The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-03-08
The Friday club will meet this
week with Mrs. Ford Wilbur.

The Friday club will meet this
week with Mrs. Ford Wilbur.
Let The True Northerner advertise
your auction sales. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
DR.. l.. Levy, optometrist from
Kalamazoo made his regular visit to
this village on Wednesday.
Attorney T. j. Cavanaugh was in
Cassopolis engaged in the trial of a
case in the Circuit court part of
the week.
Attorney Lincoln H. Titus and wife
of Kalamazoo were Paw Paw visitors
on Wednesday. Mrs. Titus remained
for a few days visit with relatives
and friends here.
Attorney w. j. Barnard has been
out of town for the past two weeks
engaged in the trial of cases in the
Federal court at Grand Rapids, the
Circuit courts in Allegan and Cass
counties.
Blue birds and, robins have put in
their appearance during the spring
like days of the week end, but the
cold change accompanied by snow on
Wednesday has silenced their morn
| ing music.
A fine program has been prepared
for the Twelfth annual Rural Pro-
gress Lecture and Rural Life Con-
| ference to be held at the Western
State Normal ir Kalamazoo on Fri
day, March 18th.
Let The True Northerner do your
auction advertising. It's large cir
culation insures a crowd and a salts
to make all arrangements if desired.
Secure an auctioneer, clerk and at
tend to all the details.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton B. Jackson
returned to their home here last Sat-
urday after spending the winter in
Chicago. They are advertising their
household furniture for sale in this
issue, as they are planning to seek
home in a warmer climate.
Quite number of the members of
Paw Paw lodge No. % F. and A. M
went to Lawrence Wednesday eve
ming to attend a masonic school of in
struction. Rising Sun Lodge of that
village conferred the Third degree
The local visitors speak very highly
of the reception given them by the
Lawrence brethren.
The Daughters of the Revolution
of this state maintain a work room
in the base hospital at Camp Custer
three days of each week, where
soldiers may go and have their cloth
ing patched, buttons sewed on, OF
other work of that kind done. Moth
ing seems to be forgotten in the care
comfort and convenience of the
Fighting Men Of Uncle Sam.
The True Northerner advertises
two auction sales on page six of this
issue. One for Carl Bartlett Of Por-
ter township on Wednesday, March
18th, and the other for George Gage
near Texas Corners on Thursday
March 21st. Mr.. Bartlett is having
his sale for the purpose of going out
of the milk business. He intends to
keep only pure bred beef cattle ir
the future. B. j. Rix is the auction
eer for both auctions.
We learn from the Hart Journal OF
February 28th, that Earl G. Pugsley
who was chairman Of the Y. M. G. A
drive in Oceana county last Fall is
now the chairman of both The Liber.
ty Loan" and County Preparedness
boards of that county. Earl is g
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lucrative law practice, he finds time
for church, Sunday school and Mems
league activities, besides doing the
work in the prosecuting attorneys
foffice. The new prosecutor of that
county has enlisted and Earl is tax.
ing his place. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Pugsley and grad
uate of the local school.
Rehearsals are progressing nicely
for the home talent drama, "Grand
ma Gibbs of the Red Cross" which i:
to be given at Longwells Opera
House on Friday and Saturday eve
nings, March 18th, and 18th. Thi.
will undoubtedly be one of the most
lpleasing home talent plays ever giver
in Paw Paw, and is deserving of &
crowded house on both nights. Th'
board for reservation of seats will b,
out at Longwell Bros. store OF
saturday morning of this week
Make your reservations early. Ther'
will be no reservations for Saturda,
evening. Advertising space on pag'
four of this issue gives the cast O
characters and the synopsis of th'
play.
Considerable excitement was caus
ed in the village the first of the weel
by the discovery at the Court Hous
Of what at first appeared to be ;
charge of dynamite in a huge chunl
of coal. The janitor, Emory Ball
made the discovery when stoking tn
boiler in the basement. The chunl
of coal had piece of fuse protrud
ing from either side and the repor
rapidly spread over the village tina
stick of dynamite had been foun'
in the coal at the Court House. In
vestigation revealed the fact that tn
fuse had been burned out, and thos
familiar with the methods of mining
coal say that the fuse was undoubt
edly used to set off a charge o
powder in the mine. Ordinarily tn