. H. Num- of Chicago is spending
the Wees with his people here.
Mrs. H. A. Sherman is visiting
relatives and friends in Big Rapids.
Charles Burns came home from
Camp Custer to spend Sunday with
his parents.
Will Baugher was the first hunter
to arrive from the North with his
quota of deer. He arrived the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Cross are both
sick with the Influenza Their daugh-
. ter, Mrs c. A. Ironsides of Hastings
is here assisting in their care.
Mrs. +. N. Wakeman and son Wynn
were week end visitors at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A.
Cross in Lawrence, returning Sun
day evening.
The opening day of the Coterie
Club was again postponed on account
of the second quarantine order. DIR.
Blanche NJ. Haines of Three Rivers
was to have been the speaker for the
occasion Wednesday afternoon
The incessant rains of the past
week have not been conducive to the
health of the community in the cpl
demic. Every one is hoping for cold
snappy weather soon, in the hopes
:. improve more rapidly.
AL Hindenach has been sick for
several days, and had to leave the
store and go to his bed on Wednesday.
A wire has been sent to his partner,
c. w. Van Tassel who is in the North
woods oil hunting trip and he is ex-
pected soon to look after the business
at the store.
~ Four hundred fifty three received
the Shrine degrees at the November
Ceremonial in Grand Rapids last Fri
day evening. Three hundred fifty of
= the candidates were soldiers from
Camp Custer, three of them Majors.
r. N Wakeman was in attendance
. from Paw Paw.
A card from Miss Lois Wilson, or
GERS The True Northerner sent to her
new address, 416 w. 118, Apt. 33,
New York City. Miss Wilson who
: was formerly a Paw Paw girl, has
been a teacher in the Grand Rapids
CITY schools for a number Of years,
and is now spending the year in New
!, York City in study.
Dr. W. +. Hoyt is a victim of the
Flu" and has been confined to his
bed since Wednesday. This places
great responsibility on the remaining
physician, DR.. j. c. Maxwell during
the Influenza Crisis. 1t is difficult to
estimate the total number of cases in
the community, but they will undoubt-
edly approximate a hundred.
The fire department was called to
the Paw Paw Savings bank in the
Longwell block Wednesday during
the dinner hour to extinguish blaze
in the basement. No damage was
done, with the exception of smoked
walls in the banking rooms above.
There was hole in the fire pot of the
furnace nearly a foot in diameter,
and the blaze caught in the wood and
kindling piled close to the furnace
wall.
Some months ago, Mrs. John Dorsey
exhibited fine rug in one of the
windows, on which she was selling
tickets for the benefit of the local
; ii Red Cross. With each ticket sold,
f,ne guess was given on the number of
beans in a glass can. The beans
were counted Wednesday of this week
= by a committee consisting of Messrs.
- Harry Mather, w. r. Sellick and Earl
]. Burhans. The count revealed a
total of 1773 beans in the can, and the
rug goes to Harvey Harper of Law
? ton, who guessed 1772. Two hundred