The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-03-28
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There was a fine baby girl born to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Perkins last Sun
day night.
Advertised Letters:-Miss Mary
Pence, Sergt. Jay C. Pence, Jay C..
Pence, G. A. Ramer.
Attention is called in this issue to
the +. f .Gorton Auction "ad". 1t
will be held on Wednesday, April End
Attorney Lincoln II. Titus of Kala-
r>Izoo was in Probate Court Monday
attending to some matters of business
Miss Hettie Delong of Arlington
township is the guest of her aunt
Mrs. B. l.. Breed and family for the
week.
The Miller Brothers have establish
ed a receiving station at Almena to
receive pickles grown in that locality
for their Paw Paw factory Fred
Hoodemaker has charge of the Almena
contracts and receiving station at that
place. Attention is called to the
Miller Brothers "ad" in this issue.
Sylvester Carpp of the Hartford
Canning company, and Dalton Carpp
of the Bangor canning company were
in Paw Paw on business Wednesday.
W. C. Wildey is looking after their
interests in taking contracts for
cherries for their canneries and also
the Friday Bros. Cannery at Coloma.
A letter from Attorney Ned Hilton
of Denver, Colorado states that he is
planning to move to California to
spend the remainder of his days. For
many years Mr.. Hilton has been
famous in the west as criminal trial
lawyer, but he now states in the let
ter that he has tried his last murder
case. He formerly resided in Paw
Paw and will be remembered by many
here.
Lieutenant Fred Latshaw and wife
returned from the south last Monday
evening and are at the home of her
parents, Postmaster II. A. Cole and
wife. They stopped in Chicago for
several days visit enroute. The Lieu
tenant has been an instructor in a
military camp at Columbia, South
Carolina since his marriage last fall,
and has just recently been mustered
out of the service.
AL Stevenson has finally succeeded
in getting the big tree which was fell
ed in his yard several months ago, re-
duced to stove wood. The tree made
fifteen cords of wood, and many So
called wood cutters have been en-
ployed during the saving of the tree.
The master choppers of them all were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Longduff who
were the last to tackle the job, but
who stuck to the finish.
The jury cases in the Circuit Court
began Monday the oath. The first
case called being the Steuben Farms
Company VS.. The X. l.. S. e. c. Ry.
The controversy is over the delayed
shipment of a carload of potatoes. T.
j. Cavanaugh appeared in behalf of
plaintiff and Samuel H. Kelly of Lam
sing for the defendant. Under direct
ion of the court the jury returned a
verdict of "No Cause for Action"
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Sherman have
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of town, and will soon be nicely settled
This makes Harvey a resident of Ant
werp township, and we congratulate
the residents of that community on
the acquisition. We are selfish enough
however to be pleased over the fact
that this estimable couple have not
moved far away from the village of
Paw Paw and that we can still count
them as one of us.
The hour for serving supper at the
/. o. o Fl. centennial next Monday
evening has been advanced to $3.50
o'clock. 1t will be served in Memorial
hall. The exercises Of the evening
will be in the Opera House. Grand
Lodge officers will be present and mem
bers of the subordinate lodges from
the surrounding country. 1t is a
Centennial Celebration" and will be
a milestone in the history of Odd Eel
-lowship.
Arrangements have been made foi
public meeting at the Barnum school
house west of Paw Paw this Friday
afternoon at 300 o'clock for the pur.
pose of instructing new voters how tc
vote. A competent instructor will be
present to explain the various ballots
to be voted, how they will look, what
they mean and how to vote them in.
telligently. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to the ladies of that school dis
trict and all the surrounding country
to be there. The only way new voter:
may get posted on their new duties a.