The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-08-02

six of this issue.
The w. r. C. picnic planned for the
9th, of August has been postponed
indefinitely.
Mrs. Herman Miller returned Fri
day from a visit with friends in
Schoolcraft.
Miss Edith Allen of Kalamazoo and
Mrs. Lyle Hall of Lawton were week
end guests of Mrs. George Ernsber-
ger.
"For the Freedom of the World"
will be the attraction at The Idle
Hour tonight and Saturday night.
This is big feature and standing
room will probably be at premium.
The ladies of the Third Division of
the Presbyterian church will celebrate
the birthdays of July at the home of
Mrs. James Stephenson, 401 Main
street on this Friday afternoon.
DR.. F. A. Racette leaves next Mon
day to attend the National Dental
Association which will convene in the
Congress hotel in Chicago. The
Doctor is especially interested in Or
thodontia.
The mortality report for Michigan
for the month of June shows that
there were 3,1O9 deaths during the
month, and a total of 7,480 births in
the state. The stork is now leading
the Grim Reaper merry chase and
is leading by a good margin.
More than 3,250,000 women have
registered for war service, according
to the records of the Women's Com
mittee of the Council of National De-
fense. No other war in all history
has shown such a reliance on woman's
aid and in none other have women
had so much at stake in the event Of
the enemy triumphing.
Referring editorially to Woman
Suffrage, the Owosso, Michigan
Argus says. "There is no doubt as
to where the majority of the men
stand. They have come to under
stand that in democracy where
liberty and freedom are the watch
words there can be no more election
day disqualifcations because of sex
than there can be because of color,
religion, or wealth."
Mrs. David Burke was most happi-
ly surprised last Saturday afternoon
when about twenty-five ladies and
some CD gents with we'll filled bask
cts took possession of her home for
pot-luck supper and jolly good time.
The birthday cake bore the figures
16 which some CD were mean
enough to read upside down, but as
it was voted to give her the benefit
of the doubt peace was restored.
After the sumptuous supper a social
time was enjoyed, then all left wish
ing the hostess many more such days
and then some.
Lew Jacobs and Frank Conner
have formed a partnership, and will
operate first class garage in Paw
Paw. They have rented the Rink
building and will move to the new
location September 1st. They will
install new vulcanizer and other
equipment in keeping with the oper-
alton of first class garage. They
plan to carry automobile accessories,
gasoline and oils. The floor space in
the Rink will provide room for the
storage of about fifty cars. This fine
location, together with the new equip
ment to be installed and the first
class machinist in charge, will insure
another first class garage for Paw
Paw.
Charles Morton met with a seri-
Gus accident last Tuesday morning,
and will be confined to his home for
some time. He started to cross the
pavement on Main street, and step
ped out from between two carriages
in front of an automobile. He was
thrown to the pavement and the front
wheel of the car passed over his
body. Two ribs were broken, deep
cash cut in his hip, and his face and
body badly bruised and lacerated.
The car was driven by G. Jurgensan
of Oak Glen, Illinois. No blame is
attached to the driver, as he was driv
ing not to exceed eight miles an hour,
and Charley was hidden between the
rigs so he could not be observed
until he stepped out and the car was
upon him. The driver stopped the
car however, before the rear wheels
could pass over him, and did every