Plymouth Republican, Volume 45, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 June 1901 — Page 7
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Baking Powder Makes the bread more healthful. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders are the greatest menace rs to health of the present day. ROYAt BAKU POWPEW CO.. WW YORK. The Republican. WM. G. UENDK1CKS, Editor and Proprietor. "Advertisements to appear in The Republican must be in before Tuesday noon to insure their appearance in the 3sue of that week. Plymouth, Ind.. June 6. 1901. LOCAL. r:UW5. Judge UesB delivered the memorial address at Columbia city. Mrs, Sitz, of War atab. is visiting her daughter Mrs. A. M. Fuller. " The pension of John A. Ltowery of Argoa, has been increased to $14 per month. The demand for the Evening News and the Republican is constantly in creasing. David Wiser and family, of South Bend, spent Decoration Day with friends in this city, P. J, Grube took his big bass drum to Bourbon Thursday to assist in the exercises of Memorial day. The Chicago board of education has decreed that no flowers or gifts shall be presented to high school graduate this year. F. M. McCrory L?3 a new bicycle. He says he will keep his shed locked hereafter bo that tramps cannot break in and steal. Mrs. A. L. Gray, of Mishawaka and Mrs. S. W, Jackson of this city, went to Argos to hear Congressman Brick and visit relatives. Not since May 30, 1839 when snow fell in this section, has the weather been so cold on Decoration day. It has been one of the coldest Mays ever known, Z. M. and Lncius Tanner were called to Adams, just east of Indianapolis, by the death of their brother. Ira Tanner, who died Wednesday, lie was about GO years old. There were no public exercises at Akron Thursday. The G. A. R committee simply decorated the graves of ;he dead veterans, without any songs or speeches, The Vandalia will run Sunday excursions to Culver every Sunday during June. July and August. Trains leave Plymouth at 9:14 a, m, fare for the round trip 25 cents. The attendance at memorial exercises were not 60 large as on some other similar occasions on account of the late spring which has made farming communities unusually busy, The ealary of the Plymouth, Bourbon and Brtmen postoffices will remain, unchanged during the year commencing July 1. The salary of the Argos office has been increased to $1,200 a year. Rev. W. E. McKenzie has accepted an invitation to deliver the Fourth of July oration at Hebron, Ind, There are few better speakers in the state for a patriotic address, or a discussion of national issues, than W. E. McKenzie, E. F. Short, who recently moved to this city from Jasper county, is putting ! up afeed barn on East Laporte street that will shelter 50 horses and buggies at one time. It will be a great accommodation to farmers and parties of young folks coming to town. There were GOO delegates in attendance the Grand Lodge of Masons at Indianapolis last week. The report of the officers showed the following financial condition: The receipts for the year, 13,734; balance on hand at beginning of year, 817,442; Total disbursements, 16,383. There was a large crowd in town . Thursday notwithstanding the busy season and everything passed eff pleasantly. While flowers were cot so plenty as usual there were many wreaths and all the graves were appropriatly decorated. Theaddresaby Prof. D. Frank Redd was an excellent one and commanded the attention of the entire audience. Most of us would be surprised to know that no civilized country reports bo many cases of smallpox at the same time as this country. We are accustom- . ed to think of ourselves as the most intelligent of countries, and as the mass of people this is undoubtedly true. But we are reminded in this connection that in telligence ia not always synonymous with wise action: that in dealing with the sprc ad of contagious diseases it ia a question of vigor on the part of the authorities, rather than wisdom among
the people.
The annual reunion of the Plymouth There was frost the first morning in high schools will be held June 19. June. A farmers' institute and picnic will Home grown strawberries are in be held at Culver, Saturday, June 8. market. The annual meeting at Actioch will George Weiglo is sicic with inflaoicommence Friday June 7. and continue matlon of the bowels, over Sunday. J Seventeen marriage licenses were Harvey Norris is building a fine ' issued in this county during the month barn on his farm on the banks of Max-' of May. inkuckee lake. j Miss Edith Jeffries who ha9 been Rev Jeffries who has been quitefeick sick for the past two week9 is able to be for the past several months, is able to be ! ui Rnü around. upacd around. 1 45Q bu9bels of cora wa9 6helled at The base ball game at Bremen on Thayer's eld vator in one hour and fifty Decoration day resulted in a victory for ninutes Friday, Bremen by a score of 7 to G over the j MrB? Craig ha3 ' been compelled to Whiting Grays. 1 giv9 up work at the raiiroad luncn etand
Elzie Thornburg who has b3en confined to his home in Union township for j many months, remains seriously ill with little hope of recovery. J The Kendallville common council j has purchased from Shauck Brothers ' the elpctric light plant and will under-' take to 6erve the city and the people with light. The Hon. Henri Watterson will deliver his lecture, "Uncle Sam Afloat," at Columbia City the evening of June 22, the occasion of the district school commencement. C. W. Mattingly, who is employed in the office of the Mishawaka Democrat, was in town Thursday visiting his parents and shaking hands with bis many friends. Chicago, the home of freaks and curiosities of every class, has a wcnan who declares that when she goes to church 6he never notiees what other women have on. j Maud Rogers, of Walkerton. was teken to the insane asylum Wednesday. She has many friends in Plymouth who hope her health and mental faculties may soon be restored. The latest spouting oil well has broken out on an island in Lake Erie. Uncle Sam's mineral wealth is so great that a surprise of soma Kind from the depths of the earth is a weekly occurrence. Henry Aukerman, who has been employed in the shops at Pullman for a long time, came home Thursday. He got his right hand caught in a machine a few days ago and the forefinger was cut off and two other fingers badly mutilated. The efforts of the postoffice department to correct the inequalities of postage, giving to shyster publications and fake newspapers the right to send out unlimited quantities of their issues, ought to meet with the support of the reputable newspapers. Loeey's invisible hitching post will be placed on the market in a few days. It is an ingenious contrivance by which the iron post sinks into the ground when not in use and persons without a key cannot hitch to it. It is useful over other hitching posts where the owner wants to protect his property from the public, One can gain some idea of the crowth and the develonmjnt of the o - - carrying capacity of the freight car when it is recalled that it has been but a few years since the capacity of a ar was 25 tons and was regarded as immense. Now steel cars with a capacity of 55 tons are run on many of the roads, while wooden cars with a 50-ton capacity are in use. John Foley, John Holt and Bernard Lobenthal, the gang of counterfeiters from Peru, who had planned to make a tour of the country with Wallace's circus and leave their "bad coin" on the way, but were nipped by the government officers before they got started, have entered a plea of guilty to the charge of counterfeiting before Judge Baker at Indianapolis. Foley and Lobenthal were sentenced to eight month's imprisonment in Marion county work house and Holt was given five months in the ! same place, with 810 and costs. The constitutionality of the 8700 mortgnge exemption law is being tested in the circuit court of Marion County. Whatever the decision of the lower court may be, the case will be taken to the supreme court. The contention 13 that the law conflicts With the provisions of the constitution, it is contend ed that its benefit could not be enjoyed equally by all property owners. For instance, if one man borrowed $500 and gaye a mortgage on his property as security, he would be entitled to exemption, while his neighbor might borrow the same amount and give a note, and still have to pay full taxes on his property," The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Burr Hamilton, at the age of 90, in Bridgeport, Conn., last Monday, recalls a historic tragedy and an interesting romance of the early days of the republic She was a Mies Elizabeth Burr, and closely allied to the famiiy of the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel ninetv-eeven vears azo. One of the re sults of the fatal meeting was a fuel between the Hamilton and burr families. Yet thirty four years after the trragedy another Alexander Hamilton, and a di ect lineal descendant of the famous etatesman, met Elizabeth Burr, residing in a neighboring village, fell in love with her, and married her, in defiance of the wishes of both families. It is said that the marriage wiped out the feud and reunited the Burrs and Hamiltons It ia th heroin of this romancs who has just passed away, leaving co descendants cr blood connections.
on account of poor health, Mrg Andrew j. Thayer, who resides north of Linkville. is seriously ill with inüammation of the heart.
Mr. D. M. Beckner wishes us to say that teams will not be allowed in the grove at the Antioch meeting this year. Brooke Bowman, of the Bremen Enquirer was in town Friday and says Decoration Day was appropriately od served in Bremen. Underwood & Son can sell you anything'you want in the bicycle line, and oa repair. work they save you money. Try them and see. wi d tf Mrs. Maggie- Stanley, who has been visiting her brothers, the Espicks and other relatives in this city, returned to Chicago Frid' y afternoon. Miles H. Tibitts post G. A. R. of this city attjnded commencement ex ercises at Culver Monday, by invitatiou of Culver Military Academv. Mrs. George Hutchinson, who re sides near the Blain bridge, and David Reynolds residing in the south part of town are reported critically ill. A writer makes a clever little p.int as follows: "If a man really deserves praise he doesn't want it and if he really wants it, he doesn't deserve it." Mrs. C. S. Cleveland left for her old home at Edgerton. Ohio, Friday, She will be gone several weeks and will visit the exposition at Buffalo before return ing. C. O. Mussel man has sold the Knox Crescent to R. S. Wei lock of Delphi who announces that the paper will here after be neutral in politics. The paper has been Democratic. The Bremen boys' band under the management of Harry Kingle made ex cellent music in Plymouth on Decora tion Day. The "kids" as they are called can -knock.the socks off" many older organizations. The Berrien Springs creamery has gone down 440 feet for a good well of water, but has not found it. They now expect an oil or gas well and will go 100 feet further into the bed of slate to ge one or the other. The city of Indianapolis talks of testing voting machines at the coming municipal election. Machines are to be borrowed if used, not bought. A numoer or umereni Kinas are to oe used in order to determine what make does the most satisfactory work. Myron Chase, of Polk township, was in town Friday. He reports a very large attendance and appropriate Memorial exercises at Walkerton. Thompson Turner delivered the oration and it was pronounced one of the very best ever delivered on such an occasion. Tbe water flowing from the springs at Winona Park near Warsaw has been analyzed by experts and found to be even better for medicinal purposes than the famous Waukesha water. As a result, the Winona officials have determined to bottle the water, and a large plant is now being put in for that purpose. The honor of Mrs. McKinley 's recovery must be divided between the ymjma ui mo v,uriBiittu bchjuubib, wuu ciaim ine wnoie creuu ana me emcacy ef an injection of sault. To the virtues of the latter remedy Mrs. McKinley's quick restoration to improved health is being largely attributed. W. D. Pratt, of Indianapolis, made our office a pleasant call on his way home from the funeral of Charles B. Hibberd, the well known job printer and book binder of South Bend who died a few days ago at Passadena, California, where he had been ßojournins for some time for the benefit of his health. His death was due to locomotor ataxia. A branch of the National Druggists' association was organized here Friday. Almost all the druggists of Marshall county were present, The officers for the ensuing year are: President L. Tanner, Plymouth;. Vice president Chas. E. Koontz, Bremen;Seretary W, A. Weiser, Bourbon; Treasurer J. W. Hess, Plymouth, Semi-annual meetings will be held in October and April, Valparaiso Catholics are preparing to assist their pastor Rev. L, A. Monech in celebrating the 25th anniversary cf his ordination to the priesthood which will take place, June 11, This silver jubilee will be very graryi and impressive. Bishop Aldering and numerous prieeta from all parts of the diocese will be present. The choir of St. Michael's church in this city will assist the Valparaiso choir arid the entire musical program will be under the direction c! Rev. S,M. Yenn of Plymouth. The jubilee will be a grand and most solemn occasion and will be long remembered.
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for South Bend and from there he goes to Kock Island, II:., where be has employment. For new bicycles, tires, sundries and repair work the best value can be had by going to Underwood &, Son, Center Street. w d tf . . Mrs. Charles Rhinehart and son, Russell, returned Saturday to their home at South Bend after a two week's visit in this city with relatives. Following is the new time card on the Vandalia which went into effect Juce 2nd, Trains north: No. 10, 8:25 a m, except ounaay; zso. 14, rzivi p. m. except Sunday; No. 8, 10:03 p. m. except Sunday; No. 12, 9:46 Sundays only. Trains south: No. 21, 5:45 a. m, except Sunday; No. 3; 12:34 p. m. except Sun day; No. 9, 7:30p. m, except Sunday; No, 11,626 p. m. Sundays only. Lake Maxinkuckee Sunday special excursion rain due Plymouth eouth bound 9:14 a. . . a bT m. Keturnmg train leaves LaKe aiaxinkuckee 5:45 p. m. About one half of West township and many other people were trying to hear the evidence in the Bender Chap man case Saturday before Mayor Jones. An account of this fight was given in our paper a few days ago. Both mpQ are badly hurt and there is much evidence pro and con. .The evidence was concluded about 2 o'clock and the at torneys began their speeches. Charles P. Drummond is Mr, Bender' attorney and L. M. Lauer represents the state. After hearing tbe arguments Mayer Jones said that the evidence showed that both men were guilty of an assault and battery, but it seemed to him that Chapman was the aggressor and he ac quitted Bender. Commencement at Bourbon. The commencement exercises of tbe Bourbon high school occurred Friday evening before an immense audience. Tbe stage was never mare beautifully decor ated and the color scheme and general supervision 19 accredited to Mrs. Reubelt. The girls of the class were all at tired in dainty girlish gown& and with the three boys also fittingly attired made a boquet of beauty appropriate to the settine. The class history was read by Miss Anna Matchette and was a well written and interesting paper pertaining to the advantages and prospects of the class as a whole and to the part of the individual members. All of the orations were short and to the point but forcible and all are deserving cf t.ong praise a few of special mention. Daniel S, Bow man, Pressly Field and Ernest Myers handled their subjects with ease and in telligence and Emma Miller spoke with fervor of ''Unguarded Gates" refering to the open door to our country for all classes of foreigners placing special stress upon the power of tbe judge to withh)ld naturalization papers. Bessie Stockman told us the beautiful story of Joan of Arc" in verse of her own composition and it was indeed meritorious. The presentation of the class by Prof, Stienbach was an able effort as well as the presentation of the diplomas by the president of the board of education, Dr J. W. Edison, The mueic was fine not to be excelled in the 6tate. The orchestra rendered three selections that were especially enjoyed. ThiB organization is deserving of the support of our community. The members are Messrs. O. P. Greer, James Spencer, Horace Bowman, Warren Snyder and Miss Daisy Campbell. The songs by the male quartette and ladies' quartette were applauded especially the last song by the ladies ''The Old Folks at Home," which brought forth a strong encore. The members of the male quartette were Profs. Hahn Harlan, Nelson and Tebay, and the ladies were Misses Margaret Colfleeh, Carrie Boss and Marie Field. Special credit is due Prof. Rsubelt for the expeditious I manner in which so long a program was carried throueh Goodrell and Cochrane Reprimanded. Manila, June 1. The result of the Goodrell court of inquiry Is that both Lieutenant Colonel Mandl C. Goodrell and Colonel Henry C. Cochrane have been severely reprimanded by Rear Admiral Rodgers. Lutherans L)icuss Home Missions. Des Moines, la.. June 1. The second day of the general S3'nod of the Evangelical Luthern church was devoted to discussion of home missions. Death Under Train Wheels. Muscatine, la., June 1. John Croin, aged 19, of Wilton, was struck by a freight train at that place and instantly killed. Dag Up a Barrel of Money. Eldora, la., June 1. Marvin Finister, a farmer, unearthed a barrel containing several hundred dollars while he was tearing off the roof of ii old farm house. The dates on the coins prove that they have lain hidden for a long time. T. Rheumatic 3 guarancure RHEUMA TISM in all stages. Ask J. W. HES$ about it. TRUSLER S PILE CURE is guaranteed. For nerveous debility and loss of memory take HUMAN V ITALIZER. H ESS THE DRUGGIST. 00000000000000000000000000 o o o o o o o o Silver Leal Flour Best $1.80 per hundred. Zehner's Mill o o
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