Issue 9

Entered as second class matter August 8 , 1914 , at the post office at Mears , Michigan under Act of March 3 , 1879 .

Everybody around Mears hopes that

Irish Lemons

will be worth one dollar a bushel in the spring or be- fore . Having raised the potatoes the farmers are

trying to raise the price .

FRANK ACKER WILL

call and buy your old iron .

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Holstien bull and Chester White boar at A. W. Ling's

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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mergan of Havre , Montana are with the Harrisons this winter at Valley Queen Farm . Once he sold real estate in Shelby .

Stanley Lee , who lives by the shadow of the trestle became nine years old the other day . The event was celebrated by the incoming of many neighbors .

Edward E. Allen says that Mrs. Allen is very much better . A farmers ' institute will be held in the high school room of the Mears school on Friday , Dec- cmber 17. Come and get an agricultural inspiration .

INSTITUTE DINNER

Across the hall in the playroom the high school pup- ils will serve a fifeen cent dinner and the proceeds will help put electric lights in the school building . adv Lela Bevins is the name of the new scholar in Miss Fuller's room .

Phired at Random

About a week ago Ola Pearson was milking a cow in Han- the barn when the gray and white cat which nah has named Violet crawled up and locked the door by sliding the wooden bolt . He escaped through a sta- ble window .

Will Lambrix was going to Hart yesterday but on the way to the depot he called on a young lady and stayed se long that he missed his train .

The Willson Region

II.rold Craig went to Detroit Monday to work .

Mrs. C. Spitler and son Seth and Mrs. Mary McMil- lan and Sam of Hart and Mrs. L. S. Nelson of Vancouv- er , Washington spent Wednesday at Frank Goits , Mrs. Nelson and children remaining for a few days .

Miss Lottie Tailer of Scottville was a guest at the Burrell Read re- Park home Saturday and Sunday . turned to Chicago Monday to try to resume his work .

Light Bobs , Heavy Bobs and Cutters

Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co.

Owing to the in lividual canvass the Epworth League is increasing in numbers and interest . Mr. and Mr Ensign Woodhouse of Ruffalo , New York have been vis iting his mother and other relatives . Mrs. Potter came over from Hart Thursday to attend the all day so ciety at Mrs. Auger's . Mrs. Button goes to Mus- kegon today . Charles Carlson went to Columbus , Ohio . Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Woodhouse of Benona and Mr. and Mrs. Ensign Woodhouse of Buffalo visited at the lighthouse Monday . Mrs. Stringham returned from Grand Rapids Monday . Dr. Blackmore's aut- omobile skidded Tuesday night and ran ever Sam Ben- son homeward bound out of Mears . The young man was taken to Hart by the dentist and four stitches tak- en in his face . How would you like to see Jonah going into the mouth of the whale or Danial standing in the lion's house ? These and hundreds of other pict- ures were shown in the Maccabee hall tais week by the International Bible Students Association . Joe Mull went to St. Joe . Butter today brings .24 , eggs.30 , potatoes .45 , white beans $ 3.25 , red kidney beans $ 4.25 and $ 4.50 . I

That Palmitor cow was a cat . The printer saw D wrong .

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