Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 38, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 June 1903 — Page 7
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Iä LOCAL NEWS
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Master Emory Ilolem is visiting relatives in Walkerton. John Welch is building a good barn on his farm in North township. . Charles Pretty went to Muncie last Thursday for a visit of a few days. II. E. Mallott, of South Bend, transacted business here Thursday. FranK S. South worth " went to South Bend to remain over Sunday. Chew "Stronghold" plug". A perfect chew. Tags 1 cent each. 194-6td&w Nellie Zarp is quite sick from a combined attack of mumps and measles. Loval Ford is here for a visit of a few days with his friend, Carl Kloepfer. Dr. W. C. Sarber, of Argos. is taking a post graduate course at Cincinnati. Mrs. S. G. Tabcr and daughter went to South Bend Thursday lo visit over Sunday. A. D. Johnson has returned to her home in Tvner after a visit of a few
days in this city.
Carl, Ruby and Mary If art nan have
gone to Warsaw to visit a week with
relatives in that city.
Miss Margaret Porter returned to
Culver Thursday. Bessie Rentschler m accompanied her home.
Mrs. John Carder, of Bourbon, has
been spending a few days here with
tier sister, Mrs. Astiey. Guy Thayer, of North township,
has goje to Rochester to visit the
family of his uncle, Dr. Shafer. Mrs. Frank Ferris, of Fort Wayne.
visited Mrs. John C. Gallagher, here
on her way home from South Bend. Mrs. John Bell arrived from For
rest City, Ark., Thursday to attend the funeral of her brother, Ed. II. Soice. The if concert was hard to beat
and wasvll attended. There will be a concert every Wednesday evening. Pope Leo's health is good again today. It must be a pretty severe strain on a man of his age to keep up with the rumors about him. Mrs. Ilenry York, residing on the Mattingly farm', fell and dislocated her elbow last Thursday. Dr. Holtzendorff reduced the fracture. Mrs. H. Humrichouser who has been confined to her home most of the time for two years with rheumatism has been suffering much pain recently. -Miss Mae Eva Griffin, formerly of Bourbon, and Mr. Newton Slack will be married at the home cf the bride, in Fort Wayne, June 30, at high noon. Walter Williams, who was called to this city by the death of his sister, Miss Blanche Williams, returned to his wo.' k at Indiana Harbor Thursday. We always have 10 or 12 nice farms for sale in the most productive part of Marshall county. Call or write, J. H. Matchett & Co., Bourbon, Ind. 37t3 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Whitlock. are in the city visiting friends and relatives, and Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Whitlock entertained Thursday at a i family dinner. Daniel Ilariey, father of Recorder Harley, has sold his farm In Bourbon township, and purchased a house and
lot in the town of Bourbon, where he
will hereafter reside. '
The L. O. T. M. social at Mrs.
Chas. Walburn's was a success.
About forty persons were present.
The prize winners were Mrs. Frank
first prize; Mrs. Mitchel, booby. L. Lumis and his daughter, Mrs
Mary Schroeder, with her son, have gone to Chicago for a visit of a few
weeks with the family of Ur. and Mrs. Sells. Mrs. Sells was Miss Carrie Lumis twenty-two years ago and graduated here in the class of 1879. Mrs. J. R. Schiom, -Mrs. Harsch, Mrs7 Bertha Staley, Mrs. LIstenfelt and Mrs. Fred Bell, went to South Bend to help celebrate the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Harsch. Mrs. narsch was illza, Staley, daughter ct David Staley, before her mar-iters;
ago
Mrs. Beach, of South Bend, is visiting her daughter in this city. Mis. C. O. Smith has gone to Rochester for a visit of two weeks. Mrs. C. T. Rhinehart, of Grovertown, was a Plymouth visitor Friday.
Wm. Beeber went to Claypool Friday to spend Sunday with his parents. Miss Letitia Loring is visiting relatives and friends at Rochester and Peru. Morris Agler has gone to Chicago to visit a week with his children in that city. Mrs. W. E. Leonard is visiting her dauffhter, Mrs. Arthur Underwood in South Bend. Charles Glaub has returned to South Bend after a visit of a few days with his parents here. Miss Bessie Kilmer has returned to South Bend after a visit of ten days with Miss Hazel Neff. E. C. Martindale went to Knox Friday to attend the closing session of the Starke circuit court. Oregon Gibbons was in town Friday and says Inwood's fine new elevator is now about completed.
Judsre BIsrsrs. of Warsaw, who was
taken to Longcliff, a few weeks Is reported sinking rapidly.
C. A. Wills, the well known Heinz
pickle man, returned to his home a Pittsb ;rg Friday afternoon.
Bryan, the Fourth of July and the
Forepaugh-Sells circus are the attrac tions now advcitised for Plymouth.
Mrs, Saran Rapp has returned to
her home at Atwood, after a visit of a
few days with the family of Nathan
Baker.
Mrs. Ed Shanahan, of South Bend,
is visiting the Whitlock, Andrews
and Astiey families and other rela tives here.
Mr, and Mrs. Ira Milner, residing northeast of town, are the parents of
the prettiest girl baby in the world;
born Thursday. 4
Mr. Rudolph shipped a load of ex
cellent horses to Chicago Saturdav,
which Ora Jacox assisted him in pur
chasing in this county.
Forepaugh-Sells men were busy In
Plymouth Friday posting bills for the
great Forepaugh-Sells' show which
will exhibit here July 30.
Mrs. G. S. Cleav eland went to Chi
cago Friday to visit over Sunday with
her daughter, Miss Queen Cleavland
and other relatives in that city.
Mrs. John Stough and children,
who have been visiting Mrs. Stough,s
sister, Mrs. Daniel nahn, returned to
their home at Decatur, III., Friday.
Miles Tibbitts Post has a special
invitation to take part in the dedlca tory exercise of the soldiers' monu
ment at South Bend Thursday, June
25.
W. H. Simons, who spends most of
his time on his farm near In wood at this season of the year, went to his
home in Chicago Friday to remain over
Sunday.
nenry wyatt ana ramuy nave re
turned to Churubusco, after a visit of
several days with Mrs. Wyatt's broth
ers, Henry and Peter Strawderman,
east of Plymouth.
Mrs. Joseph Davis returned Friday
from a visit of a week at Atwood.
ner nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs.
John T. Lutz, accompanied her home
and went from here to South Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Chambers, of
near Hanna, Laporte county, arrived
Friday for a visit of a few days at the
home of Charles Walburn's. Mrs.
Chambers is Mrs. Walburn's sister.
Mr. and Mrs Levi Sinninger have
returned to Warsaw after a visit of
several days with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Long. Master Philip Long
went home with them for a visit of a
week. The old frame shed put up for a temporary electric light plant after the, fire, has been torn away and the machinery removed to Fort Wayne. This makes quite an improYement In the looks of that part of the city. Mrs. Bowell. Mrs. DeLoney, Mrs. McLaren, Mrs. Losey, and Mrs. Cleveland entertained the Ladies of St. Thomas church and their friends at a ten cent lunch Thursday, at the home of Mrs.Bowell. Something- over $7.00 was realized. .
Recorder Harley visited Argos today. The longest days of the year are here. Frances Schöbe, of Rochester, is visiting Marie Morsches. Typewriter ribbons and carbon paper for sale at The Tribune.. Fred Logan, of Onaway, Michigan is visiting relatives in this city. Omer Powers has gone to Tiosa to spend a week with his brother. E. Devinney, of Bourbon, stopped here on his way tc Argos to visit over Sunday. The Lake Erie will run excursions to Indianapolis and Michigan City Sunday. Miss Dessie Haag went to Bremen Saturday evening for a visit of a few days with friends. Mrs. James Dei pert, who has been visiting relatives in this vicinity, returned to Hamlet Saturday. Plymouth boys won a ball game at Argos, Friday, June 19, score 19 to 13. Pin this In your hat boys. There seems to be an epidemic f measles and mumps among the children in the south part of the city. Mr. and Mrs; Washington Heckert have returned to Chicago after a visit
The attendance at the Woodmen's convention was scarcely one-fifth of what was predicted, and the ability of Indianapolis to handle a political national convention is still untested. John Bagely has gone to Chicago to visit two weeks with his sister. Mrs, Ambrose. From there he will go to California to spend the summer in the hope of improving his health which has not been good for several months. There is a flowing well on the Giles Tillet farm, four miles west of Peru, Ind., on the north bank of the Wabash river, and the grounds surrounding it are rapidly becoming a popular picnic resort. The well is 1000 feet
deep.
Frank E. Thompson, wife and
daughter, who have been visiting the family of Captain Ed Morris at Cul
ver, returned to their home at Huron;
S. Dakota Thursday. Mr. Thompson
is an engineer on the Northwestern railroad. r
Mrs. McElwee, with her son, Prof.
Roy McElwee,- and her daughter,
Miss McElwee, the well-known Ox
ford teacher of music, who have been
visiting at the home of Senator Parks,
went to Chicago last Saturday, for a
visit of a week.
The Marshall county council is
of a week with relatives in this city, called in soecial session to convene in
Peter Larson, of near Donaldson, the auditor's office Monday, July 6, to
attended the funeral of his nephew, consider appropriations for the follow
Eric Ericksou. at South Bend Fridav. inff items: Files for the recorder's
Mrs. Christian Fisher has gone to Pfflc 1200; 6 stone arches for Tippe
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Fitzgerald, Georgia, to look after her lownsoip.
property there and visit a few weeks" The Kansas and Nebraska potato
Mrs TWhintr nH hor .mhtr crop is practically ruined by there
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Basement Good
William Jennings Bryan did not
visit the Woodman's convention at Indianapolis, of which he was a dele
gate, but on Monday night at Greenfield, only twenty miles from Indian
apolis, he delivered a lecture on 'Democratic Ideals. "
Sarah, have gone to South Bend for a
visit of a week with relatives In that
city
They are counting the money in the
United States treasury. Under a re
publican administrat.on this is quite
a job.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Whitlock
icft for Rock Island, III., last Satur
day. where they will make their
home.
Mrs.. Ewald has returned to her home at Donaldson after a visit of a few days with her son, Amos Ewald
in this city.
Hiram Shafer was the highest bid
der for two-thirds of the Kendall
block sold by the administrator last
Saturday. His bid was $5,515.
The waiters have gone back to work
in Chicago, and proprietors of hotels
and restaurants are happv. Thev
found that the strike did not pay.
There was a large attendance at
the Reformed social at J. C. Ringgen berg's Friday evening and the ladiei netted a nice sum for their society.
Thirty years ago June 19 and 20 were among th hottest days ever
known in Plymouth. The mercury
registered over 100 degrees in the
shade.
ihe state board of health's report shows that rheumatism was the most
prevalent malady last month. This.
of course, was due to the large amount
of rain.
cnt floods. It is estimated that in the Kaw valley of Kansas alone, 11,000 acres of potatoes were destroyed and the financial loss will be not far from a million of dollars. No more fishing steamers will be run out of St. Joseph, Mich., the industry being cripplad. The cause assigned is a scarcity offish in the lake. The finny tribe is said to be almost extinct and something will have to be done to replenish the supply. Indiana, which takes the lead of states in so many things, is ahead of the procession on hogs. The prize porker of the United State has recently been sold in this state at the very snug sura of $15.700. The pig was born and bred on Hoosiersoil. A Kentucky paper is authority for this: 'A- cow belonging to Bud Bowlin devoured twenty three twists
of tobacco a few nisrhts airo and died
fn less than hour." Tobacco users, however, declare she died simply be
cause she didn't know how to spit.
Many a wife is loitering around
home fooling her time away toying
with the wash tub. or cutting wood
while her husband is hard at work in
the backroom of a saloon worrying
his brain trying to keep the other fel
low from shutting out his double six.
Miss Eme Truax arrived at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. C. M. Slayter.
Thursday. She teaches at Ottowa, 111,,
ana is home to spend her vacation
with her parents and other relatives
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We have decided to close out our entire Basement Department at and less than cost. This includes everything in the line of Tinware, Glassware and Chinaware, and all 5c and 10c goods. Each and every article in this department is for sale, which means great bargains for those who can use such goods. We can't enumerate each article, but will say you will get such goods cheaper than you ever had the good luck to get them before.
Another million dollars has been ap- lQ this county. She will return to Ot
tawa in September having been em ployed for another year.
Mr. and Mrs. Gearin, of Ft. Wayne,
visuea miss naie ötack jrriaay on
their way home from the Notre Dame
portioned between the states for the
benefit of various militia organizations. Of this new allotment Indiana
gets $29,921.
Miss Annita Williams, who has been
enployed at the office of the Plym- commencement. Mr. Gearin's brother,
outh Democrat, several months re- non. John M. Gearin, of Portland.
turned to her home at Dodgeville, Ore., .was the speaker of the day. His Wis., Saturday. oration is pronounced among the best
Addison Johnson visited in Plym- ever delivered at the great university
outh on his way to Bourbon, where he Lloyd Brooke is here from Salt
is receiving treatment at the sanitär- Lake City for a visit of two weeks.
lum. "Ad" looks quite feeble, but
says he is Improving.
The Postoffice Department Investi
gation is going to leave a lot of very desirable jobs open for good men and true. And they stand ready to file
their bonds any minute.
General Kllgore, of Polk township.
has returned from a visit of several
weeks in Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and reports everything In flourishing
condition in that locality.
The Greentown farmer who has
killed Sunday ball In his neighborhood
with a shotgun may be rather brusque
in his methods, but he upheld the law
of the state, just the same.
Mrs. Confer has gone toOhicago for
a visit of two weeks with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Linnville and will go from
there to Milwaukee, to visit another
daughter before returning home.
Mrs. G. C. Levers, of Chicago, who
has been spending a week in this city
at the home of her uncle, E D. Starts-
bury, went to Rochester for a visit of
a few days before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Soice and son,
and Mrs. J. C. Carroll, of IndianaDO-
He is now 16 years old and is as tall
as his father, Ed S. Brooke. Lloyd is
well pleased with the schools of Salt
Lake where he expects to graduate in
two years. His brother, Walter, has
dmployment in the city during vaca tion.
Never get it into your head that
you are too good to mingle with
"common people." Nice clothes and
a lour inch collar do not necessarily
make you too good to be civil to those
who wear a pair of blue overalls and
a blouse. In young men this feeling-
is called swelled head and in old men
aristocracy.
Mrs. O. A. Gandy returned from
South Bend Friday where she attend
ed the wedding of her sister. Miss
Lucy B. Thomas, who was united in marriage Tuesday evening with Mr. Lawrence Gill, of South Bend, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Thomas, former resi
dents of Plymouth.
The annual meeting of the Old Set
tlers association was held In Laporte
Thursday, with a large attendance
Dinner was served in Floral hall and
an open meeting was held on the fair
Us, and Mrs. Ed H. Soice and son, grounds in the afternoon. Addresses
Rexford, of Chicago, arrived Thurs
day evening to attend the funeral of Ed H. Soice.
Miss Frances McElwee, who spent
four years In Berlin and is now at the
head of the musical department of
Oxford college, has been visiting her
aunt, Mrs. John W. Parks, during
he past week. Carl Speisshoffer has returned to
Salt Lake City, after a yisit of eleven
days with his parects in this city, and attending thshigü scheel alumni re-
were delivered by Addison Ballard of
Chicago, Rev. E. D. Daniels and
W. II. Goodhue of Michigan City,
Charley Baker, the shoe dealer,
came in from Los Angeles, Cal., Thursday and stopped here for a visit of two or three days at Plymouth and Bourbon. He is on his way to Boston to buy shoesi He is well,-doing well and says all the Plymouth people
at Los Angeles are prospering. He says W. J. Rankin is preparing to build a fine noma in Los Angeles and
union. He hc3fa good position at Salt sends his regards to everybody he ever
fce and likes the west. I knew in Marshall county.
AH-Summer Dry Goods
Go At Cost Price and Less U
We will also commence this day to close out all our colored Shirt Waists at greatly reduced prices. All our stock of 50c and 75c Shirt Waists now 39c AH our $1.00 and $1.50 Colored Shirt Waists now 69c. We need the money and the room for purchases of fall goods that will soon arrive. AH our Wash and White Goods have been reduced. 50c and 60c Wash Goods now 39c; 30c and 25c Wash Goods now.l5c; V and 10c Wash Goods now8c; 8c and 10c Wash Goods now 5c; 5c Wash Goods now 3c. 10 yard patterns Percales at 48c per piece. Will close out all our Dress Ginghams at 6c per yard. It is early to commence a closing sale, but the backward season finds us too heavily loaded and room must be made for fall purchases. Don't miss this big opportunity to buy at cost.
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The remains of Ed. n. Soice arrived on the 3:05 a.m. train Thursday and the funeral services were held at the home of Oliver G. Soice, on North Michigan street at 2:30 o'clock Fridav afternoon. He was the first of a family of ten children to die, and leaves besides his wife and son, five sisters and four brothers to mourn his death. Mrs Esther Oglesbee, widow of Walter Oglesbee, who has been teaching in the public schools of Hunting
ton several years, has gone to England to spend the summer. Mrs. Oglesbee was Miss Esther Forster before her marriage in this city, and was one or the best singers of the many fine mu
sicians in Plymouth eighteen years ago.
Nowadays when a young hopeful is
taken by the collar and gently shaken
by a school teacher his fond . parents first have nervous prostration and have the pedagogue arrested. Yet
menwho are scarcely middle aged can remember when the boy who came
home from school howling . that he had been whipped was very likely to
While unhitching his horse last Sunday night on his return home from church Nilas Wolf was kicked in the mouth by a playful colt and rendered unconscious." in which condition he remained for some time. Nearly a year ago the same colt performed a similar feat, that time breaking Mr. Wolf's nose. The probabilities are that this colt can be bought at a reasonable price. Böurbon News Mirror. The report of the state board of health shows that there was less sickness and fewer deaths in Indiana in May than in the corresponding month of last year. Rheumatism was the
Trustee Gives Bond. Some of Trustee Jackman's bondsmen having asked to be released, he has secured other bondsmen and filed a new bond in the sum of $22,000. The old bondsmen were released.
A Trance Preacher. Rev. John Caufman, who some eight or ten years ago, caused much comment by his exploits as a trance preacher In Elkhart county, is now astonishing the inhabitants of Brown county, Indiana. He goes to the church every afternoon at 4 o'clock, lies down n a cot and is soon fast asleep. At seven o'clock he rises and
most prevalent malady. Influenza enters the pulpit where he delivers a dropped from the third place in April J sermon, ne uses both the English
to fourth this month, and what is unusual, pneumonia moved up from sixth place In April to fifth in May. Perhaps the unusually cold, damp weather had something to do with this.
It ss said that the sickliest season ever known in this section of Indiana was in 1838, 65 years ago. There were heavy rains in the spring and
be taken to the cellar for a repetition f summer followed by a very dry fall.
of the dose. Chicago Chronicle.
The American Rolling Mill Corpo
ration has demanded that Muncie pay
it a bonus of $30,000 to prevent the
removal of its Muncie plant to seme
other point, where a bonus of $50,000
is offered. This beautifully illustrates the absurdity of the whole bonus fool
ishness. With such a call as this hon
ored, there wouid be no reason why an
Industry should not mulct a town for
a goodly sum every year or two.
If the murder in a New York court-
room bad occurred m nentucKy or
Arkansas we should have diatribes not a few from the metropolitan papers on the backward stage of civili
zation that will, produce crime in the
very temple of justice. As a matter
of fact, there Is no place in America
where a'lower grade of civilization ex-
&ts than among the criminal classses
of such centers of population as Chi-
I cago and New York.
An epidemic of malarial fever spread over the country and scarcely a per
and German languages. Oftenwhile preaching he wants water to quench his thirst, and by outstretching his arms he makes the fact known. At one time he held his right arm at full length above his head for 45 minutes without a quiver or a single movement of his body. He never makes a blunder In bis choice of languge. Scientific men are convinced his sleep is not simulated.
Fatal Accident at Hamlet
William Suit, a steady, Industrious
son escaped. There were many young man, of Grovertown, and the
only support of a widowed mother, was instantly killed at Hamlet, Thursday afternoon by the east bound passenger train, which reaches Plymouth at 5.40 p. m. Young Suit's attention was attracted by a train on the other road which had just crossed the Pennsylvania track and he stepped onto the track In front of the flying passenger train, evidently not seeing it. In another instant he was struck by the train, hurled into the air and instantly killed. He was about 19 years old and had been employed on the railroad at various times. His father died of cancer a few months ago. His death Is a sad blow to his mother and has cast a gloom over the community in which he lived.
deaths ip the families of the pioneers, j
but th population of Marshall county was at that time not more than half as great as the present population of the city of Plymouth. A burglar took the screen out o'. the window at Mrs. Mueller's residence Friday night, removed a plant and crawled In at the window. Miss Julia Mueller awoke and saw him standing near the foot of the bed and began to scream. The night-watch heard her screams, but the fellow made bis escape just as the watchman reached the opposite side of the house. His description tallies with that of a man who had been seen, prowling around town for two or three days.
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