The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-25
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Mrs. Florence Harris is visiting III
Glendale this week.
Saturday of this week is "Tag
Day" for the Boy Scouts.
Miss Wyneta Holcomb is the guest
of friends in Kalamazoo this week.
Robert Beattie is visiting his son
Gladstone Beattie and family this
week.
Mrs. Grace Miller left Thursday
morning for points in Pennsylvania,
where she will visit relatives and
friends.
The Ringing Bros. and Barnum
and Bailey combined shows will ex-
hibit in Battle Greek on Thursday,
August 7th.
Mrs. S. Lindsley and sister, Mrs.
Charles McDougell were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blackwood in
Kalamazoo on Thursday.
Mrs. Lulu Mason ad children who
have been spending several weeks at
Three Mile Lake left for their home
in Chicago on Tuesday.
Chautauqua August %. to 20 in
elusive. Lay aside little for a sea-
son ticket. No one can afford to miss
the Chautauqua this year.
B. l.. Colburn and son Myron left
for Fruitport, Michigan the first of
this week where they will visit among
relatives and friends for an indefinite
period.
1t is the duty of every returned
soldier of the late war to be present
at the meeting in Memorial Hall
Saturday evening of this week to
assist in the organization of a local
branch of the American Legion.
While cutting rye for George
Walker one day last week, John
Owiasny had the misfortune to have
bad runaway mixup. In their mad
fight, the team ran into a tree, COM
-pletely demolishing the binder and
reducing it to a heap of scrap iron.
The annual picnic of the Progress
i've Farmers club will be held on the
lawn at the Clarence Richmond home
in the village this Friday, July 25th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Cummings who
leave soon for their new home in Los
Angeles, California will be guests of
honor.
A. w. Showerman received mess
age the first of the week, that their
son, Lieutenant Glenn Slovenian
had arrived from overseas, and would
soon be at home. The homecoming
is anxiously awaited by Mr.. and Mrs.
Slovenian.
Huckleberries are very plentiful
this ear, but are bringing a high
Price. Four dollars a crate is the
prevailing price in the vicinity. There
are plenty of opportunities however
for those who desire to pick their
own berries at ten cents per quart
and pick as many as you like.
A dense smoke settled over this
community on Monday last. No fires
in the immediate vicinity have been
reported and it is probable that the
smoke had drifted down from north
ern Michigan and Wisconsin where
fierce forest fires have been raging
for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. f A. Aseltine left
this week for an automobile trip to
New Jersey. They are using the
same car in which they toured the
west and south two years ago, and
which has already covered over $4,000
miles. Their son Leland and wife
comes from the North to take charge
of the farm.
The Waste Way Gates at the Land.
phear Pond went out early Tuesday
morning, and the waters of the pond
rushed down into Maple Lake. No
damage was done however except for
the owners of the property. 1t is
owned by Mrs. George Cate and
George Watrous and to rebuild the
waste way and make the necessary
Merlin E. Valleau, for many years
a resident of Waverly township, and
we'll known here, is on a speaking
tour of the state. The bills announc-
ing the time and place Of his meet
ings hail him as "The Peoples Can
didate for President of the United
States" Another statement on the
circular to attract attention is as