The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-08-29

TO chicago TO spend the week END
with Mrs. Coles relatives there.
Earl Coon and wife from New Le-
banon, Illinois are guests at the
home of G.. w. Far near Pugsley's
Lake.
The Sewing club of the l.. o. T. NJ
will meet with Mrs. Ed Bailey We'd
nesday afternoon, September 3rd, at
2:30 o'clock.
DR.. F. A. Racette has returned
from two weeks auto trip through
Canada and is at his Office again
ready for business.
Walter Van. Tassell and wife and
Miss Helen Plumb were guests of
Frederic Culver and wife of Glidden-
berg Tuesday evening.
Miss Julia Conklin of Manchester
Michigan is a guest during Chautau-
qua week at the home of her cousins
Mrs. Olivia Woodman and Miss Mac
Laren.
Advertised Letters-F. M. Harring
ton, Miss Garnette Jones, David
Keckler, Odis 7. Kirchwell, c. B.
Marshall, Mrs. Alice Mitchell, George
Opalewski, Mrs. Elsie Shafer.
William l.. Milliman was born in
Livingston County, New York on De-
cember 9th, 1850 and died at his
home in Waverly, August 21st, 1919,
aged sixty-eight years, seven months
and twenty-four days. For several
years he had been a patient sufferer
from tuberculosis. He was an ex-
emplary citizen possessing that up
rightness and integrity of character
which is universally respected. He
leaves brother, John c., sister,
Mrs. Almena McFarlin, nephews, ME
ces and many friends to mourn his
loss.
The largest loss ever suffered by a
single fire in Arlington township, re-
suited from the burning of three
large barns on the Jesse Whine, Fred
Srackangast and Fred Mauk farms.
The buildings on these three large
farms are rather close together.
Threshers were at work in the Srac-
kangast barn when the fire was
noticed in the Whine place. The
Winnie barn contained twenty-five
tons of hay and oats from twenty
five acres, waiting to be threshed
The origin of the fire was supposed
to be spontaneous combustion and in
five minutes a fire famed by strong
north wind carried to the Mauk barn
some twenty yards away, also filled
with hay and grain in the bundle and
the blaze then jumped to the Srackan
CAST barn. The threshing crew got
their machine out of the barn, but
contents were lost. The loss is prob
ably S25,000, partly covered by in
surance Jesse Whine is the heaviest
loser, his loss including all his tools,
% tons of hay, 300 bushels of wheat
5acres of oats with no insurance,
while his building cannot be replaced
for twice the amount carried on it.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Grashorn are feel
ing very grateful for the safe return
of their three sons from overseas,
the youngest one having been dis
charged or rather released from the
Navy about week ago. The second
son Robert, was the first to enlist
while at the University of Wisconsin
in June 1917. He entered the Hospi-
tai Corps and crossed right after
New Years 1913, the Fula Hospital
Corps operating right back of the
front lines. The oldest son Leo, en-
listed in the 32nd, Engineers and was
the next to cross, spending the great
er part of the sixteen months over
seas near Bordeaux, France. He
re-enlisted in the Air service and his
company are expected to be sent to
California to work there. The young
est son, Carl, entered the Navy the
latter part of July 1918, and crossed
on the Leviathan a few weeks later.
He then served aboard the U. S. S.
Canonicus operating with the Mine
Squadron, one of the U. s. Atlantic
Fleet in foreign waters, with bases at
Inverness and Invergordora, Scot
land, also working in the mining
operations in the North Eea during
the year 1918, from the coast of