The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-07-04
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Mrs. W. j. Sellick is entertaining q
neice from Tennessee.
A. W. Mosier was a guest of Kala
mazoo relatives last week.
Mrs. +. H. Harvey made busi-
ness trip to Kalamazoo on Saturday
last.
B. L. Colburn has sold his will
age residence on Pine street to Will
Nichols.
II. ]. Dunbar of Kalamazoo was
calling on Paw Paw friends on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. f. Haley of De-
troit called on Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Lake on Wednesday.
There will be no meeting at the
/. O. o. F. Hall tonight on account of
the National holiday.
The Free Methodist Camp Meeting
will be held at Milham Park, Kala-
maZoo July to 14th, inclusive.
Work has again been resumed on
the Library building and it will be
rushed to completion as fast as pos
sible.
Miss Emma Lang, teache. in the
Jackson city schools, is visitor at
the home of her brother. Sheriff An
drew ang.
Mrs. Royal T. Hall of Grand Ra-
pids arrived at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Bertha North on Tues
day fer the summer. Her son Rich
ard preceded her several days ago.
Earl w. DeLano of Allegan, Earl
ID. Albertson of Battle Creek, and
Dan Killian of Detroit were Paw Paw
visitors on Tuesday. Messrs. Albert
son and Killian are representatives
of the National City Company of
New York City.
The Third Whitcomb Family Re-
union was enjoyed at the home of Slr.
and Mrs. Frank Taylor last Saturday
June 26th. There were twenty-five
guests present, some coming from
Benton Harbor and Hartford. Miss
Adabelle Kemp of Detroit, Miss
Theresa Zeeman of Chicago, and c..
A. Whitcomb, who recently returned
from Overseas were also present
The only absent member of the party
was Mark Whitcomb who is still SER
wing with the 27th, Infantry, A. +. f.
in Siberia.
w. p. Engleman, Secretary of the
Recreation Park association, kala-
maZoo, announces that the entries for
the six late closing events, which
complete Kalamazoo's twelfth annual
Grand Circuit meeting, have closed,
and by the way the nominations are
pouring in, there will be some fine
fields of horses contending in the
program, which runs from July 10Th,
to 10Th, inclusive. The late closers
inc tie 2:08, ZIP and 216 trots,
"a nc 2:05, 2:10 and 2:15 PAGES.
These six races have attracted near
" one hundred horses to date, and
the entries are not all at hand.
These are in addition to the early
closing contests, seven for the mile
track and six for the half mile track
The mile track events of the early
closing class pulled 159 horses, while
the half mile contests attracted 127.
The advanced guard is beginning to
arrive for the meeting, though the
great majority of flyers will be
brought here at the close ofg the
meeting at Cleveland. The back
stretch and both turns have been re-
soiled for this meeting, and Recre-
alton Park will boast a very fast
track for the contests.
DR.. Harry Pepper of Detroit suf-
fered stroke of apoplexy at the
home of a friend in Union City last
Sunday evening and is in critical
condition at this time. He came
from his home in Detroit on Saturday
to spend the week end with old
friends in Union City, and was
cleaning fish when stricken. Harry
was formerly a Paw Paw boy, and
graduated from the schools 'of this
place. He has made a wonderful
success of his chosen profession, and
is at the head of the Jefferson Medi-
cal Institute in Detroit, and has a
large practice in that city. He was
but thirty-six years of age, but vic
tim of Bright's disease in its advan-
ced stages. He went to California
early in the summer in the hopes of
benefitting his health, and came
back feeling much better. The re-
lief was but temporary however, and
the stroke on Sunday, it is feared
will be the beginning of the end. DIR.
w. F. Hoyt, in whose office, Harry
studied prior to starting in Medical
college, was called to see him on Mon
day. I'D several of his associates on
the medical staff of the Jefferson In
stitute have journeyed to his bedside.
The patient will be removed to a hos