The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-01

Ine SICK llSI.
Mrs. Lou Salisbury is reported very
ill at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Soule are both
i'll with Influenza.
Will Howe and three children are
reported i'll with Influenza.
The funeral of the late Neil Engel
was held in Kalamazoo Monday and
burial was at Riverside cemetery.
The annual Fat Stock Show will be
held at the Union Stock Yards this
year November 30th, to December 7th.
Mrs. David Anderson is helping to
care for the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Benton who are ill with Infuen-
"a.
Attention is called to the announce
ment of DR.. w. h. Jacobs in the
classified column on page eight of
this issue.
Mrs. VIM. X. Miller has just receiv-
ed word that her son Harry was
wounded in France a month ago, and
is still in a hospital.
Mrs. f. n. Wakeman and Wynn are
both confined to the bed with Infuen-
"a. Mrs. William Mower of Lawrence
is here assisting in their care.
Mrs. Frank Haywood who was re-
ported seriously i'll with pneumonia
last Saturday, is on the road to re-
covery. Mrs. Haywood is a patient
in Bronson hospital, Kalamazoo.
The County Association o. f. S.
which was scheduled for the village
of Gobleville on Tuesday, November
5th, has been indefinitely postponed
on account Of the epidemic.
News has just been received that
Lieut. Ralph M. Rowland has been
wounded, and is in a hospital. No
information has been received as to
how severe his injuries are.
Miss Beatrice Vickers and friend
motored from Chicago last Tuesday
and returned Thursday, taking Mr..
and Mrs. Leland Benwire with them
for a few days visit in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hussong are
rejoicing over the advent of a new
baby girl. Ms. and Mrs. Hussong
live on the Barber place east of town,
and this now makes family Of six
nice daughters.
Arba Hawley, who has been sick
with typhoid fever for the past week
was taken to Bronson hospital in
Kalamazoo for treatment last Satur-
day. Postmaster H. A. Cole visited
him on Tuesday and reports the
patient getting along as well as might
be expected.
Margaret Pence nee Stevens was
born in Ohio on March 25th, 1881 and
died at the home of her son Henry
d. Pence near Paw Paw, October 20,
aged eighty-seven years, six months
and nineteen days. Funeral services
were held from the home and burial
was in Almena cemetery. Rev. /. P.
Bates officiated.
The high price of grapes this season
makes the outlook for grape growers
in this section better than it has ever
been. While it is probable that grapes
may not be as high next year as this,
yet we understand there are those
who are willing to contract full crops
now for next year at $4,000 per ton.
Fred Slovenian is the newly
appointed Van Buren County Game
and Fish Warden. He was called to
Lansing on business connected with
the department on Wednesday. Mr.
Showerman desires particularly to
call attention to the number of Mon
golian Ring Necked pheasants which
have been liberated by the state IN
this county. These birds must be
protected and the assistance and CO
operation of every sportsman is
necessary in their care and protection
The state laws make a jail sentence
obligatory for any person who will
kill one of these pheasants.
Harris Ware, who it is alleged in
flicted a serious knife wound or
Eugene Hoerner some weeks ago
during an alteration was brought
back to Paw Paw by Sheriff Beattie
last week Thursday. He waived eX.