The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-02-28

turned from visit to Chicago on
Tuesday last.
Don't forget the feature starring
Clara Kimball Young at the Idle Hour
theatre Saturday afternoon and eve-
ming. Then on Sunday evening.
Douglas Fairbanks in Flirting with
Fate"
Postmaster II. A. Cole has been con-
fined to his home a part of this week
on account of blood poisoning in his
right arm, caused by infection from
a scratch on his wrist.
A deputy from the office of Internal
Revenue Service, will be in Van
Buren county on the following dates
and places to assist those who desire
assistance in making out their
income returns:-Decatur March 9th,
Paw Paw, March 10 and IL;
Hartford, March 13; South Haven,
March 13, Ia and Is. All income tax
returns under the new revenue act
must be filed and at least twenty-five
per cent of the tax paid on or before
March 18th. Those who are not
familiar with the making of these re-
turns must not neglect to see the
deputy while in this county. After
the date of his reparture it will be
too late to file a return and escape
a heavy penalty.
After many months of patient suffer
ing, w. A. Simkins answered the last
summons on Friday last, February
21st, and passed to the Great Beyond.
He suffered a stroke of paralysis in
August of 1916, and while for year
or more following, he was able to be
up and around his decline has been
gradual, but certain, and he had been
unable to rise from his bed since
August of last year. During all these
months of intense, yet patient suffer-
ing, he has been tenderly and faith
fully cared for by his devoted wife
and daughter, and never wish or a
care, in the night time or during the
day had been denied him. w. A.
Simkins was born in Elkton, Ohio, on
June 22nd, 1855. In the year 1864,
he went to Iowa, which state remain
ed his home until November 1913,
when he became resident of Paw
Paw, and formed a partnership with
his son-in-law, Harold ID. Spicer, as
owners and publishers of The Free
Press and Courier. He is a
veteran printer and newspaper
man, starting in to learn the
trade at the age of fourteen, and
during his residence in Iowa, owned
and published several weekly news
papers, among them, "The LeMars
Globe-Post," the "Remsen Chronicle,
and the Britt News. The latter
publication he published for period
of thirteen years, and until he moved
to this village. He took keen inter-
est in affairs political, and was always
an active participant i'll the civic and
industrial development of the COM
munity in which he lived. He was
postmaster at Britt, Iowa for period
of six years, receiving his appoint
ment from President Roosevelt, and
held several other minor offices and
positions of honor and trust in that
state, Deceased was married to Miss
Alice Forsythe, an Iowa girl in May
1882. One child, a daughter, now
Mrs. Harold d. Spicer, was born to
them. He was a quiet unassuming
man of ideal character and sterling
worth, a real home body, and lover
of nature and all out door life. He
was most devoted husband and
father, a loyal true friend, and an
exemplarary citizen. Every one who
knew him was an admirer and a
friend. He became a member of the
Masonic fraternity on his twenty-first
birthday. and maintained an active
interest in lodge activities as long as
his health would permit. He held all
the important Offices in both Blue
Lodge and Chapter in his home state
of Iowa, and affiliated with both or
ganizations in Paw Paw when he be-
came a resident of this village. He
was also life long member of the
Presbyterian church, and sincere
and active participant in all church
work. He made host of friends in
this community during his brief resi-
dence here, who, with the legion of
devoted companions of his old home
state of Iowa, will deeply and sincere
ly mourn his Passing. He leaves be-
sides his faithful wife and devoted
daughter, two sisters in California.
The funeral was held from the
home on Sunday afternoon under the