Good Mare for Sale.
Six years old. With Foal. A bargain
L. S. RUSSELL
Yearling Colt
For sale cheap. Enquire of
L. S. RUSSELL
A Good Swell Box Cutter
For sale. Will pay you to buy it
now. L. S. Russell.
Corn For Sale
Good shelled corn for 35 cents per
bushel, at my farm three miles north of
Bangor.
E.V. ALLEN
Take Notice
O. B., the "Famous Orange Blossom,"
sure cure for all female diseases. For sale
by Mrs. Leslie SCOTT
Bangor, Mich.
Driven Well Tools
I wish to sell the tools for putting down
driven wells owned by my late husband,
A. HAMNER. A bargain for someone.
Call immediately. Esther HAMNER.
School Reports
Of district No. 2, Columbia, for the month ending March 1, 1890.
No. of days taught 20, No. of pupils enrolled 32. No. of days
attendance 516. Average daily attendance 26. The following pupils have
been neither absent nor tardy during the month: Grace GEORGE; George, Ella
and Cora ALLEN; Rosa and Abram GRIMES; Marie DOUGLAS; Willie ALLEN; and
Henry BRUNSON.
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THE HARTFORD DAY SPRING, HARTFORD, MICHIGAN
Wed, July 11, 1923
Correspondence Covert
Miss Leota REED is visiting friends in Detroit.
A. B. CHASE was in Covert for a few hours Monday
Mrs. S. F. MOFFAT is entertaining her sister, Miss Allisson, of Chicago.
W. W. BUYS has gone to Manton for a visit with old friends and neighbors.
Miss Dona VARY returned home Sunday evening from a weeks visit with friends in Kalamazoo.
Rev. Chas. E. EDLINGER of East Tawas will preach at the Congregational Church on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Irene ST. CLAIR, of Canada, who is visiting her parents here, has gone to St. Joe to for a visit with her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. JONES last week attended the funeral of a cousin,
Mr. Lafayette, at Muskegon, who died from a stroke of
paralysis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank ENOS of Grand Rapids, spend the fourth with H. G. TURNER'S, bringing home Miss Edith who had been visiting them for two weeks.
The annual school meeting of Covert Consolidated school was held at I. O. O. F. hall Monday evening. The same trustees were elected for another term. N. S. HOWE and Walter DERBY.
Mrs. Sarah THOMAS passed away at the home of her daughter in Kalamazoo on July 7. Her remains were brought to her home in Covert were funeral services were held Monday afternoon. Rev. D. B REED officiated and burial was in Covert cemetery beside her husband R. H. THOMAS.
Star Rebekah lodge installed and initiated at their regular meeting,
Jun 13. The following officers were installed: N. G., Hazel
DERBY; V.G., Belle BEATTIE; Sec., Emma TURNER; Treas., Fredericka
MOFFAT. Etta GUNSAUL has been recommended as district deputy president,
and Laura SPELMAN and Edna SWOAP were elected representatives in the assembly.
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Marriage Licenses
# 890
August F. MIRKLE, 23, and Ola CONKRIGHT, 20, both of Keeler.
#891
Orville E. LUTZ, 21 of Elkhart, Ind., and Florence A. VESEY, 20 of
Arlington.
#892
John ROSE, 70, and Hannah DERAMORE, 40, both of Mattawan.
#893
Fred KLETT, 22, and Minnie ROBERTSON, 20, both of Keeler.
#894
Harvey NYMAN, 22, and Maude STICKLES, 18 both of Bangor.
#895
Harry HASKIN, 26, of St. Joseph, and Olive M. OCKERMAN, 16, of Gobleville.
#896
Elmer POWERS, 24, of Lawrence, and Addie FRENCH, 19, of Arlington.
#897
Marion O. ROWLAND, 21, of Saginaw, and Rose L. SMITH, 21 of Paw Paw.
#898
Ed FISH, 25, and Hattie BELFER, 22, both of Hartford.
#899
Reubin FINCH, 21 of Bangor, and Stella LETSON, 18, of So. H.
#900
Elmer VAN AUKEN, 32, and Amelia PERRY, 20, both of Bangor.
#901
Frank LACKEY, 24 and Elva VAUGHN, 25, both of Bloomingdale.
#902
William LYLE, 21, and Jennie SIMPSON, 19, both of Decatur.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT
Miss Maggie BRYAR is visiting in town.
Frank VAN NESS was in town Monday.
Miss Nora MUNGER is spending a few days at home.
Sabra STANTON is visiting relatives in Bloomingdale.
Miss Josie VAN AUKEN is visiting friends at Hartford.
Fred. RICHARDSON came home yesterday for a few days.
G. F. COLLETT, of Hartford, was among our callers last Monday.
E. M. SNOW lost a valuable mare last week. Kidney difficulty.
Gertie BUCK and Rena VON FOSSEN are visiting Vicksburg.
Col. J. D. SUMNER, of Kalamazoo, was in Paw Paw yesterday.
Mrs. Fitz ADAMS and daughter Belle of Chicago, are visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Philura PALMER is very low and her dissolution may occur at any hour.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. CONNER entertained a few friends at dinner Christmas.
County Treasurer-elect WELLS is moving his family into Mrs. HOGMIRE'S residence.
George HOWARD, of Detroit, has been in town a few days visiting his parents and others.
C. A. SHERROD is home for the holidays. He expects to return to Baltimore next week.
John SEARLES and wife, of Grand Rapids, have been visiting Paw Paw friends for several days.
F. E. STEVENS is expected home in a few days his sentence having been commuted by President Harrison.
John SEBRING and wife, of Bangor, spent Christmas in Paw Paw with his sister, Mrs. MCKELLAR and family.
Mrs. C. E. ALLEN, of Mandan, N.D., who has visiting in Paw Paw for several weeks, returned home last Monday.
The Coterie will meet with Mrs. R. W. BROUGHTON, Wednesday, Jan. 7th. The Bishop GILLESPIE will address the ladies on "Rome."
Harry DOPP and wife returned Monday from a visit to J. F. BULLARD and family in Niles. Jim sent regards to old friends.
Mr. G. W. WAITE and family, of New Buffalo, and Mrs. E. MOUTT, of Hastings, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. ERKENBECK last week.
Jeff CHAFFEE and wife, entertained twenty-one of their neighbors and others, Christmas day. We don't think all Jeff's friends were on hand even with that number.
John T. CLAPP finds it quite difficult to walk without something to lean upon, since receiving that beautiful gold headed cane as a Christmas present from his son in Minneapolis.
Dr. C. S. MAYNARD'S name as Principal Sojourner was inadvertently omitted from the list of newly elected officers of Paw Paw Chapter No. 34 R. A. M. published in last week's Northerner.
Miss Lila RHODES has just returned from her visit to Andrew HARWICK'S family in Minnesota, and reports them in a flourishing condition. Miss Alice is in the southern part of the state teaching music.
Complaint was entered before Justice MASON, on Monday last, against B. A. MURDOCK for cruelty to animals. It is alleged that he neglects to properly feed and care for his cow. The trial is fixed for to-day, (Wednesday)
Mrs. Fannie RUSSELL and her daughter Jennie and Mrs. Chas. E. GALLIGAN will leave for Eldorado, Kansas, some time next week. Mrs. GALLIGAN intended to have remained and looked after her father and mother till spring, but she finds her health insufficient for the task and will return to her home.
A very pleasant musical recital was given at the parlors of Mrs. G. E. CHAPPELL last evening by Prof. CHURCHILL of Hillsdale, assisted by Mesdames CHAPPELL, HUDSON and COLE, Mjsses COOK and SALT, and Messrs. KOONS, JENNINGS and MYERS. While the programme was entirely impromptu, the pieces were all well rendered.
About thirty of the relatives of Mr. and Mrs. C. ERKENBECK invading
their quiet home on Tuesday of last week and gave those excellent people
a genuine and happy surprise. A bountiful dinner was served, after which
the visitors presented their host and hostess a number of useful gifts
which will be highly appreciated by the recipients.
HYMENEAL
The intimation of the Northerner of last week that a young Michigan
newspaper man was about lead to the altar one of Paw Paw's fair damsels
was verified last Wednesday evening by the marriage of Marion O. ROWLAND
editor of the Saginaw Evening News, to Rose L. SMITH, daughter of Mrs.
O. A. RICE, of this village. The wedding took place at the residence
of the bride in this village and was a very quiet affair, none being present
save the immediate relatives of the contracting parties. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. CLIZBE, pastor of the Presbyterian church.
The young couple, dispensing with the ceremony of an expensive
wedding trip, left town the following day for their home in Saginaw where
Mr. ROWLAND at once resumed his duties on the News. The happy couple
were two of Paw Paw's most highly respected young people, and the best
wishes of a host of warm friends, among which the Northerner is please
to be numbered, goes with them to their new home.
The groom was born in Paw Paw, is a graduate of our high school
and learned the "art preservative" at a case in the Northerner office while
his father, O. W. ROWLAND, was a part owner and the editor of this paper.
He is a good printer, and one of Michigan's most promising, rising young
newspaper men. The Northerner predicts that he will attain a marked degree
of success in his chosen profession.
The bride has been a resident of this village for several years
and, by her lady like deportment, had won the respect of all who knew her.
Both are members of the Christian church in this place. The Northerner
wishes them a long and prosperous voyage over the sometimes troubled area
of matrimony.
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Local Department
Jottings.
Here Patrick H. KELLEY tomorrow evening.
E. E. DOWING was in Chicago the forepart of the week.
A. E. WESTON was in Charlotte the first of the week.
Martin ERKENBECK of New Mexico is visiting Paw Paw.
H. C. BUSLEY spent Tuesday in Battle Creek with his mother and brothers.
Mrs. Addie HUNT has returned to Paw Paw, after spending several months in Plano, Ill.
J. C. DUNNING of Bay City, formerly of Paw Paw, was in town the latter part of last week.
Married, at Paw Paw, October 17, by Justice O. W. ROWLAND, Henry E. BARNUM and Mrs. Cynthia E. DILLON, both of Hartford.
Mrs. Lucina Wilson and family of Bangor and Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. NOWER of Lawrence attended the funeral of Mrs. O. A. Rice,Tueday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. PHILLIPS have returned to their home in Newark,
Ill. after a pleasant visit with their daughter, Mrs. S. V.
FOWLER.
Rev. R. W. VAN SCHOICK, D.D. will give his lecture, "The Book and the Land," at the M.E. church Friday night, October 21. Proceeds for the new parsonage. Tickets 10 and 15 cents.
Last week Friday, as Mrs. Will CARR, a resident of Waverly, was busy concocting pumpkin pies and puzzling her brain over the fact that Edith insisted on making an unusual number, a carriage drove to the door from which descended her daughter, Mrs. WALL, and a lady friend from Paw Paw, while sundry baskets were transferred to the barn. Mrs. Wall innocently informed the astonished hostess that "John could get away from the store today, so we thought we would drive up." That was satisfactory so far, but when load after load arrived, until the house was full, she began to imagine some deep laid plot and was then reminded that she should not have a birthday if she did not desire such an invasion. The afternoon was pleasantly passed. At the proper time the company was seated at the table before an array of good things.
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Local Department
Jottings
Mrs. John FREY of Chicago is the guest of Paw Paw relatives.
O. A. RICE has sold his oil wagon and business to Jesse WILSON
Born, August 28, 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry SHELDON, a daughter.
Saul FRANK of Gobleville spent one day this week in Paw Paw.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cash are visiting friends and relatives in Indiana this week.
Mortimer SUMMY of Faulkton, La., is visiting the home of Mrs. Martha SMITH.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. KELLEY returned to Detroit yesterday. Mr. Kelley expects to spend a great deal of his time on the stump from now on until the election. He is recognized as one of the very best republican campaign speakers in the state. He has already addressed several meetings this summer, some of them in company with Fred M. WARNER, candidate for governor.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O'DELL are building on their farm west of town, a cement house. The porch is entirely of cement excepting the roof. J. WALKER has charge of the mason work and Leo CURTIS has oversight of the carpenters. When completed it is said it will be as fine a country residence as there is in the county.
Lester TEED died of typhoid fever at Cadillac, August 30. The funeral was held in that city Thursday afternoon. Lester was a bright young man, who was reared in Almena township, and he had many friends in this locality who mourn his untimely death. He was a member of Maple Grove lodge, Knights of Pythias and was the first member of the lodge to be called by death, although he was one of its youngest members.
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County Records
Marriage Licenses
Perry B. Yeider, Kalamazoo and Leona Brown, Kalamazoo.
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Perry B. Yeider and Mrs. Leona Brown, both of this city, were married
Saturday evening. The Groom is a deputy game warden.
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HUSBANDS CRUELTY WINS
DIVORCEE NEW MATE.
Kalamazoom Dec. 28 - The story of cruelty told by Mrs. Leona Brown in
her application for a divorce from Charles Brown so
touched the heart of Perry B. Yeider, deputy game warden, that
he married her. Mr. Yeider was the notary before whom Mrs. Brown
made her application forDivorce.
**** senders note -- Perry Yeider was born to Michael and Rachel (Bowers)
Yeider
28 Sept 1868 in Bangor Twp, Van Buren County. His first wife
was Jessie Bigelow, whom he married 8 June 1889 - Van Buren
County, MI
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Eld. L.J. Branch performed the ceremony which united in marriage Francis
Hopkins and Miss Gertude Brant, at his home on the
25th. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hopkins and the
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Brant, both of Bangor,
and are highly respected young people.
**** (this took place before 1910 -- senders note)
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Bangor Advance,
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Bangor Advance,
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Bangor Advance,
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Bangor Advance,
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Miss Rachel Martindale has received a Naval Civil Service appointment in the Panama Canal Zone and will soon be given work there.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Last week as Henry LaGrave, with his wife and mother, was driving over the railway crossing, his horses became frightened at a car standing near, jumped suddenly forward, and both ladies were thrown from the buggy, striking on their heads and shoulders. Though considerably shaken and bruised, the ladies sustained no serious damage, which seems very remarkable when we remember that Henry's mother is 73 years of age.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Mrs. Mary Van Antwerp of this village reached her 84th year last Friday, and a number of the old people gave her a surprise and had a good time.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Mrs. Wood, mother of Thos. Rose, has recently moved into the Oliver home north-west of town, and not being familiar with the steps, fell from the doorway,last Thursday, breaking her ankle.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Mrs. Schnell nee Elliott, with her husband is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Geo. A. Hunt.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
This year the Bangor high school will present only one graduate, Roy P. Irving will haave to shouldr all the honors.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Marriage license No. 1,000 was issued to a young couple, from Bangor, Will Babcock and Miss Minnie Lee. This license law went into effect Sept 26, 1887, and it took just three years, seven months an twenty-five days to issue 1000 licenses in this county.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Mrs. R. Disbrow of Paw Paw, and her four weeks old son, Herold, returned
home after visitng her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horton and friends for
a few days.
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
An unknown man was killed by the cars, at Grand Junction, yesterday
morning. He was walking by the side of the track, about forty rods
west of the station and within a rod or two of the signal post, when the
morning train from South Haven came along. It stopped and started
up again, and just as it started he stumbled and fell or purposely threw
himself under the cars. The fireman and Mr. Wm. Gorman were both
looking at the man when he went under, and both are of the opinion that
he threw himself under the cars purposely. His head was almost severed
from the body, only a shred remaining. Otherwife he had not received
a bruise. His arms lay by his side and ther were no indications that
any other part of his body touched the cars. He was a young man,
apparently about 25, attired as a laborer, and had come from Grand Rapids
on the midnight train the night before. He took lodging at the hotel,
and after breakfast paid his bill and started out. There was little
about his person to assist in identifying him. His pockets contained
a pocket-knife, a badly worn pocket-book with a lttle over $1.00 in money,
and an empty envelope. The envelope was postmarked at Hudson, Mich.,
in 1883, and had a printed corner of a Hudson publishing house. It
was directed to "Mr. D. F. McNickel, Ray P.O., Stuben Co., Indiana."
This is the only clue to his identity, excpet an unauthenticated story
of his being a blacksmith, who formerly lived at South Bend, Indiana.
All of the other effects he had was a shirt and pair of overalls, both
new and unworn. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, by N. H.
Adams, Esq., of Breedsville, but the verdict has not reached us.
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Just as we go to press we learn that the verdict of the coroner's jury,
over the body of the man killed by the cars at Grand Junction, yesterday,
was that he committed suicide. Nothing further was learned concerning
his identity.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
A sad accident occured at Gobleville Wed. evening. Mr. Gus Nowland, a young man employed at work in Howard's saw mill, 5 miles South of the village attempted to jump over the saw in the evening after the mill had stopped running, but accidently fell upon the teeth of the saw and hurt himself so severly that he bled to death that same night.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@i2k.com
Thos. Horton's six-year-old boy was the victim of an accident, on Monday, that involved the narrowest escpae from a horrible death that we have heard of lately. Horton had cut down a hay stack and left the hay knife sticking in the stack high enough up so that the little fellow could not reach it. The boy built up a little platform of sticks and reached up for the knife; just as he reached it his scaffold gave way and he fell, bringing the knife with him; It fell across his neck cutting a gash over two inches long across his throat just touching the windpipe and narrowly mising the large veins. How the heavy hay knife could inflict so light a wound is a mystery.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Lett Northup manufactured four hundred and eighty photographs last week. Good work brings trade, eventually, even from a distance. Lett's postage on photographs sent to neighboring towns is quite an item.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Mrs. Nathan Reynolds, of Arlington, is over ninety years of age, but is still hale enough to keep in order a magnificent flower garden. A large portion of the cut flowers on exhibition at Congregational Hall last sunday, were her generous contribution.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
A dwelling house and contents belonging to a Mr. Cooley, living about 3/4 of a mile north of Bloomingddale village, was entirely consumed by fire last Friday; and another in the village, of John Strongs's was burned about midnight of the same day.
Submitted by Joan Jaco - joanjaco@cybersol.com
Fel Scarlett don't Like It.
Fel Scarlett writes home a letter from South Carolina that appears
to be filled with a fair proportion of the gloom and moisture that usually
pervades a Southern winter. When it snows and blows in Michigan, and our
boys are skating over the fence tops on the snow crust in the South the
roads are like a hog-wallow, and it rains there as much as it snows here.
People can't get to town except on mule back and then it needs it be a
tall mule or the riders feet will drag in the mud. The South would be a
fine country if the sun shown enough in the winter to dry up the mud or
it was cold enough to freeze it up. But at any other season of the year
the south has this advantage of us. About the time we up here are watching
for a woodchuck to come out and see his shadow and it begins to thaw and
we go to church with sleighs and start home with a wagon and wish we had
a boat, then it is that the South with her sunshine, flowers and mocking
birds bean forth in all her glory and magnificence, While we are going
ten miles on bare ground to buy a sleigh load of hay then it is that the
cattle in the south are romping glee fully knee deep in verdant meadow
and breathing in a saubraius climate that never was chilled by a thermonetricl
zero. Fel Scarlett don't like it down there, and we will bet a cent he
is homesick.
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Healey's Mishap
Traveling with a family of small children is often attended with such
mishaps and adventures as to the parents no little amount of anxiety. It
is reported that while Leeds Healy and family were in Chicago, enroute
for the South, and while going from one depot to the other and carrying
a bundle and leading one of the little ones, the bundle became untied and
he stopped to tie it up, and for time released the child's hand. The street
were crowded with people passing rapidly to and fro, and when ready to
proceed on his way the little one had disappeared . Prompt search was made
and the police appeared to, but no trace of the youngster could be found.
As a last resort they commenced searching the passenger trains that were
rapidly filling with passengers at the depot ready to pull out, and there
in one of the trains that was about to leave for the West was the child
comfortably seated on the puffy cushion ready to seek adventure "Beyond
the Mississippi".
Submitted by Marlene Petty Polster mars@mail.icongrp.com
Submitted by Marlene Petty Polster mar@mail icongrp.com
Jasper Fisher and Ida Loveland of Kalamazoo, were married July 2, at
the home of the bride. A few friends were present. Ice cream and cake were
served. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher went to Bravo to visit the former's parents
and stopped of at Gobleville last Thursday to visit the bride's parents
and relatives.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs Edgar Allen, in Gobleville,
on Saturday evening June 30, occurred a quiet wedding. This time it was
Miss Bessie Bush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bush, of Waverly, and
Mr. John Baxter of Bloomingdale. Rev Musser was the officiating clergyman.
May joy and success ever attend them.
Caroline, wife of Argalus Sprague Stepmother of
Rev. Sprague of this place, was buried at Vermontville on June 24, aged
83. Two of her sons, who are ministers, assisted in the funeral services.
The newspaper at Vermontville contains extract from a very touching tribute
given her by her sons. She was one of the pioneers of the locality, and
one whose live beautiful
Week end Excursion-Commenceing June 30 and on Saturdays
and Sundays only thereafter until Sept. so the Michigan Central will sell
tickets to South Haven and return at one fare for the round trip, 63 cents.
Limited to return from South Haven not later than the following Monday
morning's train. G.d. Millspauga, Ticket Agent
Matrimony seems to be very popular in our little
village and the Gobleville girls seem to be in great demand at this time
of the year. Mr. Herbert. McElheny, of Detroit, formerly of Lawton, and
Miss Nina
Myers of Gobleville daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Myers, were married
on July 3rd at the residence of the bride's parents. the Rev. Musser was
the officiating clergyman. May a long and happy life attend them.
Submitted by Marlene Petty Polster mars@mail.icongrp.com
Submitted By Marlene Petty Polster mars@mail.icongrp.com
Bad Fire in the Swamp
Tuesday night the house of Albert Hudson, located
south of Bangor on the McDonald muck land was totally destroyed by fire,
together with all its contents, and Mrs. Hudson was so badly burned that
it is feared she will die.
It is said that the fire started from a smudge built to
keep off the mosquitos and was not discovered until the whole house was
in flames, and it was too late to get out any of the household effects.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson have five small children, part of
them slept upstairs. Mrs. Hudson, knowing their danger ran upstairs
to get out the little ones, which she succeeded in doing, but her clothing
caught fire and before the flames could be extinguished, she was frightfully
burned, her recovery not being looked for.
The blow is a severe one for Mr. Hudson, who is a hard
working poor man, and while the house was a cheap one, It was their home,
and as dear to them as though it cost a fortune.
Our people subscribed liberally when a subscription paper
was passed around Wednesday.
submitted by Joan Jaco
Paw Paw True Northerner 1 Dec 1876-
"Swegles, one of the men who tried to rob Lincoln's
tomb, used to drive stage between Plainwell and Allegan."
"The young people of this village may be amused by a new pastime which has been introduced in some of the towns of the East, called "Wristlet Parties". The ladies furnish the wristlets, and each pair is numbered. One of each pair is put into a box and sold to a gentleman, the corresponding number being worn by a lady. After the purchase, the gentleman seeks his mate by number, and to the lady he is engaged-at least for that evening."
Submitted by Tom Lumbard - oldman@banet.net
A very pretty outdoor wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Axel Starback, Sunday afternoon, when their daughter Eva was united in marriage to Donald Palmer, by the pastor, Rev. Scot MacDonald, in the presence of thirty-five relatives and friends. The couple was attended by Violet Frude and Gerald Palmer, brother of the bridegroom. The bride's gown was of pink organdy and the bridesmaid's dress of delicate pink organdy with blue sashes. Both had corsages of pink roses. Jack Thomas and Vera Starback, nephew and niece of the bride acted as ring bearer and flower girl. A wedding dinner was served on the lawn. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer left shortly after the ceremony for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress for a few days. For traveling the bride wore a blue and white suit. Mrs. Palmer is the new postmistress and Mr. Palmer a prominent business man. On their return frm Chicago, they will be at home in rooms they have furnished in the north part of the Rose Orr home. Congratulations are extended.
Submitted by Joan Jaco
- In memory of her parents, Don and Eva Palmer
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PLEASANT WEDDING RECEPTION
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Remembered by Neighbors and Friends Saturday
Evening
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bernard Creagan who were united in marriage in
Detroit November 12, arrived in Decatur last Saturday afternoon and drove
at once to the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Creagan in Hamilton.
Saturday evening neighbors and friends in number that
taxed the capacity of the home gave them a reception they will long remember.
Supper was served and games played till long after midnight. A handsome
gift of cut glass was the material token of regard in which the young
people are held in the neighborhood where the groom spent the years of
his boyhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Creagan will leave next Monday for
their home in Calgary, and will be accompanied by the sisters, Misses Bess
and Frances Creagan.
Submitted by Tom Lumbard - oldman@banet.net
William Hill of Almena was buried yesterday. He died somewhere South. Elder Bates preached the sermon.
Married, Saturday, January 24, Dr. A. W. Hendrick of Muskegan, formerly of this place, to Miss Minnie Garber of Greenville.
Married, at his ofice in Paw Paw, by Justice Rowland, January 28, 1899, Mr. William Dean of Lawrence and Mrs. Almyra McCarty of Gobleville.
A little son of John Marshall has been very ill, but is now better. Dr. Cornish of Lawton was here one day, in consultation with the attending physician.
Submitted by Tom Lumbard - oldman@banet.net
Bangor Reflector-Friday May 25, 1888
Russell Merriman of Bangor and Miss Ella Thompson of Columbia township
were
married on Saturday last. (May 19, 1888)
Miss Thompson has just closed a term of school in the district number 8 of Columbia Township.
We need a prohibitory law to stop the rapid depletion by marriage of the ranks of Van Buren County School Ma'ams.
Submitted by Kim Kester